Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/2015-07

Black Lunch Table
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
When and Where
Date:	Monday, July 13th, 2015
Time:	6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
Address:	4 West 54th Street; New York, NY

This meetup page is an archive of a past event. Please do not edit the contents of this page.

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project hosted its second edit-a-thon on Monday, July 13, 2015, from 6:00 pm - 8:00 p.m. Join us, the Museum of Modern Art staff, and folks from the local community in the museum's library for an evening of social Wikipedia editing.

Event description edit

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project at The Museum of Modern Art will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of Black artists. Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.

All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required. A brief overview of the basics of Wikipedia editing will be given at the start of the edit-a-thon. We will have library resources and a list of suggested topics on hand.

May 17, 2015: Black Lunch Table editathon @ Studio Museum in Harlem -- first BLT editathon
June 24, 2015: Wiki Loves Pride @ MoMA -- the first of a monthly series on different themes
July 13, 2015: Black Lunch Table editathon @ MoMA (today's event) -- the second of a monthly series on different themes

History of The Black Lunch Table edit

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) is an ongoing collaboration between artists Jina Valentine (Fishantena (talk)) and Heather Hart (HartValentine (talk)) which intends to fill holes in the documentation of contemporary art history. In its 10 year existence, the BLT has taken a variety of forms relating to this most recent iteration, in the form of the Wikipedia edit-a-thon. BLT’s aim is the production of discursive sites (at literal and metaphorical lunch tables), wherein cultural producers of color engage in critical dialogue on topics directly affecting our communities. They endeavor to create spaces, online and off, mirroring the activity and creativity present in sites where Blackness and Art are performed.

MoMA edit

Since 1929, The Museum of Modern Art has been a catalyst for conversation around art of the past and the present, the established and the experimental.

Event details edit

Edit-a-thon signage

Drinks and food!

Date: Monday, July 13, 2015
Time: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Come when you can, stay as long as you would like!
Location: MoMA Library, located on the 6th floor of the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Education and Research Building at the Museum of Modern Art, 4 West 54 Street

Please note that this entrance is 1 block north of the main 53rd Street entrance, closer to 5th Avenue

Subway: or to Fifth Avenue / 53rd Street
Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M7, M10, M20, M50, M104 buses
Who should attend: Artists, historians, students, teachers, curators, visitors...
- Experienced or new Wikipedians (We will provide assistance with Wikipedia formatting and syntax)
- Amateur historians or research pros (We will have a selection of resources available for your use; we will also pull related materials from the MoMA Archives)
RSVP: EventBrite
What to Bring: A laptop. We will help you access the museum's wireless network
Hashtag: #BlackLunchTables
Etherpad: BlackLunchTable2015-July - live doc to keep track of what we are all working on

Agenda edit

AfroCROWD MOMA / Black Lunch Table - presentation / overview by Aliceba (talk)

AfroCROWD Presentation

Editing time

Goals: Create user account (if new to Wikipedia), create user page with at least one sentence, sign up for editathon on this Wikipedia Meetup page, make one edit to a Wikipedia page

Attendees edit

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Black Lunch Table Editathon attendees

Editors hard at work

Editathon selfie! Rumayor1 & BrillLyle

Please remember to RSVP via Eventbrite to get on the list to attend in person. Signing up on wiki below is a bonus!

If you are able, please also add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row).
If you haven't edited Wikipedia before, we will help you register for a new Wikipedia editing account on the day of.

Confirmed edit

Tonya Jones
Sherry Antoine -- Shanluan (talk)
Heather Hart -- HartValentine (talk)
Jina Valentine -- Fishantena (talk)
Pharos (talk) 20:33, 27 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Linda Fletcher
Aliceba (talk) 23:36, 7 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Ja'nell Nequeva Ajani
Vaughn88 (talk) 18:07, 9 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Jim.henderson (talk) 18:16, 9 July 2015 (UTC) ooh, I'll be seeing Tonya again![reply]
Lwilcken (Lwilcken) 18:57, 10 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
DGG ( talk ) 00:07, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Dilettante Army (talk) 10:24, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Rumayor1 (talk) 22:08, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hbrockington (talk) 22:15, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Booksnbeats (talk) 22:54, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Harold 0296 (talk) 23:05, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Dcush629 (talk) 23:24, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Dannylow5 (talk) 22:44, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Mbarshington (talk) 22:39, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Luvlygeenius1276 (talk) 22:58, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
spjnyc (talk) 19:08, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Roadrunner28 (talk) 23:11, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Meganrw (talk) 23:33, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Baileyjsmith23 (talk) 23:40, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Sarabod99 (talk) 23:57, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Tentative edit

Megs (talk) 17:57, 29 June 2015 (UTC) (likely)[reply]
BrillLyle (talk)
Lange.lea (talk) 16:52, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Regrets edit

kosboot (talk) 20:33, 13 July 2015 (UTC) - Gotta work tonight.[reply]

Possible articles to edit edit

Suggested artist pages for revision and/or creation! Please add a name if you know a Black artist of note who needs a page.

Resources edit

Another shot of the gorgeous view

Wonderful outside deck at MoMA Library

Church view - from deck

African American Art edit

AfroCROWD edit

AfroCROWD - Wikipedia Meetup Page
AfroCROWD presentation - includes links

MoMA edit

MoMA external link templates edit

GLAM external link templates
- MoMA artist - template for MoMA artists
- MoMA object - template for MoMA objects

LibGuides edit

Exhibits and collections edit

African American History Month - Exhibits & Collections @ Library of Congress -- massive list of resources

News resources edit

National & International News/Media Resources @ Howard University

Wikipedia editing resources edit

Action shot of Jim.henderson

Editing Wikipedia using the Cite toolbar

N.B. Also located on the Resources page referenced above under Editor Resources

Beginners’ Guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing)
Five Pillars of Wikipedia (philosophical guidelines and best practices for Wikipedia editing)
Tutorial
How to Edit a Page
Wiki Markup Quick Reference (PDF version of printed handout)
Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing by Susan H. Rodger (applicable to any biography)
Article Development
Your First Article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
Manual of Style
Citation templates
Citation guide
Adding Photos
Infobox templates
Bookshelf (additional "getting started" resources)
Formatting shortcuts:

Images and photos:

Uploading Images -- tutorial, general overview
Image Use Policy -- rights, licenses, is it okay to use the image
Picture Tutorial -- technical details of getting image uploaded and displaying in a way that looks good