Fanlore Project: The Black Phone

This is a project to archive and document The Black Phone fandom. Read more about our mission here, or start exploring the the wiki!. pfp by @toxictrashdump

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Project Announcement

Hello! We are pleased to announce the launch of the Fanlore Project: The Black Phone to archive the various fannish history and activities of this fandom.

What is Fanlore?

Fanlore is a multi-editor wiki recording the history and current state of fan communities. The mission of the Fanlore wiki is to engage fans from a wide variety of communities that create and enjoy fanworks, to provide them with a platform to record and share their histories, experiences and traditions, for both themselves and others. Read more about Fanlore here.

Who are you?

My name is NansenTheCat, and I am the project lead. I set up this wiki because I wanted to document the small yet fascinating TBP fandom! You may also know me as @commonsenseispaineful. I volunteer for Fanlore in my spare time, and am an enthusiastic editor.

What will you be doing?

The goal of this project is to archive the fandom aspects of The Black Phone, ranging from discussions of fanon, meta, fanworks and more! The Fanlore platform is not an encyclopedia, it's focus is on fandom itself. This project is also, as you might have guessed, a work in progress- so for the time being many pages will be sparse or stubs whilst we fill out the wiki framework.

How can I get involved?

Fanlore, like all wikis, is a collaborative effort, and may be edited by anyone. You don't have to be an "expert" on a subject. Adding what you know and feel passionate about are pieces of the puzzle, and ones that hopefully inspire others to expand on the topic. We'd love you to join us by adding your knowledge to the wiki! Otherwise, we welcome you to submit a post that you think is important and worth archiving. You can also ask us anything regarding the project, and we'll get back to you when we can.

We hope to keep you regularly updated on what we're up to here or on our talk page! If you have any further questions, or are just interested in seeing the work so far, join us here!

Logo and pfp credit: @toxictrashdump

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There needs to be an entry about how fans can't agree who was first: Griffin or Billy. lol

Done! Wow, this is a tricky topic to look into and source!

It's still a WIP, but here is the Fanlore page for The Black Phone Timeline.

If you have any thoughts on the page, want to add some new entries, or are just interested in the project, talk to us here!

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Logo created for The Black Phone FanLore page project. Go check it out!

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Check out the awesome logos created for this project!

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I know it’s fandom and such (so anything fandom can be added) but how does it work? Can I just add it myself or do I have to wait for others to finish the canon characters or uh (idk how to frame this question I just have a lot of fanon on my mind)

Hello! Thanks for your interest in this Fanlore Project!

To answer your question: Yes! You can add anything fannish to the wiki in any order! At the moment we have five broad categories of pages:

Fanworks

Characters

Fanon

Meta

(Relation)Ships

Depending on the length of your edit, this can be a section in an existing page or a whole one dedicated to a single topic. For example, you might want to list some popular headcanons, or create a whole page on an AU.

Currently we also have TBP-specific character and pairing templates to build from, as well as the templates used by Fanlore.

We would strongly encourage you to create pages or sections, even if they are stubs! This gives others a starting point to edit from, and we value your contribution no matter how small. If you want any more details about our editing resources, see here.

If you have any page specific questions, feel free to send us an ask, or make a dedicated thread on the Talk page.