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[edit]The articles created for any month, including the current month, can be displayed by clicking on one of the months in the archive box to the right.
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Totals at a glance
[edit]Year | Portion if applicable |
Total | Daily average |
---|---|---|---|
2015 | 18 Jul - 31 Dec | 11,711 | 70 |
2016 | 28,399 | 77 | |
2017 | 28,271 | 77 | |
2018 | 27,323 | 75 | |
2019 | 27,207 | 75 | |
2020 | 30,119 | 82 | |
2021 | 26,780 | 73 | |
2022 | 18,893 | 52 | |
2023 | 17,925 | 49 | |
2024 | |||
Grand total | 216,628 |
Updated: Rosiestep (talk) 17:31, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
Summary of Women in Red statistics from main page
[edit]Date | Women | Bios | Percentage | Increase in % for year |
Increase in Women for year |
Increase in Bios for year |
Percentage for year |
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30-Sep-2015 | 205,814 | 1,299,047 | 15.84% | ||||
1-Jan-2017 | 240,445 | 1,432,907 | 16.78% | 0.94% | 34,631 | 133,860 | 25.87% |
1-Jan-2018 | 262,099 | 1,509,348 | 17.37% | 0.58% | 21,654 | 76,441 | 28.33% |
31-Dec-2018 | 279,959 | 1,573,341 | 17.79% | 0.43% | 17,860 | 63,993 | 27.91% |
30-Dec-2019 | 305,072 | 1,678,323 | 18.18% | 0.38% | 25,113 | 104,982 | 23.92% |
11-Jan-2021 | 332,622 | 1,778,126 | 18.71% | 0.53% | 27,550 | 99,803 | 27.60% |
3-Jan-2022 | 356,439 | 1,865,516 | 19.11% | 0.40% | 23,817 | 87,390 | 27.25% |
2-Jan-2023 | 373,263 | 1,921,359 | 19.43% | 0.32% | 16,824 | 55,843 | 30.13% |
1-Jan-2024 | 390,207 | 1,978,991 | 19.72% | 0.29% | 16,944 | 57,632 | 29.40% |
Total | 184,393 | 679,944 | 27.12% |
Note: the September 2015 figure was reported here.
Updated by: TSventon (talk) 22:04, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
Further background on metrics
[edit]As a result of figures presented by Humaniki, we keep posting on the main Women in Red page the percentage of women's biographies on the English version of Wikipedia. Increases are steady but marginal: for example from July 2022 to July 2023, the percentage has risen from around 19.3% to around 19.6%.
Thanks to an analysis presented by Andrew Gray on the WIR talk page, it certainly looks as if the number of men and women involved in sports has a significant influence on the statistics for women. A detailed account of Gray's work is presented in "Gender and BLPs on Wikipedia, redux", which he published on 2 August 2023.
The two lists below show that biographies of living people (BLPs) born in recent years are approximately 50% female if data on all categories of athletes are excluded. By contrast, the equivalent overall figures (including athletes) are only around 25%. As a result, biographies of very large numbers of male sportspeople seem to be responsible for the huge difference. Andrew Gray's detailed lists below document how figures for BLPs by year of birth have evolved over the years:
Overall development of BLPs since the 1920s for all biographies
- Missing birth year BLPs - 150,574, of which 53,355 female - 35.4%
- 1920s birth BLPs - 5,096, of which 1,325 female - 26.0%
