Timeline of Stargate Atlantis Fandom

Below is a timeline of Stargate Atlantis fandom from 2004 to the present.
==2004== 
* January: Majsheppard (dead y!group link) opens and runs to January 2007.
* March 14: atlantis_slash ( LJ link), a community for all m/m and f/f slash opens. It remains active through 2011. 
* April: Stargate fic rec (LJ link) opens, for recs in SG-1, SGA, and ultimately, SGU.
* May 23: SGAncient Legacy (archived y!group link), an SG-1 and SGA RPG opens.
* June 27: atlantean_art (LJ link), a community for fanart opens. It is active through 2011. 
* July: sheppard_n_weir (archived y!group link) opens.
* July: ColSheppardHaven (y!group link) opens.
* July: Stargate_Atlantis_Talk (y!group link) opens.
* July 1: pegasus_gate ( LJ link) and ( y!group link), affiliated communities open for all m/m and f/f slash. The Livejournal community remains active through 2011. The y!group runs through 2008.
* July 16: The Rising, the pilot episode, first airs in the US.
* July 17: john_elizabeth ( LJ link), a community for the John Sheppard/Elizabeth Weir pairing opens. It remains active with over 5,000 entries in 2011.
* July 17: atlantis_icons (LJ Link), a community for icons and wallpapers opens. It remains active through 2011.
* July 19: beckett-mckay ( y!group link), a group for the Carson Beckett/Rodney McKay pairing opens. It remains active through 2011.
* July 24: beckett_mckay ( LJ link), a community for the Carson Beckett/Rodney McKay pairing opens. It remains active through 2011.
* August: atlantisfic (mailing list) (y!group link) is started.
* August: SWfic ( y!group link) opens for Sheppard/Weir fic.
* August: yay_mckay (y!group link) opens.
* August: Puddle Jumper Stargate Atlantis (y!group link) opens.
* August: The Stargate SG-1 archive Heliopolis starts accepting SGA fanfiction.
* August 6 : johnandteyla ( y!group link), a PG-rated group for John/Teyla fanworks and discussion. It is active through 2011.
* August 6: SG_Atlantis_STFever ( y!group link), an adult group for John/Teyla fanfiction opens. It is active through 2010.
* August 15: mckay_sheppard, a Livejournal community for the Rodney McKay/John Sheppard pairing opens. At over 11,000 entries in 2011, it is the most active pairing community in the fandom.
* September: metalantis (LJ link) opens.
* September: SGAHC (y!group link) opens for h/c-focused discussion and fanfic.
* September 12: pegasuschicks ( y!group link, the first Femslash community. It remains active through 2011.
* September 18: sheppardandweir ( y!group link) opens for fic and discussion. It remains active through 2011.
* September 24: shepfordwives ( y!group link) opens for all things Aiden Ford/John Sheppard. It remains active through 2007.
* October: BeckettFic (y!group link) opens.
* October: SheppardsFic (y!group link) opens for Sheppard-focused fic, discussion, vids, etc.
* October 2: The SG-1 archive Area 52: The HKH Standard adds search and pairing options for SGA pairings.
* November: atlantis_gate_2 (y!group link), a shared universe group opens.
* November 7: Sheppard_Ford (LJ link), a Sheppard/Ford community opens. It remains active through 2006.
* November 9: Wraithbait SGA fanfic archive opens its doors.
* December 11: prime_not_prime (LJ link), a community focused on m/m slash that allows f/f open. It runs through 2007.
==2005==
* Janurary 10: mckayweir ( LJ link) opens for the McKay/Weir pairing. It remains active through 2010.
* February 14: Atlantis News begins posting a weekly newsletter of meta, art, vids, fanfic lists, episode reviews, news, etc. It does not list fanfiction individually. It stops posting in March 2006.
* February 26: SGA Flashfic community on Livejournal kicks off its first challenge.
* April 11: SGA Storyfinders community on Livejournal starts.
* April 25: SGA Noticeboard community on Livejournal starts. 
* June 7: Atlantis Vids (LJ Link), a community for vidders opens. It remains active through 2011.
* June 14: teyla_mckay ( LJ link), a Teyla/Rodney community opens. It remains active through 2009.
* June 20: mcshep_awards05 (LJ link), a community to run the awards for 2005 opened, picking up the effort from an earlier project that had been cancelled.
