Timeline of General Fandom Meta

A fandom is a community of fans, participating in fanac and interacting in some way, whether through discussions or creative works. The interaction may be face-to-face at gatherings such as conventions, or written communication, either off- or on-line.
Below is a sample of general meta about fandom. 
For other samples, see :Category:Meta Timelines.
==1994==
*Academia Explores the Final Frontier: A look at fandom theses and dissertations
==1996==
* rec.arts.sf.fandom > FANHIST > Changes in Fannish Culture (1996)
==1997==
* Net Censorship by Merlin Missy
==2000==
* Nature vs. Culture by Merry (2000)
==2002==
* Of The Awefull Battle Of The Boys And The Slashfangirls ("Together With Some Account Of The Participation Of The Trolls And The Newbies, And The Intervention Of The Great Moderator, And A Great Big Honking Apology To The Memory Of T.S. Eliot") by Mooncalf (March 2002)
* (May 2002)
* On fans and fetishes by cereta (November 29)
* Every few weeks, I run across something (usually a blog entry) that talks about how nasty fandom has gotten lately, and boy, it didn't used to be like this. (December 2002)
* Richard Lynch's Preliminary Outline for a Proposed Fan History Book of the 1960s
* The Nature of Fandom (November or earlier)
==2003==
* Same Shit, Different Day by maygra (April 13)
* Seven things I think everybody should know about fandom. (April 21)
* I am ENTITLED to hear your thoughts on this.; ; page 2; ("We're putting together a Centralized Fandom Primer website.") by tzikeh (2003)
* Hanson Fan Interaction by Kimmerz (2003)
==2005==
* Everything I Know About Fandom; archive link page 1; archive link page 2; archive link page 3; archive link page 4; archive link page 5; archive link page 6; archive link page 7 by Andrastewhite (2005)
==2006==
* by Betty Plotnick (January 2005) and the response by mayoi (January 2005) 
* How to Win Friends and Influence People. Sorta.; page 2; archive link page 1; archive link page 2, by cereta (2006)
* How did you discover fandom?, archive link page 1, archive link page 2, archive link page 3, archive link page 4, archive link page 5 by bethbethbeth (November 2006)
==2007==
* Fanmark: The Fandom Hallmark Store; archive link page 1; archive link page 2; archive link page 3; archive link page 4; archive link page 5 by cesperanza (April 2007)
==2009==
* On Being A Village Elder: An Essay On Community Responsibility, by oliviacirce (2009)
* This is Fandom? by yourlibrarian (2009)
==2011==
* How do I quit wasting my life on online escapism?, by anonymous (2011)
==2012==
* by kowaiyoukai (September 2012)
==2013==
*Benedict Cumberbatch is Not My Bitch: Some Thoughts on Objectification (February 2013)
==2014==
* by Melusina (2014)
* , by saathi1013 (2012, re-posted 2014)
* by Brad R. Torgerson, (2014) 
* A Sense of Belonging by Elizabeth Minkel (2014)
==2015==
* , by goddammitstacey (2015)
* , by Emily Asher-Perrin (2015)
* , by Bertha Chin (2015)
==2016==
* Ghostbusters, Frozen, and the strange entitlement of fan culture (May 25, 2016)
* Fandom is Broken by Devin Faraci (May 30, 2016)
* Fandom Isn't Perfect, But It's Not Broken (June 1, 2016)
* Why we're terrified of fanfiction (June 2, 2016)
* About our "broken" fan culture (June 2, 2016)
* Problematic ships: are we having a semantics issue here? (December 23)
 
* , by Ceilidhann (2016)
* (2016)
==2017==
* How would you describe 'our' part of fandom? on fail-fandomanon (February 5, 2017)
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* Things I remember about fic reading and writing in the early 2000s (or, tales from the Inbetween Times) by icouldwritebooks
==2020==
* by yourlibrarian (2020)
* Before Home Video, Science-Fiction Fans Worked Harder to Keep Fandom Alive by Cindy Massre (December 27, 2020)
==2022==
* by Sara Stewart (CNN) (August 26, 2021)
* The Worst Movie Review Ever Written Is Still Poisoning the Air by Jason Bailey ("Slate") ("... fan culture appears to have gained the permanent upper hand over critical journalism... the children of Harry Knowles are legion, casting their uncritical eye and immovable enthusiasm across TikTok, YouTube, podcasts, and countless fan-geared “news” sites.") (March 23, 2002)
* by Laura Miller for "Slate" (June 12, 2022)
* What is fandom? And is it bad for you? by Joshua Askew at euro.news.culture (August 4, 2022)
*stating to think there’s an inverse correlation between how good media is and how easily fandomizable it is - Tumblr post started by fandommomhater with contributions from nonasuch and gallusrostromegalus suggesting a pattern of which media gain fandoms and which don't.
*The Fandom Show podcast (2022) interviews guests from fandoms that range from TV and video games to baking via mechanical keyboards and sneakers about what they enjoy about fandom.
==References==
General Fandom Meta