List of historical anniversaries
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- In January 1997, “Truth or Dare” was written by Word Warrior. This story's debut on the Internet was important because the story portrayed Xena as dark and troubled. It would inspire many fan fiction writers to depict Xena in a similar manner. ( Lunacy )
- During January of 2000, an influential Real Person Fic discussion was taking place on Rareslash mailing list, the list Sophie Werkers ran with Joanne. The discussion involved whether or not RPS should be allowed to be posted to the list. As the consensus leaned towards no, Sophie Werkers founded the mailing list, RS-X. This list would be a central pivot point for a lot of Actorfic activity for a few years.
- On January 1, 2000, Cavallon's Gold by KellyA was published on FanFiction.Net. [1] It was the first A-Team story published on the site.
- The Daiken[2] community at LiveJournal opens on January 1, 2003. It was created and is currently still maintained by Crowskywalker.
Recent days: December 31 – December 30 – December 29
- On January 2, 1991, The Simpsons premiered on television in Portugal. [3]
- In January 1997, Xena: Warrior Princess Fan Fiction Index was created by Xeno and premiered on the Internet. This index linked stories from various sites across the Internet and categorized them to help Xena reader's find stories that were otherwise scattered across a multitude of pages. (Lunacy)
- During January of 2000, an influential Real Person Fic discussion was taking place on Rareslash mailing list, the list Sophie Werkers ran with Joanne. The discussion involved whether or not RPS should be allowed to be posted to the list. As the consensus leaned towards no, Sophie Werkers founded the mailing list, RS-X. This list would be a central pivot point for a lot of Actorfic activity for a few years.
- On January 2, 2001, the Gilmore Girls's mailing list tristan-n-rory was created. [4] It was dedicated to the Tristan/Rory pairing.
Recent days: January 1 – December 31 – December 20
- In January 1997, Xena: Warrior Princess Fan Fiction Index was created by Xeno and premiered on the Internet. This index linked stories from various sites across the Internet and categorized them to help Xena reader's find stories that were otherwise scattered across a multitude of pages. (Lunacy)
- During January of 2000, an influential Real Person Fic discussion was taking place on Rareslash mailing list, the list Sophie Werkers ran with Joanne. The discussion involved whether or not RPS should be allowed to be posted to the list. As the consensus leaned towards no, Sophie Werkers founded the mailing list, RS-X. This list would be a central pivot point for a lot of Actorfic activity for a few years.
- On January 3, 2003, the LiveJournal community twisted_hp was created. [5]
Recent days: January 2 – January 1 – December 31
- In January 1997, Xena: Warrior Princess Fan Fiction Index was created by Xeno and premiered on the Internet. This index linked stories from various sites across the Internet and categorized them to help Xena reader's find stories that were otherwise scattered across a multitude of pages. (Lunacy)
- During January of 2000, an influential Real Person Fic discussion was taking place on Rareslash mailing list, the list Sophie Werkers ran with Joanne. The discussion involved whether or not RPS should be allowed to be posted to the list. As the consensus leaned towards no, Sophie Werkers founded the mailing list, RS-X. This list would be a central pivot point for a lot of Actorfic activity for a few years.
- On January 4, 2001, the Gilmore Girls fan fiction archive, The Chilton Library was founded by Rebecca Carefoot. [6]
Recent days: January 3 – January 2 – January 1
- Jen Chism's "Always and Forever," a Mulder death story, which was posted January 5, 1995, was the first Mulder death story written in the X-Files fan fiction community.
- On January 5, 2001, SugarQuill, one of the most influential sites in the Harry Potter fandom, was opened.
- Warped Space 50 was published in January 1984. It contained Star Wars fan fiction. It was 99 pages long. In Warped Space #50, Paula Smith contributed an essay to ongoing dialogue about characterization issues in fan fiction. She discussed something known to fanzine readers and writers called “Langsam’s Law.” She is quoted by Langley as saying "special caveat for writing media-based fiction. Don't make an established character do or say something out of line with his established character, of if you must, give good, solid reasons why."
