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Wikipedia:100 DC Women

100 DC Women

is an annual Wikipedia contest to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of Wikimedia District of Columbia (WMDC) on May 6, 2011. The goal of the contest is to create at least 100 new Wikipedia articles in the month of May, 2022, related to women anywhere in WMDC's geographical scope, the District of Columbia and the US states of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Participants who create at least four articles will receive a postcard from one of WMDC's institutional partners in the Washington, DC area.

Share your contributions on social media with the hashtag #100DCWomen

Rules

Create new articles relating to women in the greater Washington DC region. 2,000 characters and 200 words minimum, with sources, during May 2022. Lists do not qualify.

  • The contest is limited to articles on the English language Wikipedia.
  • The article is newly created by you (i.e. not expanding stubs) between May 1, 2022 0:00 and May 31, 2022 23:59 (UTC).
  • The article should be at least 2,000 characters and at least 200 words in length. (excluding infobox, templates, etc.)
  • The article must fulfill Wikipedia notability criteria.
  • The article must have sufficient references; doubtful or controversial statements in the article should be verifiable by the citation(s) listed in that article.
  • The article may be translated from another language Wikipedia, but it must not be purely machine translated and should be properly copy edited.
  • There must be no major problems with the article (no copyright violations, questions of notability, etc.)
  • For the purposes of this contest, the greater Washington DC region consists of the District of Columbia and the present-day US states of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. The scope is purely geographical and articles can involve any point in time or history.
  • Articles do not need to be biographies. They can deal with any aspect of women in the greater Washington DC region at any point in time.
  • Judges will have the final say whether or not articles meet the above criteria.
  • Judges, board members, and employees of Wikimedia District of Columbia may participate but are not eligible for prizes or awards.


Sign up

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List of participants

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  1. Jessamyn (my talk page) 19:03, 12 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  2. WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:22, 29 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Penny Richards (talk) 17:36, 30 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Willowtaylor (talk) 21:47, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  5. econterms (talk) 00:43, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Rosiestep (talk) 22:55, 23 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Submit articles

Contributed to the English Wikipedia for the contest? Submit your contributions through the Fountain tool.

Share your contributions on social media with the hashtag #100DCWomen

Optional: Feel free to share your contributions below! Just remember to use the big blue button above to officially submit your articles for the contest.

  1. Constance Tom Noguchi
  2. Adelaide Steele Baylor
  3. Sister Marie Majella Berg
  4. Betty Gough
  5. Meredith Peruzzi
  6. Catherine Fischer
  7. Edna P. Amidon
  8. Gertrude Clarke Whittall
  9. Evelyn Weigold Crane
  10. Myrtis Coltharp
  11. Edwilda Gustava Allen Isaac
  12. Ellen Wetherald Ahrens
  13. Margaret L. Plunkett
  14. Marion Tully Dimick
  15. Jennifer Park Stout
  16. Sueyeun Juliette Lee
  17. Elizabeth Hurdon
  18. Annie Latham Bartlett
  19. Alice Overbey Taylor
  20. Sophie Gooding Rose Meredith
  21. Emma Miller Bolenius
  22. Sallie Webster Dorsey
  23. Emalea Pusey Warner
  24. Mary Ellen Pollard Clarke
  25. Mary Hoover Aiken
  26. Maryland College for Women
  27. Marion Bartlett Thurber
  28. Vera Gilbride Davis
  29. Mary Mayo Crenshaw
  30. Sharon Hovey Wilkin
  31. Dorothy Rouse Bottom
  32. Dorothea Dutcher Buck
  33. Anne Bahlke
  34. Jenny Johnson (poet)
  35. Edith Clark Cowles
  36. Florence Peterson Kendall
  37. Alice Manicur
  38. Caroline Hallowell Miller
  39. Mary Bentley Thomas
  40. Pauline Waddington Holme
  41. Doriane Lambelet Coleman
  42. Hilda P. Holme
  43. Lillian Mayfield Wright
  44. Anne Burton Jeffers
  45. Zenobia Gilpin
  46. Ida Mae Thompson
  47. Jessie Fremont Easton Townsend
  48. Ella B. Ensor Wilson
  49. Sarah Johnson Cocke
  50. Florence Garrettson Spooner
  51. Mary Morris Hall Lockwood
  52. Zipporah Michelbacher Cohen
  53. Janet Stuart Oldershaw Durham
  54. Karin Orvis

Organizers and judges



Lists of suggestions and missing articles

Note: Any new articles must meet Wikipedia notability criteria. A suggestion for a missing article does not guarantee that the subject meets that criteria.

Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:100_DC_Women