Revolutionaries and pioneers
editI really began editing during 2016 when the Irish celebrations for the Easter Rising centenary were underway. I decided to add just a few of the women missing from the stories of Irish rebellions which led me to the women who made history by being the first.
They include:
- The first women to be awarded degrees in Ireland or Great Britain
- The first woman stockbroker anywhere in the world
- A trailblazing Irish particle physicist
- The first woman to get a degree in science in Ireland
- A first female Fellow,
- a first woman professor,
- a photographer, broadcaster, geologist, traveller, pilot and Ireland's first female flight instructor
And that’s just the Irish people... They led me all over the world next...
- There’s the Turkish composer, the South African human rights activist, the Arab museum director, the Nigerian short story and novel writer with an MBE, the playwright, actress, director and Yucatecan theater teacher, the Jamaican scientist and science fiction author.
- One of the first three women in Japan to become a lawyer, the Indian zoologist and author, the Ethiopian photographer
- The Chinese writer living in London, the Soviet - Ukrainian aeronautical engineer and university teacher of Armenian origin.
- The first Colombian woman to earn an engineering degree in Colombia
Just a little about me
editMy name, given here, is pronounced Auntie Kate.
My goal is to make it so that when you look for people who do X you get a fair number of women in the list and not just men. This means improving the number of women who have articles on Wikipedia.
I have a particular interest in Irish women and have focused on revolutionaries, pioneers, engineers and writers but I will take on any woman I find interesting or notable, Irish or otherwise. Occasionally I will take a particular focus on people from specific areas or backgrounds which are not well covered.
I am passionate about Irish and keeping the language alive. But that work is done behind the scenes for me, rather than on Vicipéid. It's around getting the schools involved, getting other editors with Irish to edit Vicipéid, improving visibility of Vicipéid and that kind of thing.
If you are interested in joining me, I work with Women in Red and am part of Wikimedia Community Ireland but I also have a bunch of links to how to guides on how to edit and pages of who to edit.
If you are new to Wikipedia I will help if I can, just ask. Click here to leave me a message.
Click here to see the 820+ articles written so far
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Wiki Awards
edit| This user received the Editor of the Week award. |
This user has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian |
| Mary Wollstonecraft Award | |
| Twice |
Useful stuff
edit- Edit Count
- Primer for creating women's biographies
- Favourite Biography location
- Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard
- Colour map
- Help:Wiki markup
- Antiqueight's Commons Contributions
- Dictionary of biography
- Wikimedia Community Ireland
- User:Lupin/Recent IP edits
- Women writers/Missing
- Special:NewPagesFeed
- Abandoned Drafts
- Smirkybec's To Do List
- Copyvio checking tool
- My collection of tools
- Character counter for DYK hooks
- Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings
- Turn a google book link into a citation
- Wikipedia:Maintenance
- ping all admins at once on help..#wikipedia-en , using bangadmin (!admin)
- How to say thanks -{{Wikithanks}}
Thank you
- Rating
- who wrote that
Scorecards
edit17.8% completed
| This user is ranked 911 on the list of Wikipedians by articles created. |
As of 12 Sept 2021
- First edit: 14 February 2011 22:53:58
- 1000 edits at 20:01, 9 October 2013
- 2000 edits at 20:08, 19 October 2013
- 3000 edits at 17:40ish, 23 October 2013
- 4000 edits around midnight 29/30 October 2013
- 5000 edits around 23:00 04 November 2013 (Number of edits:5,555 @09:28, 6 November 2013)
- 6000 edits around 22:00 07 November 2013
- 7000 edits around 13:30 16 November 2013
- 8000 edits around 19:24 22 November 2013
- 9000 edits at 17:09 06 June 2014
- 10000 edits at 13:00 02 February 2016
- 11,000 edits at 01:19 15 February 2016
- 12,000 edits at 20:18 24 February 2016
- 13,000 edits at around 02:30 10 March 2016
- 14,000 edits at around 19:45 1 April 2016
- 15,000 edits at 11:15, 18 April 2016
- 16,000 edits at Sep 28, 2016, 11:48 PM
- 17,000 edits at around 00:00 Oct 22, 2016
- 18,000 edits at 01:36, 06 December 2016
- 19,000 edits at around 31 May 2018
- 20,000 edits at 12:58 24 July 2018
- 21,000 edits at 08:58 20 August 2018
- 22,000 edits at 20:30 09 November 2018
- 23,000 edits at 22:50 27 August 2019
- 24,000 edits at 19:50 28 September 2019
- 25,000 edits at 17:13 18 October 2019
- 26,000 edits at 16:13 14 November 2019
- 27,000 edits at 15:05 09 December 2019
- 28,000 edits at 13:29 14 January 2020
- 29,000 edits at 16:28 16 February 2020
- 30,000 edits at 23:36 09 May 2020
- 31,000 edits at 17:55 22 June 2020
- 32,000 edits at 16:57 12 February 2021 (aka 12022021)
- 33,000 edits at 11:30 2 April 2021
- 34,000 edits at 19:17 8 September 2021
DYK
edit| On 10 March 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Janet McNeill, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Janet McNeill, a prolific Irish writer of adult and children's fiction, peopled her adult novels with "menopausal, middle-aged, middle-class Protestants"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Janet McNeill. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
| On 23 March 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Emily Winifred Dickson, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that students at the Royal College of Surgeons protested at being asked questions on midwifery by a woman – even though Emily Winifred Dickson was a Fellow of the College? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Emily Winifred Dickson. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
| On 3 April 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mary Ryan (academic), which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Professor Mary Ryan earned her BA from the Royal University of Ireland, though rules forbade her attending University classes? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mary Ryan (academic). You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. |
On 13 May 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Mabel McConnell Fitzgerald, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that after serving as a temporary secretary to George Bernard Shaw, Mabel McConnell Fitzgerald tried to convert him to Irish separatism? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mabel McConnell Fitzgerald. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Mabel McConnell Fitzgerald), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
On 5 January 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Gertrude Kelly, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Irish immigrant, anarchist, strike organiser, and New York surgeon Gertrude Kelly is commemorated by a children's park in Chelsea, Manhattan? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Gertrude Kelly. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, Gertrude Kelly), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.
