Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/Johannesburg 2018
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| Date: | Friday, July 27, 2018 |
| Time: | 10am - 3pm |
| Address: | Bridge Books 95 Commissioner Street, Between Loveday and Rissik Johannesburg, South Africa |
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project will host our FIRST overseas edit-a-thon focusing on important but underrepresented South African visual artists of African descent 10am-3pm time on Friday, July 27, 2018 at the Bridge Books at 95 Commissioner Street between Loveday and Rissik. A training session will be held at the beginning, but help is available throughout the event.
A photographer will be taking free portraits for Wikipedia and for open source use!
Please bring your laptop. The more, the merrier! Snacks provided.
Event description[edit]
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project at Bridge Books will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of South African visual artists of African descent and related subjects. Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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.
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.
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About the Bridge Books[edit]
Bridge Books is a unique bookstore in downtown Johannesburg. We believe in supporting African writers and in finding as many ways of getting books into the hands of as many readers as possible...
...We're also busy setting up the African Book Trust, a non-profit that gives African books to libraries and schools across South Africa. If you're a librarian, school teacher, or community group and you'd like to see how you can get books (for free, we'll even send them to you), please get in touch. If you're a reader and you'd like to know how to get our books through your local library, we can help with that too...
Event details[edit]
- Date: Friday, July 27, 2018
- Time: 10am - 3pm
- Location:
95 Commissioner Street, Between Loveday and Rissik, Johannesburg, South Africa - Who should attend: Artists, historians, students, photographers, teachers, writers, journalists, curators, visitors, the curious...
- 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)
- What to Bring: Your laptop and a friend!
- Hashtag: #BlackLunchTable #BridgeBooks #wikipedia
- Etherpad: BlackLunchTable - live doc to keep track of what we are all working on
- Training: Black Lunch Table Wikipedia 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 at least one edit to a Wikipedia page
- For more information about ongoing scheduled meetups see Black Lunch Table Meetup page
Uploading photos[edit]
Possible articles to edit[edit]
Suggested artist pages for revision and/or creation! This event-specific list focuses on important New York area visual artists of the African Diaspora who are under-represented on Wikipedia. Please add a name if you know someone appropriate 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.
- Etherpad: BlackLunchTable - List the article you're working on in this live doc to keep track and avoid duplicate work!
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These articles are suggested, be sure they qualify according to Wikipedia's NOTABILITY guidlines before you create a new page. Thanks!
You can suggest artists here who fit our scope but are missing from our table below:
- Suggested Name Here
- Thokozani Mthiyane
- Steve Kwena Mokwena
- Malcolm X Jiyane
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These articles are suggested, be sure they qualify according to Wikipedia's NOTABILITY guidlines before you create a new page. Thanks!
Below are visual artists of Black African descent who intersect with Johannesburg:
South African-affiliated artists[edit]
These articles are suggested, be sure they qualify according to Wikipedia's NOTABILITY guidlines before you create a new page. Thanks!
This list is automatically generated from data in Wikidata and is periodically updated by Listeriabot.
Edits made within the list area will be removed on the next update!
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External links[edit]
- The Black Lunch Table
- Black Lunch Table – Wikipedia meetup page
Attendees[edit]
- Fishantena (talk) 08:23, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
- JeshL (talk) 09:56, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
- Newdawn82 (talk) 09:57, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
- PalesaMatjele (talk) 10:08, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
- Ofentse111 (talk) 10:35, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
- Thulimlambojames (talk) 10:51, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
- 41.13.40.15 (talk) 12:47, 27 July 2018 (UTC)