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Usage

This module has various functons that use the list of WikiProject Women in Red events stored at Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/events. These are used in

and elsewhere.

main function

{{#invoke:Women in Red event|main|event|field}}

  • Given an event number, reads one of the fields (event, year, month, type, image, series)

For example:

  • {{#invoke:Women in Red event|main|294|name}} gives "Education"
  • {{#invoke:Women in Red event|main|7|year}} gives "2016"
  • {{#invoke:Women in Red event|main|236|series}} gives "Alphabet run"

text function

Produces a piped link to the event page followed by the date, for use in the project banner. For example:

date function

Produces a formatted date (including month and year) of the event. For example:

  • {{#invoke:Women in Red event|date|210}} gives "October–December 2021"

findLatest function

Shows the latest event number to be defined (currently 343), ignoring the quasi event numbers "2017" and "2018". For example

  • {{#invoke:Women in Red event|findLatest}} gives "343"

An optional parameter |add= can be used to add or subtract numbers to the latest. For example

  • {{#invoke:Women in Red event|findLatest|add=1}} gives "344"

list function

Produce a table of events, for various purposes. The following parameters are recognised.

  • first, last: specify the first and/or last event to show in the list. For example {{#invoke:Women in Red event|list|first=52|last=55}} produces
MeetupNameDate
52Women in peaceAug 2017
53Canadian womenAug 2017
54Hispanic & Latina womenSep 2017
55Olympic womenSep 2017
  • latest: to show a specified number of the latest events. In this case |first= and |last= will be ignored. For example, {{#invoke:Women in Red event|list|latest=3}} produces
MeetupNameDate
341Alphabet run: M & NJul 2025
342Women in Red turns 10Jul 2025
343Geofocus: Ten for KenyaJul 2025

Columns

The columns of the table can be customised as follows.

  • meetup: shows or hides a column with the meetup number. By default this column is shown. If a background colour is defined then it will be used in this cell.
  • logo: enables a column to show the logo associated with each event.
  • series: enables a column to show the series (if applicable) of each event.
  • name: enables a column to show the name of each event, and a link to the meetup page. This will be shown by default.
  • date: shows or hides a column which displays the date of each event. Shown by default.
  • template: column to show the syntax for the template using the shortcut {{WIR}}
  • wrapper (deprecated): column to show the wrapper template for each event. These are no longer in general use.
  • category: enables a column which links to the category for articles created by each event, along with the population of that category.

Example

The table currently shown on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red/events is produced by the syntax {{#invoke:Women in Red event|list|logo=y|series=y|wrapper=y|category=y}}.

event_list_by_year function

Produces a list of all pas events by year, for use in Template:Women in Red navigation.

For example, {{#invoke:Women in Red event|event_list_by_year|2023}} produces:

count_banners function

Used by Template:WikiProject Women in Red to count the number of WIR banners on the page, and output a category if this number is more than 1, i.e. there are multiple banners on the same page. It looks for templates of the form {{WikiProject Women in Red...}}. The categories are shown in Category:Pages with multiple WikiProject Women in Red banners.

current_events function

Produces a list of current and upcoming events, for navigational purposes at the top of meetup pages.

For example:

  • {{#invoke:Women in Red event|current_events}} produces
Recently completed: LGBTQ+ women Alphabet run: K & L
July 2025: Alphabet run: M & N Women in Red turns 10 Geofocus: Ten for Kenya
Ongoing initiatives: Music #1day1woman
Upcoming events: Ideas

events function

{{#invoke:Women in Red event|events}}

Produces a list of current, upcoming and recently completed events, for use on Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Events. It has a number of optional parameters:

  • monthly - include a section for edit-a-thons in the current month. This parameter defines the heading, e.g. |monthly=Happening now
  • ongoing - include a section for ongoing initiatives or contests. This parameter defines the heading, e.g. |ongoing=Ongoing initiatives
  • upcoming - include a section for upcoming events. This parameter defines the heading, e.g. |upcoming=Coming up
  • recent - include a section for recently completed events (i.e. events in the previous month). This parameter defines the heading, e.g. |recent=Recently completed
  • past - include a section for all past events (except recently completed). This parameter defines the heading, e.g. |past=Past events

category_header function

Used by Template:WIR category to produce a header for various categories. Please see that template's documentation.


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