- In January 1997, Xena: Warrior Princess Fan Fiction Index was created by Xeno and premiered on the Internet. This index linked stories from various sites across the Internet and categorized them to help Xena reader's find stories that were otherwise scattered across a multitude of pages. (Lunacy)
Recent days: January 4 – January 3 – January 2
- Warped Space 50 was published in January 1984. It contained Star Wars fan fiction. It was 99 pages long. In Warped Space #50, Paula Smith contributed an essay to ongoing dialogue about characterization issues in fan fiction. She discussed something known to fanzine readers and writers called “Langsam’s Law.” She is quoted by Langley as saying "special caveat for writing media-based fiction. Don't make an established character do or say something out of line with his established character, of if you must, give good, solid reasons why."
- On January 6, 1997, b5teens, a Babylon 5 mailing list for teens, was founded.
- On January 6, 2000, the Xena mailing list dreamslores was founded. It was dedicated to the Uber fan fiction writer Dreams, aka iNgRiD. [7]
- In January 2003, there was a get together of British Harry Potter fan fiction fans. This particular get together was called Oxt00b. (s00: [8])
- On January 6, 2003, the Advanced Inuyasha Mailing List was created to discuss latest developments in the Inuyasha storyline, to include the latest manga chapters. Currently, Patches posts text translations of each new manga chapter, and Urd-chan combines and edits those texts into scans and posts them to http://adinuyasha.thebrokenconsole.com/ . Notices are posted when newest scanlations are available.
- The narnia_rpf community on LiveJournal was created on January 6, 2006.
Recent days: January 5 – January 4 – January 3
- Warped Space 50 was published in January 1984. It contained Star Wars fan fiction. It was 99 pages long. In Warped Space #50, Paula Smith contributed an essay to ongoing dialogue about characterization issues in fan fiction. She discussed something known to fanzine readers and writers called "Langsam’s Law." She is quoted by Langley as saying "special caveat for writing media-based fiction. Don't make an established character do or say something out of line with his established character, of if you must, give good, solid reasons why."
- On January 7, 2003, the LiveJournal community viggorli was created. It was dedicated to fan fiction and pictures featuring the Lord of the Rings real person fic pairing of Orlando/Viggo. [9]
- In January 2003, there was a get together of British Harry Potter fan fiction fans. This particular get together was called Oxt00b. (s00: [10])
- On January 7, 2004, the Anita Blake mailing list Anita_Fic was created. [11]
- The GreatestJournal community 15aday was created on January 7, 2005. [12]
Recent days: January 6 – January 5 – January 4
- On January 8, 2003, Buffy Fiction Archive was founded.
- Warped Space 50 was published in January 1984. It contained Star Wars fan fiction. It was 99 pages long. In Warped Space #50, Paula Smith contributed an essay to ongoing dialogue about characterization issues in fan fiction. She discussed something known to fanzine readers and writers called “Langsam’s Law.” She is quoted by Langley as saying "special caveat for writing media-based fiction. Don't make an established character do or say something out of line with his established character, of if you must, give good, solid reasons why."
- On January 8, 2003, the LiveJournal community doggettreyes was created. [13]
- In January 2003, there was a get together of British Harry Potter fan fiction fans. This particular get together was called Oxt00b. (s00: [14])
Recent days: January 7 – January 6 – January 5
- On January 10, 2005, Preetybird plagiarised Spikesfool and herself. [15]
- In January of 1977, Mona Delitsky published Cosmoconnection #2. This zine contained four pieces of Space: 1999 fan fiction. It also contained a fan adapation of the episode, Earthbound.
- In January 2003, there was a get together of British Harry Potter fan fiction fans. This particular get together was called Oxt00b. (s00: [16])
- On January 9, 2006, sara_sofia was founded on LiveJournal. It is a community dedicated to the Sara/Sofia pairing. [17]
Recent days: January 8 – January 7 – January 6
- On January 10, 2005, Preetybird plagiarised Spikesfool and herself. [18]
- In January of 1977, Mona Delitsky published Cosmoconnection #2. This zine contained four pieces of Space: 1999 fan fiction. It also contained a fan adapation of the episode, Earthbound.
