Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/Resources

Safety edit

First off, how to deal with online harassment in the Wiki world.
We abide by the Wikimedia Friendly Space Policy in all of our events and workings.

Who writes Wiki? edit

You do!

Where do I start? edit

Wikipedia – 5 minute register for Wikipedia account
Wikipedia – 15 minute overview: 5 pillars, Conflict of Interest policies, self guided introduction, Intro with videos etc. (examples: COI #1, COI #2)
Wikipedia – 40 minute make one edit: add infobox, citation, etc.
Wikipedia – 2-3 hours: Write a page in your sandbox and get it proofed before publishing.

Evaluating an existing article edit

Click here for quality rating system and what makes a good Wiki article!

Teaching with Wikipedia edit

Editing Wikipedia resources edit

Evaluating Notability edit

Tutorials and how-tos edit

Manual of Style: list of works

Uploading photos edit

Black Lunch Table's guide to hosting a Photo Booth and asking artists for their photograph for Wikimedia Commons
Publishing a photo when someone told you it was ok.
Wiki Image Guide
Where to find them.
Dos and Donts
Asking an artist for images.
When there are no other options, if your attempts to contact are unmet, and no images exist as open license, and the subject has passed away, leaving no future possibility for new open photos, you may propose to upload one photo as an illustration to an article to Wikipedia directly instead of Commons.

Article evaluation edit

WikiLove edit

What is WikiLove?
- Templates to share, WikiLove templates

Archives and info about artists edit

African American Art edit

Museum Blog

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

Online resources

N.B. There is an IRC channel if online participants need help:

Wikipedia:IRC/wikipedia-en-help

#wikipedia-en-help ^connect

External links edit

BLT Wiki Onboarding Slideshow
Black Lunch Table
Black Lunch Table – Wikipedia meetup page

v t e Black WikiHistory Month
2017	Bloomington Bothell (Seattle area) Cheney WA (Black Lunch Table) Minneapolis Nashville New York City (Black Lunch Table) New York City Spokane WA (Black Lunch Table) Tampa Worldwide Women in Red add yours here
2016	Boston Charlotte, North Carolina Black Lunch Table #1 #2 #3 #4 Los Angeles Indiana London Nashville New York City Omaha Washington, DC NPR Smithsonian American Art Museum Howard University Worldwide Women in Red
2015	Nashville Westchester County, NY New York City Brooklyn Harlem Washington, DC Howard University NPR Office of Science and Technology Policy
Related	AfroCROWD WikiProject African diaspora Wikipedia:WikiProject Black Lives Matter Black Lunch Table project
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