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2008-09-20T01:31:58Z

70.251.117.39: /* Greetings */

==Chapter 1 (The Basics)==
===Greetings===
*'''Buenos días.''' - Good morning.
*'''Buenas noches.''' - Good evening.
*'''Buenas tardes.''' - Good afternoon.
*'''Hola.''' - Hello.
*'''¿Como se llama?''' - What is your name?
*'''Me llamo...''' - My name is...
*'''Encantado(a).''' - Delighted.
*'''Igualmente.''' - Likewise.
*'''Mucho gusto.''' - Pleased to meet you.
*'''Señor (Sr.)''' - sir, Mr.
*'''Señora (Sra.)''' - madam, Mrs.
*'''Señorita (Srta.)''' - miss, Ms.
*'''¿Como estás?''' - How are you? (familiar)
*'''¿Como está usted?''' - How are you? (formal)
*'''¿Qué pasa?''' - What's happening?
*'''¿Qué tal?''' - How are you?
*'''¿Y tú?''' - And you? (familiar)
*'''¿Y usted?''' - And you? (formal)
*'''bien''' - well
*'''nada''' - nothing
*'''regular''' - regular, okay
*'''gracias''' - thank you
*'''Adiós.''' - Good-bye.
*'''Hasta luego.''' - See you later.
*'''Hasta mañana.''' - See you tomorrow.

====Note====
-Remember that in Latin American Spanish, "ll" is pronounced as "y" (e.g. torti'''ll'''a).

-Remember that letters in parentheses are used by females while those without are masculine.

====Grammar (Tú/ Usted [Ud.])====
In Spanish, there are two ways to say "you." ''Tú'' is used when talking to someone you know, such as family, friends, or pets. ''Usted'' (abbrieviated Ud.) is used in formal events, such as talking to a teacher, someone who you don't know well, or a person who has a high title, such as a police officer, etc.

===Time Phrases===
*'''¿Qué hora es?''' - What time is it?
*'''Es la una.''' - It's one o' clock.
*'''Son las dos.''' - It's two o' clock.
*'''Son las tres y cuarto.''' - It's 3:15.
*'''Son las cuatro y media.''' - It's 4:30.
*'''Son las seis menos cuarto.''' - It's 5:45.

===Numbers===
*'''cero''' - zero (0)
*'''uno''' - one (1)
*'''dos''' - two (2)
*'''tres''' - three (3)
*'''cuatro''' - four (4)
*'''cinco''' - five (5)
*'''seis''' - six (6)
*'''siete''' - seven (7)
*'''ocho''' - eight (8)
*'''nueve''' - nine (9)
*'''diez''' - ten (10)
*'''once''' - eleven (11)
*'''doce''' - twelve (12)
*'''trece''' - thirteen (13)
*'''catorce''' - fourteen (14)
*'''quince''' - fifteen (15)
*'''dieciséis''' - sixteen (16)
*'''diecisiete''' - seventeen (17)
*'''dieciocho''' - eighteen (18)
*'''diecinueve''' - nineteen (19)
*'''veinte''' - twenty (20)
*'''veintiuno''' - twenty-one (21)
*'''treinta''' - thirty (30)
*'''treinta y uno''' - thirty-one (31)
*'''cuarenta''' - forty (40)
*'''cincuenta''' - fifty (50)
*'''sesenta''' - sixty (60)
*'''setenta''' - seventy (70)
*'''ochenta''' - eighty (80)
*'''noventa''' - ninety (90)
*'''cien''' - one hundred (100)

===El cuerpo (The body)===
*'''cabeza''' - head
*'''ojo''' - eye
*'''nariz''' - nose
*'''boca''' - mouth
*'''brazo''' - arm
*'''mano''' - hand
*'''dedo''' - finger
*'''estómago''' - stomach
*'''pierna''' - leg
*'''pie''' - foot
*'''Me duele...''' - My...hurts.

===School objects===
*'''bolígrafo''' - pen
*'''carpeta''' - folder
*'''cuaderno''' - notebook
*'''estudiante''' - student
*'''hoja de papel''' - sheet of paper
*'''lápiz''' - pencil
*'''libro''' - book
*'''profesor, profesora''' - teacher (male, female)
*'''sala de clases''' - classroom

====Dialect note====
-'''El''' and '''La''' both mean ''the'' in Spanish. El is the masculine form and words that use ''el'' usually end in -o. La is the feminine form and word that use ''la'' usually end in -a and always in -ción. Some nouns have no gender and can be use as alternatively, such as ''estudiante'', which can be used to determine as ''the student'' as ''el estudiante'' or ''la estudiante''. Examples of nouns opposite in gender are ''la mano'' and ''el agua''.

