The #SheSaid campaign 2026 officially launched on 1 September and will run until 31 December 2026. Now in its seventh edition, #SheSaid continues to grow as a global campaign, bringing together participants from around the world to add and improve women’s voices on Wikimedia projects.
As part of Wiki Loves Women, an initiative of Wiki in Africa, #SheSaid works to address the gender gap on Wikiquote by making women’s words, experiences and perspectives more visible and accessible.
This year is particularly special: Wiki Loves Women is celebrating 10 years of making women visible in the world’s largest open knowledge ecosystem. #SheSaid is part of this decade-long journey, building on the contributions of thousands of participants who have helped bring women’s voices into the Wikimedia movement and beyond.
More than numbers, SheSaid is a story of collaboration
Six editions. More than 42k contributions. 22 languages from English to Assamese. More than 25 communities from Indonesia to Italy, Ghana and beyond. .
#SheSaid is more than just the numbers. It is a story of people coming together across languages, countries and cultures, united by one purpose: to make women’s voices more visible.
That spirit of collaboration has taken #SheSaid beyond Wikimedia. FrancAutrices, a card game created through a collaboration between Les sans pagEs, Wiki in Africa and French Wikiquote editors, brings the words of Francophone women writers to new audiences. The game features quotes from Wikiquote, alongside portraits of the authors by French illustrator Claire Gaudriot and a design by South African designer Theresa Shaw.
FrancAutrices is one example of how a contribution to an open platform can become the starting point for something new, connecting communities, cultures and audiences around women’s voices.
A community favourite
The Wikimedia community has celebrated the story of # SheSaid. At Wikimania 2026, the campaign was selected as one of “Wikimedia’s Coolest Projects”.
For this award, in-person and online attendees were invited to vote for the projects that best represented the creativity, diversity and collaborative spirit of the Wikimedia movement. The contest was revived in memory of its founder, Deror Lin, as part of the celebration of 25 years of Wikimedia.
Being chosen among the three coolest Wikimedia projects is a meaningful recognition of what the #SheSaid community has built together.
A campaign for everyone
As this year’s campaign begins, we’d like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has contributed to #SheSaid over the years; every quote, edit, translation, event and conversation has helped shape this global campaign and made a significant impact on Wikiquote. SheSaid belongs to everyone who takes part in it, and through this collective effort, women’s voices continue to find their place in open knowledge.
The story continues, and everyone can be part of it. Whether you contribute a quote, improve Wikiquote, organise an activity, translate content, or encourage someone else to participate – join us!
Be part of #SheSaid 2026 and help write the next chapter of this global story.
#SheSaid … Give Her A Voice!
Don’t forget to follow us on social media:
- Website: www.wikiloveswomen.org
- Twitter/X: @Wikiloveswomen
- Instagram: @WikiLovesWomen
- Facebook Page: @WikiLovesWomen
- Telegram Group: WikiGenderGap
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Facts Only
* #SheSaid 2026 runs from 1 September to 31 December 2026.
* The campaign is in its seventh edition.
* #SheSaid is part of Wiki Loves Women, an initiative of Wiki in Africa.
* The campaign focuses on increasing the visibility of women's words and perspectives on Wikiquote.
* Previous editions resulted in over 42,000 contributions across 22 languages.
* Participating communities include groups from Indonesia, Italy, and Ghana.
* FrancAutrices is a card game featuring Wikiquote content, portraits by Claire Gaudriot, and design by Theresa Shaw.
* The campaign was named one of "Wikimedia’s Coolest Projects" at Wikimania 2026.
* The "Coolest Projects" contest was revived in memory of Deror Lin for the 25th anniversary of Wikimedia.
* The campaign's digital presence includes a website, Twitter/X, Instagram, Facebook, and Telegram.
Executive Summary
The #SheSaid 2026 campaign is a global effort to mitigate the gender gap on Wikiquote by increasing the representation of women's voices and experiences. Operating as part of the Wiki Loves Women initiative by Wiki in Africa, the campaign marks its seventh edition and coincides with the 10th anniversary of Wiki Loves Women's work within the Wikimedia ecosystem.
Beyond direct edits to Wikiquote, the initiative fosters cross-platform collaborations, such as the FrancAutrices card game, which translates open-knowledge contributions into tangible educational tools. The campaign's collaborative nature was recently recognized at Wikimania 2026, where it was voted as one of the "Coolest Projects" in a contest honoring the movement's 25th anniversary. Participation is open to the public through various activities, including quote contributions, translations, and event organization.
Full Take
The strongest version of this narrative is that open-knowledge platforms possess systemic biases that require intentional, community-driven interventions to ensure a representative historical record. By focusing on Wikiquote, the campaign treats the "gender gap" not as a lack of content, but as a lack of visibility for women's intellectual and experiential contributions.
This is a call to action framed through the lens of collective storytelling. It utilizes a "community-centric" pattern, shifting the focus from raw metrics (the 42k contributions) to human connection and cultural exchange. The narrative assumes that visibility on a Wikimedia project equates to a broader inclusion in the "world’s largest open knowledge ecosystem," implying that digital archiving is a primary vehicle for historical legitimacy.
The root paradigm is one of digital equity—the belief that knowledge is not neutral and that active curation is necessary to correct historical omissions. The benefit is a more diverse knowledge base; the cost is the inherent tension between "neutral point of view" (NPOV) policies and the active pursuit of representative quotas.
Patterns detected: none
If this were an influence campaign, a bad actor would use "predatory liberation" rhetoric to hijack a legitimate cause for the purpose of inserting specific ideological biases or scrubbed histories into a trusted knowledge base. However, the content here aligns with standard community-organizing and open-source advocacy.
Bridge Questions:
1. How is the "gender gap" quantitatively measured on Wikiquote to determine the success of such campaigns?
2. In what ways does the transition from a digital wiki to a physical product (like a card game) change the accessibility and "openness" of the knowledge?
3. What mechanisms exist to ensure that the drive for visibility maintains the academic rigor and verifiability required by Wikimedia standards?
Sentinel — Human
LIKELY_HUMAN (confidence: 0.1)