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When and Where
Date:Wednesday, March 11, 2016 CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN
Time:5-8pm CST
Address:New Orleans, LA

CANCELLED DUE TO STORM

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project is hosting its first editathon at Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisianna, from 5:00 - 8:00PM CST on Friday, March 11, 2016. Join us for an evening of social Wikipedia editing.

Event description edit

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project at TBD will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of visual artists from the African Diaspora. Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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 a library resources and a list of suggested topics on hand.

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 (Heathart (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.

Xavier University edit

Xavier University of Louisiana, founded by Saint Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, is Catholic and historically Black. The ultimate purpose of the university is to contribute to the promotion of a more just and humane society by preparing its students to assume roles of leadership and service in a global society. This preparation takes place in a diverse learning and teaching environment that incorporates all relevant educational means, including research and community service.

Event details edit

  • Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2016.
  • Time: 5-8PM CST-- Come when you can, stay as long as you would like!
  • Location: Xavier University of Louisiana Library, 7525 Dixon St, New Orleans, LA 70125
  • Who should attend: Artists, historians, students, teachers, journalists, 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)
  • What to Bring: A laptop. We will help you access the Center's wireless network
  • Hashtag: #BlackLunchTable
  • Etherpad: Black Lunch Table - live doc to keep track of what we are all working on
  • training presentation (5:15pm, Heather): AfroCROWD/Black Lunch Table New Orleans Presentation

Agenda edit

  • Presentation / overview
  • 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
  • For more information about ongoing scheduled meetups see Black Lunch Table Meetup page
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Attendees edit

  • LOOKING FOR ADMINS TO JOIN US IN PERSON OR REMOTELY...
  • 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

  1. Heather Hart --Heathart (talk) 15:41, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Jina Valentine


Tentative edit

Regrets edit

Remote edit

Possible articles to edit edit

Suggested artist pages for revision and/or creation! This event-specific list focuses on important visual artists/art workers/collectors of the African Diaspora who have some connection to Charlotte and are under-represented on Wikipedia. Our master list can be found under our Tasks tab. Please add a name if you know a Black artist of note who needs a page or needs editing. Please do not add an artist who has a substantial page. We are trying to create new pages and beef up under-represented ones. Thanks!

See also: Wikipedia:Meetup/Black_Lunch_Table/Lists_of_Articles
See also: List of African-American visual artists
See also: Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd/Lists of Articles
See also: Wikipedia:Meetup/WikiArte/MoMA 2015 § Stubs! Categories! Images!
See also: Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks



List of new articles created edit

alpha by last name

List of articles improved edit

alpha by last name

Wikipedia editing resources edit

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

  • Images and photos:
Introduction and Guide 1: Getting Started! – Why Edit Wikipedia?, Using the WikiD Guides and Getting Started.
Guide 2: Selecting and Researching a Topic/Subject – Choosing a Subject, References and Sources and Images.
Guide 3: Writing an Entry – Tone and Style, Content and Structure, Building an Argument, Precedents and Article Titles.
Guide 4: Navigating the Wikipedia Interface – Editing Interfaces, Creating a New Article, Editing Existing Pages and Disambiguation
Guide 5: Troubleshooting – Deleted Pages, Flagged Pages and Talk Pages

Tools and templates edit

  • N.B. There is an IRC channel if online participants need help:
Wikipedia:IRC/wikipedia-en-help

External links edit

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Black Lunch Table Project.


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