Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/online Dec2020

Black Lunch Table
@online edit-a-thon
When and Where
Date:	Sunday, December 27th, 2020
Time:	12 PM EST
Address:	online @ bit (dot) ly/WIKIBLT;

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The Black Lunch Table (BLT) will host an online edit-a-thon opent to all that focuses on important but underrepresented visual artists, curators, and art workers of the African Diaspora on Sunday, December 27th, 2020 at 12 pm EST. In our last edit-a-thon of the year we will celebrate Kwanzaa and other holidays together and welcome the new year. A training session will be held at the beginning but help is available throughout the event. This event is free.

We are proud to offer a virtual Black Lunch Table Wikimedia Photo Studio as part of our event. Photographer Andrea Cauthen will be available for 15 minute appointments during the editathon to take photos for wiki. At this time all appointments are taken. Please stay tuned for future photo studios!

Event description

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project creates a space to encourage people of color and women to join the Wikimedia movement while also asking white male editors to focus on gaps in coverage on Wikimedia. Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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.

History of The Black Lunch Table

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 13 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.

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Event details

Date: Sunday, December 27th, 2020
Time:12 pm EST
Location: Online @ bit (dot) ly/WIKIBLT
Who should attend: Artists, historians, students, photographers, teachers, writers, journalists, curators, visitors, the curious...
- 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)
What to Bring: Your laptop and a friend!
Hashtag: #BlackLunchTable
Etherpad: BlackLunchTable - live doc to keep track of what we are all working on
Training: Black Lunch Table Wikipedia Presentation

Agenda

Introduction
Presentation /Wiki Overview
Editing time / Questions
Goals: Create a user account (if new to Wikipedia), create user page with at least one sentence, sign up for edit-a-thon on this Wikipedia Meetup page, make at least one edit to a Wikipedia page
For more information about ongoing scheduled meetups see Black Lunch Table Meetup page

Uploading photos

Possible articles to edit for Kujichagulia (self-determination)

See our main task list HERE

Attendees

I JethroBT ^{drop me a line} 22:38, 9 December 2020 (UTC) (in my capacity as a volunteer!)[reply]

Heathart (talk) 17:22, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Feel-flourish (talk) 17:23, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]