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Black Lunch Table
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
When and Where
Date:Monday, July 13th, 2015
Time:6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
Address:4 West 54th Street
New York, NY
Black Lunch Table Editathon @ MoMA July 2015
Black Lunch Table Editathon @ MoMA July 2015

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project hosted its second edit-a-thon on Monday, July 13, 2015, from 6:00 pm - 8:00 p.m. Join us, the Museum of Modern Art staff, and folks from the local community 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 Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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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Edit-a-thon signage
Drinks and food!
  • Date: Monday, July 13, 2015
  • Time: 6:00 to 8:00 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
  • 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: #BlackLunchTables
  • Etherpad: BlackLunchTable2015-July - live doc to keep track of what we are all working on

Agenda

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  • AfroCROWD MOMA / Black Lunch Table - presentation / overview by Aliceba (talk)
  • 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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Black Lunch Table Editathon attendees
Editors hard at work
Editathon selfie! Rumayor1 & BrillLyle
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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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.

See also: List of African-American visual artists

Resources

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Another shot of the gorgeous view
Wonderful outside deck at MoMA Library
Church view - from deck

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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Action shot of Jim.henderson
Editing Wikipedia using the Cite toolbar

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

  • Images and photos:

Tools and templates

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Outcomes: July 13 event

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Eager and studious new and old Wikkans
Black Lunch Table Editathon space at MoMA Library

List of new articles created

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alpha by last name

List of articles improved

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alpha by last name

Outcomes: May 17 event

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See Black Lunch Table editathon @ Studio Museum in Harlem

List of new articles created

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alpha by last name

List of articles improved

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alpha by last name

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