December 29, 2009: Meta discussion, fandom meta discussion, fandom legal issues, convention reports

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Meta discussion The Right Answer Is Not Always Concrit by xequth on fanficrants on December 25, 2009 So metafandom's been going through a period of upheaval! They added editors to cover more meta, which is great! Unfortunately, the discussion that surrounded the change was, hmm, how do I put this? Oh, right. Racist. by impertinence on December 26, 2009 Discussion on Reviews by r-becca on December 26, 2009 Plagiarism, fandom, and Fanfiction.net by cschick on December 27, 2009 Right sort of rage, wrong machine by Andrew Dubber on December 28, 2009 Can The West Cosplay With The Best Of Them? by Brian Ashcraft on December 28, 2009 Opinion: 2009 - The Last Days of the Japanese RPG? by Jeffrey Fleming on December 28, 2009 State of the Fandom with Sarahbella : Betas – The Saviors of the Fanfic World Pt. 2 by Sarahbella on December 28, 2009 Avatar: I did not like it. Also stuff about fantasy and effects in movies. by idlerat on December 28, 2009 Podfic discussion? by zvi on December 28, 2009 Cautionary Tales of an Almost-Defaulter: How I Learned to Play It Safe, Safer, Safest with Audacity by lian_li on amplificathon on December 28, 2009 The Modern Artist and the Creative Commons by artistbettyanne on December 28, 2009 I've Been This Way 10 Years To The Day by symphonic-rp on December 28, 2009

Fandom meta discussion Australian Football League: Australian Football League on LiveJournal clones like Blurty, Dreamwidth Studios and InsaneJournal by Laura on December 28, 2009 Avatar: Avatar does represent a step forward in science fiction film in that it is only forty years behind science fiction literature rather than the usual fifty years. by nihilistic-kid on December 19, 2009 Comics: Celluloid and Cigarette Burns: Why Don't Female Superhero Films Work? by Christopher M. on December 8. 2009 Comics: Us vs. Them, Part 1 by Sean Kleefeld on December 9, 2009 Comics: Us vs. Them, Part 2 by Sean Kleefeld on December 11, 2009 Comics: Circles of Tribalism, Part 1 by Sean Kleefeld on December 14, 2009 Comics: Circles of Tribalism, Part 2 by Sean Kleefeld on December 16, 2009 Comics: Gayface and Blackface by R. Fiore on December 18, 2009 Comics: I Yam What I Yam, Part 1 by Sean Kleefeld on December 18, 2009 Comics: I Yam What I Yam, Part 2 by Sean Kleefeld on December 21, 2009 Comics: Comic-book stories show another Africa by Evelyne Aka on the AFP on December 21, 2009 Comics: There's Always Been Gays In Comics. They Just Happened To Be Terrible Stereotypes + Gay Bashing Victims on queerty on December 22, 2009 Comics: Promoted from Captain Marvel to Major Victory, Part 1 by Sean Kleefeld on December 23, 2009 Comics: Promoted from Captain Marvel to Major Victory, Part 2 by Sean Kleefeld on December 25, 2009 Comics: Fans vs. Collectors vs. Nostalgics, Part 1 by Sean Kleefeld on December 28, 2009 Glee: Glee: The Halfway Point: Wrap Up by meloukhia on December 28, 2009 Justice League: writer Brad Meltzer revealed that classic Justice League foe Dr. Light, who first came on the scene in 1962 with a plot to send each Leaguer into a different dimension using a disco ball, had once raped Sue Dibny by J. Caleb Mozzocco on December 18, 2009 The Big Bang Theory: Discussion: Canon vs. Writer's!Canon by dashakay on sheldon_penny on December 28, 2009

Fandom legal issues Fox Demands Google Takedown of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" on Chilling Effects on December 15, 2009 Fox Demands Yahoo Takedown of Avatar Links on Chilling Effects on December 23, 2009 Fox Demands Yahoo Takedown of Avatar Links -- Chilling Effects Clearinghouse on Chilling Effects on December 24, 2009 Getting plagiarized material removed from FFN by cschick on fandom_lawyers on December 27, 2009

Convention reports Orycon 2009 Report on nwsfs on December 26, 2009

Fandom news What we did on our holidays: the AO3 and Yuletide by zooey_glass04 on otw_news on December 28, 2009 lots and lots of technical details about the move \o/ by astolat on yuletide_admin on December 28, 2009

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