* July: gatefans (UK y!group link) opens.
* July 12: lostcityfound ( LJ link) a moderated Gen and Het community opens for fanfic posting. It remains active through 2011.
* July 15: The Siege, Part 3 the first episode of Season 2, airs in the US. This is the last episode featuring Aiden Ford as a regular character. Atlantis now has contact with Earth.
* July 17: SGA Newsletter starts publishing.
* July 25: Runner airs in the US, marking the debut of Ronon Dex and the first appearance of Parrish.
* August: kavtolanon (LJ link) Kavanagh Tolerators Anonymous opens.
* August: rdfever (y!group link) Ronon Dex-focused group for fic, art, vids, discussion and more opens.
* August 12: ronon_sex (LJ link}, an adult community for Ronon Dex opens. It remains active through 2009.
* August 15: ronon_teyla ( LJ link), a community for the Teyla/Ronon pairing opens. It remains active through 2011.
* August 24: wondergeeks ( LJ link), a community for the Rodney McKay/Radek Zelenka pairing opens. It remains active through 2010.
* September 30: Stargate Search (LJ link) opens, for finding fic, meta, vids, websites, art, etc. in SG-1, SGA, and SGU. 
* October: gate_bitextual (LJ link) community opens for stories that have both het and slash themes.
* October: atlantisfic (LJ community)( LJ link) opens.
* October: physics_flyboys ( LJ link), a gen community for all things McKay and Sheppard opens. The community is active until 2009.
* October: wraithbeta (y!group link) opens for beta requests and offers.
* October 2: Atlantis-RPG (y!group link), Deutsch Rollenspiels, a German RPG opens.
* October 5: dex_slash (LJ link), a community for all slash works involving Ronon Dex opens. It remains active through 2011.
* October 6: sheppard_teyla ( LJ link), adult community for John/Teyla opens (affiliated with the SG_Atlantis_STFever y!group). It is active through 2011.
* October 8: stfever ( LJ link) A fic community for John/Teyla shippers opens, affiliated with the Gateworld John/Teyla forum. It is active through to March 2007.
* October 9: SGA Santa holiday fic exchange begins preparation.
* October 11: SGA_Fusion, multifandom (LJ link), opens for stories that bring characters from other fandoms onto Atlantis. It runs until 2008.
* October 21: weir_caldwell ( LJ link) opens for the Weir/Caldwell pairing. In 2011, an attempt is made to renew interest in the community.
* October 26: beckett_cadman ( LJ link) opens. It remains active until 2009.
* October 30: mckay_cadman ( LJ link), a community for Laura Cadman/Rodney McKay opens. It remains active through 2009.
* September 19: sheppard_dex ( LJ link), a community for Ronon Dex/John Sheppard opens. It remains active through 2011.
* November 9: SG Vid Recs (LJ Link), a vid recommendation and request community opens. It remains active through 2007.
* December: Atlantis Kink (LJ link) opens on Livejournal.
* December 22: Stargate_Atlantis_Slash ( y!group link), group for slash fic submissions to the The Wonderful World of Makebelieve archive. It is still active through 2011.
* December 27: sga_john_teyla ( LJ link), PG community for John/Teyla opens (affiliated with the johnandteyla y!group). It is active through 2011.
==2006==
* January: jumperbay ( y!group link) a gen group opens (now defunct).
* January 2: mcdex ( LJ link), a community for the Ronon Dex/Rodney McKay pairing opens. It remains active through 2011.
*January 11: parrish_lorne ( LJ link), a community for the Parrish/Lorne pairing opens. It remains active through 2011.
* January 12: zedexa ( LJ link), a community for the Ronon Dex/Radek Zelenka pairing opens. It remains active through 2010.
* January 13:rockett_ship ( LJ link), a community for the Carson Beckett/Ronon Dex pairing opens. It remains active through 2007.
* January 18: atlantislovers ( LJ link) a community for fans with John/Teyla leanings opens. It remains sporadically active. 
*January 18: sheppardzelenka ( LJ link), a community for the John Sheppard/Radek Zelenka pairing opens. It remains active through 2008.
* February 26: sparklantis ( LJ link), a community for Sheppard/Weir fanart opens. It remains active through 2008.
* March 5: sga_lims (LJ Link), a LIMS community opens. It runs for 8 rounds, through 2010.
* March 27: SGA Genrefinders community on Livejournal starts.
