Fanhistory.com:Selected anniversaries/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: [1])
In October 2001, JayKay released the story "Too Wise to Woo Peaceably." [2]
Around October 2002, LittleOni plagiarized two Tenchi Muyo authors, Diane Long and Hospitaller. LittleOni also plagiarized a Sailor Moon story. [3]
On October 12, 2002, the Xenafan fiction mailing list die_hard_xena_fan was founded. [4]
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.

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