Consider looking for
related projects for help or ask at the Teahouse. If you are not currently a project participant and wish to help you may still participate in the project. This
status should be changed if collaborative activity resumes.
Following discussions in
January 2007 and further comments in
March 2007, it was decided to split this project's original aims and goals - creating a separate
WikiProject Countering systemic bias (WP:CSB). A historical project sub-page for CSB has been created
here.
Project overview
This project is for editors with knowledge or an interest in
gender studies and who want to help improve articles about the topic. All that's required to join is an understanding of
Wikipedia's core principles and an interest in improving and collaborating on articles within this project's scope. If you're interested, add your name to the list of contributors!
Aims of this project
To create and/or improve articles associated with gender studies, gender theories and gender issues (including feminism, masculism, and transgender issues).
To maintain a gender neutral language (where appropriate) in line with the
neutral point of view policy.
To create a thriving WikiProject.
To bring every gender studies related article up to
featured article status.
To ensure that internal organisation of gender studies articles is consistent.
To maintain and improve articles within Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy.
What this project is not
This project does not extol any point of view, political or otherwise, other than that of a neutral documentarian.
This project does not seek to write essay-style critiques of articles about gender-related topics.
This project does not limit itself to European/North American issues.
This project is not a space for writing feminist, masculinist or LGBT critiques of society.
This project does not seek to introduce any bias (to either articles, or Wikipedia in general), rather, it aims to improve the quality of articles, which deal with gender and gender studies, within the neutral point of view policy.
Glad you asked! Feel free to sign up under contributors. If you come across an article which either needs attention, or alternatively that doesn't exist (even though it should), add it to the lists under "Requested articles", "Requests for expansion", or "Requests for review/attention" headings. If articles under those headings seem mature enough to no longer need attention, feel free to clean them off the list. If there are categories or templates you come across on Wikipedia which may be of interest to contributors of this project, feel free to add them under "Useful Categories" or "Useful Templates". You can also 'adopt' an article, or use the Discussion page to discuss issues relating to Gender studies on Wikipedia. Finally, beyond Wikipedia, some contributors of this project are working on a Wikibook (textbook) on Feminism at Wikibooks (available
here, feel free to contribute).
Aciram (
talk·contribs) 12 June 2015. Most of my activity on Wikipedia focus on creating articles (or expanding existing articles) within either women's history, gender studies or feminism.
Mell0nite (
talk·contribs) 19 January 2018. Particularly interested in trans and nonbinary topics. Also interested in how women are represented in Wikipedia articles
rentstrike (
talk·contribs) 08 February 2009. I added Greta Gaard and will add other ecofeminists as I am able. Am interested in collaborating to fix the ecofeminism article.
Millennium Twain (
talk·contribs) Working on
SpiritWorld and
Feminism in Japan articles while I am getting my feet wet at Wikipedia and finding others and groups ending the gender and cultural knowledge violence. Am drafting articles on Divine_Feminine and Thirteen_Indigenous_Grandmothers.
I would like to submit a new article on women's political participation in India. I am currently enrolled in a gender studies class and I am required to submit an article to Wikipedia on a gender studies topic. The reason why I would like to submit a new article is because information on women's political participation in India are spread over several Wikipedia articles, including articles on the women's reservation bill, women in government, etc. My new article would cover gender differences between male and female participation. I will have specific sections on voting, political parties, government representation, political activism, and the challenges to female political participation. This would give the reader an overall look at female political participation in India.
Jaccarlton (
talk)
18:32, 6 March 2014 (UTC)reply
Assessment & Peer Review
A main task of the Project Gender studies is to assess the quality of Wikipedia's Gender studies articles. The resulting article ratings are used within the project to help in recognising excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work. This also plays a role in the
WP:1.0 program, which the WikiProject uses to help automate some of the assessing process.
Project Gender studies runs frequent collaborations to encourage as much of the Project as possible to use their editing skills to bring one article up to Featured Article standard a month. See
Wikipedia:WikiProject Gender studies/Collaboration for more information.
Translation
If you have another language besides English, please consider adding your name to our
List of Translators. A list of articles for translation is
here
Countering Systemic Gender Bias
A temporary department for the nascent Countering Systemic Gender Bias. Created after it was decided to split Project Gender studies in Spring 2007. It can be found here.
There is an official Gender studies barnstar for anyone who has made significant contributions to Gender studies articles:
The Gender studies barnstar is awarded to editors who make significant contributions to Gender studies articles, categories or portals and expanding Wikipedia’s knowledge about gender, gender theory, feminisms, masculinities or sexuality studies.
{{{The Mind the Gap Award is awarded to contributors who have worked to close the gender gap on Wikipedia and related projects through content contributions, outreach, community changes and related actions.}}}