-Some Spanish speakers use local dialects, for example, in central Mexico ''salón de clases'' is used alternatively as sala de clases and ''mastro(a)'' as profesor(a).

===Calendar===
*'''año''' - year
*'''día''' - day
*'''mes''' - month
*'''semana''' - week
*'''¿Qué día es hoy?''' - What day is today?
*'''¿Cúal es la fecha?''' - What is the date?
*'''Es el...de...''' - It's the...of.
*'''Es el primero de...''' - It's the first of...
*'''hoy''' - today
*'''mañana''' - tomorrow

==== Days ====
*'''lunes''' - Monday
*'''martes''' - Tuesday
*'''miércoles''' - Wednesday
*'''jueves''' - Thursday
*'''viernes''' - Friday
*'''sábado''' - Saturday
*'''domingo''' - Sunday

==== Months ====
*'''enero''' - January
*'''febrero''' - February
*'''marzo''' - March
*'''abril''' - April
*'''mayo''' - May
*'''junio''' - June
*'''julio''' - July
*'''agosto''' - August
*'''septiembre''' - September
*'''octubre''' - October
*'''noviembre''' - November
*'''deciembre''' - December

=====Cultural note=====
* The first letters of months and days in Spanish and many other European languages is always lowercase except at the beginning of a sentence.

* The Aztecs of Ancient Mexico developed a calendar that was discovered near Mexico City, along with numerous of other historic sites, including pyramids and tombs.

[[Image:AztecCalendarMuseoAntropologia.JPG|thumb|150px|Aztec calendar]]

===Other words===
*'''¿Cúantos(as)?''' - How many?
*'''en''' - in
*'''hay''' - there is, there are
*'''por favor''' - please
*'''¿Cómo se dice...?''' - How do you say...?
*'''Se dice...''' - You say...

===Alphabet===
*'''A''' - a
*'''B''' - be
*'''C''' - ce
*'''D''' - de
*'''E''' - e
*'''F''' - efe
*'''G''' - ge
*'''H''' - hache
*'''I''' - i
*'''J''' - jota
*'''K''' - ka
*'''L''' - ele
*'''M''' - eme
*'''N''' - ene
*'''Ñ''' - eñe
*'''O''' - o
*'''P''' - pe
*'''Q''' - cu
*'''R''' - ere
*'''S''' - ese
*'''T''' - te
*'''U''' - u
*'''V''' - ve
*'''W''' - doble ve
*'''X''' - equis
*'''Y''' - i griega
*'''Z''' - zeta
*'''RR''' - erre (not part of the alphabet)
*'''¿Cómo se escribe?''' - How is...spelled?
*'''Se escribe...''' - It's spelled...
*'''¿Qué quiere decir...?''' - What does this mean?
*'''Quiere decir...''' - It means...

===Weather===
*'''¿Qué tiempo hace?''' - What's the weather like?
*'''Hace calor.''' - It's hot.
*'''Hace frío.''' - It's cold.
*'''Hace sol.''' - It's sunny.
*'''Hace viento.''' - It's windy.
*'''Llueve.''' - It's rainy.
*'''Nieva.''' - It's snowy.
*'''estación''' - season
*'''invierno''' - Winter
*'''primavera''' - Spring
*'''verano''' - Summer
*'''otoño''' - Autumn (Fall)
*'''temperatura''' - temperature
*'''grados''' - degrees

===Country focus (México)===
[[Image:Flag_of_Mexico.svg|150px|right]]
'''Mexico''' (Spanish: México) is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the North Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico is a federation comprising thirty-one states and a federal district, the capital Mexico City, whose metropolitan area is one of the world's most populous.
[[Image:mx-map.png|thumb|right|200px|Map of Mexico]]

Covering almost 2 million square kilometers, Mexico is the fifth-largest country in the Americas by total area and the 14th largest independent nation in the world. With an estimated population of 109 million, it is the 11th most populous country and the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world.

As a regional power and the only Latin American member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) since 1994, Mexico is firmly established as an upper middle-income country.

[[Image:Mexico DF City.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Mexico City is home to 8,609,347 people, it is the 9th largest city in the world, but is one of the most crowded, with 5,626 people per sq km.]]

Mexico is the 12th largest economy in the world by GDP by purchasing power parity. The economy is strongly linked to those of its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners. Despite being considered an emerging world power, the uneven distribution of income and the increase in insecurity are issues of concern.

