Fanhistory.com:Selected anniversaries/September 27

In September 1989, in the Midlands of England, a Doctor Who fan club was formed. It was called SRS. It produced a fanzine which had examples of fan fiction. The fanzine was called Think Tank. (Matthew Newton)
By 1995, the term beta reading was evolving. The concept of beta versions and beta reading was beginning to be used by a few communities. There is documentation that the anime fan fiction community was using the term beta version on FFML by September of this year. There is some evidence that the term betareading was being used in the context that other communities would begin to use in a few months.
On September 27, 2001, the LiveJournal community csi was created for the discussion of CSI. It also allowed the posting of links to fan fiction. [1]
On September 27, 2002, the Lord of the Rings LiveJournal commmunity lotr_het was founded. [2]
On September 27, 2005, the Supernatural episode Dead In The Water originally aired on CW in the United States. [3]

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