Star Wars Fanon:Seventh Anniversary

"...the Star Wars Fanon Wiki brings out the true imagination of its users, and allows each user to fulfill their writing dreams."

- Wikia's featured wiki blurb on Star Wars Fanon

Today, August 29, 2012, Star Wars Fanon (swfanon.wikia.com)&mdash;the Star Wars wiki of fan invention&mdash;turns seven years old!

The Star Wars Fanon wiki was founded by Neomessiah on August 29, 2005 as an offshoot of Wookieepedia, the Star Wars wiki, when a number of users were disappointed that they weren't allowed to post their fanon and fan fiction content on the wiki. Star Wars Fanon became the first fan fiction wiki on Wikia, and, five years and over 30,000 articles later, Star Wars Fanon is far and away the biggest fan fiction wiki hosted on Wikia, as well as one of the larger wikis overall. A number of other Star Wars Fanon wikis have been set up in non-English languages as well. Who could have guessed that Star Wars Fanon would've become that big?

Star Wars Fanon's users&mdash;affectionately called Fanoneers, a combination of the word "fanon" and &mdash;have a remarkable ability to blend engaging prose, creativity, and their rampant imaginations to create entire new stories set within the vast galaxy far, far away, dating back thousands and thousands of years prior to the Star Wars films, and some even thousands of years afterward. Whole new eras in Star Wars have been created just from the imaginations of these fan authors!



The wiki boasts a number of official friends. Its oldest official friend is TheStarWarsRP.Com, a role-playing website hosted on set nearly 13,000 years before . The Star Wars Photo Novels Wiki has also been a friend for quite some time. Most recently, Star Wars Fanon added Darthipedia, the Star Wars humor wiki, as an official friend. Although not an official friendship, the fan fiction boards on also graciously include a link to Star Wars Fanon!

Star Wars Fanon has been spotlighted three times by Wikia, and was once described as a wiki that "brings out the true imagination of its users, and allows each user to fulfill their writing dreams." This in and of itself is the goal of the Star Wars Fanon wiki!



Community development has become a major focus during recent times. The wiki boasts and impressive display of good and featured articles, as well as an original feature called featured works&mdash;showcasing the best of Star Wars Fanon's fan fiction stories. Fanoneers can participate in FanonProjects&mdash;official community fanon series&mdash;work with other users unofficially, or even work on their own if they so choose. Community participation, though, is highly encouraged!

The wiki even has the annual Wiki Awards, not to mention the short story contests every few months, including the ongoing short story contest. One of the wiki's core philosophies is that you should write what you want not for awards but because it's what you want to write, though awards can still be very gratifying!

Star Wars Fanon means a lot to many of its users. As SavageOpress1138 recently said, the wiki has become a "big part" of his life as a "great outlet for creative Star Wars writing, but it's also somewhere I can be myself and just have fun." He and others still edit here first and foremost because they have fun and can look forward to logging onto the wiki.

As an always-growing wiki, Star Wars Fanon is constantly welcoming new Fanoneers into the fold. If you're in the market for a place to spread your writing wings and make your own impact on the Star Wars galaxy, Star Wars Fanon is the place for you! Star Wars Fanon is a warm, helpful, and welcoming community that provides a free and open atmosphere for you to share the story you want to tell. We can't wait to see what you have to share!

Share your birthday wishes!
Happy birthday, Star Wars Fanon! - Brandon Rhea (talk)  16:38, August 29, 2012 (UTC)