Talk:FanimeCon

FanimeCon '94 Date
The heading says February 19, the text says April. An announcement on UseNet says June 19. Which is correct? -- Seitz 19:21, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Anime-Con report seems like a pretty good source. I think that February is the correct date. --Ayame The Wolf 19:26, 13 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I tend to believe the UseNet announcent. It was made at the time of the convention, and is supported by at least one other UseNet article.  Can someone find the source for "anine-cons.com" date? -- Seitz 19:35, 13 May 2006 (UTC)


 * It appears Anime-Con is user editable by anyone, just like Wikipedia. But they don't show when the information was entered nor by whom.  I've sent them a message asking if they can identify their source. -- Seitz 19:42, 13 May 2006 (UTC)


 * AnimeCons.com is NOT user editable by anyone! (It's not a wiki and all update requests are verified as much as possible before being posted.)  However, I do not recall the source of that information since it was entered so long ago.  It appears the actual date was June 19, 1994 and that it was mistakenly listed as February 19th.  Seeing as how most of the dates for the next few years were in February, it seems like an easy mistake to make.  ...as for Fanime's program guide saying that the first one was in early April 1994, I don't know.  I'm more inclined to believe June given the Usenet history.  --PatrickD 21:24, 14 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I misunderstood how the AnimeCons.com "submit update" form worked. Thank you for the correction. -- Seitz 03:51, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Info
How does everyone feel about adding more indepth info on each years con? IE: Notable problems, issues, public response, etc. I got this idea reading about 2005's con, in which the stam rally was cancelled the day after is started. -- 69.233.222.102 02:13, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * While said information would be interesting, I don't find it particularly vital. However, a complaints section might be a nice idea. -- Jelly Soup 05:00, 4 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm in the process of summing all of the years with dates, locations, attendance, and guests into one table. That alone will cut the size of the article down quite a bit. Any additional info can be incorporated into one or more paragraphs in the "History" just before a "Previous conventions" subsection if third party sources can be found. The biggest problem is that all of the "history" on the article is entirely based on two primary sources. --Farix (Talk) 14:16, 1 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Took me a couple of weeks, but it's been done. --Farix (Talk) 12:32, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Another source for you
San Jose Mercury News (CA); 05/28/2007 "Animation Nation." If you can find it, use it. If you need a copy, msg me. I got it from EBSCOhost. Kopf1988 23:10, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Convention Information
I don't know if this is the right place, but I've been a guest at Fanime from 2001 to 2007 (and I hope to continue to be a guest for the future Fanimes). The Wiki post for Fanime used to reflect this, but now I'm not listed for certain years. I tried to correct this, but it seems my corrections keep vanishing (could be my fault... still new to this wiki-editing-stuff). I am the voice actor Jonathan C. Osborne and I can attest to having been a guest of Fanime for all the years from 2001 to 2007. Thank you.


 * Information on Wikipedia must be verified. When the article was cleanedup, it used the information published by an independent third-party source, AnimeCons.com. Wikipedia can only publish what has already been published by reliable third-party sources, see Verifiability. If the independent third-party source is wrong, then you need to contact them in order for them to correct it on their end. --Farix (Talk) 20:14, 10 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Ok... they got it updated on AnimeCons.com. Whenever you can update the information will be great! Thanks! -Jonathan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.13.165.3 (talk) 02:55, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

More info about the Con?
The article seems to be rather vague and list-like in its description at the moment. I was thinking about fleshing it out- maybe adding more about the specific activities...or at least add something about Artist's alley? Anyone know any sources aside from the Fanime website I could use? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.247.183.183 (talk) 04:42, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

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Overdependence on a single source, tangential information a need for more information
In reading the article there seems that one blog site, specifically one person, as the primary source for over half the 46 citations. This does not seem to be a good way of keeping a NPOV in an article at best and link farming at worst.

Also, there are other issues in the article and its structure. Example: the 'History' seems to be exclusively a list of issues or problems but does not contain anything of actual historical note or relevance outside of a single POV of one sites author experience as an attendee. It may be better to rename the section 'Issues' or 'Problems' if it is to be kept at all. In reviewing past versions of focuses websites in the waybackmachine there are a number of events that are held within the convention that could be more useful to a reader. For example; Who is the ARG? How did the convention get started? What was the process and players involved in its formation and growth? Even better yearly information would be useful. They seem to have a Jpop concert series that has been going on for over a decade. The list of performers could be worthwhile information. There is a theme apparently and some history on the formal dance and a martial arts Dojo. All of these were apparently added to the convention and some of these events are both notable and unique/unusual to this convention. As for historical relevance, the ranking of the convention in context to the global or North American market would again be of more historical worth.

Another issue: "Charities that FanimeCon supported in 2011" did this happen once or is this more incomplete information? What were the amounts donated?

There are also incomplete references for the following mentions 'steampunk convention Clockwork Alchemy", "Anime Resource Group (ARG)", "AMV contest", "artist's alley", "contests," (again likely an artifact). All of which should be linked or a contextual description added.

Lastly the text as it exists today needs a cleanup, the first section alone states "but not ranked in 2014 onwards due to its attendance being shared with the steampunk convention Clockwork Alchemy" However in the most recent entry on the list shows attendee numbers (this is also not a rank, its a statistic; this may be an artifact of an incomplete prior edit). As I am coming back to wiki I am not going to make these edits now, but someone should. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Randomfactors (talk • contribs) 06:47, 4 April 2019 (UTC)