Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/Houston March Two

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| data2 = Wednesday, March 16, 2016

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| data4 = [http://projectrowhouses.org/calendar/wikipedia-a-thon-black-lunch-table Project Row Houses]
2521 Holman St.
Houston, TX

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The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project hosted its first edit-a-thon in Houston, Texas, from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm CST on Wednesday, March 16, 2016. Join us for an evening of social Wikipedia editing.

Event description

The Black Lunch Table (BLT) project at [http://projectrowhouses.org/calendar/wikipedia-a-thon-black-lunch-table Project Row Houses] 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 Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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 topics on hand.

= History of The Black Lunch Table =

[http://www.theblacklunchtable.com The Black Lunch Table (BLT)] is an ongoing collaboration between artists Jina Valentine ({{User0|Fishantena}}) and Heather Hart ({{User0|Heathart}}) 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.

= Project Row Houses =

Project Row Houses (PRH) is a community-based arts and culture non-profit organization in Houston’s northern Third Ward, one of the city’s oldest African American neighborhoods. Founded in 1993 as a result of the vision of local African-American artists wanting a positive creative presence in their own community, PRH shifts the view of art from traditional studio practice to a more conceptual base of transforming the social environment.

Event details

This is the last in a two-part series: March 14th and March 16th at Project Row House.

  • Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2016.
  • Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm CST-- Come when you can, stay as long as you would like!
  • Location: Project Row Houses, 2521 Holman St, Houston, TX
  • Who should attend: Artists, historians, students, teachers, 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. We will help you access the PRH wireless network
  • Hashtag: [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLunchTable #BlackLunchTable]
  • Etherpad: [https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/BlackLunchTable| BLT Etherpad] - live doc to keep track of what we are all working on
  • training presentation (Heather): [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1L1TAfoQAgnbOiXL7TQt75jzZrxe3S2igBax-0nNZ7sk/edit?usp=sharing Black Lunch Table Wikipedia Training Link]

Agenda

  • 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

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Attendees

  • 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 =

  1. --Aruoppo7 (talk) 00:45, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
  2. --Autkni (talk) 00:42, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
  3. Heather Hart --Heathart (talk) 15:41, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
  4. --Fishantena (talk) 23:10, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
  5. Jgo1906 (talk) 23:48, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
  6. brechtlukacsblochparty (talk)
  7. --Doughchick (talk) 23:56, 16 March 2016 (UTC)
  8. --Sun ria (talk) 00:00, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
  9. --Ariel.rachel.jones (talk) 00:41, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
  10. --Greengrassswimming (talk) 01:20, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
  11. --Inthenow2016
  12. --Roberthodge_1
  13. --artcetera
  14. --lfkaiser

= Tentative =

= Regrets =

= Remote =

Possible articles to 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 Houston 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. But be sure they qualify according to Wikipedia's NOTABILITY guidlines. And 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|Wikipedia:Meetup/Black_Lunch_Table/Lists_of_Articles}}

{{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}}

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List of new articles created

alpha by last name

List of articles improved

Wikipedia editing resources

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

  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/BeginnersGuide Beginners’ Guide to Wikipedia] (account creation, article editing)
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars Five Pillars of Wikipedia] (philosophical guidelines and best practices for Wikipedia editing)
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial Tutorial]
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page How to Edit a Page]
  • [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Wiki_markup_cheatsheet_EN.pdf Wiki Markup Quick Reference] (PDF version of printed handout)
  • [http://www.cs.duke.edu/csed/wikipedia/index.html Guide to Writing Wikipedia Pages for Notable Women in Computing] by Susan H. Rodger (applicable to any biography)
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_development Article Development]
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Your_first_article Your First Article] (using the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_wizard2.0 Article Wizard] if you wish)
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style Manual of Style]
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation_templates Citation templates]
  • [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources| Citation guide]
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Infobox_templates Infobox templates]
  • [http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bookshelf/ Bookshelf] (additional "getting started" resources)
  • Formatting shortcuts:

:* [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext_examples#Basic_text_formatting Text Formatting]

:* [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext_examples#Organizing_your_writing Section Headers, Indents, and Lists]

:* [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Wikitext_examples#Links Links]

  • 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

  • [http://archiparlour.org/wikid-guides-to-wikipedia-editing/ wikiD Guides for Wikipedia Editing]:

: [http://archiparlour.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/WikiD-Guides-1_version11.pdf Introduction and Guide 1: Getting Started!] – Why Edit Wikipedia?, Using the WikiD Guides and Getting Started.

: [http://archiparlour.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/WikiD-Guides-2_version1.pdf Guide 2: Selecting and Researching a Topic/Subject] – Choosing a Subject, References and Sources and Images.

: [http://archiparlour.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/WikiD-Guides-3_Version1.pdf Guide 3: Writing an Entry] – Tone and Style, Content and Structure, Building an Argument, Precedents and Article Titles.

: [http://archiparlour.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/WikiD-Guides-4_version1.pdf Guide 4: Navigating the Wikipedia Interface] – Editing Interfaces, Creating a New Article, Editing Existing Pages and Disambiguation

: [http://archiparlour.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/WikiD-Guides-5_Version11.pdf Guide 5: Troubleshooting] – Deleted Pages, Flagged Pages and Talk Pages

= Tools and templates =