Fanlore's Journal

To my mind, this is one of the most substantial differences between Fanlore and other fannish wikis such as Lostpedia. The community norms at Lostpedia are strongly invested in preserving canon -- and, granted, Lost is an unusually complicated show whose canon alone could fill an encyclopedia without trouble! But what I see in this article is the polarization between those who are interested in documenting canon and those who are interested in relationships, fanworks, shipping -- all that "girly" stuff. *wry grin* Whereas Fanlore privileges fanon, fannish experience, fannish output. It's a completely different model. &hearts!