WikiGap/2022/Women, Health & Environment/Improve an article

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Instructions in English


Step 1. Find an article to improve

Suggested articles are below. You may also explore articles about women by occupation or nationality. Please feel free edit articles in other language Wikis. You are not required to edit these articles, though this list is a good starting point for new editors. Hyperlinked numbers are potential references. Suggestions are ways these articles can be improved.


Step 2. Reserve the article

Reserve the article you would like to edit using this Google sheet. This will prevent two or more editors from working on the same article at the same time.


Step 3. Add the information
  1. Select an article to edit
  2. Click 'Edit' on the top right. if you see code and not plain text, click to switch to the Visual Editor.
  3. Find other suitable references online or in a book (This is where there second tab come in handy)
  4. Write the information you want to add to Wikipedia in your own words (don't just copy someone else's work).
  5. Add the reference to the end of the sentence.
  6. Click 'Publish changes' and say what you did in the summary and include #WikiGap.


How to add links

All pages on Wikipedia should be linked together:

  1. Find a page you want to add internal links to.
  2. Find words on the page that could link to other articles.
  3. Click 'Edit' at the top of the article, if you see code click to switch to the Visual Editor.
  4. Add links to the other articles, you don't have to link every mention of a word, only the first one.
  5. Click 'Publish changes' and say what you did in the summary and include #WikiGap.


Add images

You can help improve the quality of an article by adding images to it.

  1. Find an article where you would like to add an image.
  2. Check if the same article has an image on any other language versions.
  3. Click 'Edit' at the top of the article (if you see code click to switch to the Visual Editor).
  4. Add an image
  5. Click 'Publish changes' and say what you did in the summary and include #WikiGap.