More likely the conventions put their information out to the general public and those in Wikifur update it based on that public information.
That's how this article is being updated.
It's very rare to be privy to unpublic information. I can count the number of times I've had information that the public didn't on one hand. The major one being the closure of Rocky Mountain Furcon which was going to be a article about the tax issues first and foremost, which during the editing it was revealed that they were cancelling the convention.
In those cases I still wait for the public announcement.
A second case was MFF's cancellation which I had heard a few hours in advance, once again you wait for them to make their statement but prepare so you can post it quickly.
"Access" can be detrimental more than helpful these days, it's more apt to be used as leverage on you by a corrupt organization to do corrupt things so you retain you 'access' than to get you information. Because if the information is important to the public and they want to share it they have means to share it directly.
Having the same information that the general public will make the general public trust you more as well, nothing devolves trust more than thinking you have access that they don't. What did you sell to get that access?
In turn I would say that if Wikifur doesn't put up that Virtual Convention information it's the general public that would not see it as a useful resource in the coming years. The obvious answer is, yes they should take down the dates of the virtual conventions because there may be interest in it even if the person updating is not. That's part of the job of information gathering, sometimes you have to edit things you don't care about. Perhaps it's be better to find a volunteer that does care about them that will keep on top of things.
My suggestion would be adding a tag on the convention screen of (VR) to the con name for a virtual gathering or some such. Example: Fursquared 2021 (VR: [StartDate] - [EndDate])
More likely the conventions put their information out to the general public and those in Wikifur update it based on that public information.
That's how this article is being updated.
It's very rare to be privy to unpublic information. I can count the number of times I've had information that the public didn't on one hand. The major one being the closure of Rocky Mountain Furcon which was going to be a article about the tax issues first and foremost, which during the editing it was revealed that they were cancelling the convention.
In those cases I still wait for the public announcement.
A second case was MFF's cancellation which I had heard a few hours in advance, once again you wait for them to make their statement but prepare so you can post it quickly.
"Access" can be detrimental more than helpful these days, it's more apt to be used as leverage on you by a corrupt organization to do corrupt things so you retain you 'access' than to get you information. Because if the information is important to the public and they want to share it they have means to share it directly.
Having the same information that the general public will make the general public trust you more as well, nothing devolves trust more than thinking you have access that they don't. What did you sell to get that access?
In turn I would say that if Wikifur doesn't put up that Virtual Convention information it's the general public that would not see it as a useful resource in the coming years. The obvious answer is, yes they should take down the dates of the virtual conventions because there may be interest in it even if the person updating is not. That's part of the job of information gathering, sometimes you have to edit things you don't care about. Perhaps it's be better to find a volunteer that does care about them that will keep on top of things.
My suggestion would be adding a tag on the convention screen of (VR) to the con name for a virtual gathering or some such. Example: Fursquared 2021 (VR: [StartDate] - [EndDate])