Talk:Confluence (convention)

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Other References[edit]

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[1] Magicalthirty (talk) 17:28, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Notability[edit]

The article was prodded by User:Ravenswing with the following rationale: "NN convention, no substantive coverage in reliable sources, notability tagged for over ten years". It was deprodded with none. I initially concurred with Ravenswing, but I was able to located some sources through newspapers.com ([2], note: you can get free access through the Wikipedia:Library). On a side note, I lived in Pittsburgh for 10 years and I've never heard of this convention (while I attended several other SF and related events in the area; interesting how it skipped me by; I thought it might have been defunct when I moved in, but it was at the very least active again in 2014). Anyway, while one of the cited sources right now is junk, the other is in-depth coverage. I also found a short mention in [3], and another in-depth one is here [4]. I think two in-depth articles in newspapers are enough for WP:GNG. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:00, 12 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Welsh convention of the same name?[edit]

In 1988, the same year the Pittsburgh one started up, I attended another convention that was also called "Confluence", in Cardiff, Wales. Terry Pratchett was Guest of Honor. I can unfortunately find nothing online on the Welsh one. Anyone know anything? Think it might've been run by some University club. Don't think there was ever another instance of it. --DewiMorgan (talk) 04:08, 9 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]