Mexican culture reflects the complexity of the country's history through the blending of pre-Hispanic civilizations and the culture of Spain, imparted during Spain's 300-year colonization of Mexico. Exogenous cultural elements mainly from the United States have been incorporated into Mexican culture. As was the case in most Latin American countries, when Mexico became an independent nation, it had to slowly create a national identity, being an ethnically diverse country in which, for the most part, the only connecting element amongst the newly independent inhabitants was Catholicism.
[[Image:Angel de la Independencia Mexico City.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City at night, with the Angel of Independence.]]
The Porfirian era (el Porfiriato), in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth century, was marked by economic progress and peace. After four decades of civil unrest and war, Mexico saw the development of philosophy and the arts, promoted by President Díaz himself. Since that time, though accentuated during the Mexican Revolution, cultural identity had its foundation in the mestizaje, of which the indigenous (i.e. Amerindian) element was the core. In light of the various ethnicities that formed the Mexican people, José Vasconcelos in his publication La Raza Cósmica (The Cosmic Race) (1925) defined Mexico to be the melting pot of all races (thus extending the definition of the mestizo) not only biologically but culturally as well. This exalting of mestizaje was a revolutionary idea that sharply contrasted with the idea of a superior pure race prevalent in Europe at the time.

[[Image:CH10.JPG|left|thumb|150px|The famous Guadalajara Cathedral, a symbol of Mexico]]

'''Factbox''':
*Official Language: Spanish
*Other Languages: 62 other Native languages
*Capital: Mexico City (Ciudad de México, México D.F.)
*Government: Democracy
*Area: 1,972,550 sq km (761,606 sq mi) (15th)
*Population: 106,682,500 (2008) (11th)
*Religion: Christianity 95% (mainly Catholic), Non-religious 2.5%, Buddhism 0.1%, other 2.4% (mainly traditional Mayan or Aztec beliefs)
*Human Development: 0.829 (HIGH, 52nd)
*Independence: September 27, 1821
*Currency: Mexican peso

[[Image:Palenque Ruins.jpg|thumbnail|150px|right|The ruins of Palenque, an Ancient Mayan city that was abandoned by the time Spanish explorers landed in Mexico.]]

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Archive:Spanish/Basics

2008-09-20T01:29:29Z

70.251.117.39: /* Greetings */

==Chapter 1 (The Basics)==
===Greetings===
*'''Buenos días.''' - Good morning.
*'''Buenas noches.''' - Good evening.
*'''Buenas tardes.''' - Good afternoon.
*'''Hola.''' - Hello.
*'''¿Cómo te llamas?''' - What is your name?
*'''Me llamo...''' - My name is...
*'''Encantado(a).''' - Delighted.
*'''Igualmente.''' - Likewise.
*'''Mucho gusto.''' - Pleased to meet you.
*'''Señor (Sr.)''' - sir, Mr.
*'''Señora (Sra.)''' - madam, Mrs.
*'''Señorita (Srta.)''' - miss, Ms.
*'''¿Cómo estás?''' - How are you? (familiar)
*'''¿Cómo está usted?''' - How are you? (formal)
*'''¿Qué pasa?''' - What's happening?
*'''¿Qué tal?''' - How are you?
*'''¿Y tú?''' - And you? (familiar)
*'''¿Y usted?''' - And you? (formal)
*'''bien''' - well
*'''nada''' - nothing
*'''regular''' - regular, okay
*'''gracias''' - thank you
*'''Adiós.''' - Good-bye.
*'''Hasta luego.''' - See you later.
*'''Hasta mañana.''' - See you tomorrow.

====Note====
-Remember that in Latin American Spanish, "ll" is pronounced as "y" (e.g. torti'''ll'''a).

-Remember that letters in parentheses are used by females while those without are masculine.

====Grammar (Tú/ Usted [Ud.])====
In Spanish, there are two ways to say "you." ''Tú'' is used when talking to someone you know, such as family, friends, or pets. ''Usted'' (abbrieviated Ud.) is used in formal events, such as talking to a teacher, someone who you don't know well, or a person who has a high title, such as a police officer, etc.

===Time Phrases===
*'''¿Qué hora es?''' - What time is it?
*'''Es la una.''' - It's one o' clock.
*'''Son las dos.''' - It's two o' clock.
*'''Son las tres y cuarto.''' - It's 3:15.
*'''Son las cuatro y media.''' - It's 4:30.
*'''Son las seis menos cuarto.''' - It's 5:45.

