Talk:Comic-Con International

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[edit] Dates

I added the dates of the convention and added that it is at the Convention Center. Joey Babbitt 08:36, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Unclear & uncited paragraph

If anyone can help, I see three problems with this paragraph originally appearing under the subhead Trivia. One is the vague wording (see possible definitions in boldface below), another is lack of citation (if this is an eyewitness account, it's non-verifiable original research), and finally, even as trivia, I'm unable to imagine the encyclopedic value of two celebrities happening to meet or even collide with one another -- every newspaper and magazine has celebrity anecdotes that are much more indicative of some life-aspect than just two of them meeting. Celebrities meet each other all the time. And celebrities attend Comic-Con all the time. I guess there's a "so what" factor here. It's trivia, but for the reasons I've just cited, I need to ask what makes it interesting trivia that would have some value here.

[edit] Trivia

In 2002, Ben Affleck and Arnold Schwarzenegger ran into each other [as in "met" or "collided"? unclear] as as they were being led through the back areas to separate panels promoting their then-upcoming movies Daredevil and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.[citation needed]

--Tenebrae 03:03, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Locations and Dates?

Missing a whole lot of years, there... should the entire section be removed? No real purpose to it. --Fitly 20:35, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Repeated wikilinks

As another editor notes, there are way too many redundant wikilinks. Policy is to have one link per subject per article or section. It's going to be a big job to de-wikilink all but the first mention of a particular name in the chart. I'll make a start, and maybe other editors could pitch in.--Tenebrae 17:10, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I know--I made the box. Instead of spending a week making it "perfect", I wiki-linked everything. The task of delinking some words is infinitesimal in comparason with creating the box from scratch and reorderering everything. Removing wikilinks would take someone less than a half hour, whereas making the box took the better part of six or so hours. Imagine the repetitiveness of organising over thirty years of history into wikiformat inside a box (taking most of a day), and than go through over a hundred names and sort through repeat links. That can be another day's project. Just be thankful I did the harder, longer half. Dark jedi requiem 06:03, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Um...I am. See Dec. 30 comment at bottom of your talk page. --Tenebrae 06:43, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Than who are you informing policy of? Dark jedi requiem 00:22, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
In response to Dark jedi requiem: This is the page for everybody who edits this article.
I went to your Talk page to thank you specifically for one thing, making the chart.
On this page, I'm asking every editor who come here to help on a task that could use multiple volunteers. No one has to help who doesn't want to. It's strictly voluntary. My first posting in this section was not directed to you or anybody else in particular.
I hope I've answered your question.--Tenebrae 00:29, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Okay, guys- I can't promise I caught EVERY duplicate link, but I think I got most of them while I was not logged in. Hope that helped. (Also removed reference to one person who supposedly appeared at every convention since the late 70's but has no mention on the Internet except for one minicomic done in modern times. If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's probably self-promotion or vandalism, so i got rid of it.) ChrisStansfield 06:47, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
Is it really so hard to put names in alphabetical order when you add them? I mean, it's only a matter of respect to both the attendees and to those of us who keep going through the article to alphabetize. ChrisStansfield 15:58, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Kudos on all your hard work! And yes, unquestionably, the names should be alphabetized. --Tenebrae 23:48, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Exclusive Toys

Should there be a section mentioning the exclusive toy releases which have become such a large part of comic con? I'm not suggested a complete and detailed list, but maybe some highlights and an overview of the concept.--Torchwood Who? 10:45, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Sounds pretty reasonable, Torchwoodwho, but it would be pretty hard to find enough information about the toy exclusives at every Comic Con. CoolKid1993 03:06, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
It is hard, if not impossible... so I added a section about the exclusives and hope to expand it as I find more information.--Torchwood Who? 02:16, 28 September 2007 (UTC)