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Expansion

I just added a few lines to the body of the article, but I think someone needs to do a little more than that. -- Ringwraith10

Sections

I think the article needs to be divided into discrete sections, instead of just having that enormous block of text. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 20:20, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Other

I thought Wizard World Chicago was the second largest. --69.214.216.35 04:43, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

2007

I thought the Hyatt was being very unfair about shutting down access to stairways and rerouting pedestrian traffic. I'm glad I was not the only one that noticed this. --Mjrmtg 13:46, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

With the continued increase in attendance and traffic, it was the only sane thing to do. I mean, so you couldn't go back up the stairs from the Hilton. Big deal. You turn slightly right, enter into the lower quarter, and come back up inside. That's actually a far better deal. --Randal L. Schwartz 06:43, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No that part wasn't a big deal, but like the article says "Many convention attendees were denied entrance to the Hyatt during the evening hours, despite having a valid convention badge. Security demanded that convention attendees show a room key to gain entry to the hotel even though there were still convention panels, concerts, and other events going on inside the Hyatt." ~ This is a big deal. --Mjrmtg 11:36, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

People can add all the fact-tags they want, it doesn't change the fact that the Hyatt messed up in 2007. --Mjrmtg 02:54, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:V, "Any edit lacking a reliable source may be removed, but editors may object if you remove material without giving them a chance to provide references." I'm providing editors a chance to verify the paragraphs about the issues in 2007. If no sources are provided, I'll (eventually) remove those paragraphs. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 04:34, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My primary concern is that it takes up a disproportionate percent of the history section. This can be fixed by summarizing the 2007 paragraph, or (preferably) expanding the history section. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 15:54, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The entire 2007 section reads like a rant from a really pissed off person, and is full of opinion.--Naddahnaut 02:06, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It has been removed. Plenty of time was given for other editors to find sources; none appeared, so it's gone. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 19:10, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yea they screwed up a year in advance reservation. My friends got there the day of convention with their reservation and the Hyatt said "oh sorry, no room. It was given away." They pitched a fit so much that we got a suite instead. It was "sweet". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.47.15.38 (talk) 18:13, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Attendance

Does anyone know where I can find an independent source citing this year's attendance at 61,000 people? I know that there were that many people, but I cannot currently find something for citation. MistahBlu 14:44, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's very unlikely you'll ever see an "official" attendance figure of greater than "20,000+", because that's the "gentleman's agreement" between D*C officials and the city about how many attend. In truth, it's been far more, but never "officially" more than 20,000. It's a game. --Randal L. Schwartz 17:56, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the "second largest" claim, since Comic-Con International (125,000), Fan Expo Canada (50,000+), New York Comic-Con (49,000), and even Anime Expo (44,000) list higher attendee counts. In CCI, NYCC, and AX's cases, those numbers are for individual attendees, not for the higher "bodies-per-day" method. 1-54-24 19:49, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd actually like to see citation for that "gentleman's agreement," which is also mentioned in the article. I understand that proving such a thing is a near impossibility, but I always hear rumor of the artificial number shrinking without ever hearing anybody confess to it. Next to impossible to prove, but still just rumor as far as I know. Wuzzled (talk) 20:12, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]