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ペニー・リチャーズ
Penny Richards

ペニー・リチャーズ（userpage）にとって基本的な喜びとは、ウィキメディアに投稿すること、それを達成する方法の発見です。世界中の人々とつながったりウィキペディアのような大規模なグローバルなプロジェクトに参加でき、しかも家でパジャマ姿のまま過ごせる点をとても気に入っています。

毎日、自分にある資料調査と執筆の技能を使うチャンスです。私自身は研究職ではないし、単独で大規模な研究プロジェクトを行う余裕は現在の生活にはないけれど、毎日、人物伝を1本書くくらいなら大丈夫だし、満足感が得られて（中略）ウィキペディアはだいたいウィメン・イン・レッドというプロジェクトにいます。自分のエネルギーはほとんどここで使うし、コミュニティとして属していると感じます。

歴史のページを1枚ずつめくるように

Penny has a passion for learning about people and leafing through old newspapers, yearbooks and journals. Naturally, biographies comprise a large part of her contributions to Wikimedia. Penny tries to edit an article a day, most days–whether to create anew, improve or add images. She also shares her own and the work of her community on other platforms, like Pinterest, Twitter, and more recently, Mastodon. The portrait of Alberta Virginia Scott is one of her favourites and she loves to do justice to the stories behind such powerful photos.

I have loved biographical dictionaries forever–my grandmother had Webster’s Biographical Dictionary, and I liked looking at all the names and stories in it, even as a kid. [...] When I was teaching school, I’d have students write short biographies, for example about women in the French Revolution.

Encouraged by Wikimedian Cliotropic, Penny started her Wikimedia account in 2011. Even when historical sources are incomplete, she believes in using whatever is available (and reliable), and is grateful to the Wikipedia Library for that. However, this isn't just a problem of the past. The inequalities in available resources are very much alive today. Penny dares us to "imagine a media landscape where, instead of constant celebrity updates, there’d be abundant, accessible, and informative articles in local and national outlets about what engineers or microbiologists are doing, or poets, educators, nurses, or archaeologists. If we had more diverse news stories and magazine articles, we’d have the secondary sources for a wider range of Wikipedia articles too."

Penny also likes to contribute to WikiQuote as a way to represent more voices and add more accurate sourcing for them. Penny shares a quote about Florence Foster Jenkins who, like her, was from Pennsylvania: "Critics have long wondered whether Coloratura Jenkins' art can be described as singing at all. But she will intrepidly attack any aria, scale its altitudes in great swoops and hoots, assaying its descending trills with the vigor of a maudlin cuckoo." (Time magazine, November 2, 1942)

世界とのつながり

If she’s not working on something for WikiProject Women in Red, she might be supporting WikiProject Disability or the Los Angeles group. Making connections is another encouragement for Penny to keep contributing. The social side of Wikimedia is integral to our existence, whether participating in a project or edit-a-thon or engaging in civil discourse online to improve articles, and it can reverberate far beyond. Penny was working on an article about a Paris-based dancer, Nyota Inyoka (1896-1971), and had mentioned that the Getty Institute had videotape of her dancing, with a link to their catalog record. A dance historian in France contacted her, excited to learn this, and wondered if Penny could help her see this video. A few emails later, the historian in France was viewing moving images of her research subject. That made Penny happy.

人類の知の総和というものには誰でも参加できるし、リチャーズさんは編集初学者に最初は小さな進歩を心がけてはどうかとおすすめしています。「たとえばカナダの作家について学びたいなと思ったら、たぶん最初は『カナダの文学』という題名の記事から始めないで」とリチャーズさん。「それよりも作家1人とかジャンル1件とか、既存の記事を少し改善する作業に目を向けて、規模は小さくても毎回、何か新しい発見をしてみてください。そのうちに自信がついたら、『赤リンク』の一覧から作家や本を探して、記事を書く段階に進みます（このリストに載っているのだから他にもうひとり、このトピックを選んだ人がいるわけですよね。）」リチャーズさんは自分があまり得意じゃない分野のページも編集するようにおすすめしていて、そうすると出典を読みながら書く間にも新しいことを学べるからだそうです。「ボーナスみたいに」とリチャーズさん。「編集内容にあまり思い入れがない方が、もし除去されたり書き換えられても、あまりショックじゃないと思います。」

