Visibility of black artists

Visibility of black artists is a Wikidata event to create language visibility for black artists in Igbo language. This event is in collaboration with Igbo Wikimedians User Group and Black Lunch Table Wikimedians.

Black Lunch Table Wikimedians mobilize the creation and improvement of a specific set of Wikipedia articles that pertain to the lives and works of Black artists. For this event, participants will be taught how to translate labels, descriptions, and aliases on Wikidata, then after participants will embark on an editathon.

Schedule[edit]

Date: 14th May, 2024
Time: 10.00am - 02.00pm WAT
Venue: Awka, Anambra State

How to participate[edit]

Create an account if you are a new user
Register for the event so that your edits can be tracked. Join the dashboard here
Get the training resources
Attend the in-person session for more information on what to do
Enable the language settings on your Wikidata userpage if you have not done so. To enable the language settings, kindly navigate to your user page click on edit, add this template {{#babel:ig-N|en-5}} and publish. This setting enable users see the Igbo language text box on Wikidata.
Start editing
Ask questions for clarification

Kindly note that the to-do list will be made available at the venue ( The list is on visual artists, curators, art writers and visual art subjects of the African Diaspora)

If you wish to continue editing, more list can be found here ( kindly note that for the in-person event, we worked on numbers 1- 400, you can decide to work on other names as items on Wikidata, as demonstrated during the event)

you can reach out to the facilitators ( Olugold, Kingsley Nkem, Bibisuccess, and Adimora chidinma) for more enquiries

Participants[edit]

Kindly sign your names using this code #~~~~

Kingsley Nkem (talk) 10:58, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Adimora chidinma (talk) 11:01, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Mercylove17 (talk) 11:04, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Cyndibabe 25 (talk) 11:04, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Chrysella (talk) 11:05, 14 May 2024 (UTC)Chrysella[reply]
Toniafaustina (talk) 11:06, 14 May 2024 (UTC)Toniafaustina[reply]
Chizoba2 (talk) 11:08, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Mirah50 (talk )12:10,14 May 2024 (UTC)
Precious Nwaobasi (talk) 12:09,14 May 2024 (UTC) Precious Nwaobasi
Ugbor Rita (talk) 11:12, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Gracieyy (talk) 11:13, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Neme244 (talk) 11:14, 14 May 2024 (UTC)Neme244[reply]
Chazzy28 (talk)`
Brilliant Emery (talk) 11:19, 14 May 2024 (UTC)Brilliant Emery[reply]
Bibisuccess (talk) 11:32, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
10kdollz (talk) 13:08, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Odogwu123 (talk) 12:19, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Charisgold1 (talk) 12:40, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sinachworld (talk) 13:28, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Olugold (talk) 13:43, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Outcome[edit]

Irrespective of the challenges we faced with the dashboard and the event registration tool during the event, we were able to use other means to track contributions of participants. After the dashboard issue was rectified, and as recorded on the event dashboard, 349 items were edited and a total of 821 edits was made as at 18th May 2024.

Feedback and learnings from participants[edit]

After the event, kindly enter your feedback or learnings below, by editing this page, typing in your feedbacks, sign by using the code ~~~~, then publish.

Chizoba2 (talk) 12:03, 14 May 2024 (UTC)the event black artist visibility was very educative and exciting and I was able to create and publish some of the black artist descriptions...[reply]

Gracieyy (talk) 12:13, 14 May 2024 (UTC)the event was interesting and educative and I was able to publish black artists items[reply]
Ugbor Rita (talk) 12:33, 14 May 2024 (UTC)it is so fulfilling to participate and contribute to the visibility of black artists[reply]

Odogwu123 (talk) 12:19, 14 May 2024 (UTC)i learnt to edit from English to Igbo and it was an amazing moment the teaching was easy and the teachers too did an amazing job[reply]

Cyndibabe 25 (talk)i learnt how to translate from English to igbo

Brilliant Emery (talk) 12:32, 14 May 2024 (UTC) the program was amazing, I learned a lot and I find interest in it[reply]

Adimora chidinma (talk) 12:38, 14 May 2024 (UTC) the program was interesting and we got to learn how to translate description to Igbo language[reply]

Charisgold1 (talk) 12:40, 14 May 2024 (UTC)the event was insightful. we translated descriptions of black artist items from English to Igbo[reply]

Mercylove17 (talk) 12:54, 14 May 2024 (UTC)it is a pleasure to participate in the visibility of black artists[reply]

Precious Nwaobasi (talk) 13:01, 14 May 2024 (UTC)I am thrilled to participate and upload names of amazing and brilliant Black Artist. It was fun,insightful and time worthwhile.[reply]
Chazzy28 (talk) 13:19, 14 May 2024 (UTC) the event was inspiring, fun and educative. It also help to publish our black artists on this fourm showcasing the strength of African and blacks to the world.[reply]

Challenges[edit]

The event dashboard was not loading properly, so we used other means to track participants' edits as at the time of the event.
Participants experienced difficulties while trying to register with the event registration tool here. We had to recreate the event on mainspace for easy coordination

Gallery[edit]

See more images here