Talk:Readercon

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Should probably be mentioned that the Rhysling Award ceremony has been held at Readercon since '05. 70.171.228.228 (talk) 15:42, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

The latest Readercon (Readercon 20) was held July 9-12, 2009 at the Boston Marriott Burlington (commonly known as the Burlington Marriott) in Burlington, MA. Guests of honor were Greer Gilman and Elizabeth Hand. You can find lots more about Readercon at readercon.org. We plan to hold Readercon 21 July 8-11, 2010, in the same location. (Merryl Gross, Vice President, Readercon Inc.)


 * We can't add information unless there is a reliable source that is independent of the subject. readercon.org is a primary source. If this is reported in a major newspaper, please give a reference to that and re-request this edit.

 Chzz  ►  04:34, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Would the small item |announcing the 2010 Readercon in the Boston Globe's online site suffice? Milkfish (talk) 23:01, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Readercon gets major, detailed coverage every year in Locus magazine, as good an outside source as you could ask for. Someone should update this page based on that (e.g., attendance is nearly twice what's cited).Emvan (talk) 23:25, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

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We should expect to see some updates relating to the harassment scandal at this year's con. It would be very disappointing if the story was suppressed by heavy-handed and wrong application of WP:NPOV and WP:RS: much if not all of the available information comes from various blog entries, and we have a history of treating such sources badly. Let's do this right, people: there's been enough hurt already without us making things worse. HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 21:33, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

Just a heads up, as per Wikipedia policy, some random woman complaining that a guy "got too close to her" constitutes sexual assault and a "violation of her physical boundaries" on a blog does NOT meet the requirements of a valid entry. Just as any random person complaining about ticket refunds, a bag theft or some pervert grabbing her ass does not constitute an entry, as they are not notable and are off incidents at an event.

As far as the research is concerned, her claims are not verifiable. She starts off with a nonsensical complaint that random, pre-selected questions for ALL the authors were specifically singling her out in a "sexist" manner. Even though the moderator would've had no idea when she would've been on. She details that a man sat near her, apparently in assigned seats (not giving him a choice in the matter) and leaned over when chatting to her. This constituted "physical assault" according to her, even though she turned around and blatantly ignored him and he immediately stopped. He later, her own words, mentioned that they two of them could "have some fun" when a round-up was mentioned after her panels (this guy apparently works there or was invited to speak there) and she turned around and shouted at him "DON'T TOUCH ME" and he walked away. The rest of her complaint is that she felt "scared and threatened and needed friends to take her out of there" despite absolutely no inkling of the guy or further attempt at contact.

We can't include her ridiculous story in this article because it is not a valid inclusion. BUT if we WERE to include it, i'm afraid all the sources available paint her in an incredibly bad light. Which means she would end up looking as ridiculous as the Elevatorgate blogger. I'm sorry that this doesn't help much but, like I said, if we included non-incidents like these we'd have to include every purse snatch or car park argument as well. 58.7.91.92 (talk) 08:28, 23 December 2013 (UTC) KiraKrumpet