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 <werespielchequers(a)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.joly(a)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
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