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I took a break from monitoring all the talk pages and issue-logging and admin honing on Fanlore today (though I did a lot of *all* of that as well) to make a page myself. That's right! I actually got to put content in Fanlore! Thus far I've only really created stubs, I've been resisting the urge to do a proper page because I knew that once I was sucked in, it'd be hard to extract myself and get back to admin.

But it was for a good cause this time, we're struggling to rein in the amount of canon material that's cropping up on the wiki, and needing some example pages to demonstrate just how much fandom material we want (and how little canon, in comparison).

So! I spent a lot of this afternoon making a Fanlore entry for The Faculty fandom.

It's been almost 5 years since I was in that fandom, but I dredged up my old memories of it (and my old Yahoo!Groups login details) to try and get down some records on it.

I think I largely succeeded, but any other Faculty fans on the flist (I know you're out there still), feel free to make corrections and add material. (ETA:

vshendria &

baylorsr, there are sections on Borderlines & Birthright on there, if you want to check it out and/or add more details/statistics.) My knowledge etc finishes around 2004, I did include what statistics I could grab from more recent years, but - especially considering that faculty-fic traffic has jumped up again - I think I need to get the newer fans in to add their stuff to it.

Also, I am pretty sure I remember there being a fair amount of chibi Faculty fanart out there, a whole fandom outside the one I knew and loved. I'd love to be able to include information about that on the entry, but I'm not sure where those communities are or how to approach them. Is there a community around DeviantArt spaces, or non-Western communities? Anyone who knows - please, speak up!

All in all, though, whee! That was fun. Now, do I give myself the rest of the evening off or do I try and switch back to admin work? oof.

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you are just so amazingly productive.

what a good movie that is, and the writing it inspired. some of the best!

I don't feel productive! I still feel like there are so many things I *should* be doing.

I think The Faculty will always have a place in my fannish heart :)

well. if we go by *should*... but that's just insanity.

it's what we can get done with a good spirit and to the best of our abilities, meeting our standards as best as we can, that counts.

*should* is for -oh, who was it? Calvin? and as far as I remember, *should* didn't guarantee anything.

thus the appeal of The Faculty, where the best effort is what wins the day.

*shoots, scores, laughs at self*

Oh, nice :)

Thank you. You've done so much over the years for stuff like this. It is much appreciated.

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Aw, shucks. All my motivations are selfish, productivity is fun! :D <3

I started doing edits on the wiki this past weekend and I was really impressed by the Faculty page. Great job. :)