fandomnews FAQ and Introduction

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Welcome to fandomnews , sharing and aggregating fandom news, meta and discussion. A mirror and more frequently updated version of this FAQ can be found in our staging area.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What types of links can be included on fandomnews?

fandomnews includes links in the following areas:

• Meta discussion
• Fandom meta discussion
• Fandom legal issues
• Polls, surveys, research assistance requests
• Fandom news
• Media references to fandom

The goal is to be as comprehensive as possible, to provide people links to conversations about fandom, to general and fandom specific meta discussion, to inform people about legal issues going on in the fan community, to help researchers gain a wider audience for fandom based research, and to share important fandom news. If there are other links that people think are relevant to fandom, please ask and we can see about expanding the scope to include those links.

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December 18, 2009: Meta discussion, fandom specific meta discussion, surveys, media references

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Meta discussion so you want to write fanfictions on the internets by traveller on December 11, 2009. Hunting for the Home of First Fandom's Warren Fitzgerald by beamjockey on December 14, 2009. International fandom, again. by nora-charles on December 15, 2009. Fandom based disseration gone bad: Julie Levin Russo’s Archive Wars: FanLib vs. OTW by Laura on December 18, 2009. Call for contributor guidelines to metafandom, and for more dw meta by nora-charles on December 18, 2009.

Fandom meta discussion Merlin: Merlin Meta: On Morgana, Merlin, and Class by zahrawithaz. Originally posted on December 15, 2009. The Police: Review: Chris Campion’s “Walking on the Moon: The Untold Story of the Police and the Rise of New Wave Rock” by sockii. Originally posted on December 17, 2009.

Polls, surveys, research assistance requests QUESTION OF THE WEEK: fandom history! by yeats on idolmeta on December 11, 2009.

Media references to fandom Man on Man: The New Gay Romance ... ... written by and for straight women by Gendy Alimurung in LA Weekly on December 16, 2009. Star Trek Stops Women From Becoming Computer Scientists by Lisa Grossman in Wired on December 17, 2009.

December 18, 2009: Meta discussion, fandom specific meta discussion, surveys, media references