Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki Loves Pride 2017

The Wiki Loves Pride Edit-a-thon NYC will be held Thursday June 22, 2017 at the Museum of Modern Art.

Themes for this event include art related to HIV/AIDS activism and on LGBT+ artists of the African Diaspora as part of the Black Lunch Table project.

This is the third annual Wiki Loves Pride editathon at MoMA - see 2015 edition and 2016 edition.

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Event details
All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required. Please bring your laptop and power cord; we will provide research resources, WiFi, and a list of suggested topics.


 * Date: Thursday, June 22, 2017
 * Time: 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
 * Location: MoMA Library, located in the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building at 4 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 40.76148°N, -73.97766°W
 * Please note that this entrance is 1 block north of the main 53rd Street entrance, closer to 5th Avenue


 * Subway: or  to Fifth Avenue / 53rd Street
 * Bus: buses
 * What to bring: A laptop. We will help you access the museum's wireless network

Tasks

 * Black Lunch Table has a subsection for Wiki Loves Pride of possible articles to improve or create.
 * The Tasks page has a sampling of possible articles to create or improve, among other tasks to consider.
 * A focus on underrepresented artists and art from the Wiki Loves Pride list, plus any other topics of interest to event participants.
 * Source of existing bio articles to develop further: Category:LGBT artists


 * 1) Niv Acosta
 * 2) Ajamu X
 * 3) BaadAsssss Cinema
 * 4) Alvin Baltrop
 * 5) Africa's Out!
 * 6) Richmond Barthe
 * 7) Suhaly Bautista-Carolina
 * 8) Monstah Black
 * 9) Mark Bradford
 * 10) Marc Brandenburg (artist)
 * 11) Michelle Marie Charles
 * 12) Duane Cramer
 * 13) Damien Davis
 * 14) Ulrick Desert
 * 15) Kimberly Drew
 * 16) Cheryl Dunye
 * 17) Nekisha Durrett
 * 18) NIC Kay
 * 19) Rotimi Fani-Kayode
 * 20) Brendan Fernandes
 * 21) Lola Flash
 * 22) Cacy Forgenie
 * 23) Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask(film by Isaac Julien)
 * 24) Looking for Langston
 * 25) Lyle Ashton Harris
 * 26) Thomas Allen Harris
 * 27) Carrie Hawks
 * 28) EJ Hill
 * 29) Reagan Holiday
 * 30) Juliana Huxtable
 * 31) Texas Isaiah
 * 32) Derek Jackson
 * 33) E. Jane
 * 34) Affrekka Jefferson
 * 35) Sharmar Johnson
 * 36) Isaac Julien
 * 37) Kia Labeija
 * 38) Babirye Leilah
 * 39) Jamal T. Lewis
 * 40) Kalup Linzy
 * 41) Steve Locke
 * 42) Marcelo Maia
 * 43) Tiona Nekkia McClodden
 * 44) Troy Michie
 * 45) Devin N. Morris
 * 46) Elizabeth Mputu
 * 47) Zanele Muholi
 * 48) Rashaad Newsome
 * 49) Mikael Owunna
 * 50) Marlon Riggs
 * 51) Sur Rodney (Sur)
 * 52) rukus! Federation
 * 53) Rafia Santana
 * 54) Jacolby Satterwhite
 * 55) Paul Mpagi Sepuya
 * 56) Shikeith
 * 57) Devan Shimoyama
 * 58) Alexandria Smith
 * 59) Sable Elyse Smith
 * 60) Ceaphas Stubbs
 * 61) Mickalene Thomas
 * 62) Tongues Untied
 * 63) Adejoke Tugbiyele
 * 64) Derrick Woods-Morrow
 * 65) The Very Black Project
 * 66) Kehinde Wiley
 * 67) Geo Wyeth
 * 68) Young Soul Rebels

Resources

 * Etherpad: BlackLunchTable - live doc to keep track of what we are all working on


 * New York Public Library Gay and Lesbian Collections – AIDS/HIV Collections
 * Rainbow History Project
 * Washington Post Historical Database

MoMA
 * MoMA Library
 * DADABASE - online catalog, includes links to subscription databases you can use on site, such as Jstor, Art Full Text, Dissertation Full Text, and more.
 * MoMA Collection
 * MoMA Archives

Support
Organizations supporting Wikipedia LGBT+ outreach in New York City and providing Wikipedia support for this event include the following:


 * Thanks MoMA for hosting the event!
 * Thanks Wiki NYC for presenting the event!
 * Thanks Wikimedia LGBT+ for managing the global Wiki Loves Pride 2017 campaign!
 * Thanks thebody.com for publicizing the event to local people and LGBT+ organizations!
 * Thanks La Guardia and Wagner Archives for bringing in researchers from the Ed Koch Collection research project!
 * Thanks AfroCROWD for inviting your community of Wikipedia editors!
 * Thanks Black Lunch Table for inviting your community of Wikipedia editors!
 * Thanks Art + Feminism for helping to organize art-related Wikipedia events in NYC and beyond!

Developing Wikipedia is a collaborative effort. Thanks to everyone who contributes to the success of this and other programs.

Articles created

 * 1) Batty boys – redirect
 * 2) Carrie Hawks
 * 3) Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
 * 4) Lola Flash
 * 5) Rashaad Newsome
 * 6) Silence=Death Project

Articles improved

 * 1) Ajamu X
 * 2) Alvin Baltrop
 * 3) BaadAsssss Cinema
 * 4) Brendan Fernandes - added image
 * 5) Cheryl Dunye
 * 6) EJ Hill
 * 7) Handkerchief code
 * 8) History of gay men in the United States
 * 9) Isaac Julien
 * 10) Jacolby Satterwhite
 * 11) Juliana Huxtable
 * 12) Kalup Linzy
 * 13) Kehinde Wiley
 * 14) Kimberly Drew - added image
 * 15) Lyle Ashton Harris
 * 16) Mark Bradford
 * 17) Marlon Riggs
 * 18) Paul Mpagi Sepuya
 * 19) Sheila Pepe - added influences
 * 20) Steve Locke
 * 21) Teodoro Maniaci
 * 22) Young Soul Rebels
 * 23) Young Soul Rebels Grammatical reworking
 * 24) Zanele Muholi

Sandboxes

 * 1) Troy Michie