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Includes data on total stories posted to FanFiction.Net on December 28, 2006 and January 3, 2007, total of new stories added during those periods, number of LiveJournal communities and users with the fandom as an interest, number of news stories on Google, number of episodes on television in a two week period. Fandoms represented include this one.

[edit] Introduction

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[edit] The Show

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[edit] Terminology

Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan community.

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[edit] Timeline

Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.

[edit] 2001

• On July 9, 2001, the British version of The Office debuted on television in the United Kingdom. [1]

[edit] 2002

• In September 2002, the British version of The Office debuted on television in France. [2]

[edit] 2003

• On January 23, 2003, the British version of The Office debuted on television in the United States. [3]
• On February 18, 2003, the British version of The Office debuted on television in Australia. [4]
• On February 20, 2003, an English language article about the The Office was created on Wikipedia. [5]
• On April 15, 2003, the British version of The Office debuted on television in Sweden. [6]
• On June 15, 2003, the British version of The Office debuted on television in Finland. [7]
• On October 19, 2003, the British version of The Office debuted on television in Denmark. [8]

[edit] 2004

• On November 11, 2004, a German language article about the German version of the The Office was created on Wikipedia.

[edit] 2005

• On January 2, 2005, Cherish the Day by Dancing Namek became the first The Office story published on FanFiction.Net. [9]
• On January 30, 2005, a German language article about the UK version of the The Office was created on Wikipedia. [10]
• On April 2, 2005, an English language article about the German version of the The Office was created on Wikipedia.
• On March 24, 2005, the American version of The Office debuted on television in the United States. [11]
• On March 24, 2005, the LiveJournal community theoffice_us was created for the US version of the show. [12]
• On March 24, 2005, the mailing list NBC-The-Office was created. [13]
• On April 29, 2005, the LiveJournal icon community theoffice_icons was created. It currently caters to both versions of the show. [14]
• On June 14, 2005, the American version of The Office debuted on television in the United Kingdom. [15]
• On June 22, 2005, the American version of The Office debuted on television in Australia. [16]
• On September 20, 2005, the American version of The Office debuted on television in Sweden. [17]
• On October 25, 2005, an English language article about the US version of the The Office was created on Wikipedia. This was a split off from one page which had previously covered multiple versions of the show. [18]
• On October 25, 2005, an English language article about the UK version of the The Office. This was a split off from one page which had previously covered multiple versions of the show. [19]
• On November 23, 2005, the LiveJournal community office_fanworks was created. It currently caters to both versions of the show. [20]

[edit] 2006

• On January 18, 2006, the LiveJournal community usoffice_icons was created for the US version of the show. [21]
• On February 10, 2006, an English language article about the French version of the The Office was created on Wikipedia. [22]
• On February 10, 2006, the LiveJournal community the_officeuk was created for the British version of the show. [23]
• On February 11, 2006, the LiveJournal Jim/Pam community jim_and_pam was created. [24]
• On May 14, 2006, a thread about The Office fan fiction was created on NBC's official The Office forums. [25]
• On May 23, 2006, the LiveJournal fan fiction community theoffice_fic was created for the US version of the show. [26]
• On May 25, 2006, a French language article about the French version of the The Office was created on Wikipedia.
• On May 29, 2006, a Portuguese language article about the US version of the The Office was created on Wikipedia. [27]
• On June 3, 2006, the mailing list The_Office_TV_Show was created. [28]
• On July 1, 2006, an official thread about The Office fan fiction on Fan Forum was created. [29]
• On July 9, 2006, the Office fan fiction archive More Than That was created. [30]
• On July 27, 2006, the LiveJournal community goodofficeicons was created. It currently caters to both versions of the show. [31]
• On August 15, 2006, the Jim/Pam LiveJournal icon community jam_stillness was created for the US version of the show. [32]
• On August 28, 2006, an English language article about the French Canadian version of the The Office was created on Wikipedia.
• On September 3, 2006, a French language article about the French Canadian version of the The Office was created on Wikipedia.
• On October 6, 2006, the LiveJournal icon community officestillness was created for the US version of the show. [33]
• On November 9, 2006, a French language article about the US version of the The Office was created on Wikipedia. [34]
• On December 17, 2006, the Pam/Karen LiveJournal community pam_and_karen was created. [35]

[edit] 2007

• On January 17, 2007, the slash LiveJournal community office_slash was created. [36]
• On March 7, 2007, the adult LiveJournal community officeatnight was created. [37]
• On March 12, 2007, When Michael Met Dwight by robdean became the first The Office story published on FanLib. [38]
• On July 31, 2007, the femslash LiveJournal community officegirlslash was created. [39]
• On August 20, 2007, the InsaneJournal asylum the_office was created. [40]
• On October 16, 2007, a Spanish language article about the US version of the The Office was created on Wikipedia. [41]
• On November 15, 2007, the last episode of the American version of the show taped before the Writers Strike started aired. [42]

[edit] Kerfluffles

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[edit] Influential fanworks

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[edit] Fandom members

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[edit] Fandom size

[edit] December 2007

As of December 18, 2007, there are 4,305 fans on FanPop and 36 stories on FanLib. [43]

[edit] February 2008

As of February 7, 2008, 88 users on DeadJournal list "the office" as an interest [44] and 51 users on JournalFen list "the office" as an interest, [45], there are 1,318 stories on FanFiction.Net [46], 36 stories, 7 videos and 1 screenplay on FanLib. [47] and there are 4,651 fans on FanPop. [48]

[edit] External links

• The Office: FanLib
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On April 7, 2008, FanLib ran the first part of a three-part video interview with Kate Flannery (Meredith).

• The Office: FanFiction.Net
• The Office: FanPop
• The Office: FanWorksFinder
• The Office: TelevisionWithOutPity

[edit] See also

• The Office fanzines

[edit] Sources

Below is a partial list of articles and academic sources to help you continue to learn about this community.

• Jensen, Jeff. "Spoiler Nation: Secrets About Movie/TV Secrets Revealed!" Entertainment Weekly. June 2008. 16 June 2008 <http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20203864,00.html>.

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