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Welcome to Fan History! A fan run wiki that anyone can edit! (Provided you follow the rules.) Fan History is dedicated to documenting the history of fandom. What parts of fandom are covered? See our fandom index below. Fan History is special, at least compared to other wikis. We have no notability requirement. Why? Because everything matters when trying to put together the full picture of what is going on in fandom. What little name authors are doing can help demonstrate larger trends that might not otherwise show up. We'd love for you to be involved with our project. No edit is too small. Still have questions? Ask them on our forums.
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| In the news...
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- On September 20, 2008, veteran Star Trek fan Nancy Kippax died from complications from an extended illness.She was an early member of the fandom, a founding member of Clippercon, and a fanzine editor. [1][2]
- On September 16, 2008, FanFiction.net reinstated their abuse email address and added an email for categories and character listings. [3]
- On September 16, 2008, Dr. Phillip Atcliffe, Ph.D., of Salford University's School of Computing, Science and Engineering, was interviewed by multiple media sources - including local Manchester BBC Television and BBC Radio, and local ITV/Granada television - on the subject: "Could The Thunderbirds Really Fly?" The interviews were an extension of talks he gives at schools and science fiction conventions. [4][5]
- On September 8, 2008, the courts ruled in favor of JK Rowling and Warner Brothers in the case they brought against the Harry Potter Lexicon and Steve Van Der Ark. [6]
- In late August 2008, early September 2008, extensive spoilers for the CSI premiere began to circlate on the Internet. [7][8]
- In late August 2008, AMC started asking twitter to remove role playing accounts on the service for characters fom Mad Men. [9]
- In August 2008, there was a fan related battle regarding the movie, the Watchmen. [10]
- In August 2008, a blogger was jailed for leaking nine Guns N Roses songs. [11]
- In August 2008, "Judge Rules That Content Owners Must Consider Fair Use Before Sending Takedowns". [12]
- In August 2008, former FanLib users had created several commuities. Check them out on FanFiction.Net, LiveJournal and InvisionFree.
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| Wiki News
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| September 18
| FanworksFinder is now officially part of the Fan History family. Check them out!
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| September 12
| User:Fan Fiction Stat Bot is our newest bot. It tracks the growth of fan fiction communities on several archives.
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| September 9
| Wiki Wednesday Chicago is back for October. It is be held on October 1 from 6 to 8pm at Cosi across from the Art Institute of Chicago. Please attend! We'd love to see you there.
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| This day in fandom history: October 6
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October 6:
- Starting in October of 1994, Julie Barrett took over control of the fanzine reviewzine, The Hologram.
- On October 6, 1994, the Due South episode Manhunt originally aired on CBS. [13]
- Between August and October 1996, Alternative (alt) fan fiction became a standard in the Xena fandom.
- Between October and December 1996, the Mulder/Skinner Slash Society was created.
- Around October 2000, Heidi8 began posting her own fan fiction to the group HP_FanFiction and to FanFiction.Net.
- On October 6, 1999, the 1ALL_ROSWELL mailing list was created. [14]
- ParadigmOfUncertainty saw its volume peak in October of 2000.
- On October 6, 2000, the first episode of Freakylinks aired. [15]
- On October 6, 2003, the mailing list uzumaki_fanfiction was created for Uzumaki-sama's Kingdom Hearts fan fiction. [16]
- "Gay Bar" is a story by FPB. On October 6, 2004, the story was published on FanFiction.Net. [17]
- On October 6, 2005, Weeds premiered on television in Iceland. [18]
Recent days: October 5 – October 4 – October 3
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