Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/April 2016 New Orleans



The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project is hosting its second editathon at Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana, from 5:00 - 8:00PM CST on Wednesday, April 6, 2016. Join us for an evening of social Wikipedia editing. The event will take place in the Xavier University Library Resources Center 4th floor, Room 417B

Event description
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project at Xavier 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 Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) is an ongoing collaboration between artists Jina Valentine and Heather Hart  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.

Xavier University
Xavier University of Louisiana, founded by Saint Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, is Catholic and historically Black. The ultimate purpose of the university is to contribute to the promotion of a more just and humane society by preparing its students to assume roles of leadership and service in a global society. This preparation takes place in a diverse learning and teaching environment that incorporates all relevant educational means, including research and community service.

Event details

 * Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2016.
 * Time: 5-8PM CST-- Come when you can, stay as long as you would like! PIZZA & REFRESHMENTS!
 * Location: Xavier University of Louisiana Library, 7525 Dixon St, Library Resources Center 4th floor, Room 417B New Orleans, LA 70125
 * Who should attend: Artists, historians, students, teachers, journalists, 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 Library's wireless network
 * Hashtag: #BlackLunchTable
 * Etherpad: Black Lunch Table - live doc to keep track of what we are all working on
 * training presentation (5:15pm, Jina): AfroCROWD/Black Lunch Table New Orleans Presentation

Agenda

 * 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

Attendees

 * 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

 * 1)  -- Jina Valentine
 * 2)  -- Lauren Smith
 * 3)  -- Kaleb Har
 * 4)  -- Chianta Dorsey
 * 5)  -- Mei Ling Hom
 * 6)  -- Ma Po Kinnord
 * 1)  -- Ma Po Kinnord

Remote

 * 1) Heathart (talk) 19:18, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Possible articles to 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 New Orleans 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!


 * Katrina Andry
 * John Barnes (artist)
 * Richmond Barthe
 * Ron Bechet
 * Gus Bennett
 * Willie Birch
 * Garrett Bradley (filmmaker)
 * Bruce Brice
 * Marcus E. Brown
 * Rukiya Brown
 * Amy Bryan
 * Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick
 * Elizabeth Catlett
 * Tony Champagne
 * Ralph Chesse
 * Edward Clark (artist)
 * Jeffrey Cook (artist)
 * Bruce Davenport
 * Cheryl Dejoie-LaCabe
 * Paul Deo
 * Kim Dummons
 * Keith Duncan
 * Rashida Ferdinand
 * Roy Ferdinand
 * Florville Foy
 * Charles Gillam (artist)
 * Jacci Gresham
 * Gia Hamilton
 * Kasimu Harris
 * Victor Harris (artist)
 * Cherice Harrison-Nelson
 * Frank Hayden
 * Cheryl Hayes
 * Randall Henry
 * Julien Hudson
 * Horton Humble
 * J'Renee
 * Ulrick Jean Pierre
 * Soraya Jean-Louis McElroy
 * Carl Joe Williams
 * Epaul Julien
 * L. Kasimu Harris
 * MaPo Kinnord
 * Michelle Nkoyo Lavigne
 * Samella Lewis
 * Jules Lion
 * Lionel Milton
 * Reginald Mitchell (artist)
 * Cristina Molina
 * Allison Montana
 * Darryl Montana
 * Sister Gertrude Morgan
 * Archibald Motley
 * Rashaad Newsome
 * Tameka Norris
 * Brandan Odums
 * Terrence Osborne
 * Martin Payton
 * Cecilia Pedescleaux
 * Louis Pepite
 * Louis Lucien Pessou
 * Steve Prince
 * Ashton Ramsey
 * Rontherin Ratliff
 * Douglas Redd
 * Terrence Sanders
 * Ayo Scott
 * John T. Scott
 * Welmon Sharlehorne
 * Charles Simms
 * Herbert Singleton
 * Lisa Soto
 * Ashley Teamer
 * Richard Thomas
 * John Isiah Walton
 * Daniel Warburg
 * Eugene Warburg
 * Cullen Washington
 * Clifton Webb (artist)
 * Carla Williams
 * Lorna Williams

List of new articles created
alpha by last name
 * 1) Katrina Andry
 * 2) John Isiah Walton

List of articles improved
alpha by last name
 * 1) John T. Scott
 * 2) MaPo Kinnord

Wikipedia editing resources
N.B. Also located on the Resources page referenced above under Editor Resources
 * Beginners’ Guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing)
 * Five Pillars of Wikipedia (philosophical guidelines and best practices for Wikipedia editing)
 * Tutorial
 * How to Edit a Page
 * Wiki Markup Quick Reference (PDF version of printed handout)
 * Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing by Susan H. Rodger (applicable to any biography)
 * Article Development
 * Your First Article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
 * Manual of Style
 * Citation templates
 * | Citation guide
 * Infobox templates
 * Bookshelf (additional "getting started" resources)
 * Formatting shortcuts:
 * Text Formatting
 * Section Headers, Indents, and Lists
 * Links


 * Images and photos:
 * Uploading Images -- tutorial, general overview
 * Image Use Policy -- rights, licenses, is it okay to use the image
 * Picture Tutorial -- technical details of getting image uploaded and displaying in a way that looks good


 * wikiD Guides for Wikipedia Editing:
 * 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

 * Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
 * Infobox template - person
 * Biographies of living persons
 * Writing an article
 * About the Sandbox
 * Determining Notability of Creative Professionals
 * Conflict of Interest in Wikipedia Editing
 * Verifying Reliable Sources


 * N.B. There is an IRC channel if online participants need help:
 * IRC/wikipedia-en-help