Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/Juneteenth Photo Challenge 2018

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About the BLT Photo Challenge 2018

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The Black Lunch Table challenges photographers everywhere to increase the visibility of visual artists of the African Diaspora. From May 19 through Juneteenth (June 19, 2018) you can submit your original photographs related to the Black Lunch Table task list. Voting is open on June 20th only, when the photos will be judged by the public and one photo will be selected as the winner by popular vote.

This challenge is important because Wikipedia is still missing so many images of notable artists of the African Diaspora. Just a fraction of Wikipedia articles of important Black artists have pictures. Let’s add images to Wikimedia projects, so that the invisible may be seen on Juneteenth.

Here are a few ideas, guidelines and rules:

  • You may not just upload an image you take of an artist's work. This would violate copyright rules. If you are the artist and you want to upload an image of your work, that does count, just make sure you read the copyright rules before releasing the photo.
  • Photos of the artist themselves at a public event or posed are good!
  • These photos will be part of an encyclopedia. They must therefore convey information about the topic.
  • Photos on Wikipedia must be licensed under the GFDL, cc-by-sa or public domain.
Vandorn Hinnant and his The Transformative Vision sand diagram
Andrea Chung in the studio
Wanda Raimundi
Cicely Carew

How to enter

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There are instructions on Wikimedia here.

  1. If you are not already a Wikipedian, create an account and log in. If you have an account, log in.
  2. Upload your photo to WikiMedia Commons
  3. Title your photo with the name of the subject. More details can be explained in the "details" section.
  4. IMPORTANT: Select the Category: 2018 Black Lunch Table Juneteenth Photo Challenge amongst any other applicable categories for your photo
  5. MESSAGE US IF YOU ARE CONFUSED (Heathart (talk) 14:08, 14 May 2018 (UTC))[reply]

How to vote

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  1. View entries here
  2. Vote by listing your favorite image here along with your handle:
File:Triangle editathon 2018-01 Cey Adams jeh.jpg ---Heathart (talk) 14:08, 14 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Yashua Klos 04.jpg --24.187.66.95 (talk) 16:22, 20 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
File:Adrienne_and_Emmanuel_Semmes.jpg --Heathart (talk) 16:24, 20 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
File:Yashua Klos 01.jpg --Halimahart (talk) 18:29, 20 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
File:Adrienne_and_Emmanuel_Semmes.jpg --Mozucat (talk) 02:26, 21 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
File:Junius Paul.jpg--Pharos (talk) 03:43, 21 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
File:Adrienne and Emmanuel Semmes.jpg --Jeremyb (talk) 03:51, 21 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
File:Junius Paul.jpg — Rhododendrites talk \\ 04:05, 21 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
File:Adrienne_and_Emmanuel_Semmes.jpg Fishantena (talk) 04:12, 21 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Scope

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  • Any of the article on our task list may be subjects for the photo challenge.
  • Many articles have photos but they are poor photos or not images of the artist themselves.
  • Many artists on our list have no pages yet, and no photos. We can still collect photos of these artists for future use!
Tools for finding images

The following articles are notable artists on our list who have no photos on their existing pages at all...


How to win

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Voting happens in one day only: June 20th, 2018. Be sure to either message us or post your vote above by the end of that day. The winning photo will be announced here later that week and we will arrange to send the prize to the winner at that point. Prize includes Black Lunch Table tote bag, stickers and more exciting items TBA!!

Winning Photo

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There were 71 entries in total 4 were uploaded into Wikipedia bios missing photos and by popular vote the winner was chosen...
Congratulations @Ireaphotographer:!! For her winning image:

Adrienne and Emmanuel Semmes