- In January 2003, the first Harry Potter slash zine was published. (Rachel Shave)
Recent days: January 9 – January 8 – January 7
- In January of 1977, Mona Delitsky published Cosmoconnection #2. This zine contained four pieces of Space: 1999 fan fiction. It also contained a fan adapation of the episode, Earthbound.
- On January 11, 1994, alt.comics.fanfiction was created for the purpose of comic book fans having a place to post their comic book related fan fiction. The FAQ for the group was maintained, originally, by Andy Jones. (j_man2@hotmail.com )
- In January 2003, the first Harry Potter slash zine was published. (Rachel Shave)
- On January 11, 2004, the Wicked LiveJournal community wicked_fanfic was created. [19]
Recent days: January 10 – January 9 – January 8
- In January of 1977, Mona Delitsky published Cosmoconnection #2. This zine contained four pieces of Space: 1999 fan fiction. It also contained a fan adapation of the episode, Earthbound.
- On January 12, 2003, the Xena mailing list AshquarLegends was founded. [20]
- On January 12, 2003, the LiveJournal community temple_o_badfic was created. It was modelled after fanficrants. [21]
- In January 2003, the first Harry Potter slash zine was published. (Rachel Shave)
- Around January 12, 2007, Rotten Fish deleted her JournalFen account. [22]
Recent days: January 11 – January 10 – January 9
- On January 13, 1994, Like a Shepherd, possibly first piece of X-Files fan fiction, posted to the Internet. It was a Forever Knight/X-Files crossover. It was written by Lisa Payne.
- On January 13, 2003, RestrictedSection, a Harry Potter fan fiction site, received a cease and desist letter. The date on the letter erroneously read 2002.([23])
- Sometime around June of 2000, the site Bad Fanfic! No Biscuit! was created by Siubhan and Joan the English Chick. The site, last updated in January of 2001, introduced or helped further the concept of badfic into a number of additional fan fiction communities, including this one. Unlike some badfic websites or sites which just pointed out badfic, as in of accidental inferior quality, the site had deliberate badfic and explanations as to what was not right with the story, what made the story bad.
- In January 2003, the first Harry Potter slash zine was published. (Rachel Shave)
Recent days: January 12 – January 11 – January 10
- Sometime around June of 2000, the site Bad Fanfic! No Biscuit! was created by Siubhan and Joan the English Chick. The site, last updated in January of 2001, introduced or helped further the concept of badfic into a number of additional fan fiction communities, including this one. Unlike some badfic websites or sites which just pointed out badfic, as in of accidental inferior quality, the site had deliberate badfic and explanations as to what was not right with the story, what made the story bad.
- In January 2005, the Harry Potter fan fiction community revisited the issue of obscenity and if some fan fiction was obscene. (fandomquibbler)
- Around January 14, 2007, Supernatural fans kerfluffled over the postingby Echoing0comfort where the parodied a character from Supernatural to resemble Adolf Hitler. [24][25]
Recent days: January 13 – January 12 – January 11
- On January 15, 1965, Doctor Who premiered in Australia.
- Sometime around June of 2000, the site Bad Fanfic! No Biscuit! was created by Siubhan and Joan the English Chick. The site, last updated in January of 2001, introduced or helped further the concept of badfic into a number of additional fan fiction communities, including this one. Unlike some badfic websites or sites which just pointed out badfic, as in of accidental inferior quality, the site had deliberate badfic and explanations as to what was not right with the story, what made the story bad.
- On January 15, 2001, the Friends mailing list E4Friends was created. [26]
- In January 2005, the Harry Potter fan fiction community revisited the issue of obscenity and if some fan fiction was obscene. (fandomquibbler)
Recent days: January 14 – January 13 – January 12
- Sometime around June of 2000, the site Bad Fanfic! No Biscuit! was created by Siubhan and Joan the English Chick. The site, last updated in January of 2001, introduced or helped further the concept of badfic into a number of additional fan fiction communities, including this one. Unlike some badfic websites or sites which just pointed out badfic, as in of accidental inferior quality, the site had deliberate badfic and explanations as to what was not right with the story, what made the story bad.
