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Black Lunch Table @ McColl Center, Charlotte
When and Where
Date:Thursday, February 18, 2016
Time:5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Address:The McColl Center of Art + Innovation
721 N Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
Black Lunch Table hosts 3rd editathon at McColl Center in Charlotte
editing away!

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project hosted its first edit-a-thon in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm EST on Thursday, February 18, 2016. Join us for an evening of social Wikipedia editing.

Event description[edit]

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project at the McColl Center for Art + Innovation 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 Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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.

McColl Center for Art + Innovation[edit]

McColl Center for Art + Innovation is a nationally acclaimed contemporary art center dedicated to connecting art and artists with the community. They are dedicated to empowering artists to advance community and change lives through art and the creative process.

Event details[edit]

  • Date: Thursday, February 18, 2016.

This will be part of a series of weekly editathon events in honor of Black History Month: Feb 4, 11, 18 and 25th.

  • Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm EST-- Come when you can, stay as long as you would like!
  • Location: McColl Center for Art + Innovaiton, 721 N Tryon St, Charlotte, NC 28202
  • 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)
  • What to Bring: A laptop. We will help you access the Center's wireless network
  • Hashtag: #BlackLunchTable
  • Etherpad: BlackLunchTable-February2016 - live doc to keep track of what we are all working on
  • training presentation (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. Heathart (talk)
  2. LisianthusDahlia (talk)
  3. Marcuskiser1 (talk)
  4. Kittypaws721 (talk)
  5. lauraahollis (talk)

Tentative[edit]

Regrets[edit]

Remote[edit]

  1. BrillLyle (talk)

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

  1. Willie Little -- LisianthusDahlia (talk)

List of articles improved[edit]

alpha by last name

  1. Maurice Ashley -- cleaned cites, added content, added works & pubs -- BrillLyle (talk)
  2. Dave Cobb -- added content & cites -- BrillLyle (talk)
  3. Philip Freelon -- fixed links -- Kittypaws721 (talk)
  4. Juan Logan -- added article -- Marcuskiser1 (talk)
  5. Bree Newsome -- added reference -- lauraahollis (talk)
  6. Chris Stapleton -- added content & cites -- BrillLyle (talk)

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]

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