Talk:Geek.Kon

Citations

This is a holding area for citations. I'll be integrating a bunch of these soon. — Alan De Smet | Talk 02:16, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm done integrating citations for now; if anyone is feeling inspired, please help! Also, if you're removing citations from the main article (say, because they seem totally unnecessary), please re-add them here. They're useful to have just in case, and help establish notability. — Alan De Smet | Talk 03:16, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Establishing notability is a good idea. I thought the article was a WP:VANITY/promotional article when it first popped up on a list of new articles about Wisconsin. I almost nominated it for deletion, but decided to give it a chance since I'm in favor of keeping marginal things. I'm glad I gave this article the benefit of the doubt. I see that it's turning into an article that everyone should want to keep, and I am satisfied enough to add it to WikiProject Wisconsin. It's good to keep a list of solid reliable references to demonstrate its notability if needed. Royalbroil 04:36, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

2011

• Wieland, Rob (2011-09-08). "Missed Gen Con? Check out Madison's Geek Kon". The A.V. Club. Onion Inc.

2009

• Cisar, Katjusa (2009-10-22). "Smells like steam spirit: Steampunk puts twist on history". The Capital Times. madison.com. Archived from the original on 2009-10-22.
  • Mentions Steam Century's planned attendance and events.
• "Convention offers 'everything geeky'". United Press International. United Press International, Inc. 2009-10-23. Archived from the original on 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
  • Short summary of expectations.

2008

• Wahlberg, David (2008-09-28). "Geekland Is As Weird As Lilliput Gulliver Swiftly Discovers That Things Happen There That Boggle the Imagination". madison.com. madison.com. Archived from the original on 2009-10-07. Retrieved 2009-10-07. - This probably appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal as well; it might be worth checking, since some editors respect the magic of paper more than web sites.

• Dmytrenko, Nick (2008-09-29), "Second annual Geek.Kon convention registers record turnout", The Daily Cardinal, Madison, WI: The Daily Cardinal Media Corporation{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) archived copy - "record turnout" "Robert Laib, convention chair of Geek.Kon", some discussion of what happened.

• Russel, Jesse (2008-09-30). "Geek.Kon 2008: Photos from Cosplay Contest". Dane101. Dane101. Archived from the original on 2008-10-02. Retrieved 2008-10-02. - Includes photos of the costume contest, and may be a good external link for that. Article (and possibly photos!) are under a CC-BY-SA license, we may be able to reuse the photos!

• Cady, Craig (2008-09-29). "Costumes reign at Geek.Kon 2008: Homages to nerd culture everywhere". The Daily Page. Isthmus Publishing Company, Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-10-02. Retrieved 2008-10-02. - almost entirely focused on the costuming. Does mention that a convention like Geek.Kon might run $35, but GK is free.

• Angileri, Jeff (2008-09-28). "People Get Their Geek On". Fox 47. WMSN. Archived from the original on 2008-10-02. Retrieved 2008-10-02. - "grew so much from last year, they had to use two buildings on campus to hold all of the exhibits." Mentions "Steam Century Mystery" game and other events.

• VanEgeren, Jessica (2008-09-29). "Hundreds embrace their inner geek". The Capital Times. Capital Newspapers. Archived from the original on 2008-10-02. Retrieved 2008-10-02. - I think the article is also in the print version; may be worth checking and adding as a citation. Brief bit about Belegarth Medieval Combat Society. "last year, 1,800 people attended the two-day event, Eichhorst said. By midday Sunday, 900 people had attended this year's Geek.kon convention." - the 900 people is hard to reconcile with the claims that it's larger. May be preliminary counts.

• Richgels, Jeff (2008-09-24). "Second annual Geek.kon to invade UW-Madison". 77 Square. Capital Newspapers Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-10-02. Retrieved 2008-10-02. - Notes about guests and programming. "Co-chair Louise Behnke"

• WKOW news coverage (If that link doesn't work, try the "featured video" link here)

2007

• Willems, Kelsey (2007-10-02), "Meet Your Geek: 'Lord Of The Rings' Elvish Linguist", Wisconsin State Journal, Capital Newspapers, pp. A1{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) [1] - I failed to find much of note here.

• Albert, Jason (2007-10-04), "A Geek.Kon glossary", The Onion (Madison, Wisconsin edition), vol. 43, no. 40, Onion, Inc, p. 36{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - I'm not sure there is anything useful here, but it's a half tabloid-page article in a well known newspaper. (It is a humor newspaper, but the article appears in the serious "A.V. Club" section.) It's mostly worth noting as evidence of the notability of the convention.

• WTN News (2007-09-28). "Revenge of the (video game and sci-fi) Nerds coming to UW-Madison". Wisconsin Technology Network. Wisconsin Technology Network. [2]

• "'Geeks' Take Over Madison" http://www.channel3000.com/news/14287224/detail.html

• "Wisconsin geek convention will draw hundreds to Madison" http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1466551.html

• Last paragraph of CNN transcript:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/studentnews/10/07/sn.transcript.mon/index.html

• "Geek Extravaganza Launches At UW" http://wkow.madison.com/News/index.php?ID=15468

• http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/offbeat/2007/10/07/galley.geek.kon.wkow

2007 Dane101

• dane101 (2007-10-04). "Bang a Gong at Geek-Kon: The Pre-Geek Round Up". Dane101. Dane101. Retrieved 2007-10-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) [3] - "...before they closed pre-registration they had been averaging 30 new registrants a day..."

• Russell, Jesse (2007-09-26). "Get Your Geek On at Geek-Kon: Roleplaying". Dane101. Dane101. Retrieved 2007-10-05. [4] - More than 600 registrations. Interview with chair for roleplaying. Focus on roleplaying for newbies.

• Russell, Jesse (2007-09-19). "Get Your Geek on at Geek-Kon: Artist Alley". Dane101. Dane101. Retrieved 2007-10-05. [5] - Interview with Laura Anderton. She designed the logo, organized Artist Alley

• Russell, Jesse (2007-09-06). "Geek-Kon 2007: From DDR and Guitar Hero to J-Pop and Yaoi". Dane101. Dane101. Retrieved 2007-10-05.[6] - Interview with Brian Hagen, organizer of DDR and GH tournaments, as well as part of panels on J-Pop and Yaoi.

• Russell, Jesse (2007-09-01). "Madison braces for Geek onslaught". Dane101. Dane101. Retrieved 2007-10-05. [7]

• Russell, Jesse (2007-06-27). "Get your geek on at Geek Kon". Dane101. Dane101. Retrieved 2007-10-05. [8] - Early interview with co-chair Sarah Eichhorst. Notes some lesser participation from Tolkien Society and Society for Creative Anachronism.

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