Thanks Jonathan, that's a great idea! At the training events we are of course reinforcing the need for appropriate secondary sources, and lots of preparation work has been done by Roger and other Women in Red editors, Stuart Prior at Wikimedia UK and BBC staff to create lists of women to be added - with sources - on the resources section of the meta page:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK/Events/BBC_100_Women_Resources On the 'how to' video that the BBC made - basic as it undoubtedly is - finding sources is point 4. Of course, this important point may get lost in the ether so any support from the community in keeping articles up and improving them would be HUGELY appreciated! All best Lucy On 8 December 2016 at 12:56, WereSpielChequers <werespielchequ...@gmail.com> wrote: > Since the BBC is encouraging people to create unsourced articles on living > people there is a high possibility they will turn up at either > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:BLP_articles_proposed_for_deletion > or even https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Candidates_for_ > speedy_deletion > > I've rescued at least one from each so far today, including one that was > definitely part of the BBC project. > > I'm wondering whether it might be worth doing an article rescue editathon > as part of the next feminism event - there are always articles on women at > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:BLP_articles_proposed_for_deletion > > Jonathan > > On 8 December 2016 at 12:18, Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com> wrote: > >> On 08/12/16 12:01, Sara Thomas wrote: >> > >> > As is my custom, I'll be placing the {{new user article}} template on >> > the talk pages of any articles created by new users today. >> >> Which then expands to.... >> >> ****************************************** >> This is an article recently created by a new user. More editing may be >> needed to meet standards, but please be courteous and assume good faith, >> and consider leaving a constructive message on the creator's talk page >> if large changes need to be made. >> This template should be removed once the page has been reviewed by >> someone other than its creator. If you are the article's creator, you >> can seek feedback on your new article. >> ****************************************** >> >> :-) >> >> >> Gordo >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > -- Lucy Crompton-Reid Chief Executive Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 207 065 0991 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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