- 1930s birth BLPs - 39,055, of which 7,086 female - 18.1%
- 1940s birth BLPs - 95,602, of which 18,495 female - 19.3%
- 1950s birth BLPs - 128,518, of which 27,172 female - 21.1%
- 1960s birth BLPs - 145,300, of which 33,390 female - 23.0%
- 1970s birth BLPs - 150,539, of which 37,893 female - 25.2%
- 1980s birth BLPs - 171,072, of which 42,880 female - 25.1%
- 1990s birth BLPs - 150,880, of which 36,944 female - 24.5%
- 2000s birth BLPs - 30,042, of which 7,542 female - 25.1%
Development of BLPs since the 1920s for biographies excluding athletes
If we discount all athletes using the infobox method, the results are:
- Missing birth year BLPs - 140,177, of which 51,021 female - 36.4%
- 1920s birth BLPs - 4,321, of which 1,228 female - 28.4%
- 1930s birth BLPs - 28,978, of which 6,161 female - 21.2%
- 1940s birth BLPs - 73,095, of which 16,566 female - 22.7%
- 1950s birth BLPs - 95,893, of which 23,644 female - 24.7%
- 1960s birth BLPs - 96,175, of which 26,632 female - 27.8%
- 1970s birth BLPs - 81,682, of which 27,562 female - 33.7%
- 1980s birth BLPs - 58,078, of which 24,816 female - 42.7%
- 1990s birth BLPs - 23,281, of which 11,754 female - 50.5%
- 2000s birth BLPs - 2,850, of which 1,539 female - 54.0%
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
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- Onyinyechi Mark
- Oona Siren
- Osiris Aneth Machado
- Paola Randi
- Pasuliina Auveri
- Patricia Prelock
- Patricia Tourancheau
- Patrizia Morelli
- Paula Carrasco
- Paula Ossa
- Pauline Grosjean
- Pearl Tang
- Peggy Lucie Auleley
- Penny Boumelha
- Penny Harvey
- Petra Luterán
- Phyllis Yargee
- Phùng Khánh Linh
- Pietra Tordin
- Poleksija Todorović
- Princess Nafissa
- Princess Owusu
- Princess Uthaikanya Bhanubandhu
- Priscilla Kavita
- Priscilla Krempl
- Priya Konjengbam
- Puput Novel
- Qiaomei Fu
- Rachael Fried
- Rachel LaMont
- Radina Velichkova
- Radwa Helmi
- Raewyn Jack
- Raisa Enachi
- Raja Jebali
- Ramani Fernando
- Ran Iwai
- Ray Harmel
- Rebeca Baceiredo
- Rebeca de Souza
- Rebecca Dallis
- Rebecca McKinnis
- Rebecca Sear
- Rebecca Tsosie
- Regan Steigleder
- Regina Song
- Rekha Poudel
- Rekha Shankar
- Rhoda Barry
- Rhyah Stewart
- Rina Marlina
- Rina Miura
- Rita Shell
- Roberta E. Sebenthall
- Rochelle Wu
- Roni Ohayon
- Rooba Al-Omari
- Ros Bower
- Rosa Castellanos
- Rosalind Ward Gwynne
- Rosanna Lockwood
- Rose Betts
- Rosicleide Andrade
- Rosicleide Silva
- Rositsa Kirova
- Rossana Pasquino
- Roz Shafran
- Ruby Board
- Ruth Bonita
- Ruth Lara
- Ruth Ospelt
- Rylee Arnold
- Ryōko Maekawa
- Sabida Thaiseth
- Sablika
- Sacuntala de Miranda
- Sada Bailey Fowler
- Sae Maeda
- Safaa Hassan
- Sahaja Yamalapalli
- Sahiba Bali
- Sahorah Ahmat
- Saleema Imtiaz
- Salina Shrestha
- Sally Howitt
- Sally J. Morgan
- Sam Estrada
- Sam Farrow
- Samar Dudin
- Sampada Ghimire
- Sandra Paikowsky
- Sandra Swinkels
- Sandrine Runel
- Sanija Ameti
- Sanne Van Looy
- Santa (singer)
- Sara Ciocca
- Sara Fiorin
- Sara Staykova
- Sarah Dambanevana
- Sarah Eileen Hanley
- Sarah Friedland
- Sarah Hillary (artist)
- Sarah Melenka
