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While the write up is true as far as it goes, I am concerned that it is rather limited in it's content.
In the city I live in (Minneapolis, MN) there are two "Science Fiction" conventions http://www.mnstf.org/minicon/ and http://www.convergence-con.org, another convention devoted to Diversity within Science Fiction [Diversicon|http://www.sfminnesota.com/diversicon/], a convention devoted to science fiction and fantasy surounding Mars [Marscon|http://www.marscon.com/], as well as several conventions related to gaming, and comic books, and conventions dedicated to specific parts of science fiction media (farscape, star treck, babylon 5, star wars, etc.)
I have seen numerous related conventions around my state, and also in the surounding states. At no time has WorldCon been to Minneapolis, though Minicon has petitioned for an appearance in the past. I strongly suspect that there are other people who are concerned that the description as provided is a small subset of what they have observed at conventions in their own area.
The conventions I mentioned above, are all fan run conventions. There are also recurring professional conventions such as DragonCon in Atlanta, which appear to have been completely skipped. I don't know if this is the result of someone feeling that "if it ain't WorldCon, it ain't a real science fiction convention" or just a decision to limit the complete content of the entry.
-Rusty
Maybe a List of science fiction conventions should be made, with order per country/state? Ausir 23:29, 19 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- Done. MPS 17:48, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] What about con companies?
This page seems focused on the local, fan-run cons, as is also the case with the listing of conventions page. There's no reference to companies like Creation (US), Vulkon (US) or Starfury (UK) that specialize in organizing multiple cons each year, in different parts of the country. Nolefan32 16:13, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
If you think the article needsd to mention these companies, go ahead and do it. Many sci-fi fans hate commercial cons, so NPOV must be stickly maintained. -Dr Haggis - Talk 00:03, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Photos
Hope these help some; I certainly don't pretend they cover all aspects of an SF convention, but it's what I have time to pull together tonight. Not sure I should pull the reqphoto template off yet. On the other hand this is already pretty photo-heavy for a short article.
And I can't figure out why the Ellison photo doesn't show up in thumbnail; if you click on it you get the full-sized version on the usual photo page, so I appear to have uploaded it properly and typed the name properly.
--Dd-b 04:24, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] More work to be done
POV comments about "guests" and "members" should be moved from lead and cleaned up.
More explanation about guests of honor would be helpful.
A "history" section should be added.
At some point, the "anatomy" section could be renamed and built into a separate article.
Need to mention writing workshops, commercial cons, and so on and so on... Avt tor 18:14, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Vague, POV comments
The sections on "Professional cons" and "Volunteer cons" describe organizational models, not differences in subject matter; should not be in the same section as "types" of conventions. Also, "professional" is misleading and confusing; the term could easily be applied to cons where a lot of pros show up, e.g. World Fantasy, or else professional conferences like the academic stuff. For-profit conventions are more commonly known as "commercial", not "professional" (not least because most of the for-profit organizers aren't very professional). The section on "idiosyncrasy" seems, well, overstated and gratuitously off-putting; certainly unsourced POV. The new sections are somewhat wordy and subjective. I'm not immediately reverting because (a) I don't own this page and (b) however subjectively the sections are phrased, this material is relevant. However this page is on my short list for a significant rewrite, similar to the science fiction page. I plan on adding sources, and when I get to that, anything I can't find a source for will get a fact tag. Avt tor 08:45, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
- Changed "professional" to "commercial" per your suggestion.--Orange Mike 22:58, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks. I knew there was a better word than "professional" but it wasn't coming to mind. Jiawen 00:01, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
