Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/November 2015 New Orleans

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
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 Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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.
 * May 17, 2015: Black Lunch Table editathon @ Studio Museum in Harlem -- first BLT editathon
 * June 24, 2015: Wiki Loves Pride @ MoMA -- the first of a monthly series on different themes
 * July 13, 2015: Black Lunch Table editathon @ MoMA -- the second of a monthly series on different themes
 * Nov 10, 2015: Basquiat: Still Fly @ 55 @ MoMA -- part of a monthly series on different themes

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.

Joan Mitchell Center
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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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) Heathart (talk) 03:08, 5 November 2015 (UTC)Heather Hart --
 * 2) Aliceba (talk) 17:44, 12 November 2015 (UTC) -- Not an admin but from Afrocrowd and WMNYC and can help with training remotely.
 * 3) Also  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.
 * 4) Bourre09 (talk)
 * 5) Soda4pony (talk) 00:57, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 6) Mcnotcool (talk) 01:01, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 7) Bunny Blue Doggie (talk) 01:02, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 8) Camelliarain (talk) 01:18, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 9) Skitter504 (talk) 01:27, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 10) Team504 (talk) 01:28, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 11) Weatherwise2015 (talk) 02:00, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) Weatherwise2015 (talk) 02:00, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

Tentative

 * 1) Interested! -- Infrogmation (talk) 21:35, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
 * 2)  -- Will try to participate remotely

List of new articles created
alpha by last name
 * 1) Carl Joe Williams --
 * 2) Willie Birch --
 * 3) MaPo Kinnord --
 * 4) Ron Bechet --

List of articles improved
alpha by last name
 * 1) Jules Lion --
 * 2) Joan Mitchell - Legacy -- infobox cleanup, added logo, description of JMC, AiR program -- ,
 * 3) Tameka Norris --
 * 4) John T. Scott -- ,
 * 5) Yvonne Welbon --
 * 6) John T. Biggers --

Images added to Wikimedia Commons

 * 1) Joan Mitchell Foundation logo black.png --
 * 2) Joan Mitchell Foundation Logo gray.png --
 * 3) StudioMuseumHarlem.png --

Possible articles to 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!


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

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
 * | Adding Photos
 * 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

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