- On January 16, 2004, the mailing list RyanSeacrestMatureFic was created for people to post Ryan Seacrest fan fiction. [27]
- In January 2005, the Harry Potter fan fiction community revisited the issue of obscenity and if some fan fiction was obscene. (fandomquibbler)
Recent days: January 15 – January 14 – January 13
- On January 17, 1999, the Sons of Thunder mailing list sotfiction was created. [28]
- On January 17, 2002, the LiveJournal community diagonalley was created. [29]
- By January of 2003, the Westlife fandom had also gotten into self published anthologies of stories. Their book was "Westlife Fan Fiction" edited by Lesley Slee, Aisling O'Hagan. (Amazon.Com)
- In January 2005, the Harry Potter fan fiction community revisited the issue of obscenity and if some fan fiction was obscene. (fandomquibbler)
- On January 17, 2005, the Guns N Roses mailing list GunsnRosesfanfiction was created. [30]
Recent days: January 16 – January 15 – January 14
- In 1997, Guide Posts was founded. It was the "original" Sentinel gen fan fiction archive. The archive stopped adding new stories in January of 2002. It had over 3,000 stories archived.
- On January 18, 1999, Mike Allen posted a piece of badfic to rec.arts.anime.creative. The story was co-written by Gary Kleppe, Ken Arromdee, Jenny Chan, Donny Cheng, Alan Harnum, Matthew Lewis, Ryoucilo, and Myungsu Suh.
- On January 18, 1999, the Fushigi Yuugi mailing list fyfanfiction was created. [31]
- On January 18, 2001, the LiveJournal community xfiles was created. [32]
- On January 18, 2002, the LiveJournal community arcania_aaa was created. [33]
- By January of 2003, the Westlife fandom had also gotten into self published anthologies of stories. Their book was "Westlife Fan Fiction" edited by Lesley Slee, Aisling O'Hagan. (Amazon.Com)
- On January 18, 2005, lonersinlove was founded on LiveJournal. It is a community dedicated to the Grissom/Sara pairing. [34]
- Around January 18, 2007, Stargate: Atlantis fans got upset about changes in the show. Their feelings of unhappiness were exacerbated by the executive producer, Joseph Mallozzi, who basically called fans lemmings. [35]
Recent days: January 17 – January 16 – January 15
- In 1997, Guide Posts was founded. It was the "original" Sentinel gen fan fiction archive. The archive stopped adding new stories in January of 2002. It had over 3,000 stories archived.
- On January 19, 1999, the aoshimisaofics mailing list was created for the Rurouni Kenshin pairing of Aoshi/Misao. [36]
- By January of 2003, the Westlife fandom had also gotten into self published anthologies of stories. Their book was "Westlife Fan Fiction" edited by Lesley Slee, Aisling O'Hagan. (Amazon.Com)
- On January 19, 2003, the LiveJournal community arrrrr was founded. [37] It was dedicated to Pirates of the Caribbean fan fiction.
- On January 19, 2004, the LiveJournal community andropotterist was founded. [38] It was dedicated to Harry Potter fan fiction.
Recent days: January 18 – January 17 – January 16
- On January 20, 1951, The Sherlock Holmes Society of London was founded on the ashes of the Sherlock Holmes Literary Society. It had the same ideals as the previous incarnations.
- In 1997, Guide Posts was founded. It was the "original" Sentinel gen fan fiction archive. The archive stopped adding new stories in January of 2002. It had over 3,000 stories archived.
- Until the End of Time was a Back to the Future fanzine published on January 20, 2000 and March 17, 2000. It was about 146,000 words.
- By January of 2003, the Westlife fandom had also gotten into self published anthologies of stories. Their book was "Westlife Fan Fiction" edited by Lesley Slee, Aisling O'Hagan. (Amazon.Com)
- On January 20, 2004, the Russian LiveJournal community ru_simpsons was created. [39]
Recent days: January 19 – January 18 – January 17
- In 1997, Guide Posts was founded. It was the "original" Sentinel gen fan fiction archive. The archive stopped adding new stories in January of 2002. It had over 3,000 stories archived.
