Talk:Anthrocon

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Events section should be expanded to clarify things that are not self-evident, i.e. "Artists Alley" and "Masquerade"

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[edit] Merge with Zoo (Anthrocon)

Merge Both articles are relatively short, and the Zoo (Anthrocon) is not notable in itself to be worth a Wikipedia article. Zelmerszoetrop 00:54, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

I agree with this merge suggestion. GreenReaper 08:18, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
I, the guy who wrote the article, don't mind either way if it's merged or not. I wrote it as a separate article because Anthrocon is getting to be a little long and wanted to add information to the parent article without making it lose flow and become bothersome to scroll through. If there is a concensus that merging it into Anthrocon won't make it begin to be too long, then go for it. However I disagree that it isn't "worth a Wikipedia article", I have been asked several times what the 'Zoo' is. FMephit 19:53, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
Well, it depends how much detail we go into. We do have a separate page for it on WikiFur, but then we have separate pages on most furry topics in WikiFur. I think the key is that it seems to be wholly related to Anthrocon, so it should be included in the Anthrocon article. If it was something that every furry convention had then that might be a different matter, but that doesn't appear to be the case. GreenReaper 20:31, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
I see that one of the purposes for WikiFur is expansion of articles that do not meet the 'nobablity' pseudorequirement of Wikipedia, and because of that I think that it should remain unmerged there. As far as here, either merged or unmerged (I disagree with notability as an article requirement, but there might be other compelling reasons to merge) as is better for the article(s). I agree that it's only a part of AC and would fit in with the parent article, as long as adding it won't make it too winding. Anthrocon has had several editors, I don't know how many of them have an opinion on it. Also, I'm not familiar with other conventions in this fandom so it's possible that they have an analog to the Zoo and that might be something worth mentioning in the article/section.

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[edit] Original Research Tag?

Could someone please point out what is being referenced by this tag? I left a note on the talkpage of the user who stuck it in (Hi, if you're reading this! Thanks for coming by to help me out), but I'd like to get some other people's opinions of what might be referenced by it. Bengaley 15:37, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Not my tag, but I'd guess the sections "Typical Anthrocon programming", "Themes for Anthrocon", and "The "Zoo"". --Sopoforic 21:47, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New Newspaper Sources

Well, it's another year. Right after Anthrocon, HUNDREDS of journals posted to LJ, DJ, FA, DA, and other places that I don't dare care to think of.

But also, the time to start looking for new articles. Right before, during, and after major conventions, local media tend to pick up on the happenings, and report on what's going on. These articles are useful to help expand the ammount of sources for conventions, and I'd like to start gathering them here to see if we can actually use them as sources for anything.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_515974.html was written on Friday, and goes over Myth vs Fact, mentions the 2.5 million that AC brings to Pittsburg, and has a bit of the interaction between Kage and the horrible horrible fail 7Chan raiders.

http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A32443 Talks about Furry Tales, a musical that is being developed and was shown at AC. Not certain how much sourcing it can be used for this article aside from trivia (Inspired a play, balarny)...

Anyhow, these are just two that I can find right now. Anyone in Pittsburg, please step up with anything you can find! Bengaley 15:41, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Funny TV show reference to Anthrocon

I just watched a funny episode of "Back to You" on Fox, where a reluctant news reporter went to Anthrocon to interview some people in animal costumes and made fun of them with animal jokes. Later we see the reporter getting ready to leave and several people still in costumes approach him and threaten him. During his live interview, he is surrounded by them and nervously saying how wonderful it is. "It's so much fun, that in fact I am in danger..." *people turn and look at him "...of staying the whole weekend." JBR0807 (talk) 19:24, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Further information at WikiFur:Business or Pleasure (though we don't have the bit at the end yet). GreenReaper (talk) 20:43, 28 February 2008 (UTC)