In our recent podcast, our initiative to encourage Irish football fans to update the Wikipedia articles for the Republic of Ireland Women's squad was announced. We had discussed amongst ourselves what to do in the build up to the first appearance by the Girls In Green at this summer's FIFA Women's World Cup, and, having read of other similar initiatives to improve the quality of women's articles in certain fields (science, art, history, etc) we thought this would be an excellent opportunity for a collective effort by fans of the team to make as much information as possible available before the tournament kicks off in July.
So, what does this entail?
For the next eleven weeks, we're going to ask fans to focus on a single position within the squad, read through the articles for the players in that posistion, and either correct any mistakes you notice, or add something to it. This can be as little as correcting a spolling mistake (like that one!), or adding a line about their debut to their career history, to adding their international record.
We're starting this week with the goalkeepers named by Vera Pauw in the squad to face the United States recently - Courtney Brosnan, Grace Moloney, Megan Walsh, and Sophie Whitehouse - as well as recent callups Naoisha McAloon, Katie Keane, and Eve Badana.
Read the linked articles for each player, see if you notice anything that is incorrect, or if you know anything that can be added, feel free to do so.
Further reading
Republic of Ireland Women's National Team
Project Rewrite: Tell the missing stories of women on Wikipedia and beyond
Making the edit: why we need more women in Wikipedia
Closing the gender gap: Women in Red’s efforts to add more women to Wikipedia
500 Women Scientists - Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon
