Directory:Fan History Wiki
| Fan History LLC | |
| Slogan | Fandom's best resource |
|---|---|
| Type | [[Company_Type:=Private|Private]] |
| Founded | [[Year_Started:=2008|2008]] |
| Founder | Laura Hale |
| Headquarters | Template:Country data US [[City:=Dundee|Dundee]], [[State_Name:=Illinois|Illinois]], [[Country_Name:=United States|USA]] |
| Key people | [[Key_Person1:=Laura Hale|Laura Hale]], CEO |
| Industry | [[NAICS_Code1_Title:=Entertainment|Entertainment]] |
| Products | Information, Paid article services, Data |
| Employees |  1 (2009) |
| Parent | http://www.fanhistory.com/ |
| Subsidiaries | http://www.fanworksfinder.com/ |
| Owner | Laura Hale |
| Contact | {{{contact}}} |
| Reference | {{{reference}}} |
Fan History is a collaborative project like none other currently serving the fandom community. Its core function is as a wiki which allows members of fandom - men and women, young and old - to actively participate in documenting the history of their various fandoms, share current news which may impact their experiences, as well as creating an easily searchable web indice of related communities, projects, and activities. It gives members of fandom a chance to share current fandom news that may impact people’s experiences in fandom. Fan History users can also promote their own creative projects, and share opinions with fellow fans and alert them to scams and questionable practices encountered within fandom. By providing these resources, Fan History allows users to celebrate their activities, whichever corner of fandom they come from: anime, cartoons, comics, movies, politics, science fiction, sports, television, theater, and video games.
History
Fan History is an outgrowth of Writers University's history department. Writers University was founded back in 2000 on FanFiction.Net by Laura under the nome de pume Michela Ecks, moved off about six months later, spent several years at writersu.s5.com, on its own domain and otherwise in a state of flux. The site eventually folded, with some of content being moved to FanWorks.Org, a precursor to this wiki found on another site and in an unpublished fanzines. During this period, Laura's research into the history of fan fiction and fandom continued. Fan History on its old location was not inviting enough participation on the part of wider fandom, which was the reason for its move to MediaWiki on its own domain in May 2006. In March 2008, FanFictionNetBot was run in order to help Fan History meet the goal of becoming a fandom directory. In July 2008, Fan History became a limited liability corporation known as Fan History LLC.
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