Newbieguide

The Newbieguide Livejournal community provides overviews, written by different fans who claim a fandom, of where to find various fandoms on LiveJournal. A typical post includes a brief summary of the source material and lists of associated resources and communities. It is a good first stop for newbies.
Besides fandom overviews, Newbie Guide posts include "Other Fannish Topics" such as:
*Basic Do/Don't Post (for the comm) by devildoll
*Fans & Characters of Color/Anti-Racism Resources by zvi_likes_tv 
*How to post your fanfiction on LJ by brown betty
*Multi-Fannish Meta by cathexys 
*Podfic by general_jinjur 
*Vidding by permetaform
*Writing & Writer Resources by mass_hipgnosis
*Dude, Where's My Fandom? (on Dreamwidth) post by devil doll
In 2012, the mod announced, "I'm not deleting the community, and all the (mostly outdated) information here will remain forever and ever or until LJ finally implodes completely, but unless someone wants to take over as admin, it will be closed to new updates going forward." The mod also noted that fandom activity on LiveJournal had decreased significantly and that there was likely no longer a need for the comm.Devil Doll. Newbie Guide Admin Post. Posted to LJ 19 September 2012.
==Fandoms==
The Fandom Overviews include:
*Alexander the Great by drbillbongo
*Alias by xanateria
*Angel the Series by sweptawaybayou
*Avatar: the Last Airbender by dharmavati
*Bandom by wistfuljane 
*Battlestar Galactica (2003) by jengrrrl
*Blakes 7 by vilakins
*Blood + by poisonangel7 
*Blood Ties by spikedluv 
*Bones by lizabethweir 
*Boondock Saints by unperfectwolf 
*Brokeback Mountain by spikedluv
*Buffy the Vampire Slayer by yourlibrarian
*CSI by pluvial_poetry
*Castle by december21st 
*Community by ceridweyn_lin
*Criminal Minds by sperrywink 
*DC Comics (includes movies/cartoons/Vertigo/Wildstorm) by brown_betty
*Dante's Cove by spikedluv 
*Dark Angel by shopfront
*Dead Like Me by trascendenza 
*Doctor Who by spiralsheep
*Dresden Files by soophelia 
*Drive by sanguinepen 
*due South by spikedluv
*ER by frack412 
*Eroica by sookail
*Eureka by christinchen 
*The Fast and the Furious by wistfuljane
*Final Fantasy by heyheyrenay
*Firefly by inalasahl 
*Fringe by muses_mistress 
*Glee by ipickquinn
*Good Omens (book) by nike_victory
*Grey's Anatomy by shopfront
*Hairspray by trascendenza 
*Harry Potter by penknife
*Hawaii Five-0 (2010) by the_other_sandy
*Hercules by elke_tanzer
*Heroes by scribewraith
*Homicide: LotS by smashsc 
*Horatio Hornblower by nolivingman
*House by angelwen99
*How I Met Your Mother by bananacosmic
*Inception by ipickquinn (24 August 2010)
*Jeeves & Wooster by jenavira
*Jericho by sunryse00 
*King Arthur/Arthurian legends by yueni
*Kyou Kara Maou by poisonangel7 
*Legend of the Seeker by wildalyss 
*Leverage by spikedluv 
*Life on Mars (UK) by general_jinjur
*Life Unexpected by alwaysparis 
*Live Free or Die Hard by spikedluv 
*Lord of the Rings by spock74
*Lost by cmere
*The Magnificent Seven by spikedluv
*Man From U.N.C.L.E. by st_crispins
*Marvel comics & movies by devildoll
*Master & Commander by nolivingman
*The Mentalist by ebonyfeather 
*Merlin by shopfront 
*Moonlight by angelus2hot 
*Mutant X by firstmutant
*NCIS by spikedluv
*Narnia ] by mjules
*Numb3rs by spikedluv
*Ocean's 11/12 by musesfool
*One Piece by justira 
*Oz by foxxcub 
*Pirates of the Caribbean by fabu
*Popslash by wistfuljane
*Pride & Prejudice by imacartwright
*Primeval by cordeliadelayne
*Prison Break by sunryse00
*The Professionals by mab_browne
*The Prophecy by hannahrorlove 
*Psych by hermitsoul 
*Queer as Folk by pluvial_poetry
*Rare books by norah
*Riptide by tinx_r 
*Robin Hood 2006 by spikedluv 
*Roswell by aliaspiral
*Saiyuki by permetaform
*Sarah Jane Adventures by spiralsheep
*The Sentinel by spikedluv
*A Series of Unfortunate Events by emcharlotte
*Shark by shopfront 
*Sherlock Holmes by prof_pangaea
*Sleepy Hollow by hannahrorlove
*Smallville by svmadelyn
*Sports Night by hermitsoul
*Star Trek: Original Series by elke_tanzer 
*Star Trek: Deep Space Nine by rae_fa 
*Star Trek: Enterprise by rae_fa 
*Star Trek: The Next Generation by rae_fa 
*Star Trek: Voyager by rae_fa
*Stargate: Atlantis by spikedluv
*Stargate SG-1 by galaxynumber5 
*Supernatural by scribewraith
*Tin Man by spikedluv 
*Torchwood by otoselkie 
*True Blood by abalonedreams15 
*Twilight series by whomever 
*Veronica Mars by ancientsavvy 
*Weiß Kreuz by penelope_z
*The West Wing by raedbard 
*World Wrestling Entertainment by shy_bunny
*The X-Files by melannen
*Young Dracula by ssquirrel_fic 
*Xena by elke_tanzer
==References==
Category:2000s