Talk:Anthrocon 2007 draws thousands to Pittsburgh for furry weekend

Related news section
The "Related news" section is supposed to be only for Wikinews articles on the subject. See WN:SG. Also, it goes above the "Sources" section. --SVTCobra 21:47, 17 July 2007 (UTC)


 * OK. I was under the impression it was for related news from all outlets. Some of those were in fact sources as well, so I'll have a look through and cut out ones which were not. GreenReaper 22:04, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Not again
Horrible non-newsworthy theme aside, isn't this just a glorified Wikipedia article? I find it personally disgusting that this kind of story comes up again and appears to be used to celebrate and attempt to legitimize a marginalized lifestyle more than attempt to inform.

I don't recall even Hurricane Katrina or the 2005 tsunami being covered in such detail.

It's clear certain administrators use these conventions as their soapbox and urge that this stays off the main page and on Wackynews only. If Star Trek conventions and Moonie mass weddings aren't on the front page, this should not be either.


 * My intention was to write a feature news article, as the topic is more of a human interest story than "hard" news. However you should find that there are plenty of hard facts in the article.


 * This is a topic that interests me, so I asked the head of the convention for permission to film footage for use in preparing a news report, took photographs, and wrote up this article. If you wish to cover Hurricane Katrina in detail - or a Star Trek convention or Moonie mass wedding - you are welcome to do so. As I understand it, that's part of the point of Wikinews - covering the stories that others don't.


 * I'm not sure who you're talking about with regards to administrators - I'm not one here, nor do I know any furry that is. Of course, there could be a cabal . . .GreenReaper 22:39, 17 July 2007 (UTC)


 * The cabal only exists on Wikipedia. ;) I am an administrator, and I did check in with Greenreaper to make sure that he was going to syndicate the WikiFur article to Wikinews. I did this based solely on the quality of his reporting previously, and he certainly has not let me down.


 * Wikinews is written by "you". If "you" are interested in furries, we have articles on furries. If "you" are interested in the Buffalo, New York waterfront, we have articles about the Buffalo, New York waterfront. If "you" are interested in New Zealand's politics, we have articles on New Zealand's politics. If you don't write about what you are interested in, we can't have articles on what you want to read. --  Zanimum 14:25, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Removal of source?
One of the sources providing a quote for this article has been removed. The person who made the quote has told me that they had not intended their comments to be quite that public. Should the source, the quote and other information from that source be removed on the basis that the source is no longer valid? I am not familiar with Wikinews policy in this area. GreenReaper 23:04, 17 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, if everything that this source provided was removed, they should be removed from the sources section. --  Zanimum 14:42, 18 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Understood. I have removed the source from the list. I also corrected the article earlier to make it clear they were not speaking officially - they clarified that this was their main issue with it. If the quote should just be removed, feel free to do so. GreenReaper 15:06, 18 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Huh? So you indeed haven't removed the quote, you've just changed the article to specify they weren't commenting as an official. --  Zanimum 15:10, 19 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes. I wasn't sure that I should remove the quote, as I know they did say it. The previous wording was just open to interpretation that they were saying it "officially" when that was not the intention. The source now no longer includes the quote, so I removed the link as you suggested above. I guess it becomes original research. GreenReaper 15:34, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Featureing in 3:rd lead?
Everytime i see Greenreapers articles, those times i pop in here, I happily read them. Definatly among the best done here. That some anonymous dorks dislike furrys cant be a argument against featuring. international 12:14, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Headless lounge

 * "while convention staff promised more fans in the $1,000/day headless lounge to keep the costumed critters from overheating."

So, it cost $1K per day to be in the lounge, or it cost organizers that much to rent it? Because that's an astronomical fee for individuals. You could hire a crew of models to take you up to the hotel room on one of those Egyptian pharaoh lift things. -- Zanimum 15:04, 18 July 2007 (UTC)


 * It cost organizers that much to rent. Needs rewording? (I have imagined a con where the entry fee was around that, and you got a free fursuit out of it or something ;-) GreenReaper 15:07, 18 July 2007 (UTC)


 * You'd pretty much want a free fursuit for that price, or at least a head, if nothing else. :) --  Zanimum 15:09, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

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Protected edit request on 25 October 2018
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The link to Pogo should be disambiguated to Pogo_(comic_strip)

Saberus (talk) 06:41, 25 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Done. --Pi zero (talk) 02:07, 1 August 2019 (UTC)