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Black Lunch Table
@ Bridge Books, Johannesburg
View from the Top of Africa building - Ponte City Apartments on the centre (4611826497)
When and Where
Date:Friday, July 27, 2018
Time:10am - 3pm
Address:Bridge Books

95 Commissioner Street, Between Loveday and Rissik
Johannesburg, South Africa
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The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project will host our FIRST overseas edit-a-thon focusing on important but underrepresented South African visual artists of African descent 10am-3pm time on Friday, July 27, 2018 at the Bridge Books at 95 Commissioner Street between Loveday and Rissik. A training session will be held at the beginning, but help is available throughout the event.

A photographer will be taking free portraits for Wikipedia and for open source use!

Please bring your laptop. The more, the merrier! Snacks provided.

Event description

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The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project at Bridge Books will create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles pertaining to the lives and works of South African visual artists of African descent and related subjects. Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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.

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 (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.

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About the Bridge Books

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Bridge Books is a unique bookstore in downtown Johannesburg. We believe in supporting African writers and in finding as many ways of getting books into the hands of as many readers as possible...

...We're also busy setting up the African Book Trust, a non-profit that gives African books to libraries and schools across South Africa. If you're a librarian, school teacher, or community group and you'd like to see how you can get books (for free, we'll even send them to you), please get in touch. If you're a reader and you'd like to know how to get our books through your local library, we can help with that too...

More here.

Event details

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  • Date: Friday, July 27, 2018
  • Time: 10am - 3pm
  • Location:
    
95 Commissioner Street, Between Loveday and Rissik, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Who should attend: Artists, historians, students, photographers, 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: Your laptop and a friend!
  • Hashtag: #BlackLunchTable #BridgeBooks #wikipedia
  • Etherpad: BlackLunchTable - live doc to keep track of what we are all working on
  • Training: Black Lunch Table Wikipedia Presentation

Agenda

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  • 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 at least one edit to a Wikipedia page
  • For more information about ongoing scheduled meetups see Black Lunch Table Meetup page

Uploading photos

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Possible articles to edit

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Suggested artist pages for revision and/or creation! This event-specific list focuses on important New York area visual artists of the African Diaspora who are under-represented on Wikipedia. Please add a name if you know someone appropriate 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.

  • Etherpad: BlackLunchTable - List the article you're working on in this live doc to keep track and avoid duplicate work!
  •   denotes Infobox is needed

These articles are suggested, be sure they qualify according to Wikipedia's NOTABILITY guidlines before you create a new page. Thanks!

You can suggest artists here who fit our scope but are missing from our table below:



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These articles are suggested, be sure they qualify according to Wikipedia's NOTABILITY guidlines before you create a new page. Thanks!
Below are visual artists of Black African descent who intersect with Johannesburg:


South African-affiliated artists

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These articles are suggested, be sure they qualify according to Wikipedia's NOTABILITY guidlines before you create a new page. Thanks!

This list is automatically generated from data in Wikidata and is periodically updated by Listeriabot.
Edits made within the list area will be removed on the next update!

