Wikipedia:Meetup/Edit Your Pride/Iziko 2020

Edit Your Pride Edit-a-thon
The Edit Your Pride project seeks to address issues relating to the editorial representation of queer artists and cultural practitioners working on the African continent. The first event of this initiative was a virtual edit-a-thon event hosted by the Iziko South African National Gallery in celebration of LGBTQIA+ Pride month 2020. This virtual edit-a-thon joined the existing global initiatives which engage with the under-representation of queer artists and cultural practitioners on Wikipedia and encourage editorship for African queer communities. A number of existing and new Wikipedian joined the event, where we learnt about editing Wikipedia, and collectively edited existing pages and created new articles for those working in the queer community. This initiative is ongoing, please feel free to join us in addressing these issues by creating or editing Wikipedia articles about queer artists, cultural producers, and organisations.

Events

 * Edit Your Pride edit-a-thon Cape Town, October 15 2022 - Iziko South African Museum
 * Edit Your Pride edit-a-thon Johannesburg, October 15 2022

Getting started

 * Create an account and set up a  user page
 * You’ll be able to edit Wikipedia without creating an account, but you must be signed in to create articles
 * Wikipedia has a limit on the number of accounts that can be created in a day at one IP address; help us avoid blocks by creating your account early!
 * Enroll to the event dashboard here.
 * Read about Wikipedia’s core content policies and  five pillars
 * Learn about wiki markup
 * Check out the Wikipedia resources below for information on editing and article creation
 * Practice edits
 * We encourage multilingual participants to translate existing articles into other languages. Check out this resource.

Wikipedia Resources

 * A Primer for Newcomers
 * Wikipedia Cheatsheet
 * Article Wizard
 * Editing Tutorial
 * Writing an Article
 * Teahouse
 * Training for Students

Possible Articles to Edit
''This is a non-exhaustive list which we've compiled of queer artists and cultural practitioners and organisations from or working in Africa that have an article on Wikipedia. You can add articles to edit to this list.''

Biographies

 * Athi-Patra Ruga
 * Mamela Nyamza
 * Kewpie (drag artist)
 * Zanele Muholi
 * Beverley Palesa Ditsie, filmamker
 * Zethu Matebeni
 * Nicholas Hlobo
 * Andrew Esiebo
 * Brenda Fassie
 * SistaazHood
 * Jim Chuchu
 * Koleka Putuma

Organisations

 * GALA, queer archive
 * Triangle Project, NGO

Events

 * Pride parades in South Africa

Exhibitions

 * InterseXion (art)

Articles to Create
''This is a non-exhaustive list which we've compiled that includes queer artists and cultural practitioners from or working in Africa that currently do not have an article on Wikipedia. If your name is on the list and you'd prefer not to be, please make contact on the talk page.''

Biographies

 * Steven Cohen (artist)
 * Sabelo Mlangeni
 * Robert Hamblin
 * Neo Musangi, activist & artist
 * Igshaan Adams, artist
 * Lauren Mulligan, photographer
 * Nina Bekenk, photographer
 * Khanyisile Mbongwa, performance artist, curator & poet
 * Dada Khanyisa, artist
 * Erik Gyamfi, photographer
 * Trans Collective
 * Goldendean a.k.a Dean Hutton, genderqueer trans media artist
 * Keorapetse Mosimane, photographer
 * Neo Baepi, photographer & content creator
 * Lusi Mahote, poet, dancer & visual artist
 * Jean Brundit, artist & photographer
 * Henti van der Merwe, artist
 * Pierre Fouche, artist
 * FAKA, collective by Fela Gucci and Desire Marea
 * Kutti Collective, art collective
 * Bongani Njalo, artist
 * Bettina Malcomess, artist & writer
 * , black queer South African collective
 * Amanda Kerdahi M
 * Maneo Refiloe Mohale, editor, feminist writer and poet
 * Igshaan Adams, artst
 * Banele Khoza, visual artist
 * Thembeka Heidi Sincuba, artist
 * Qintu Collab, African queer collective
 * Albert Silindokuhle Ibokwe Khoza, performance artist, dancer, activist and inyanga
 * Jody Paulsen, artist
 * Ncubeko Balani, artist & author
 * Carl Colison, writer, photographer & columnist

Organisations

 * The Gay and Lesbian Organisation of the Witwatersrand (GLOW), founded by Simon Nkoli
 * Triangle Project, NGO

Events

 * Queer in Africa, conference

Publications

 * Meanwhile (Book) by Qintu Collab, graphic short stories about everyday queer life in Southern and East Africa
 * Exit magazine

Theology

 * Queer theology in South Africa