- Sarah Mourão
- Sarah Naudi
- Sarah Octavia Brennan
- Sasirawan Inthachot
- Sawad Hussain
- Sayna Mbengue
- Scarlett Souren
- Seshnie Naidu
- Seton Sobolewski
- Shabnam Ghorbani
- Shahar Milfelder
- Shahinakhon Yigitalieva
- Shalley Chaudhary
- Shanayah Howell
- Sheelagh Matear
- Shefali Gupta
- Shelby Van Pelt
- Shella Bowlin
- Sheyla Hernández Estupiñán
- Shi Yijie
- Shirley Dale
- Shizuka Hangai
- Shruti Mishra
- Shuk Maya Tamang
- Sibille Ford
- Sibylle Eschapasse
- Sienna Lofipo
- Signi Chandrawati Verdial
- Sim Yu-jin
- Simona Kustec
- Siobhán Clarke
- Skye P. Marshall
- Sofie Heby Pedersen
- Sofie Merckx
- Soile Ojala
- Solange Urdang
- Sondra Gilman
- Sonia Devillers
- Sonia Francius
- Sonia Harris
- Sonita Gale
- Sonja Kokkonen
- Sonja Prosenc
- Sophia Gorriaran
- Sophia Gregorevic
- Sophia Swartz
- Sophia, Lady Burdett
- Stacey Peak
- Stefanía Ferrando
- Stefhany Popoatzki
- Stela Baltova
- Stephanie Hollis
- Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol
- Sue Collins (Irish actress)
- Sue Smey
- Suela Cennet
- Supamas Isarabhakdi
- Susan Jeffers (illustrator)
- Susana Fankhauser-Pérez de Léon
- Susann Utes
- Susanna Minguell
- Susannah Gibson
- Susanne Erlandsson
- Susanne Gubler
- Svetlana Krivenok
- Sylvia Arnold
- Sylvia Schedelbauer
- Szilvia Sunyovszky
- Talia Suskauer
- Talieh Kamran
- Talli Osborne
- Tamar Chergoleishvili
- Tanit Koch
- Taralee Montgomery
- Taryn Torres
- Tayana Medeiros
- Tela Tchaï
- Teresa Straub
- Tess McMillan
- Thabiso Sikwane
- Thandeka Mfinyongo
- Theodora Paschalidou
- Therese Kayikwamba Wagner
- Therese Zink
- Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner
- Tiina Lehtola
- Tina Glory-Jordan
- Tina Negus
- Tina Trovik
- Tiny Chidi
- Tiphaine Samoyault
- Tiyana Hallums
- Tonia Ko
- Torishéju Dumi
- Tosca Olinsky
- Tralynna Scott
- Tuani Lemos
- Tupe Solomon-Tanoa'i
- Twie Giok Tjoa
- Ujuaku Akukwe
- Urara Kawaguchi
- Valarie D'Elia
- Valborg Seeberg
- Valentine Korah
- Valeria Castro
- Valérie Harvey
- Varvara Prohorova
- Vava Dudu
- Vera Santamaria
- Veronica Pejril
- Veronika Korzhova
- Vic Carmen Sonne
- Vicky Mabin
- Victoria Kingstone
- Victoria MacKenzie-Childs
- Victoria Omobuwajo
- Viktoriia Slanova
- Vilde Bjerke
- Virginia Pope
- Vivian Lamarque
- Viviana Canosa
- Vivienne Gray
- Waka Sato
- Wanda Hatfield
- Wanda Janicka
- Wanda Modlibowska
- Wang Yihan (figure skater)
- Wendy Heard
- Weronika Tofilska
- Wiktoria Gadajska
- Wiktoria Gajosz
- Wilhelmine Gulowsen
- Wu Yang (archer)
- Xandra Pohl
- Xena Wimmenhoeve
- Xiao Jinping
- Xiao Zhenghua
- Xiao Zuxian
- Xie Zichang
- Xinyuan Song
- Xiomara Saldarriaga
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- Yael Grossman
- Yael Mellul
- Yanín Madrid
- Yayesh Gate Tesfaw
- Ylonne Post
- Yoon Seo-ah
- Yuki Yagi
- Yuna McCormack
- Yurie Kanuma
- Yurika Nakamura (actress)
- Yvette Ishimwe
- Yvette Van Voorhees
- Zahra Behrouz Azar
- Zhang Chi (badminton)
- Zhang Jiamei
- Zhanna Vasiura
- Zheng Jietong
- Zhi Yueying
- Zhifan Wu
- Zoia Shchurova
- Zuo Caiyun
- Élisabeth Degryse
- Émilie Acquistapace
- Éva Tamássy
- Éva Truffaut
- Živa Lavrinc