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Black Lunch Table
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
New Orleans
When and Where
Date:Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Time:6:00 pm - 8:30 pm CST
Address:Joan Mitchell Center
Indigo Building
2275 Bayou Road
New Orleans, LA 70119

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project hosted its first edit-a-thon in New Orleans, Louisiana, from 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm CST on Tuesday, November 17, 2015. Join us for an evening of social Wikipedia editing.

Event description[edit]

November 2015 flyer

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project at The Joan Mitchell Center will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of Black artists. Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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 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.

Joan Mitchell Center[edit]

Based in the culturally diverse and historic city of New Orleans, the Joan Mitchell Center’s mission is to support local, national, and international contemporary visual artists. The Joan Mitchell Center is an artist residency center developed to offer both time and space for artists to create work in a contemplative environment. In addition to the artist residency and local artist studio programming, the Center curates and produces public programming that serves the broader community of New Orleans, and endeavors to serve as an incubator, conduit and resource for partnerships in the arts.

Event details[edit]

  • Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2015
  • Time: 6:00pm - 8:30pm CST-- Come when you can, stay as long as you would like!
  • Location: Joan Mitchell Center, 2275 Bayou Rd, New Orleans, LA 70119
  • 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: #BlackLunchTables
  • Etherpad: BlackLunchTableNO-November2015 - live doc to keep track of what we are all working on
  • AfroCROWD training presentation (Alice): AfroCROWD/Black Lunch Table New Orleans Presentation
  • AfroCROWD Evaluation Form -- PLEASE FILL OUT: Evaluation Form

Agenda[edit]

  • Presentation / overview by Wikimedian, Aliceba (talk)
  • 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

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) 03:08, 5 November 2015 (UTC)Heather Hart -- Heathart (talk)[reply]
  2. Aliceba (talk) 17:44, 12 November 2015 (UTC) -- Not an admin but from Afrocrowd and WMNYC and can help with training remotely.[reply]
  3. Also @DGG: who is an admin told me that he plans to attend remotely but I will let him confirm that. -Aliceba (talk) 18:41, 12 November 2015 (UTC); I will be available on the phone; Alice & Heather have the phone number.[reply]
  4. Bourre09 (talk)
  5. Soda4pony (talk) 00:57, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Mcnotcool (talk) 01:01, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Bunny Blue Doggie (talk) 01:02, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Camelliarain (talk) 01:18, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Skitter504 (talk) 01:27, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Team504 (talk) 01:28, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  11. MKNOLA (talk)
  12. Weatherwise2015 (talk) 02:00, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Tuckergurl (talk)
  14. Yaboy1970 (talk)
  15. ebbooth (talk)
  16. Marlonbr (talk)
  17. Wentworth15 (talk)

Tentative[edit]

  1. Interested! -- Infrogmation (talk) 21:35, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  2. BrillLyle (talk) -- Will try to participate remotely

Outcomes[edit]

List of new articles created[edit]

alpha by last name

  1. Carl Joe Williams -- Wentworth15 (talk)
  2. Willie Birch -- Camelliarain (talk)
  3. MaPo Kinnord -- Heathart (talk)
  4. Ron Bechet --Bunny Blue Doggie (talk)

List of articles improved[edit]

alpha by last name

  1. Jules Lion -- Ebbooth (talk)
  2. Joan Mitchell - Legacy -- infobox cleanup, added logo, description of JMC, AiR program -- Modernist (talk), BrillLyle (talk)
  3. Tameka Norris -- Soda4pony (talk)
  4. John T. Scott -- Camelliarain (talk), MKNOLA (talk)
  5. Yvonne Welbon -- Tuckergurl (talk)
  6. John T. Biggers -- marlonbr (talk)

Images added to Wikimedia Commons[edit]

  1. Joan Mitchell Foundation logo black.png -- BrillLyle (talk)
  2. Joan Mitchell Foundation Logo gray.png -- BrillLyle (talk)
  3. StudioMuseumHarlem.png -- BrillLyle (talk)

Gallery[edit]

Event[edit]

  • Editors hard at work
    Editors hard at work
  • New editors - live training
    New editors - live training

Logos[edit]

Possible articles to edit[edit]

Suggested artist pages for revision and/or creation! This event-specific list focuses on visual artists of the African Diaspora who have some connection to New Orleans. 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. 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

Wikipedia editing resources[edit]

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

  • Images and photos:

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.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2015-11 Black Lunch Table at Joan Mitchell Center New Orleans.

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