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Black Lunch Table
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
When and Where
Date:Tuesday, November 10th, 2015
Time:6:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Address:Museum of Modern Art
Education and Research Center
4 West 54th Street
New York, NY 10019
MoMA: The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building
Education and Research Center entrance
Signage
Aliceba of AfroCROWD
Wikipedia editing
Wikipedia editing
Wikipedia editing
Wikipedia editing

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project hosted its third edit-a-thon on Tuesday, November 10, 2015, Basquiat: Still Fly @ 55 from 6:00 pm - 8:30 p.m. The Museum of Modern Art staff, and folks from the local community, met in the museum's library for an evening of social Wikipedia editing.

Event description

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The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project at The Museum of Modern Art will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of Black artists. Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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 library resources and a list of suggested topics on hand.

History of The Black Lunch Table

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The Black Lunch Table (BLT) is an ongoing collaboration between artists Jina Valentine (Fishantena (talk)) and Heather Hart (HartValentine (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.

MoMA

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Since 1929, The Museum of Modern Art has been a catalyst for conversation around art of the past and the present, the established and the experimental.

Event details

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  • Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2015
  • Time: 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. Come when you can, stay as long as you would like!
  • Location: MoMA Library, located on the 6th floor of the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Education and Research Building at the Museum of Modern Art, 4 West 54 Street (between 5th/6th), New York, NY 10019
  • Please note that this entrance is 1 block north of the main 53rd Street entrance, closer to 5th Avenue
  • Subway: "E" train or "M" train to Fifth Avenue / 53rd Street
  • Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M7, M10, M20, M50, M104 buses
  • Who should attend: Artists, historians, students, teachers, curators, visitors...
    • 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; we will also pull related materials from the MoMA Archives)
  • RSVP: EventBrite
  • What to Bring: A laptop. We will help you access the museum's wireless network
  • Hashtag: #StillFly55 and #AfroCROWD
  • Etherpad: BlackLunchTable2015-November - live doc to keep track of what we are all working on

Join us for Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Basquiat Still Fly @ 55, a social evening of creating, updating, and improving Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of black artists. Hosted at The Museum of Modern Art Library in celebration of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s 55th birthday and in partnership with AfroCROWD, NYU Africana Studies Program, Black Lunch Table, and Basquiat: Still Fly @ 55, this meetup will focus on closing the multicultural and gender gaps in Wikipedia.

All are invited, and no specialized knowledge of the subject or Wikipedia editing experience is required. We will provide training on editing Wikipedia, WiFi, reference materials, light refreshments, and childcare (sponsored by Afrocrowd). Please bring your laptop, power cord, and ideas for articles that need to be updated, translated, or created. All languages and beginners welcome. Light Refreshments will also be available.

Admission to the edit-a-thon is free, but please RSVP @ EventBrite.

Organized by The Museum of Modern Art in collaboration with AfroCROWD, NYU Africana Studies, Black Lunch Table, and Basquiat: Still Fly @ 55.

Agenda

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  • AfroCROWD MOMA / Black Lunch Table - presentation / overview by Aliceba (talk)
  • AfroCROWD Presentation [Link to come]
  • 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

Attendees

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Please remember to RSVP via Eventbrite to get on the list to attend in person. Signing up on wiki below is a bonus!
  • If you are able, please also add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below (signatures are created by saving four tildes [~] in a row).
  • If you haven't edited Wikipedia before, we will help you register for a new Wikipedia editing account on the day of.