Article Gender Occupation Place of birth Residence
Adam Madebe male sculptor
visual artist
Bulawayo Johannesburg
Andrew Ntshabele male visual artist
painter
Moruleng
South Africa
Johannesburg
Athi-Patra Ruga male artist Mthatha
Beauty Ngxongo female artist
weaver
Hlabisa
Berni Searle female photographer
video artist
filmmaker
Cape Town
Blessing Ngobeni male artist
video artist
Limpopo Johannesburg
Bronwyn Katz female visual artist
sculptor
Kimberley
Bukhosi Mzikayise Nyathi male visual artist
painter
Zimbabwe South Africa
Johannesburg
Cinga Samson male painter
visual artist
Cape Town
David Koloane male curator
painter
artist
Alexandra
Dineo Seshee Bopape female artist Polokwane
Dumile Feni male painter
sculptor
Worcester
Dumisani Mabaso male visual artist
musician
printmaker
Soweto Northern Cape
Kimberley
Durant Sihlali male artist Germiston
Esther Mahlangu female painter
visual artist
Middelburg Johannesburg
Gabi Ngcobo female curator
artist
Durban Johannesburg
Garth Erasmus male visual artist
painter
musician
Uitenhage Gqeberha
Cape Town
George Pemba male painter Gqeberha
Gerard Sekoto male painter
musician
Botshabelo
Glow Makatsi trans woman artist
activist
Ficksburg Johannesburg
South Africa
James Webb male sculptor
curator
designer
Kimberley
Johannes Phokela male painter Soweto
Justin Davy male visual artist
exhibition curator
video artist
performance artist
Cape Town Cape Town
Kabelo Kim Modise male printmaker
visual artist
Namibia
Botswana
South Africa
Kagiso Patrick Mautloa male visual artist Ventersdorp
Koyo Kouoh female curator
exhibition curator
Douala
Laduma Ngxokolo male knitter Gqeberha
Layziehound Coka male painter
visual artist
KwaZulu-Natal
Lionel Davis male visual artist
community organizer
activist
Cape Town
Lucas Sithole male sculptor Springs
Madi Phala male visual artist
teacher
KwaThema South Africa
Cape Town
Mary Sibande female artist
performance artist
Barberton
Mohau Modisakeng male contemporary artist Soweto Johannesburg
Moshekwa Langa male visual artist
photographer
drawer
video artist
Bakenberg
Nelson Makamo male painter
visual artist
South Africa
Johannesburg
Neo Ntsoma female photographer Mahikeng Johannesburg
Nicholas Hlobo male artist
textile artist
Cape Town
Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum female artist
animator
Mochudi Johannesburg
Baltimore
Peter Clarke male writer
poet
painter
graphic artist
illustrator
visual artist
Simon's Town Cape Town
Phumzile Khanyile female photographer Soweto
Robin Rhode male photographer
graphic designer
graphic artist
performance artist
video artist
visual artist
Cape Town
Samson Ratshilumela Mudzunga male visual artist
sculptor
performance artist
Limpopo
South Africa
Sandra Brewster female visual artist
art educator
community organizer
multimedia artist
Toronto Pickering
Port of Spain
St. Norbert, Winnipeg
Cape Town
Santu Mofokeng male photographer Soweto
Sarah Summers female filmmaker
visual artist
Cape Town
Sethembile Msezane female artist KwaZulu-Natal
Sokhaya Charles Nkosi male visual artist Durban
Solomon Omolayo Omogboye male visual artist
painter
Lagos South Africa
Johannesburg
Nigeria
Sophie Peters female painter
visual artist
South Africa
Thabiso Phokompe male painter
visual artist
Soweto Brooklyn
South Africa
Thandiwe Msebenzi female photographer
artist
Cape Town
Themba Khumalo male painter
visual artist
Johannesburg
Thenjiwe Nkosi female visual artist
painter
video artist
New York City South Africa
Johannesburg
Tracey Rose female artist
photographer
performance artist
Durban
Turiya Magadlela female artist Johannesburg
Tyrone Appollis male poet Cape Town
Velile Soha male visual artist
printmaker
Cape Town South Africa
Cape Town
Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa male ufologist
writer
artist
Union of South Africa
Willie Bester male sculptor
painter
Montagu
Zanele Muholi non-binary photographer
social activist
video artist
Umlazi Umlazi
Zolile Petshane male artist
painter
printmaker
South Africa
Zwelethu Machepha male painter
printmaker
visual artist
Johannesburg
Zwelethu Mthethwa male photographer
painter
visual artist
Durban
End of auto-generated list.

Wikipedia editing resources

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Where to start...
 
  1. Rules on Visual Art, Murals, Graffiti and Sculpture are different!
  2. Follow instructions to upload your images here...
  • Create or update Wikidata!
Wikidata is central storage for the structured data of its Wikimedia sister projects including Wikipedia, Wikivoyage, Wikisource, and others.
  1. Go to Wikidata
  2. Read Wikidata's Introduction!
  3. Search for the person or subject
  4. If none exists, you can 'Create a new item'
  5. Look at another similar item to follow format... for example human female instead of female animal.
  6. To add a field, click 'Add Statement'
Wikidata + AuthorityControl
  • Create or update Authority Control!
Update Wikidata using Virtual International Authority File (VIAF.org)
  1. Go to VIAF.org
  2. Search for person (last name, first name)
  3. At bottom of page, where it says History of VIAF, expand section. See Werner Herzog example
  4. Add each listed Authority to Wikidata if its info is not already populated in Wikidata
  5. Add {{Authority control}} after External links section above Categories
  6. Refresh Wikipedia page
  • Click here for many more editing resources

Outcomes

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Extended content
Alphabetical by first letter

denotes Infobox added 

Pages improved
Pages created
Sandbox articles started
Wikidata items improved
Wikidata items created
Wikimedia Commons images uploaded

Metrics

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Extended content
Outreach Dashboard
  • Articles Created:
  • Articles Edited:
  • Total Edits:
  • Editors:
  • Words Added:
  • Article Views:
  • Commons Uploads:

References

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Attendees

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