Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/Banff Centre
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| When and Where | |
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| Date: | Monday, May 16, 2016 |
| Time: | 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm MST |
| Address: | Banff Centre Art Library, Second Floor Conference Room |
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project will host our very first edit-a-thon in Canada. The Banff Centre library will host this event from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST on Monday, April 16, 2016. Join us for an evening of social Wikipedia editing! Drinks, snacks, and skills will be provided. Feel free to bring along a box dinner and a friend!
Event description edit
The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project at Banff Centre will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of visual artists from the African Diaspora. Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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.
The Banff Centre edit
The Banff Centre, formerly known as The Banff Centre for Continuing Education, located in Banff, Alberta, was established in 1933 as the Banff School of Drama. The Banff Centre is part of Alberta's post-secondary educational system, granted full autonomy as a non-degree granting educational institution in 1978. Globally respected as an arts, cultural, and educational institution and conference facility, The Banff Centre is a leader in the development and promotion of creative work in the arts, sciences, business, and the environment and offers arts programs in the performing and fine arts, as well as leadership training.[1] The Banff Centre is also a member of the Alberta Rural Development Network.[citation needed]
Event details edit
- Date: Monday, May 16, 2016.
- Time: 5:00pm - 8:00pm EST-- Come when you can, stay as long as you would like!
- Location: Banff Centre Art Library, 2nd Floor Conference Room
- Who should attend: Artists, historians, students, teachers, writers, journalists, 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)
- 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
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
| May 2024 +/- | |
|---|---|
| Auckland 22 | May 4, 2024 |
| Leeds 6 | May 4, 2024 |
| London 204 | May 12, 2024 |
| US Mountain West online | May 14, 2024 |
| Bay Area WikiSalon | May 16, 2024 |
| Oxford 100 | May 19, 2024 |
| San Diego 111 | May 20, 2024 |
| Montreal: Canadian Centre for Architecture edit-a-thon |
May 22, 2024 |
| BLT Office Hours | May 26, 2024 |
| June 2024 +/- | |
| Exeter | June 8, 2024 |
| London 205 | June 9, 2024 |
| BLT Office Hours | June 23, 2024 |
| Full Meetup Calendar • Events calendar on Meta For meetups in other languages, see the list on Meta | |
Attendees edit
- LOOKING FOR ADMINS TO JOIN US IN PERSON OR REMOTELY...
- 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 edit
--Fishantena (talk) 21:34, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
Tentative edit
Remote edit
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!
List of articles improved edit
alpha by last name
Wikipedia editing resources edit
N.B. Also located on the Resources page referenced above under Editor Resources
- Beginners’ Guide to Wikipedia (account creation, article editing)
- Five Pillars of Wikipedia (philosophical guidelines and best practices for Wikipedia editing)
- Tutorial
- How to Edit a Page
- Wiki Markup Quick Reference (PDF version of printed handout)
- Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing by Susan H. Rodger (applicable to any biography)
- Article Development
- Your First Article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
- Manual of Style
- Citation templates
- Citation guide
- Adding Photos
- Infobox templates
- Bookshelf (additional "getting started" resources)
- Formatting shortcuts:
- Images and photos:
- Uploading Images -- tutorial, general overview
- Image Use Policy -- rights, licenses, is it okay to use the image
- Picture Tutorial -- technical details of getting image uploaded and displaying in a way that looks good
- 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
- Cheatsheet for editing Wikipedia
- Infobox template - person
- Biographies of living persons
- Writing an article
- About the Sandbox
- Determining Notability of Creative Professionals
- Conflict of Interest in Wikipedia Editing
- Verifying Reliable Sources
- N.B. There is an IRC channel if online participants need help:
- Wikipedia:IRC/wikipedia-en-help
- #wikipedia-en-help connect
- Wikipedia:IRC/wikipedia-en-help
External links edit
- The Black Lunch Table
- Black Lunch Table – Wikipedia meetup page