Wikipedia:Meetup/Black Lunch Table/Johannesburg 2018

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 Together we will create historical documents that respond to the urgent need for a reconstruction of the art historical record.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.

[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.

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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...

[https://bridgebooks.co.za/pages/about-us More here.]

• 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: [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLunchTable #BlackLunchTable] #BridgeBooks #wikipedia
• Etherpad: [https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/BlackLunchTable-Jul BlackLunchTable] - live doc to keep track of what we are all working on
• Training: [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1L1TAfoQAgnbOiXL7TQt75jzZrxe3S2igBax-0nNZ7sk/edit?usp=sharing/ Black Lunch Table Wikipedia Presentation]

• 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

• [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Public_Art/Image_guide|Wiki Image Guide]
• [https://whoseknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/How-to-find-free-images.pdf Where to find them.]
• [https://whoseknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Adding-images-to-Wikimedia-Commons-and-Wikipedia_-dos-and-donts.pdf Dos and Donts]
• [https://whoseknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/How-to-Ask-for-Image-Donations.pdf Asking an artist for images.]

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: [https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/BlackLunchTable-Jul BlackLunchTable] - List the article you're working on in this live doc to keep track and avoid duplicate work!
•   {{InfoNeeded}} 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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• Suggested Name Here
• Thokozani Mthiyane
• Steve Kwena Mokwena
• Malcolm X Jiyane

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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:

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• David Koloane
• Glow Makatsi
• Zanele Muholi
• Nelson Mokamo
• Motsamai Thabane
• Mo Editions
• Mary Sibande
• Dineo Seshee Bopape
• Kagiso Patrick Mautloa
• Serge Nitageka

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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!

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• Add an Infobox!
• Adding images!

1. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Copyright_rules_by_subject_matter#Art_.28copies_of.29 Rules on Visual Art, Murals, Graffiti and Sculpture are different!]
2. [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard 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 [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page Wikidata]
2. Read Wikidata's [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Introduction 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'

File:2016-08-05-AuthorityControl.pdf

• Create or update Authority Control!

: Update Wikidata using Virtual International Authority File (VIAF.org)

1. Go to [https://viaf.org/ VIAF.org]
2. Search for person (last name, first name)
3. At bottom of page, where it says History of VIAF, expand section. See [https://viaf.org/viaf/111607089/#Herzog,_Werner,_1942-.... Werner Herzog example]
4. Add each listed Authority to [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page 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

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{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.theblacklunchtable.com/ The Black Lunch Table]
• Black Lunch Table – Wikipedia meetup page

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