Module:Women in Red event/doc

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

• Template:WikiProject Women in Red,
• Template:WIR meetup header,
• Template:WIR category
• Template:Women in Red navigation

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"

name function

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

Given an event number, returns the name or the series of the event. If the both the name and the series are defined, then it will prepend the series with a colon. For example:

• {{#invoke:Women in Red event|name|294}} gives "Education"
• {{#invoke:Women in Red event|name|7}} gives "Black women: History"
• {{#invoke:Women in Red event|name|236}} gives "Alphabet run: C & D"

text function

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

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

• {{#invoke:Women in Red event|text|291}} gives "Women who died: 2023 edit-a-thon from December 2023 to January 2024"

date function

{{#invoke:Women in Red event|date|event|sentence|abbrev}}

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

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

This function takes two optional parameters:

• |sentence= - if set to "yes" then the date will be expressed as a sentence using the words "from" and "to", e.g. "from October to December 2021"
• |abbrev= - if set to "yes" then the names of the months will be abbreviated, e.g. "Oct–Dec 2021"

findLatest function

{{#invoke:Women in Red event|findLatest|add}}

Shows the latest event number to be defined (currently 354), ignoring the quasi event numbers "2017" and "2018". For example

• {{#invoke:Women in Red event|findLatest}} gives "354"

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 "355"

list function

{{#invoke:Women in Red event|list|first|last|latest|meetup|logo|series|name|date|template|wrapper|category}}

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

Meetup	Name	Date
52	Women in peace	Aug 2017
53	Canadian women	Aug 2017
54	Hispanic & Latina women	Sep 2017
55	Olympic women	Sep 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

Meetup	Name	Date
352	Halloween	Oct 2025
353	Alphabet run: U, V, W	Nov 2025
354	Asian women	Nov 2025

Columns

The columns of the table can be customised by setting various parameters to yes or no.

• |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.

Examples

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

The table currently shown on Template:WikiProject Women in Red/doc is produced by the syntax {{#invoke:Women in Red event|list|latest=10|template=yes}} which produces the following:

Meetup	Name	Date	Template
345	Indigenous women	Aug 2025	{{WIR|345}}
346	Film and stage	Aug 2025	{{WIR|346}}
347	Alphabet run: Q & R	Sep 2025	{{WIR|347}}
348	Women writers & their works	Sep 2025	{{WIR|348}}
349	Geofocus: Microstates	Sep 2025	{{WIR|349}}
350	Alphabet run: S & T	Oct 2025	{{WIR|350}}
351	Women in STEM	Oct 2025	{{WIR|351}}
352	Halloween	Oct 2025	{{WIR|352}}
353	Alphabet run: U, V, W	Nov 2025	{{WIR|353}}
354	Asian women	Nov 2025	{{WIR|354}}

event_list_by_year function

{{#invoke:Women in Red event|event_list_by_year|year}}

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

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

• INITIATIVES:
  • Peace and Diplomacy
  • #1day1woman
  EDIT-A-THONS:
  • Folklore
  • Women who died: 2023
  • Jan:
    • Alphabet run: M & N
    • Geofocus: East Asia
  • Feb:
    • Alphabet run: O & P
    • Black women
    • Justice
  • Mar:
    • Geofocus: Mediterranean
    • Art + Activism
    • Alphabet run: Q & R
  • Apr:
    • Gender studies
    • Health
    • Dance
    • Alphabet run: S & T
    • Books by women
  • May:
    • Alphabet run: U–W
    • Disability
    • Education
    • Geofocus: Central and Eastern Europe
  • Jun:
    • Alphabet run: X–Z
    • LGBTQ+ women
    • Women in music
  • Jul:
    • Happy 8th Anniversary Women in Red
    • Alphabet run: A & B
    • Sports
  • Aug:
    • Alphabet run: C & D
    • Indigenous women
    • Film and stage
    • Geofocus: Arab League countries
  • Sep:
    • Alphabet run: E & F
    • Women writers & their works
    • Geofocus: Celtic nations
  • Oct:
    • Alphabet run: G & H
    • Women in STEM
    • Geofocus: Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Nov:
    • Alphabet run: I & J
    • Geofocus: Indian subcontinent
    • Women in Politics
  • Dec:
    • Alphabet run: K & L
    • Honoured women

current_events function

{{#invoke:Women in Red event|current_events|year|month}}

Produces a list of current, upcoming, recently completed and ongoing events, for navigational purposes at the top of meetup pages. The display on a certain month and year can be specified by using the parameters:

• year - specify the 4-digit year, e.g. |year=2022
• month - specify the month as a number between 1-12. If the year is specified then this will default to 1, i.e. January.

The labels in front of the boxes can be customised with the following parameters:

• recent
• current
• ongoing
• upcoming

Examples

• {{#invoke:Women in Red event|current_events}} produces:

Recently completed:	Alphabet run: S & T Women in STEM Halloween
November 2025:	Alphabet run: U, V, W Asian women
Ongoing initiatives:	Music #1day1woman
Upcoming events:	Ideas

• {{#invoke:Women in Red event|current_events|year=2023|month=2|ongoing=Still happening|upcoming=Coming up}} produces:

Recently completed:	Women who died: 2022 Alphabet run: M & N Geofocus: East Asia
February 2023:	Alphabet run: O & P Black women Justice Folklore
Still happening:	Peace and Diplomacy #1day1woman
Coming up:	Geofocus: Mediterranean Art + Activism Alphabet run: Q & R 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

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

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