Thanks so much for getting back to me. I’ll reach out to Dumisani. Best, *T**š**hegofat**š**o Mabaso * *Curator of Contemporary Art* *Iziko South African National Gallery* *Iziko Museums of South Africa* Government Avenue Cape Town P.O.Box 61 Cape Town 8000 Phone: +27 21 467 7234 E-Mail: tmabaso(a)iziko.org.za *From:* Khanyi Mpumlwana [mailto:kmpumlwana@wikimedia.org] *Sent:* Wednesday, 22 July 2020 15:46 *To:* Tshegofatso Mabaso *Cc:* Dumisani Ndubane *Subject:* Re: Hosting an edit-a-thon for black queer SA artists Hi Tšhego, Thank you for reaching out, what a great project! I have copied my colleague, Dumisani Ndubane, who is far better suited to advise you on running an edit-a-thon than I. @Dumisani Ndubane &lt;dndubane(a)wikimedia.org&gt; We can chat about how best to support this project in our umrhabulo tomorrow. Thanks again. -- *Khanyi Mpumlwana *(she/her/they/them) Creative Director Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 11:12 AM Tshegofatso Mabaso &lt;tmabaso(a)iziko.org.za&gt; wrote: Hello Khanyi, I hope you are keeping well, sorry it took me so long to finally draft this – crazy times. At the moment, I working at directing my research capacity to addressing research gaps in our collection and the contemporary South African visual arts discourse. With this I want to prioritise public access to research and creating greater public awareness of queer artist practicing at the moment as well as historical figures we have much to learn from. I’ve done some light desktop research on Wikipedia edit-a-thons and have an interest in using them as one strategy towards tackling the big knowledge gaps relating to LGBTQIA+ artists. At the moment a Google search for black queer artists/ queer artists practicing in South Africa yields very few results and this is a similar challenge with black woman artists. To commemorate Pride month in October I am interested in hosting a virtual edit-a-thon at the National Gallery that focuses on the creation of articles on black queer contemporary artists practicing in South Africa. I think it would be wonderful for this to be something that continues beyond pride month and also helps to nurture a community of writers and editors that continue this work. In short, I would really appreciate any advice and information on how one goes about organising one, getting in touch with seasoned local Wikipedia editors and how we could partner with you guys to make this an impactful project. I look forward to hearing from you. Warmest, *Tšhegofatšo Mabaso * *Curator of Contemporary Art* *Iziko South African National Gallery* *Iziko Museums of South Africa* Government Avenue Cape Town P.O.Box 61 Cape Town 8000 Phone: +27 21 467 7234 E-Mail: tmabaso(a)iziko.org.za ------------------------------ *DISCLAIMER: This E-mail and any attachments contain confidential information for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please forward it to* info(a)iziko.org.za *with the subject line "Received in Error". If you are not the intended recipient you may not use, disclose, copy, print, distribute or rely on this email or any transmitted files. Iziko Museums of South Africa cannot accept any responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of this message or guarantee that the communication is free of errors, virus, interception or interference. The views and opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender unless clearly stated as being those of Iziko Museums of South Africa. Iziko Museums of South Africa accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss whether it be direct, indirect or consequential, arising from information made available and actions resulting there from.* ------------------------------ * DISCLAIMER: This E-mail and any attachments contain confidential information for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please forward it to* info(a)iziko.org.za *with the subject line "Received in Error". If you are not the intended recipient you may not use, disclose, copy, print, distribute or rely on this email or any transmitted files. Iziko Museums of South Africa cannot accept any responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of this message or guarantee that the communication is free of errors, virus, interception or interference. The views and opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender unless clearly stated as being those of Iziko Museums of South Africa. Iziko Museums of South Africa accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss whether it be direct, indirect or consequential, arising from information made available and actions resulting there from.* <#m_-1409320167013640011_m_6431934224422623405_>