Talk:List of gaming conventions

message: Actually, I'm not convinced, that Nuremberg International Toy Fair is a 'gaming convention'. After all, it's a trade fair for toy professionals only  - no gamers and fans admitted...--VArakawa (talk) 12:31, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Nuremberg Toy Fair

message: Wasn't there also a Gamescom in cologne?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.219.16.7 (talk) 18:08, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Gamescom

message: The "Asia-Pacific" section includes a lot of countries not in that area. 24.47.83.138 (talk) 10:45, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Organization

message: I'd like to see a more up to date list of conventions on Wikipedia
Perhaps something similar to this:
http://gameconventioncentral.com/
The hassle of creating a separate Wikipedia page for each convention interferes.
Is it possible to have either 2 separate List pages, or perhaps 2 sections: 
1. "Confirmed Noteworthy" with it's own Wikipedia entry
2. Inclusive list without requiring Notability or Verifiability beyond Convention's own website.
Is there anyone watching this that is likely to object or revert such an edit?
76.254.54.254 (talk) 03:21, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, that would go contrary to WP:NOTDIR as well as WP:N and WP:V. -- JHunterJ (talk) 10:39, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

text: *The problem with that is that as JHunterJ said, it'd just be a directory. The problem with that is that eventually we'd have this large and gargantuan list that would be incredibly hard to maintain and verify. Think of it this way: what would be easier for you to maintain: a list of every redhead in the state of New York or a list of every notable redhead in the state of New York? There are hundreds of conventions held in the world. Some pop up literally overnight and never get beyond one gathering. Some never even get to that point- they announce their intent but never actually hold the event. Others can call themselves cons but aren't really what many would consider to be conventions. Basically, lists have to have some sort of qualifications to keep it from being just a phonebook directory of conventions. That's not what we're here for. There are already multiple websites that do just that, such as the link you provided. We're here to list the notable conventions. Of course that doesn't mean that people don't go about trying to create articles for non-notable conventions in order to try to get around the list, but people are getting better about nominating those for deletion when they are created. Wikipedia isn't meant to be all inclusive. It might sound bad, but we're an exclusive website. You have to show notability for something to merit an entry. Tokyogirl79  (｡◕‿◕｡)  13:29, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

text: *The problem is, we're not a tourist guide. We're not a guide of any sort when it comes to conventions or any form of entertainment. We're not here to advertise small and unnoticed conventions. That's not what our purpose is. We keep lists of things that are notable. Most conventions aren't. We're not a directory of every convention or entertainment format ever held anywhere. At the risk of sounding rude, if you want a website that does this, go to a place such as Wikia and create one yourself. Lists of those nature are considered inappropriate and it's not up to Wikipedia to promote things. I'll flat out tell you that creating lists and sections of this nature is considered to be advertising at best and at worst, out and out spam. (There is a slight difference.) It's nice that you want to help out conventions and whatnot, but I can't emphasize enough how incredibly inappropriate and against Wikipedia's guidelines that line of thinking is. I wish that more could be done for the little guys of the convention circuit, but we're not a forum for advertising. I'll warn you that trying to add things along those lines here could lead to someone getting blocked as a spammer or for disruptive editing if they add them and continue to add them despite warnings. Tokyogirl79  (｡◕‿◕｡)  06:22, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Inclusive List pending Noteworthiness & Verifiability

message: I removed the links to various lists, as it seemed like many of them were run on a clear for-profit basis (in one case, outright selling event promotion), or with the aim of generating a network to feed into promotions on other sites. Some are arguably "better" than others in this sense, but even better is would be link to the DMOZ and let them sort it out. GreenReaper (talk) 08:07, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links to for-profit directories 

message: The links to Wikipedia entries on the location seem to be over-the-top for this kind of listing.  It also doesn't help to view the information on a small screen - too easy to click the location link instead of the link to the gaming convention itself.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jackvinson (talk • contribs) 13:08, 5 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location Links - Are they needed?