I like this idea. It'd definitely be more fun to work as part of a group, even a loosely-defined one like "people who saw the post at fanlore and decided to play along."
And a "focus on [X]" theme could contain suggestions, either in a post or comments--if "X" is "conventions," suggestions could include a short list of cities known to have major conventions, worldcon bid histories, average sizes of conventions, single-topic conventions, authors who refuse to attend conventions, impact of conventions on local economies--all as "topics that it'd be nice to have more info about, which could work its way into Fanlore somehow."
Part of the problem with getting people to create/edit pages at Fanlore, is sorting out what info would be useful or interesting. That sorting is easier done in a group than alone; the back-and-forth conversations could help people figure out what random fannish info goes where.
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And a "focus on [X]" theme could contain suggestions, either in a post or comments--if "X" is "conventions," suggestions could include a short list of cities known to have major conventions, worldcon bid histories, average sizes of conventions, single-topic conventions, authors who refuse to attend conventions, impact of conventions on local economies--all as "topics that it'd be nice to have more info about, which could work its way into Fanlore somehow."
Part of the problem with getting people to create/edit pages at Fanlore, is sorting out what info would be useful or interesting. That sorting is easier done in a group than alone; the back-and-forth conversations could help people figure out what random fannish info goes where.