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BLT at BRIC House Stoop, Brooklyn
When and Where
Date:Saturday, December 10, 2016
Time:1:00 - 4:00 pm EST
Address:647 Fulton Street, Brooklyn
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Editing with the Black Lunch Table at BRIC Stoop for the BRIC Biennial.
Editing with the Black Lunch Table at BRIC Stoop for the BRIC Biennial.
Lulu the woke wiki dog editing with the Black Lunch Table at BRIC Stoop for the BRIC Biennial.

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project will host an edit-a-thon at BRIC House from 1:00 - 4:00 pm EST on Saturday, December 10, 2016 as part of the 2016 BRIC Biennial. Join us for an afternoon of social Wikipedia editing! Drinks, snacks, and skills will be provided. BRING YOUR LAPTOP and feel free to bring a friend!

Event description[edit]

As part of the 2016 BRIC Biennial, The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project at BRIC House Stoop will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of visual artists from the African Diaspora living or working in the Bedford-Stuyvesant or Crown Heights neighborhoods of Brooklyn. Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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 a library resources and a list of suggested artists, cultural creators, and institutions on hand.


History of The Black Lunch Table[edit]

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 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.

BRIC House[edit]

BRIC is the leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn, and one of the largest in New York City. They present and incubate work by artists and media-makers who reflect the diversity that surrounds them. BRIC programs reach hundreds of thousands of people each year. Their main venue, BRIC Arts | Media House, offers a public media center, a major contemporary art exhibition space, two performance spaces, a glass-walled TV studio, and artist work spaces.

Some of BRIC’s most acclaimed programs include the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival in Prospect Park, several path-breaking public access media initiatives, including BRIC TV, and a renowned contemporary art exhibition series. BRIC also offers education and other vital programs at BRIC House and throughout Brooklyn. In addition to making cultural programming genuinely accessible, BRIC is dedicated to providing substantial support to artists and media makers in their efforts to develop work and reach new audiences.

BRIC is unusual in both presenting exceptional cultural experiences and nurturing individual expression. This dual commitment enables us to most effectively reflect New York City’s innate cultural richness and diversity.

Event details[edit]

  • Date: Saturday, December 10, 2016
  • Time: 1:00 - 4:00 pm EST-- Come when you can, stay as long as you would like!
  • Location: 647 Fulton Street, Brooklyn
  • Who should attend: Artists, historians, students, 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: A Laptop!. Tablets are more difficult.
  • Hashtag: #BlackLunchTable
  • Etherpad: BlackLunchTable - live doc to keep track of what we are all working on
  • Training: Black Lunch Table Wikipedia Presentation
  • RSVP: Eventbrite Link To Come

Agenda[edit]

  • Presentation / overview
  • 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
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Possible articles to edit[edit]

Suggested artist pages for revision and/or creation! This event-specific list focuses on important visual artists/art workers/collectors of the African Diaspora who have some connection to Charlotte and are under-represented on Wikipedia. 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 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. But be sure they qualify according to Wikipedia's NOTABILITY guidlines. Thanks!

See also: Wikipedia:Meetup/Black_Lunch_Table/Lists_of_Articles
See also: List of African-American visual artists
See also: Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd/Lists of Articles
See also: Wikipedia:Meetup/WikiArte/MoMA 2015 § Stubs! Categories! Images!
See also: Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks


Articles improved[edit]

Alphabetical by first letter

  1. Aaron Gilbert -- Gumbichow (talk)
  2. Jamel Shabazz -- Ralstonrsmith (talk)
  3. Jonathan Allen -- Chimere5480 (talk)
  4. June Jordan -- Hawthorn1970 (talk)
  5. Michael Paul Britto -- Heathart (talk)
  6. Otto Neals -- Chloebass (talk), Adolpm51 (talk)
  7. Simone Leigh -- Gumbichow (talk)
  8. Terence Nance -- Heathart (talk)

Articles created[edit]

Alphabetical by first letter

  1. Shantrelle P. Lewis -- Heathart (talk)
DRAFTS
  1. Aisha Cousins -- JVadera (talk)
  2. Sav Killz -- BrillLyle (talk)
  3. Sav Killz -- rescued 2006 article, which will be incorporated into one -- Pharos (talk)

Wikidata items added[edit]

  1. Sav Killz (Q27990022) -- BrillLyle (talk)

Wikimedia Commons images uploaded[edit]

  1. SavKillz Scratchin the Surface mixed tape 01.jpg -- Savkillz (talk)
  2. SavKillz Scratchin the Surface mixed tape 02.jpg -- Savkillz (talk)
  3. SavKillz Scratchin the Surface mixed tape 03.jpg -- Savkillz (talk)

Event pictures uploaded[edit]

  • 26 photos

Community engagement[edit]

  1. WikiProject Hip hop talk page -- Savkillz (talk)
  2. Indie hip-hop talk page -- Savkillz (talk)

Wikipedia editing resources[edit]

N.B. Also located on the Resources page referenced above under Editor Resources

  • Images and photos:
Introduction and Guide 1: Getting Started! – Why Edit Wikipedia?, Using the WikiD Guides and Getting Started.
Guide 2: Selecting and Researching a Topic/Subject – Choosing a Subject, References and Sources and Images.
Guide 3: Writing an Entry – Tone and Style, Content and Structure, Building an Argument, Precedents and Article Titles.
Guide 4: Navigating the Wikipedia Interface – Editing Interfaces, Creating a New Article, Editing Existing Pages and Disambiguation
Guide 5: Troubleshooting – Deleted Pages, Flagged Pages and Talk Pages

Tools and templates[edit]

  • N.B. There is an IRC channel if online participants need help:
Wikipedia:IRC/wikipedia-en-help

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Black Lunch Table Project.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2016-12 Black Lunch Table at BRIC.


Attendees[edit]

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  1. Jeremyb (talk) 01:01, 17 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Pharos (talk) 21:46, 29 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Jim.henderson (talk) 18:30, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  4. DR. LUV JA (talk) 18:55, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  5. BrillLyle (talk) 02:56, 11 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  6. DGG ( talk ) 02:59, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Marlinesq (talk) 18:59, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Adolpm51 (talk) 18:59, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  9. JVadera (talk) 19:06, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Chloebass (talk) 19:10, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  11. DemetroNYC (talk) 19:10, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Heathart (talk) 19:10, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Ralstonrsmith (talk) 19:10, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Chimere5480 (talk) 19:10, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Hawthorn1970 (talk) 19:11, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Gumbichow (talk) 19:45, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Datamac (talk) 20:14, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  18. gjone1 (talk) 20:18, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Savkillz (talk) 20:36, 10 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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