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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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- 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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| This day in fandom history: October 12
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October 12
- Between May of 1997 and October of 2002, through the Sword and the Staff, nearly $400,000 USD was donated by Xena fans to various charities. ( Web.Studies, edited by David Gauntlett, Ross Horsley, pg 90 )
- Cassie and rhysenn saw its volume peak in October of 2000.
- In October 2001, JayKay proposed the idea for the Snape Slash Fleet on the snapeslash mailing list. (White_Serpent: [13])
- In October 2001, JayKay released the story "Too Wise to Woo Peaceably." [14]
- Around October 2002, LittleOni plagiarized two Tenchi Muyo authors, Diane Long and Hospitaller. LittleOni also plagiarized a Sailor Moon story. [15]
- On October 12, 2002, the Xenafan fiction mailing list die_hard_xena_fan was founded. [16]
- On August 12, 2002, the LiveJournal community, badfic, was founded. By October of 2003, the community would be discussing Digimon fics.
- Aja used to be a friend of Cassandra Claire but the friendship ended acrimoniously in October 2003.
- In October 2004, fandom_wank debated the issue of community moderation. (fandomquibbler)
- Lil_Princess was a Good Charlotte sock puppet fan fiction writer on FanDomination.Net. This sock puppet, creator unknown, was active in the period between October and November of 2004 and had a point when she created a massive fannish incident.
Recent days: October 11 – October 10 – October 9
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