Achievements, Cookies and barnstars
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| The Editor's Barnstar | |
| Goodness! You've done so much to increase the representation of women on Wikipedia. Thank you so much for all you do!
(and if you ever find folks who want to work on spaceflight history, I shall be happy to mentor them!) Neopeius (talk) 19:24, 7 November 2022 (UTC) |
| An image of Margaret Rebecca Lahee recently added by Antiqueight |
| Antiqueight |
| Editor of the Week for the week beginning December 8, 2019 |
| Makes outstanding and sustained contributions with over 24,500 global edits to Wikipedia projects. Pays attention to detail when referencing. Involved in training new users in Ireland and is an active member of the working group for Wikimedia Community Ireland. Actively and positively thanks other editors in the WP community. |
| Recognized for |
| demonstrating the collaborative spirit of Wikipedia |
| Notable work(s) |
| Alix E. Harrow and Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red |
| Submit a nomination |
| The Special Barnstar | |
| Thankyou for your hard work on Irish topics. Love seeing your articles on the 10,000 challenge! Invite others to contribute to it! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 11:41, 11 September 2019 (UTC) |
| The Real Life Barnstar | |
| Thanks for all the editing during the UCC Art+Feminism event on Saturday, and your editing since! Smirkybec (talk) 10:53, 13 March 2018 (UTC) |
| 5 new biographies: Women in Red August 2018 achievements |
| 10 new biographies: Women in Red August 2018 achievements |
| 20 new biographies: Women in Red August 2018 achievements |
| 5 new biographies: Women in Red September 2018 achievements |
A barnstar of deep recognition for all your efforts on Women in Red throughout the year. Enjoy the end of year festivities and prepare to put more women on the world map in 2017. --Ipigott (talk) 08:40, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
| The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
| Thank you for reverting the vandalism on Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir and keep up the good work. Vinegarymass911 (talk) 18:06, 13 February 2016 (UTC) |
| The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
| For all your work on the biographies of Irish women - well done! Smirkybec (talk) 22:38, 21 March 2016 (UTC) |
| The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
| For getting Mabel through DYK! And all the real-world things going on at the same time. You rule. :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 16:33, 14 May 2016 (UTC) |
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A Barnstar to thank you for your contributions | |
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Women's History Month worldwide online edit-a-thon
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| You have won prizes in WLM Ireland 2016 Writing Contest | |
| Congratulations! You have won for a number of your entries to WLM Ireland 2016 Writing Contest, for Brigid Foley, Bríd Dixon, and Skiddy's Almshouse. Smirkybec (talk) 23:06, 20 December 2016 (UTC) |
| Happy Festivus | |
| Air grievances, enjoy meatloaf (vegetarian or not) and challenge others in feats of strength! :) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 19:46, 23 December 2016 (UTC) |
| The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
| For all your ongoing work on Irish biographies (especially of women)! Smirkybec (talk) 16:11, 12 October 2016 (UTC) |
| The Brilliant Idea Barnstar | |
| Good point. -- AI RPer (talk) 00:05, 5 October 2016 (UTC) |
| The Original Barnstar | |
| Great work spotting all these notable Irish people. Thanks. Philafrenzy (talk) 10:30, 15 October 2016 (UTC) |
| Just one, I'm afraid. Oh, well . . . GeorgeLouis (talk) 02:06, 17 October 2013 (UTC) |
| Mary Wollstonecraft Award | ||
| On behalf of WP:WPWW, thank you for the recent new article on Caryl Lewis, winner of the Wales Book of the Year award in 2005 with her novel Martha Jac a Sianco. --Rosiestep (talk) 19:19, 30 April 2020 (UTC) |