Talk:Fan fiction#More on external links

Can someone please explain to me what the difference between fanon fanfiction and canon fanfiction is? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.118.92.186 (talk) 18:45, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

As someone who is a part of fanfiction culture, I can tell you it’s rarely - if ever - spelled with a space. When someone does spell it with a space, that come across as someone unfamiliar to the scene.

I’d edit it, but I’m sure the edits would get rolled back by someone. Durinae (talk) 22:39, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Is 'fan fiction' the appropriate page (and if so, is 'fan fiction' the appropriate term) for works of fiction (including published works) appropriating from other fiction (without authorisation); and produced before the advent of television such as the extensive unauthorised works of Sherlock Holmes?--Darrelljon (talk) 12:44, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

:I would say yes, since they follow the same principle. Lolak2 (talk) 16:16, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

I think there should be definitions added, I would be willing to do so. I don’t know exactly how to write nor the preferred format on this site to do so. Most likely though I would suggest a chart explaining Abbreviations, direct meaning and actual meaning. The reason I opt for this is due to the fact I often get confused myself and would like to extend this knowledge publicly. 2600:1700:AF90:5550:49AE:A90B:C326:B0B2 (talk) 02:50, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

:The subject is clearly defined and its common abbreviations are given. What, precisely, do you think the article lacks?—Anita5192 (talk) 03:03, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

I've recently come upon the article for the fanficton "All the young dudes". I don't think any singular fanfiction is significant enough to warrant their own article. But notable fanfictions could get an honorable mention here. (I would consider notable fanfiction as ones that have broken records, are especially popular or have changed the genre in some way.) Lolak2 (talk) 16:15, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

:What other ones would you include? First that comes to my mind is obviously "My Immortal", which (deservedly, I think) already has its own page, and surprisingly isn't mentioned in this one; then "Heat Waves" and "Sexy Times With Wangxian", and maybe a handful of more notorious ones. I'm not sure there are enough to warrant a whole section, given that fics tend to stay in fandom circles. GulfOfPerdition (talk) 03:29, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

::I disagree with adding a list of "notable" fics; this page is about the concept of fan fiction and imo shouldn't mention any title, unless a fic single-handedly changed the genre, which from my understanding never happened since it was more of a fandom effort, particularly from the Star Trek one.

::If a specific fan fiction was covered by a significant number of third-parties reliable sources or, even better, was the subject of academic studies to the point of justifying a separate article about it, that could be added to the "See also" section. As for the rest of them, as GulfOfPerdition noted, they tend to stay in fandom circles (and, I'll add, most authors prefer it that way), and their present popularity doesn't guarantee long-term significance. Chiya^ko92 09:01, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

:::I struck my suggestion to add articles about fan fiction to the "See also" section because there's already a category for them with over 30 works, too many to be added under "See also". --Chiya^ko92 09:15, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

Lots of uncited statements in the introduction. Are there any sources for the definition and description of fanfiction?

- Marvelousbench (talk) 13:32, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

The article currently says "The author uses copyrighted characters, settings, or other intellectual properties from the original creator(s) as a basis for their writing and can retain the original characters and settings, add their own, or both." The requirement that someone must legally own the derived work is curious; surely, we can discuss "Oz fanfic" even though the material by the original author has been in the public domain for a while with no intellectual property remaining. -- Nat Gertler (talk) 20:24, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

The article defines fanfiction as "based on an existing work of fiction" then provides examples of what fanfiction can be based on, which includes "fictional and non-fictional media, including... musical groups". Seems a bit odd. How can it be based on existing work of fiction if there are plenty of examples of fanfiction written about real people? Meatiestdog (talk) 09:58, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

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:Fan fiction → {{no redirect|Fanfiction}} – WP:COMMONNAME, per Google search results (34.8 million vs. 21.1 million), Google Trends data (overwhelmingly in favor of "fanfiction," https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=now%201-d&q=Fanfiction,Fan%20fiction), Google Books data (again in favor of "fanfiction," https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Fan+fiction%2CFanfiction&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3), and use by the two largest archives (on the front pages of the Archive of Our Own and FanFiction.Net).

Seungri400 (talk) 07:45, 23 May 2025 (UTC)

• Oppose [https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=fan+fiction%2Cfanfiction%2CFan+fiction%2CFanfiction&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3 per this n-gram example which covers lowercasing (nom examples are uppercased)]. "Fan fiction" also seems more descriptive of the genre for the general audience. Randy Kryn (talk) 12:38, 23 May 2025 (UTC)