* April: rdfever (LJ link) sister Livejournal comm to the mailing list is begun.
* April 8: john_teyla ( LJ link), a John/Teyla community open to all fanworks and discussion opens. It remains active through 2011.
* April 15: Sheppard H/C, a LJ community dedicated to John Sheppard whump, h/c and angst, opens. It remains active through 2011.
* May 18: [[sg_femslash], the first Gateverse general femslash community on Livejournal opens. It remains active through 2011.
* May 26: mcmitchell_luv ( LJ link), a community for the Rodney McKay/Cameron Mitchell pairing opens. It remains active through 2009.
* May 29: jt_newsletter ( LJ link) a John/Teyla newsletter begins. It runs through September 2008.
* June: Stargate gen rec (LJ link) opens for gen recs in SG-1 and SGA.
* June 6: fish_like_bikes ( LJ link), a community for the Stargate female character kink and cliche challenge opens and runs for one year.
* July: beckett_weir ( LJ link) opens. The community is defunct.
* July: je_ficathon ( LJ link), opens. It closes in November 2006.
* July 28: The SG-1 episode The Pegasus Project airs in the US. A crossover with SGA, Cameron Mitchell, Samantha Carter, Vala Mal Doran and Daniel Jackson visit Atlantis.
* August: sheps_atlantis ( LJ link) a gen community on Livejournal opens.
* August 1:sgart_exchange (LJ link), sign ups open for the SGA Art Exchange fest which runs for one year.
* August 3: stargatefanart (y!group link), a fanart group for SG-1 and SGA open. It remains active through 2008.
* August 6: Satedan Fire (LJ link), an adult community for fans of Ronon Dex opens. It remains active through 2011.
* August 8: atlantis_ladies ( LJ link), a community for fanworks and discussion about 7 female main cast and recurring characters. It remains active through 2011.
* August 24: mckay_lorne ( LJ link), a community for the Evan Lorne/Rodney McKay pairing opens. It remains active through 2010.
* August 24: sg_rarepairings (LJ link) begins taking sign ups for the 2006 Rare Pairings Ficathon.
* September 19: john_teyla_fic ( LJ link) opens for a John/Teyla ficathon. The fest runs for 3 years through 2008. 
* October: atlantis-rpg (y!group link) Deutsches Rollenspiel; German RPG is started.
* October 7: lorne_sheppard ( LJ link), a community for the Evan Lorne/John Sheppard pairing opens. It remains active through 2010.
* October 31: teyla_michael ( LJ link), a community for the Teyla/Michael ship opens. It remains active through 2011. 
* November 3: McKay/Sheppard Fan Awards opens with new mods, and runs through 2008.
==2007==
* January 2: icarus posts meta essay The SGA Project, a.k.a., "Flavor Of The Year.", an overview of (primarily slash, John and Rodney-focused) SGA fic trends of 2006.
* January 29: sheppard_liz ( LJ link), a community for Sheppard/Weir discussion that is unrestricted. It remains active through 2010.
* February 9: sticksandsnark began taking sign ups for the first Rodney/Teyla Thing-a-Thon. The fest continues through 2010.
* March 1: team_sga ( LJ link), a community for Gen teamfic and OT4 ship fic opens. It remains active through 2010.
* March 3: Ronon Ficathon (LJ link) begins taking sign ups for the first round. The ficathon runs for one year but is revived in 2011.
* May 2: mcshep_match opens on Livejournal for the first challenge.
* May 15: lonelytartsclub (LJ link) Home of the John/Vala thing-a-thon which runs for one year.
* May 21: Sign ups for first SGA Big Bang Challenge
* June 1: Sunday airs in the US, and the original version of Carson Beckett is killed off.
* June 22: First Strike airs in the US, and Jennifer Keller makes her first appearance.
* June 27: spark_daily ( LJ link), a Sheppard/Weir community for drabbles opens. It remains active through 2010.
* June 27: sparky_daily ( LJ link), a community for daily posting of Sheppard/Weir photos and art opens. It remains active through 2011.
* July 3: sg_flyboys ( LJ link), a community for the Cameron Mitchell/John Sheppard pairing opens. It remains active through 2011.
* July 7: mcsmooch ( LJ link), a challenge community for short kissing-themed fanworks for the McKay/Sheppard pairing opens.
