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- 03:01, 26 December 2021 Karaoke (hist) [106 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Not a feature of UK conventions, setting up the equipment is a job for Tech. Category:Programming")
- 06:01, 25 December 2021 Programme Book (hist) [26 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Program Book)
- 06:01, 25 December 2021 Souvenir Book (hist) [448 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Many conventions produce a glossy Program Book, which is rather a misnomer, because the longer lead times mean any programme is outdated compared with the Pocket Program...")
- 05:50, 25 December 2021 Sensitivity reading (hist) [467 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "A process were all convention publications, from Progress Reports to Program Books and Panel Blurbs are reviewed by a 3rd party to ensure they do not contain cultu...")
- 05:30, 25 December 2021 Presentations (hist) [1,661 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Anything from scientific talks to plays. ==Talks== Often done by non-fans invited to the convention for their specialist knowledge, they won't be familiar with [[Green Room]...")
- 05:10, 25 December 2021 Tech (hist) [23 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Tech Crew)
- 05:09, 25 December 2021 At-con (hist) [20 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Redirected page to At-Con)
- 04:08, 25 December 2021 Contingent budgets (hist) [20 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Budget)
- 04:08, 25 December 2021 Columbus 2020 NASFiC (hist) [215 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "[https://fancyclopedia.org/Columbus_2020_NASFiC Columbus 2020 NASFiC] pivoted to virtual and ran well, using Discord, Zoom, Google Forms and Gathertown. It was...")
- 04:05, 25 December 2021 Anime Los Angeles (hist) [103 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Anime convention in California. Wikipedia Category:Conventions")
- 04:02, 25 December 2021 Bubonicon (hist) [109 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "New Mexico regional convention. [https://fancyclopedia.org/Bubonicon Fancyclopedia] Category:Conventions")
- 04:01, 25 December 2021 Capricon (hist) [104 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Chicago regional convention [https://fancyclopedia.org/Capricon Fancyclopedia] Category:Conventions")
- 04:00, 25 December 2021 Anime (hist) [129 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Hand-drawn and computer animation from Japan, the focus of some specialist conventions or streams. Wikipedia")
- 03:51, 25 December 2021 Parties (hist) [239 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Bids and publishers hold public parties, fans hold room parties. Virtual conventions can host the former on Zoom. See [https://fancyclopedia....")
- 03:43, 25 December 2021 Bar (hist) [508 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "While American conventions might have the consuite as a social hub, in the UK its the '''Bar'''. With legal drinking age of 18, there is less social stigma, and many peopl...")
- 03:37, 25 December 2021 Virtual consuite (hist) [2,346 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "A traditional Consuite is a social hub that attracts people with food and soft drinks. It does not exists in UK conventions where the focus is the Bar. A virtual vers...")
- 03:35, 25 December 2021 Video chat (hist) [100 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Something like Zoom, used for virtual program and virtual consuite Category:Virtual")
- 03:34, 25 December 2021 Virtual Green Room (hist) [562 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The space where programme participants muster, unlike physical ones in the Green Room. Physical green rooms have the attractions of nibbles and free...")
- 03:31, 25 December 2021 Subtitles (hist) [29 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Closed captions)
- 03:25, 25 December 2021 CoNZealand (hist) [282 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "The 2020 Worldcon, [https://fancyclopedia.org/CoNZealand CoNZealand] had to pivot from real to virtual very quickly, and did remarkably well, including an elaborate virtual ex...")
- 03:24, 25 December 2021 Punctuation (hist) [373 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "[https://fancyclopedia.org/Punctuation Punctuation] is a series of British conventions newly created in a purely virtual mode. With a policy of only using free software and be...")
- 03:23, 25 December 2021 Slack (hist) [231 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Very popular business messaging system, not used by conventions, probably because of cost and being too formal. Discord is better. {{SeeAlso}} Wikipedia:Slack (software...")
- 03:22, 25 December 2021 Microsoft Teams (hist) [149 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "God no! Zoom is better and more familiar to fans. {{SeeAlso}} Wikipedia Category:Virtual")
- 03:06, 25 December 2021 Facebook (hist) [2,392 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "A monster blogging platform conventions are now obliged to have a presence on for publicity, but with dangerous features Do you decide to only post directly about your ev...")
- 02:48, 25 December 2021 Twitter (hist) [802 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "A microblogging platform conventions can use for publicity, but woe-betide any committee that is the focus of a Twitterstorm of manufactured outrage demanding instant resp...")
- 02:38, 25 December 2021 Chatroom (hist) [758 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Places where people can chat informally, before, during and after the convention ==Text chat== A good chatroom will allow people to offer help and receive advice on the run-...")