ウィキメディアの網を織りあげる

リチャーズさんにとって新しい記事を書いて「保存」ボタンを押しても、作業はまだ半分、残っています。まったく別のスタートラインであり、ウィキペディアの構造に新しい情報を織り込むには、リンクの作成、記事を適切な一覧に追加したり関連プロジェクトに結ぶ作業があります。記事に変更が加わっていくを見ていると、自分自身の学びにも役立ちます。それに、他の人に助けを求めることもあるし、リチャードさんは他の人への働きかけは報われると信じています。投稿をきっかけに、ウィキメディア運動の内部ばかりか外部の人とも連携する方法はたくさんあります。ウィキメディアへの投稿は、園芸みたいなものだという譬え話がありました。多くの人は記事の形を整えたり、いらない枝葉を取り除いたりして、花が開き成長するのを眺めること自体から喜びを感じるでしょう。

小さな投稿の積み重ねです。思い切って始めることが先で、すべてを学ぶまで待つ必要はありません。『全部すでに終わった』わけでもありません。コミュニティも多く、それにはプロジェクトや編集大会（エディタソン）への参加や、世界の編集者と一緒に目標に向かって作業したりすると見つかります。」

一緒にお祝いしましょう！

皆さんのご意見をお待ちしております。お祝いや感謝の言葉を公の場で共有したい場合は、ここでどうぞ。投稿していただいたメッセージは、このページの下部に表示されます。

「	小さな投稿の積み重ねです。思い切って始めることが先で、すべてを学ぶまで待つ必要はありません。「全部すでに終わった」わけでもありません。コミュニティも多く、それにはプロジェクトや編集大会（エディタソン）への参加や、世界の編集者と一緒に目標に向かって作業したりすると見つかります。	」

メインのプロジェクト：
プロジェクト・ウィメン・イン・レッド

編集を始めた年：2021年

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Congratulations, Penny!

I met Penny years ago, but already knew about her work on Wikipedia. Dedicated, meticulous, she exemplifies the thoughtful researcher. Penny is an inspiration to me and many others. Congratulations for this honor, Penny! Well deserved! --Rosiestep (talk) 14:35, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yay for Penny

Penny is such an inspirational editor. I love to see the women she's worked on. She's also so helpful if you have a question and a great cheerleader! Thanks for all your wonderful work! Lajmmoore (talk) 18:45, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Penny

You are a tireless contributor and enthusiastic participant in WiR. For those who don't know, among many other things, Penny is the editor who maintains the Women in Red Pinterest pages. I love seeing all those faces :) WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 20:33, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

One of my favourites

You certainly deserve such high recognition. Almost every day I come across evidence of your creative work on women's biographies or your useful contributions to the Women in Red talk page. Congratulations!--Ipigott (talk) 06:45, 18 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You!

This is a wonderful tribute to a Wikipedian who is truly making a positive difference. Thank you, Penny, for all that you've and will continue to do. - 47thPennVols (talk) 16:03, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations

Congrats Penny, your contributions are very essential to the human kind . Keep the fire burning ɴᴅᴀʜɪʀᴏ ᴅᴇʀʀɪᴄᴋ 🐎 (talk) 17:32, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Traveling Lady

Kingdom Building Work Take Being About Our Father's Business. Kingdom Builders World Foundation INC LLC (talk) 06:09, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Congrats!

I'm so grateful for Penny, and Women in Red in general. EponineBunnyKickQueen (talk) 16:21, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations!

Congratulations and thank you to everyone who contributes to Wikipedia. I use it and recommend it to others every day. A spectacular jewel. 2600:1010:B058:A2A3:144E:B37A:86D6:9C3F 00:22, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations Penny

Congratulations Penny, I love all what you are doing, all the wonderful women biographies you wrote (some of them Italian women, and you comunicated us by tagging WikiDonne on Twitter. Thank you . Camelia (talk) 19:07, 19 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]