Wikipedia targets women art noobs

[Note: ongoing deletion discussions now finished  —  for Holly Fay here (closed as “no consensus” therefore keep), Amber Dalton here (result was redirect to Articulate Ink), Jan Layh here (closed as delete), Carmen Robertson here (moved by ThurnerRupert without consensus to Seeing Red: A History of Natives in Canadian Newspapers ooh and now moved back (properly–pending closure by an uninvolved admin) by The Interior, who is an actual Canadian) (closed as “no consensus” to delete, therefore keep) and Barbara Meneley here (closed as “no consensus” to delete, therefore keep).]

“Welcome to Wikipedia”, wrote Jim Hayes on Facebook’s Wikipedia Weekly.“10 out of 12 new articles from editathon nominated for deletion.”

Only minutes before, John Mark Ockerbloom had tweeted “looks like 11 #ArtandFeminism articles I thought had simply not been created got summarily deleted w/o AfD…”

Mulltiple #ArtAndFeminism WP articles now flagged for deletion. 1 comment in this AfD suggests it may be systematic: https://t.co/eC549vug2x

— John Mark Ockerbloom can be found elsewhere (@JMarkOckerbloom) March 12, 2016

The Editathon is fast becoming the workaround to the toxic Wikipedia “buzzsaw culture” that prevents women from editing. Instead of one individual making a hundred edits, ten people make ten edits each and are gone. Wikipedia gets quality edits from professionals, academics, and experts who are knowledgeable in a field. The trolls from Manchester and Wikipediocracy don’t know who to target. They get nuthin’.

But now it looks like a group of amateur patrollers have targeted a March 8 International Women’s Day editing event just because it is for women.

So here is the meetup page.

And here are the articles listed for creation and their current status, as of 3/15/2016 :

To create: / Created:

• Michelle Brownridge — red link — speedy deleted by Deb March 9– https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/delete&page=Michelle_Brownridge (Now a redirect to Articulate Ink)
• Rebecca Caines — red link — speedy deleted by Deb March 9 — https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/delete&page=Rebecca_Caines
• Ruth Chambers — has been tagged for additional sources since 2008. How many does a woman’s article need? has been cleaned up
  
• Martha Cole — Nominated for deletion by IagoQnsi on March 11, the result of the deletion discussion was speedy keep
• Amber Dalton — nominated for speedy deletion on March by 2601:188:0:abe6:65f5:930c:b0b2:cd63 ; nominated for deletion on March 11 by IagoQnsi. Discussion in progress (result was redirect to Articulate Ink).[]]’
• Jo-Ann Episkenew — tagged for citations on March 2016, has 11 references.  As of October 2021, still has citation tag at the top, with 14 citations.
• Carole Epp — deleted without discussion March 9– recreated March 15. Deleted again, see deletion log.
• Twyla Exner — deleted twice without discussion on March 9 by Bongwarrior and Cryptic
• Holly Fay — deletion discussion in progress (closed as ‘no consensus’)
• Amber Fyfe — red link — deleted twice on March 8 by Bongwarrior and SuperMarioMan (deletion log)
• Belinda Harrow — red link — deleted twice on March 8 and March 9 by SuperMarioMan and Bearcat
• Iris Hauser — nominated for deletion by IagoQnsi — result: speedy keep, nominator withdrew — article is still tagged for sources in spite of having 10 refs
• Risa Horowitz — deleted March 8 by BethNaught — nominated for deletion March 10, result: speedy keep
• Karli Jessup — deleted March 8 and 9 by Cryptic and Diannaa (now a redirect to Articulate Ink)
• Marsha Kennedy — nominated for deletion by IagoQnsi on March 11, result was “speedy keep”, nominator withdrew — article still has notability tag
• Jan Layh — nominated for deletion by Swpb, discussion in progress (closed as delete)
• Marilyn Levine — nominated for speedy deletion, result: keep
• Faith Logan — red link — Deleted March 9 without discussion (deletion log)
• Jeannie Mah — deleted twice without discussion, on March 8 and 9, by Cryptic and Dianaa
• Barbara Meneley — deletion discussion in progress
• Megan Nash — musician, not an artist — no deletion attempts, however image removed for copyright issues
• Carmen Robertson — deletion under discussion
• Christina Stojonova — no tags, no deletion attempts
• Leesa Streifler — nominated for deletion by Toddst1 March 9, result was “keep”

In Draft:

• Draft:Erin Gee (artist) Now moved to article space
• Draft:Jan Crawford Winton Declined
• Dianne Ouellette a one-line stub with one link that does not mention her (deletion log shows the article was restored, but it mysteriously remains a red link)

Looks like 18 of these articles are still live. Let’s hear it for Canadian women artists.