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Shadows to Spotlight: Documenting Black Artistic Legacy

1st December 2025 – 30th January 2026

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BLT 2025

Organizer: Black Lunch Table (BLT) Regional Proxy – Open Knowledge Tanzania
Event Type: Wikipedia Contest + Edit-a-thons
Events:

  • Virtual Launch: 6th December 2025
  • Physical Event 1: 10th January 2026
  • Physical Event 2: 11th January 2026

Contest Period: 01 December 2025 – 30th January 2026

Target Participants:

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  1. Experienced and emerging Wikimedians
  2. Art students, local artists, cultural workers
  3. Activists and storytellers interested in documenting Black creativity

About Black Lunch Table (BLT)

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Black Lunch Table (BLT) is a nonprofit artist collaboration with over sixteen years of ongoing projects. BLT focuses on celebrating the lives and works of Black artists while addressing racial and gender bias on Wikipedia. By mobilizing African and global Wikimedians, BLT empowers communities to write their own histories and amplify underrepresented voices in art.

BLT hosts events such as Edit-a-thons, Photobooths, and Wikipedia translation sprints to provide participants with the skills and resources needed to create, update, and improve articles about Black artists.

Event Overview

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“Shadows to Spotlight” is a Wikipedia contest designed to increase visibility for Black artists whose stories are underrepresented online. Participants will:

  1. Create and expand Wikipedia articles about Black artists and cultural workers
  2. Translate articles into Kiswahili language for accessibility
  3. Upload relevant images to Wikimedia Commons
  4. Track contributions via the Outreach Dashboard

The contest emphasizes collaboration, knowledge sharing, and community building while encouraging participants to engage critically with Wikipedia’s content gaps.

Activities & Timeline

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Launch:

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  • Introduce BLT mission, contest rules, and Wikipedia tools
  • Provide training for new editors
  • Launch the contest and enable participants to start editing

Event 2:

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  1. Hands-on Edit-a-thon for new and existing articles
  2. Networking and skill-building sessions
  3. Photo opportunities for Wikimedia Commons

Event 3:

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  1. Follow-up editing session
  2. Translation sprint for selected articles into local languages

Wikipedia Contest Period (60 days):

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  1. Participants continue working remotely on articles
  2. Progress tracked via the Outreach Dashboard
  3. Leaderboard updates and periodic guidance


Goals of the Event

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  • Improve Wikipedia coverage of Black artists locally and globally
  • Empower new editors with editing and Wikimedia skills
  • Translate and preserve Black art history in regional languages
  • Foster collaboration, visibility, and community engagement

How to Participate

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  1. Register via the Wikipedia Meetup Page
  2. Join the Outreach Dashboard
  3. Create or update articles about Black artists using Wikipedia guidelines
  4. Track contributions through the Outreach Dashboard
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