- By 1999, badfic must have been floating around the Dawson's Creek community because in January of 1999, niviene posted an announcement to alt.tv.space-cases that he was starting a badfic site which would mock Space Cases, X-Files and Dawson's Creek.
- On January 21, 1999, the Xena subtext mailing list xenaandgabtheology was created. [40]
Recent days: January 20 – January 19 – January 18
- The Loner, a Space: 1999 fanzine, was published in January of 1978.
- By 1999, badfic must have been floating around the Dawson's Creek community because in January of 1999, niviene posted an announcement to alt.tv.space-cases that he was starting a badfic site which would mock Space Cases, X-Files and Dawson's Creek.
- On January 22, 2003, buffydrabble was founded.
- On January 22, 2003, the Xena subtext mailing list Lesbian_Xena_Fans was created. [41]
Recent days: January 21 – January 20 – January 19
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- The Loner, a Space: 1999 fanzine, was published in January of 1978.
- Terry Pratchett informed fen of his policy regarding fan fiction based on his universe on January 23, 1999. He said:
"I don't actually object to fan fiction, which by its very nature uses copyrighted and trademarked material, provided that it's put somewhere where I don't trip over it (so not to a.f.p. or a.b.p, please) isn't done for money, and isn't passed off as 'official' in any way. I can't really object to people writing their own DW scenarios, etc, for other gamers -- the problems would only begin if they got too proprietorial about them. Everything works if people are sensible."
- By 1999, badfic must have been floating around the Dawson's Creek community because in January of 1999, niviene posted an announcement to alt.tv.space-cases that he was starting a badfic site which would mock Space Cases, X-Files and Dawson's Creek.
- On January 23, 2002, the mailing list Writer-s_Block was created. [42]
- On January 23, 2005, metafandom was founded on LiveJournal.
- FPB was banned from Fiction Alley's forums for violating the for rules. [43]
- On January 23, 2005, Numb3rs debuted on CBS. [44]
- On January 23, 2005, the LiveJournal community xfilesfic was created. [45]
- On January 23, 2006, Cuddly_kitten2135 plagiarised Always_jbj, Amanda K., AngelsLame, Burnzitt, Christine B. Smith, Dennydc, Elizabeth Anne/ElizaDeath, Elysian, Enigmaticblue, Fer1213, Jennifer Crusie, Jeremy M. Usher, KellyHK, Kur, Lona T, mommanerd, Myfeetshowit, Nautibitz, Patty Anne, raven39_25, Redwolfoz, Sanguinary, Speaker2customrs, Spikesfool, sueworld2003, Wissixwe and others. This plagiarism occurred in the Buffy: The Vampire Slayer community. [46][47] [48] [49]
Recent days: January 22 – January 21 – January 20
- The Loner, a Space: 1999 fanzine, was published in January of 1978.
- By 1999, badfic must have been floating around the Dawson's Creek community because in January of 1999, niviene posted an announcement to alt.tv.space-cases that he was starting a badfic site which would mock Space Cases, X-Files and Dawson's Creek.
Recent days: January 23 – January 22 – January 21
- The Loner, a Space: 1999 fanzine, was published in January of 1978.
- In January 1995, the unattributed Kirk/Spock story "A Job For The Young[50]" was posted to the Usenet group alt.sex.fetish.startrek, after reportedly having been discovered in an ftp archive.
- On January 25, 2002, the Bon Jovi mailing list JBJ_FanFic was created. [51]
- On January 25, 2003, the LiveJournal community slashingmulder was created. [52]
Recent days: January 24 – January 23 – January 22
- In January 1995, the unattributed Kirk/Spock story "A Job For The Young[53]" was posted to the Usenet group alt.sex.fetish.startrek, after reportedly having been discovered in an ftp archive.
