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List of Sherlock Holmes Communities and Forums
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This page lists online forums for Sherlock Holmes fandom — website discussion boards, journal communities, and mailing lists.
Key to journal sites: LJ = LiveJournal, IJ = InsaneJournal, DW = Dreamwidth.
Pan-Holmesian Forums
- Holmesslash - a Yahoo group created in 1999
- Cox & Co. - a Holmes slash LJ community (mirrored on DW)
- The Holmes News - a newsletter community on LJ, mirrored on DW
- Holmes/Watson fanworks - DW community created in 2009
- Sherlock Holmes Lulz - LJ community
- Sherlock Holmes Search & Find - LJ finder's community
- Sherlock Holmes Watchalongs - LJ community for watching and commenting on adaptations
- A Study in Sherlock - LJ writers' resource community
- holmestice - LJ - "Holmesian Holiday Fanworks Exchange"
- watsons_woes - LJ - "The place for sick!depressed!hurt or angsty!Watson fic, art and discussion."
- mere_appendix - LJ - "The place for sick!depressed!hurt or angsty!Holmes fic, art and discussion."
- Sherlock Holmes Kink Meme - LJ kink meme
- Sherlock Holmes Community on Google+ - a new and growing community on Google+
- The Sherlock Holmes Social Network - over 1,000 members discussing a variety of topics
- The Hounds of the Internet HOUNDS-L mailing list
The Canon (Doyle)
- 221b_bakerst - LJ discussion community created in 2002
- dispatch_box - 221b_bakerst's sister community, for posting fanfic
- bakerstreaders - LJ discussion and fanworks posting community
Sherlock Holmes (Granada)
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Sherlock Holmes (2009)
- holmeswatson09 - a Holmes/Watson livejournal community
- hw09_exchange - a Holmes/Watson fic and art exchange
- holmes_rpf - "Sherlock Holmes RPF: our depravity knows no bounds." (RDJ/Jude Law & co)
- newbakerstreet - LJ community
- sherlock2009 - LJ community for posting fanfic and fanart
- sherlockkink - LJ kink meme
- holmes_rating - LJ stamping community
- holmes_big_bang - LJ big bang community
Sherlock (BBC)
- SherlockForum.com - a forum for fans of the BBC show Sherlock, and The Sherlock Holmes Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
- Sherlocking.org - a fansite and forum
Journal Communities
- SherlockBBC (LJ)
- BBCSherlock (LJ)
- Sherlock2010 (LJ)
- SHBBC_QuickFix (LJ) - for mini writings (drabbles, ficlets, etc.)
- TheGameGoesOn (LJ) - post-series 1 fanfiction
- SherlockIcons (LJ)
- 221B_Slash (LJ)
- Sherlock_Stamps (LJ) - stamping
- DailySherlock (LJ) - a new screencap posted daily
- IHasABlanket (LJ) - Macros
- SherlockRPF (LJ)
- Asexy_Sherlock (LJ) - For any asexual character from the show, but predominantly focused on the man himself
- I'm So Changeable (LJ) - Jim Moriarty
- sherlock_search - fanwork finding
- SherlockBBC-Fic (LJ/DW) - anonymous fic-writing/kink meme
- sherlock_rant (LJ) - anon meme
- Sherlock-RPF (LJ) - anonymous kink meme for RPF
Challenge communities
- 221B_Slash_Fest (LJ)
- SherlockBigBang (LJ)
- SherlockBBCCafe (LJ) - cafe for the Sherlock Big Bang
- sherlockfest (LJ) - Octoberfest
- Sherlock-flashfic (DW)
- SherlockLand (LJ) - Team challenges
- SherlockPrompts (LJ)
- Sherlock20in20 (LJ) - icon "20 in 20" challenge
Pairing-specific communities
- Sherlestrade (LJ) - Sherlock/Lestrade
- Two_Holmeses (LJ) - Mycroft/Sherlock
- JohnSherlock (LJ) - Sherlock/John
Actor communities
- CumberbatchFans (LJ) - Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Sherlock
- DailyBenedict (LJ)
- AndrewScottFans (LJ) - Andrew Scott community
- FreemanFans (LJ) - Martin Freeman, who plays Watson
Mary Russell
- RUSS-L mailing list
- Dammit, Holmes! - LJ community for discussion and fanworks, created in 2004