Hello,
There is going to be the 2nd edition of a regional article contest CEE
Spring soon [1]
The concept (in a nutshell): every participating country from the region
creates the list of articles, covering some important issues, and
participants from other countries/language projects are to create the
articles in their own language. The lists are organized like this [2], so
you can see what language projects lack the article, say, about National
Festival of Polish Song in Opole [3]
Last year we had a separate category for notable women [4], but this year
there is a consensus that having a separate category is not okay, so it is
better to include the articles about notable women in the general
categories [5]
Today I have discovered that there is no article about [[Victoria
Woodhull]] in my home Wikipedia :(
To raise awareness to some special topic during Wiki Loves Monuments photo
contest, we in Ukraine had special nominations, for example, wooden
architecture [6], so I thought maybe something like that can be suggested
to the organizers of Wikimedia CEE Spring 2016. I mean having a separate
list of, I do not know, 'People marking turning points' or something like
that, and include there people that made difference (I would root for
having there representatives of all genders, not only girls). Winning there
can be awarded separately, the tricky thing would be to compose/balance the
list...
I reckon it won't be as controversial as having a separate category based
on sex.
But I wanted to have more thoughts about this idea of mine, so I shall be
grateful for your comments.
P.S. Sorry for a long letter.
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Spring_2016
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Spring_2016/Structure/Poland
[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Festival_of_Polish_Song_in_Opole
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Spring_2015/Structure/Ukraine
[5]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_CEE_Spring_2016#List_of_at_l…
[6]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Wiki_Love…
Best regards,
antanana / Nataliia Tymkiv
Wikimedia Ukraine