Wikiquote:SheSaid
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- 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
- Global
About the Campaign

The #SheSaid campaign is part of the Wiki Loves Women initiative. Launched on October 20, 2020, the project celebrates leading women and their voices by encouraging the creation and improvement of Wikiquote articles that feature women’s quotations.
The campaign aims to:
- Increase the visibility of notable women on Wikiquote
- Amplify women’s voices globally
- Inspire participation across multiple languages
To participate, create or improve a Wikiquote article and add #SheSaid to your edit summary before you Publish. Central coordination: Wiki Loves Women/SheSaid on Meta.
The 2025 SheSaid drive is now open!
All languages: View 2025 results here
Local Wikiquote Portals
The campaign runs across multiple languages and regions. Explore your local version below:
- Arabic
- Assamese
- Banjar
- Bengali
- Catalan
- Dutch
- English
- Fante (Incubator)
- French
- German
- Gungbe
- Hausa (Incubator)
- Igbo
- Italian
- Serbian
- Setswana (Incubator)
- Slovene
- Spanish
- Swahili
- Telugu
- Ukrainian
- Uzbek
- Punjabi (Incubator)
- Malayalam (Kerala)
- Indonesian
Participants
Below are contributors who have joined the #SheSaid 2025 initiative.
Tip: Add your username at the bottom of the list with # User:YourName.
- user:~2025-68633-1
- user:A23423413
- user:Abel Josiah
- User:Adesolive
- user:Adeyinka Ekundayo
- user:Adimora chidinma
- user:Airypedia
- user:Akintundedaniel
- user:Akum20
- user:Anastesia chi
- User:Anthere
- user:Arius1998
- user:Assilidjoe
- user:Avacalop
- User:Aways geedi
- user:Awo-Ndubuisi Esther
- user:BarryFemo
- user:Bembety
- user:BigDareLibrary
- user:BIGOJ.1
- user:Biowikician
- user:Blackgirlmighty
- user:Bobbyvic
- User:Byera04
- Camelia
- user:Cecilia Nkini
- user:Chinagorom Uchechi
- user:Chinwoke 01
- user:Chiziqa
- User:Chongkian
- user:Cliffordfavour006
- user:Cmwaura
- user:DCjuma
- user:Dolphyb
- user:Doosh230
- user:Ebubechukwu1
- user:Edozie Ojekwe
- user:Emmanuel Obiajulu
- user:Evaristus07
- Faith Buyaki
- user:Filipinayzd
- user:Grace789
- User:Iamjessklein
- User:Ibrahim abusufyan
- user:Ibrokhan1
- user:Ihana Aneta
- User:Jībanmṛta
- user:Jullieward
- user:JustEMV
- user:KatieKea
- user:King ChristLike
- user:Kingsley Smart
- user:Kulest
- User:Kunokuno
- user:Lebu Ayiga
- user:Lucy Ingram
- user:Lucy Iwuala
- user:Lyndadelz
- user:Mammysou17
- user:Mbah Victor Chukwuemerie
- user:Medievalfran
- User:MelikaShokoufandeh
- user:Meritkosy
- user:Mojex02
- User:MovieLoverFan
- user:Muhammad Idriss Criteria
- Mustafdesam
- user:Natashadonoh
- user:Noellamankaah
- user:Nshua of Cali-Dibang
- user:Nurken
- user:Onyenachi64
- user:Oronsay
- user:Otubula
- user:Ozims Divine
- user:Phina001
- user:Ponmile Olawuyi
- user:Priestesspedia
- user:RCJourn
- RebeccaRwanda
- User:Rich Farmbrough
- Royalesignature (talk)
- user:Saroj
- User:SijiR
- User:Spinoziano
- User:Starlighsky
- User:Superchilum
- User:Sura Shukurlu
- user:Temangel
- user:Tobes404
- user:Tochiprecious
- user:TracyWeru
- User:Tropical Storm Angela
- user:Ukeomaprecious
- user:Umasoyee
- user:Uncle Bash007
- user:Victor Ningthemcha
- user:Victorpeter001
- user:Yaaaaargh!
- User:Zee99ingonyama
- User:Zimkitha Ngaleka
- user:Мит Сколов
- user:Olgatladi2020
- user:Cjgrayz
- user:Filipinayzd
- (…and many more wonderful contributors!)
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How to Participate
You can help strengthen women’s presence on Wikiquote by contributing in many ways.
Create or Improve Articles
- Start new Wikiquote pages about notable women
→ See Wikiquote:SheSaid/RedLists or Wikiquote:SheSaid/SheSaid Africa
- Expand or source existing pages
→ Add citations with {{citation needed}}
- Improve core topics related to women, such as:
* Women * Gender bias on Wikipedia * Women and HIV/AIDS * Sexism
Organize and Categorize
- Add women to the correct categories, e.g. Category:Women or Category:Women by country
- Merge small categories; only create new ones if needed
- Add "See also" sections to related pages
- Add DEFAULTSORT using magic words
Add or Improve Images
- Add photos of women (ensure compliance with Wikiquote:Image use policy)
- See Articles in need of a photo
Promote the Campaign
- Share #SheSaid postcards or bookmarks (see below)
- Invite others on social media using the hashtag #SheSaid
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Tracking and Statistics
You can track the campaign’s progress through live Quarry queries:
See all new pages: Special:NewPages
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Articles Created or Improved in 2025
Access full resources and tools and a more comprehensive list of articles created and improved in 2025.
Below are examples of pages created or improved in 2025.
New Articles
- Ada Nduka Oyom
- Angela Ahrendts
- Anne-Marie Imafidon
- Banu Mushtaq
- Bozoma Saint John
- Christine Amoako-Nuamah
- Eva Estrada Kalaw
- Funke Opeke
- Gladys West
- Kimberly Bryant (technologist)
- Leena Nair
- Maria Kalaw Katigbak
- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
- Sanda Ojiambo
- Sara Baume
- Timnit Gebru
- Vilma Santos
- Wangari Maathai
- Zillah Byng-Thorne
Improved Articles
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Share the Campaign
Postcards
Share #SheSaid postcards to encourage participation.
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Amina Sboui
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Wangari Maathai
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Hoda Khamosh
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Bi Kidude
Bookmarks
Printable bookmarks to promote the campaign.
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Amina Sboui
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Hoda Khamosh
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Lolo Arziki
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Wangari Maathai
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Bi Kidude
For assistance creating your own, contact m:User:Afek91.
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Impact
Since its launch in 2020, #SheSaid has:
- Inspired participation in over 25 languages
- Created or improved more than 3,000 Wikiquote articles about women
- Engaged hundreds of contributors globally
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Questions?
Use the discussion page for help, feedback, or suggestions. Click Add topic at the top to start a new thread.