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Talk:Bandslash (glossary term)
I think this page could probably be changed to just a redirect to Bandom (Music Source Text) Cesy 07:38, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
- I think you're right. However, there's a paragraph in the Bandom Terminology Debate article that will need to be changed if we do this: For some, bandslash and bandom had a narrower focus and were used to refer to bandom (DD+, MCR). For others, they had a broader focus, with bandslash being used to refer to bandslash (slash source community) and bandom to refer to bandom (music). For still others, bandslash had a broader focus, used to refer to bandslash (slash source community) and/or bandom (music), and bandom a narrower focus, used to refer to bandom (DD+, MCR+). Finally, to some, bandslash referred to bandom (music), but the term bandom was completely unused.
- I gather from this that some groups of fans used bandom and bandslash interchangeably -- to mean DD/MCR or to mean any band -- while other groups used one term in the broader sense while reserving the other term for the narrower sense. --æþel 14:39, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
- Ah, I hadn't seen that usage before - most of the areas I frequent use the terms interchangeably. Could we ask the person who wrote that, or is there any citation for it? Cesy 17:59, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
- User:Betty wrote it. There's a discussion about usage in wistfuljane's poll here. for ignazwisdom, for example, "bandslash" refers to slash about bands, but "bandom" refers only to MCR, etc. fairestcat mentions this definition over here. I think changing Bandslash from a disambiguation page into a glossary page that also points to specific fandoms using the term "bandslash" might help.--æþel 02:33, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
- Hmm, the discussion on Talk:Bandom Terminology Debate implies that there is a distinction between "bandslash (slash fandom)" and "bandom (music fandom)", but I don't see a good explanation of the scope of these mysterious fandoms, only of the glossary terms. I still think a glossary page for Bandslash would attract more editorial attention than empty and mysteriously named fandom pages.--æþel 02:55, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
- Changing it to a glossary page sounds great to me. Can you add those citations in the process, please, if you're doing it? Cesy 06:23, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
Delete?
Do we need this page? It has no content. --Doro 13:38, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
- see the discussion above - feel free to rearrange to match that. Cesy 19:45, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Could we change this to Bandslash (glossary term)? Or even get rid of the disambiguation page (which is kind of a mess) and use Bandslash to describe the different uses of the term? "Slash Source Community" is confusing and doesn't seem to fit if we're changing it to a glossary page (per the above discussion). --sparc 23:28, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
- Done. I hope it is an improvement.--æþel 01:04, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
earliest cite?
I'm sure it's been around way longer, but here's an example from February 2, 2004: Yeah, this is not a relevant post and shameless self-promotion BUT...: slashypunkboys, Archived version --aethel (talk) 02:48, 6 September 2017 (UTC) Same community, July 2004: Something Corporate / The Starting Line: slashypunkboys, Archived version. I think the term "bandslash" may not have been that popular in 2004, at least not in slashypunkboys. --aethel (talk) 02:42, 10 September 2017 (UTC)