Forum:CT:Adopting the term Fanoneer

Many of you may notice that, officially speaking, we don’t have an actual term to describe the users of Star Wars Fanon. Wikia has Wikians for anyone on Wikia wikis, Wikipedia has Wikipedians for users on that website, and then there are names like Wookieepedians, Darthipedians, and so on and so forth. We’ve had a number of unofficial names for users over the years, such as Fanonites and Fanoneers&mdash;those aren’t always used positively, though.

That said, in a continued effort to make us a more user-friendly wiki, particularly for new users since a lot of people who edit here begin their Wikia experience here, I think it’s high time we chose a name. I’ve been talking to a few users, Goodwood primarily, lately about a number of new welcome and help pages, so I’m going to start with the name-related ones first.

The name I believe we should adopt is Fanoneer.

Like I said, sometimes you’ll see this used in a way that could possibly be construed as derogatory, but I myself don’t care, and I hope you don’t either. The best way to remove a negative connotation from a word is to embrace it as a positive word, and that’s something we can do with Fanoneer.

Fanoneer, to me, isn’t inspired by a combination of “Fanon” and “Pioneer.” That seems cheesy to me, and I don’t think it holds any particular meaningful relevance. The way I view it, Fanoneer is a combination of Fanon and &mdash;the brains behind the wonderful world of Walt Disney. To quote Wikipedia, Imagineers are "renowned for their ability to blend creativity, expertise, and technical advancements...to create "distinctive experiential storytelling.""

Sound familiar, maybe how you’d like to view yourself as a fanon/fan fiction author? I think it’s the perfect definition of a Fanoneer and how we would all like to be viewed.

Therefore, this CT encompasses three things:


 * 1) Adopting the term Fanoneer
 * 2) Adopting the Star Wars Fanon:Fanoneer page (currently here)&mdash;inspired by this page
 * 3) Changing Star Wars Fanon:User of the Month to Star Wars Fanon:Fanoneer of the Month

The success of numbers 2 and 3 are, obviously, contingent upon the success of number 1. I hope you all agree that this would be a positive step forward for the wiki.

This vote will last for at least one week, until Wednesday, August 25, 2010, unless more or less time is needed. All relevant matters of the voting policy apply. Please be civil.

Support (3)

 * 1) As the proposer. - Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg (talk) 06:49, August 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Why not.-- Josh Bender Talk 06:57, August 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) -- D.W. (talk)(Glorior) 07:23, August 18, 2010 (UTC)

Support (3)

 * 1) As the proposer. - Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg (talk) 06:49, August 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) If you're doing the first one, got to do the second one as well.-- Josh Bender Talk 06:58, August 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) Per Josh. -- D.W. (talk)(Glorior) 07:25, August 18, 2010 (UTC)

Support (1)

 * 1) As the proposer. - Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg (talk) 06:49, August 18, 2010 (UTC)

Oppose (1)

 * 1) I'm gonna have to say no to this one. -- D.W. (talk)(Glorior) 07:26, August 18, 2010 (UTC)