- 02:32, 25 December 2021 Twitch (hist) [158 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "A video streaming service. Rivals systems include YouTube, Zoom, Vimeo {{SeeAlso}} Wikipedia Category:Virtual")
- 02:31, 25 December 2021 Virtual publications (hist) [585 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "PRs are dying out, and few people want paper ones in place of PDFs on a website, but Programme/Souvenir Books and convention newsletters are still popular. If running a hybr...")
- 02:31, 25 December 2021 Privacy (hist) [1,693 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Long gone are the days when convention members badge names were added to flyers, PRs and programme books without question. Now attendees expect to be able to opt out of virt...")
- 02:28, 25 December 2021 Jurisdiction (hist) [462 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Its obvious for a physical convention what jurisdiction an event comes under, what privacy, copyright, freedom of speech laws etc apply, how wikipedia:General Da...")
- 02:27, 25 December 2021 Code of conduct (hist) [784 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "As well as standard code of conduct issues, virtual conventions have extra concerns. What jurisdiction does the event come under. Harder to connect online identities to...")
- 02:26, 25 December 2021 Copyright (hist) [1,581 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Virtual conventions create lots of copyrightable material that is easily disseminated. Do you assert that copyright lies with the convention or the creators, do you restrict i...")
- 02:24, 25 December 2021 YouTube (hist) [304 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Very popular video hosting and streaming service, can generate automatic closed captions. Doesn't allow private video, so copyright can only be enforced through wiki...")
- 02:23, 25 December 2021 Vimeo (hist) [152 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Video hosting and streaming service. Compare with Zoom, YouTube and Twitch. {{SeeAlso}} Wikipedia Category:Virtual")
- 02:21, 25 December 2021 The Ineffable Con (hist) [295 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "A purely virtual convention for fans of Good Omens, remarkably running conventions with 600 attendees with only 2 staff. Rachael has talked extensively about her experiences w...")
- 02:20, 25 December 2021 Virtual program (hist) [1,283 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Program is the biggest headache of a virtual convention. The video demands can stress a website, there will be lots of compatibility problems across your a...")
- 02:19, 25 December 2021 Virtual programme (hist) [29 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Virtual program)
- 02:18, 25 December 2021 WordPress (hist) [282 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "A website designing system. It needs to be easily updateable during the event, and can often degrade badly under load, if your programme schedule or wors...")
- 02:17, 25 December 2021 DisCon III (hist) [1,896 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "2021 Worldcon, the first big hybrid convention held in Washington, DC, and cursed. See {{fancyclopedia|DisCon III}} They used Discord for text chat, Zoom for vide...")
- 02:16, 25 December 2021 Dealers' Room (hist) [26 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Dealers Room)
- 02:13, 25 December 2021 Hybrid convention (hist) [939 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Conventions that are a combination of virtual and physical events. Much the hardest to organise, as you need to balance the f...")
- 02:12, 25 December 2021 Virtual convention (hist) [708 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Conventions that are purely online, unlike physical conventions and hybrid conventions. Dozens of virtual conventions have been held virtually since 2020, the ones th...")
- 02:11, 25 December 2021 Physical convention (hist) [134 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Conventions that are purely physical, unlike virtual conventions and hybrid conventions. {{SeeAlso}} Category:Virtual")
- 02:11, 25 December 2021 Voting (hist) [1,766 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Many physical conventions hold votes, for awards or at bidding sessions for follow-on conventions. Worldcon has an elaborate Business Meeting system to decide policy over...")
- 02:10, 25 December 2021 ConFusion (Eastercon) (hist) [1,010 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "[https://fancyclopedia.org/Eastercon_2021 ConFusion], the 2021 Eastercon, lived up to its name. The very ambitious plan for the committee to be the first fannish users of a vi...")
- 02:09, 25 December 2021 Gathertown (hist) [718 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "A VR social meeting space that uses a 2D video game styled virtual convention space to encourage casual interactions. Has features for text and video interactions, programme a...")
- 02:08, 25 December 2021 Virtual access (hist) [663 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "While virtual conventions have many advantages for those unable to afford to travel and negotiate hotels, they introduce new problems to the standard [[access] ones. They...")
- 02:07, 25 December 2021 Closed captions (hist) [1,081 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Closed captions, or subtitles, are an important virtual access issue. Systems like Zoom and YouTube can generate computer generated captions, but they have a bad r...")
- 02:05, 25 December 2021 Google Forms (hist) [176 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Free Online survey administration software which can be used for signup lists for kaffeeklatsches and voting. Wikipedia category:Virtual")
- 02:02, 25 December 2021 Zoom (hist) [678 bytes] John Bray (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "Very popular and familiar to fans, its handles video chat with a text chat sideline, good for presentations and parties. Needs a paid licence to avoid timeouts and grant acces...")
