Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/online Jan2021
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| When and Where | |
|---|---|
| Date: | Sunday, January 17th, 2021 |
| Time: | 12 PM EST |
| Address: | online: bit (dot) ly/WIKIBLT |
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) will host an online edit-a-thon open to all that focuses on important but underrepresented visual artists, curators, and art workers of the African Diaspora on Sunday, January 17th, 2021 at 12 pm EST. A training session will be held at the beginning but help is available throughout the event. This event is free.
Event description[edit]
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project creates a space to encourage people of color and women to join the Wikimedia movement while also asking white male editors to focus on gaps in coverage on Wikimedia. Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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 13 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.
| May 2024 +/- | |
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| Auckland 22 | May 4, 2024 |
| Leeds 6 | May 4, 2024 |
| London 204 | May 12, 2024 |
| US Mountain West online | May 14, 2024 |
| Bay Area WikiSalon | May 16, 2024 |
| Oxford 100 | May 19, 2024 |
| May 20, 2024 | |
| Montreal: Canadian Centre for Architecture edit-a-thon |
May 22, 2024 |
| BLT Office Hours | May 26, 2024 |
| June 2024 +/- | |
| Exeter | June 8, 2024 |
| London 205 | June 9, 2024 |
| BLT Office Hours | June 23, 2024 |
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Event details[edit]
- Date: Sunday, January 17th, 2021
- Time:12 pm EST
- Location: Online @ bit (dot) ly/WIKIBLT
- 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
- Etherpad: BlackLunchTable - live doc to keep track of what we are all working on
- Training: Black Lunch Table Wikipedia Presentation
Agenda[edit]
- Introduction
- Presentation /Wiki Overview
- Editing time / Questions
- Goals: Create a user account (if new to Wikipedia), create user page with at least one sentence, sign up for edit-a-thon 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]
See our main task list HERE