Confirmed

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  1. Tonya Jones
  2. Shanluan (talk)
  3. Heather Hart -- HartValentine (talk)
  4. Jina Valentine -- Fishantena (talk)
  5. Aliceba (talk)
  6. Pharos (talk)
  7. izzy :)
  8. Mozucat (talk) 20:46, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  9. BrillLyle (talk)
  10. Deckdeckdeck (talk) // can attend from 7-8pm :)
  11. kosboot (talk) 13:08, 10 November 2015 (UTC) (will arrive around 6:30)[reply]
  12. Lmw510 (talk) 23:40, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  13. KirbyArtGirl85 (talk) 23:43, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Sky painting (talk) 23:41, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  15. THEBLACKCONNECTION (talk) 23:46, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Lasagnawiki (talk) 23:50, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Trekkinglife (talk) 23:55, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Mangonyc (talk) 23:59, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Sarabod99 (talk) 00:07, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Revolutionsonwax (talk) 00:08, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  21. Ps314 (talk) 00:27, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  22. Sealave2455 (talk) 01:05, 11 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  23. museummammy (talk)
  24. bluewater77
  25. pi
  26. StephCunning (talk)
  27. gjone1 (talk)
  28. LLarson (talk)
  29. ribctr

Tentative

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Regrets

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Possible articles to edit

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Suggested artist pages for revision and/or creation! Please add a name if you know a Black artist of note who needs a page. Please do not add an artist who has a substantial page. We are trying to create new pages and beef up under-represented ones. Thanks!

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

Resources

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MoMA Library
A small sampling of the resources available at the MoMA Library

African American Art

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AfroCROWD

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MoMA

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LibGuides

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Exhibits and collections

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News resources

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Wikipedia editing resources

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

  • Images and photos:

Tools and templates

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

Outcomes

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List of new articles created

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alpha by last name

  1. Terry Adkins (in Esperanto Wikipedia) -- Frenezulo (talk)
  2. Adebisi Akanji (in Esperanto Wikipedia) -- Frenezulo (talk)
  3. Kathe Sandler -- Ps314 (talk)

List of articles improved

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alpha by last name

  1. Terry Adkins -- Lmw510 (talk), Lasagnawiki (talk)
  2. Jean-Michel Basquiat -- LLarson (talk)
  3. Rigaud Benoit -- Mangonyc (talk)
  4. Sanford Biggers -- KirbyArtGirl85 (talk)
  5. Chakaia Booker -- Added a citation to the Wonder gallery exhibition -- Sky painting (talk)
  6. Roy DeCarava -- KirbyArtGirl85 (talk)
  7. Minnie Evans -- Lmw510 (talk)
  8. Franklin Furnace Archive -- BrillLyle (talk)
  9. Ginuwine -- THEBLACKCONNECTION (talk)
  10. Lyle Ashton Harris-- museummammy (talk)
  11. Barkley L. Hendricks -- museummammy (talk)
  12. Jason Holliday -- added Vito Russo quote and external links to NYT and NPR -- Sarabod99 (talk)
  13. Simone Leigh -- Lmw510 (talk)
  14. Dindga McCannon -- THEBLACKCONNECTION (talk)
  15. Valerie Maynard -- THEBLACKCONNECTION (talk), Aliceba (talk)
  16. Zwelethu Mthethwa -- Lasagnawiki (talk)
  17. Gordon Parks -- Sealave2455 (talk)
  18. Portrait of Jason -- added two external links to NYT and NPR; linked Jason Holliday page to film page, added citation about new film Jason and Shirley -- Sarabod99 (talk)
  19. Juan Sanchez (artist) -- Trekkinglife (talk)
  20. Kathe Sandler -- BrillLyle (talk)
  21. Studio Museum in Harlem -- museummammy (talk)
  22. The Moon is made of green cheese -- Pharos (talk)
  23. Twins Seven Seven -- Lasagnawiki (talk)
  24. Young Paris -- Added to the list of articles to be created -- Trekkinglife (talk)

Template

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{{NYARC|ID|link label}}
An example:
{{NYARC|b519343|Franklin Furnace Archive}}
displays
Franklin Furnace Archive at the New York Art Resources Consortium
Franklin Furnace Archive at the New York Art Resources Consortium at Museum of Modern Art -- appended to specify institution
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  • The crowd
    The crowd
  • Editing
    Editing
  • Chatting
    Chatting
  • Editing
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  • Event Evaluation
    Event Evaluation
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