* July 12: weir_mitchell ( LJ link), a community for the SGA/SG1 pairing of Cameron Mitchell/Elizabeth Weir opens. It remains active through 2010.
* August: SGA H/C Challenges (LJ link), a gen, H/C challenge community opens.
* August 3: sga_beya ( LJ link) a moderated fanworks community opens for John/Teyla works. It remains active through 2011.
* August 15 atlantisslash ( IJ link), a slash communtiy on InsaneJournal opens. It remains active through 2010.
* October: sga_talk ( LJ link) opens for discussions of a different SGA fanfic every few weeks. It ran until December 2009.
* October 12: Reunion airs in the US, and Samantha Carter, who had appeared in several episodes of the series, is named the new commander of Atlantis.
* October 17: mckay_keller ( LJ link), a community for the Jennifer Keller/Rodney McKay pairing opens. It remains active through 2010.
* October 18: SGA Art Santa opens for sign ups for the first time. The exchange fest runs each year as a secret santa for fanartists.
* October 19: Doppleganger airs in the US, and Kate Heightmeyer is killed off.
* December 7: sg_onesweetlove ( LJ link), a community for the Ronon Dex/Jennifer Keller pairing opens. It remains active through 2011.
==2008==
* January: SGA Genficathon (LJ link) begins taking sign ups for the first fest.
* January: SGA Episodefic (LJ link) opens on Livejournal.
* January: PegasusGalaxyFans (y!group link) opens.
* January 4: Be All My Sins Remember'd airs in the US, marking the last appearance of Elizabeth Weir
* January 17: paintedspires (LJ link), opens for a one-time art challenge. The community expanded into a flash art challenge community and remained active for a year.
* February 10: notjustclosets ( LJ link), a community for the Sparky Episodic Sexathon, a ficfest meant to encourage episode fic featuring Sheppard/Weir for every episode in seasons 1-3. 
* February 22: The Kindred, Part 1 airs in the US, marking the return of Carson Beckett.
* March: mckeller_ship ( LJ link), a McKay/Keller community opens. It remains active through 2010.
* April 23: First SGA_genficathon completed.
* June: stargateteenslist (y!group link) opens (for de-aged characters, not teenage writers).
* July 11: Search and Rescue airs in the US, marking the last appearance of Samantha Carter as commander of Atlantis.
* July 18: The Seed airs in the US, marking the first appearance of Richard Woolsey as commander of Atlantis.
* August: tea_and_sutures ( LJ link) opens for the Teyla/Beckett pairing. The community is now defunct.
* August 9: swawards ( LJ link), a communtiry for Sheppard/Weir fan awards opens. The awards run that year only.
* August 20: The announcement that season five will be the last is officially made.‘Stargate Atlantis’ Run Ends On Season 5, accessed April 7, 2011
* October: Stargate Atlantis Fanfiction (y!group link) opens.
* November 11: SGA Daily (LJ Link), a community for posting screencaps opens. It runs through 2010.
==2009==
* January: Stargatekiddrabbles (y!group link) (for de-aged characters).
* January: Stargate Legends (y!group link),a missing scene fanfiction group, opens.
* January 5: ronon_amelia ( LJ link), a community for the Ronon/Amelia pairing opens. It remains active through 2011.
* January 9: Enemy at the Gate, the last episode of the series, airs in the US.
* January 26: casa_mcshep ( LJ link), a community for periodic fests of curtainfic for McKay/Sheppard opens. It runs through 2010.
==2010==
* January 30: satedan_grabass (LJ link) begins taking sign ups for the first round of the John/Ronon Thing-a-Thon. Round 2 is held in 2011.
* March 15: Atlantis Big Bang succeeds SGA Big Bang Challenge (date of sign-ups)
* May 1: Artist sign-ups for first SGA Reverse Bang challenge
* June 23: SGA_kinkmeme Livejournal (link) and Dreamwidth (link) communities start.
* August 1: Stargate_anon (LJ link), anonmeme for all Stargate shows (heavily SGA-centric), starts
==2011==
* February 10: Fuck Yeah Stargate Women (link) was created
* May 2011: SGA Saturday opens
==2012==
==2013==
* April 2: Stargate Caps (Link) was created on Tumblr to post screencaps.
==2014==
* September 27: SGA Pictures (Link) was created on Tumblr to show episode stills and promo pictures.
==References==
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