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[esorlehcar]

So in today's "Laura Hale/partly_bouncy is an asshat and the fanhistory wiki is anything but unbiased" news: Check out the discussion page for "eBandom."This entry and discussion really say everything you need to know about the wiki -- people in a fandom start referring to said fandom by a name that has not been used before, or used only very rarely. Laura

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[mecurtin]

Does she have any academic training or background or papers, to wear the HISTORIAN hat?

[esorlehcar]

god, I'm not sure. As I recall, she doesn't, but I'm not entirely sure. I mostly remember her from years ago, when she was first starting to do the history stuff and she was so earnest, but such a terrible writer who got so many things so very wrong, but the fact that she's bad at it doesn't mean she doesn't actually have formal training.

[nyxmidnight]

Ha. I no longer regret deleting her post and banning her from my comm for unsolicited and off-topic advertisement when she came to show off her wiki. Not that I regretted much to begin with.

[esorlehcar]

I missed all the wiki pimping. I didn't know it existed until it made FW and I realized that not only did I have an entry claiming I had been in fandom since 2004, the SPN entry helpfully document the history of the fandom back to 2002.

[nyxmidnight]

It was recent, actually, just last month. I guess it was a new wave of pimping.

I laughed because the only comment to the entry was asking her if she was trying to stir up some wank.

Also, WTF @ your anecdote. Didn't SPN started airing like last year or about?

[esorlehcar]

It premiered in the fall of 2005, so... yeah. God only knows.

[sevenfists]

Hahaha, what the fuck is eBandom? Is she smoking dope?

[esorlehcar]

Dude, it is your fandom. The wiki SAYS so. Haven't you been paying any attention at all?

I just started reading, and ZOMG I LOVE YOU. More shrieking forthcoming.

[sevenfists]

Well, I guess since she's a HISTORIAN and all, I'd better shut the fuck up and listen. eBandom it is!

[reikah]

What a ginormous freakin' tool.

[esorlehcar]

I think you misspelled the only legitimate fandom scholar in the entire world. Seriously, you have to be pretty... isolated not to worship Laura Hale.

[reikah]

Oh no! WoW as interfered in my fandom life yet again! How dare it keep me from Laura's amazingly awesome achievements? :O

[merryish]

Last night I slept again instead of playing WoW or reading SPN (though I did read one very bad J2 story right before bed.) Now I feel disconnected from both reality AND fantasy!

[birdsflying]

Wow, what is this? the NINETIES? eBandom? to go with, like, e-commerce? WHAT.

*lolz*