Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/FTYC2020
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 Franklin Township, NJ | |
| When and Where | |
|---|---|
| Date: | November 21, 2020 |
| Time: | 5- 6 pm ET |
| Address: | online |
Event description
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) will host an online edit-a-thon with FTYC on November 21, 2020 at 5pm ET. We will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of Black visual artists. A brief overview of the basics of Wikipedia editing will be given at the start of the edit-a-thon. We will have resources and a list of suggested artists, cultural creators, and institutions on hand. All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience required.
History of The Black Lunch Table
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) is an ongoing collaboration which intends to fill holes in the documentation of contemporary art history. In its 15 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 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. 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 and Agenda
Date: November 21st, 2020 Time: 5 pm ET Location: *online*
Event Agenda:
- Presentation, follow along or review, Black Lunch Table Wikipedia Presentation
- Editing time
- Goals:
- -Create a user account (if new to Wikipedia)
- -Create user page with at least one sentence
- -Signin to Wikipedia edit-a-thon meetup page
- -Make at least one edit to a Wikipedia page
Who should attend: Artists, historians, students, photographers, teachers, writers, journalists, curators, visitors, the curious... What to Bring: Your laptop and a friend! Hashtag: #BlackLunchTable Etherpad: BlackLunchTable - live doc to keep track of what we are all working on
Possible articles to edit
You may edit any article you wish and we encourage you to select an article that is historically marginalized. This following event-specific lists (→) of suggested articles focus on notable alumni of Rutgers University of the Black diaspora. Please add a name if you know of someone appropriate 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.
- Etherpad: BlackLunchTable - List the article you're working on in this live doc to keep track and avoid duplicate work!
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denotes Infobox is needed
These articles are suggested, be sure they qualify according to Wikipedia's
NOTABILITY guidlines before you create a new page. Thanks!
Link to list of notable African American alumni and faculty of Rutgers University:
Other Rutgers alumni or faculty of the Black Diaspora who are visual artists:
- Emma Amos
- Chakaia Booker
- Denyse Thomasos
- Howard McCalebb
- Lavett Ballard
- Cheryl Dunye
- Lloyd McNeill
- Mel Edwards
- Sondra Perry
- Steffani Jemison
- Vivian E. Browne
- Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz
- Wayne Hodge
- Zachary Fabri
- Didier William
- American Artist
- Jennie C. Jones
- William Pope.L
- Phillip R. Robinson
- Raque Ford
- Clifford Owens
- Malcolm Peacock
- Sedrick Chisom
- Nell Painter
- Jahi Sabater
- Aubrey J. Kauffman
- Brett Gordon
Official Wikidata query list here
You can suggest artists here who fit our scope:
- suggest names here
name of someone goes here
List of Visual Artist of the Black Diaspora related to New Jersey
This list is automatically generated from data in Wikidata and is periodically updated by Listeriabot.
Edits made within the list area will be removed on the next update!
External links
- The Black Lunch Table
- Black Lunch Table – Wikipedia meetup page