- On January 26, 2000, Perfection by Minako01 was published on FanFiction.Net. [54] It was the first Gilmore Girls story published on the site.
- On January 26, 2001, the mailing list XFiles_MSR_Fanfiction was created. [55]
- On January 26, 2004, the Anita Blake LiveJournal community anitaverse was created. [56]
Recent days: January 25 – January 24 – January 23
- In January 1995, the unattributed Kirk/Spock story "A Job For The Young[57]" was posted to the Usenet group alt.sex.fetish.startrek, after reportedly having been discovered in an ftp archive.
- On January 27, 2003, the LiveJournal community 85percentspikey was founded. [58]
Recent days: January 26 – January 25 – January 24
- In January 1995, the unattributed Kirk/Spock story "A Job For The Young[59]" was posted to the Usenet group alt.sex.fetish.startrek, after reportedly having been discovered in an ftp archive.
- On January 28, 1999, the mailing list annex was created. [60]
Recent days: January 27 – January 26 – January 25
- In January 1997, “Truth or Dare” was written by Word Warrior. This story's debut on the Internet was important because the story portrayed Xena as dark and troubled. It would inspire many fan fiction writers to depict Xena in a similar manner. ( Lunacy )
- On January 29, 2001, the LiveJournal community yuri was founded. [61] It was dedicated to f/f anime pairings. Fan fiction communities represented include but are not limited to: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Card Captor Sakura, Iono the Fanatics, Kashimashi, Neon Genesis Evangelion , Rule of Rose, Saigo no Seifuku, Sailor Moon, Simoun, Starship Operators, Strawberry Panic, Tetragrammaton Labyrinth, Yamaji Ebine.
- On January 29, 2003, the LiveJournal community badficsanon was created. [62] Fandoms represented include: Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Happy Days, Harry Potter, Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, Star Wars.
Recent days: January 28 – January 27 – January 26
- In January 1997, “Truth or Dare” was written by Word Warrior. This story's debut on the Internet was important because the story portrayed Xena as dark and troubled. It would inspire many fan fiction writers to depict Xena in a similar manner. ( Lunacy )
- Willtara, a mailing list, was founded on January 30, 2000. It was created for the discussion of and posting of fan fiction realted to the Saffic pairing of Willow/Tara.
- On January 30, 2001, the mailing list Harry_Potter_Playground4Grownups was created. [63]
- In February, the HP_Paradise mailing list was founded. This list’s volume peaked in June of 2001.
- On January 30, 2004, the LiveJournal community whoosh_org was founded to support the Whoosh website. [64]
Recent days: January 29 – January 28 – January 27
- On January 31, 1941, gender switching was discussed in the Sherlock Holmes fan fiction community by the Baker Street Irregulars. [65]
- In January 1997, “Truth or Dare” was written by Word Warrior. This story's debut on the Internet was important because the story portrayed Xena as dark and troubled. It would inspire many fan fiction writers to depict Xena in a similar manner. ( Lunacy )
- On January 31, 1997, Final Fantasy VII was released in Japan.
- On January 31, 2001, the mailing list NickZone_Alex was created. [66]
Recent days: January 30 – January 29 – January 28
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- In response to the deletion of the LiveJournal community fanficdotnet, the LiveJournal community music_fic was created on February 1, 2003. (Herongale)
- On February 1, 2005, the LiveJournal community booksnifferanon was founded. It was a Gilmore Girl's Rory/Logan community. [67]
Recent days: January 31 – January 31 – January 29
- "Wally and Kyle: Two Friends" by Darth Yoshi was published on February 2, 2001.
- On February 2, 2004, Blink_Slash, a LiveJournal Blink 182 slash community, was founded. [68], xcacophony: [69]
- On February 2, 2004, the Anita Blake mailing list our_adonis was created. [70]
Recent days: February 1 – January 31 – January 30
- On February 3, 2000, the hpslash mailing list was founded.
Recent days: February 2 – February 1 – January 31
- On February 4, 1998, the Janeway/Chakotay Webring was created. [71]
- On February 4, 2006, it was discovered