===Numbers===
*'''cero''' - zero (0)
*'''uno''' - one (1)
*'''dos''' - two (2)
*'''tres''' - three (3)
*'''cuatro''' - four (4)
*'''cinco''' - five (5)
*'''seis''' - six (6)
*'''siete''' - seven (7)
*'''ocho''' - eight (8)
*'''nueve''' - nine (9)
*'''diez''' - ten (10)
*'''once''' - eleven (11)
*'''doce''' - twelve (12)
*'''trece''' - thirteen (13)
*'''catorce''' - fourteen (14)
*'''quince''' - fifteen (15)
*'''dieciséis''' - sixteen (16)
*'''diecisiete''' - seventeen (17)
*'''dieciocho''' - eighteen (18)
*'''diecinueve''' - nineteen (19)
*'''veinte''' - twenty (20)
*'''veintiuno''' - twenty-one (21)
*'''treinta''' - thirty (30)
*'''treinta y uno''' - thirty-one (31)
*'''cuarenta''' - forty (40)
*'''cincuenta''' - fifty (50)
*'''sesenta''' - sixty (60)
*'''setenta''' - seventy (70)
*'''ochenta''' - eighty (80)
*'''noventa''' - ninety (90)
*'''cien''' - one hundred (100)

===El cuerpo (The body)===
*'''cabeza''' - head
*'''ojo''' - eye
*'''nariz''' - nose
*'''boca''' - mouth
*'''brazo''' - arm
*'''mano''' - hand
*'''dedo''' - finger
*'''estómago''' - stomach
*'''pierna''' - leg
*'''pie''' - foot
*'''Me duele...''' - My...hurts.

===School objects===
*'''bolígrafo''' - pen
*'''carpeta''' - folder
*'''cuaderno''' - notebook
*'''estudiante''' - student
*'''hoja de papel''' - sheet of paper
*'''lápiz''' - pencil
*'''libro''' - book
*'''profesor, profesora''' - teacher (male, female)
*'''sala de clases''' - classroom

====Dialect note====
-'''El''' and '''La''' both mean ''the'' in Spanish. El is the masculine form and words that use ''el'' usually end in -o. La is the feminine form and word that use ''la'' usually end in -a and always in -ción. Some nouns have no gender and can be use as alternatively, such as ''estudiante'', which can be used to determine as ''the student'' as ''el estudiante'' or ''la estudiante''. Examples of nouns opposite in gender are ''la mano'' and ''el agua''.

-Some Spanish speakers use local dialects, for example, in central Mexico ''salón de clases'' is used alternatively as sala de clases and ''mastro(a)'' as profesor(a).

===Calendar===
*'''año''' - year
*'''día''' - day
*'''mes''' - month
*'''semana''' - week
*'''¿Qué día es hoy?''' - What day is today?
*'''¿Cúal es la fecha?''' - What is the date?
*'''Es el...de...''' - It's the...of.
*'''Es el primero de...''' - It's the first of...
*'''hoy''' - today
*'''mañana''' - tomorrow

==== Days ====
*'''lunes''' - Monday
*'''martes''' - Tuesday
*'''miércoles''' - Wednesday
*'''jueves''' - Thursday
*'''viernes''' - Friday
*'''sábado''' - Saturday
*'''domingo''' - Sunday

==== Months ====
*'''enero''' - January
*'''febrero''' - February
*'''marzo''' - March
*'''abril''' - April
*'''mayo''' - May
*'''junio''' - June
*'''julio''' - July
*'''agosto''' - August
*'''septiembre''' - September
*'''octubre''' - October
*'''noviembre''' - November
*'''deciembre''' - December

=====Cultural note=====
* The first letters of months and days in Spanish and many other European languages is always lowercase except at the beginning of a sentence.

* The Aztecs of Ancient Mexico developed a calendar that was discovered near Mexico City, along with numerous of other historic sites, including pyramids and tombs.

[[Image:AztecCalendarMuseoAntropologia.JPG|thumb|150px|Aztec calendar]]

===Other words===
*'''¿Cúantos(as)?''' - How many?
*'''en''' - in
*'''hay''' - there is, there are
*'''por favor''' - please
*'''¿Cómo se dice...?''' - How do you say...?
*'''Se dice...''' - You say...

===Alphabet===
*'''A''' - a
*'''B''' - be
*'''C''' - ce
*'''D''' - de
*'''E''' - e
*'''F''' - efe
*'''G''' - ge
*'''H''' - hache
*'''I''' - i
*'''J''' - jota
*'''K''' - ka
*'''L''' - ele
*'''M''' - eme
*'''N''' - ene
*'''Ñ''' - eñe
*'''O''' - o
*'''P''' - pe
*'''Q''' - cu
*'''R''' - ere
*'''S''' - ese
*'''T''' - te
*'''U''' - u
*'''V''' - ve
*'''W''' - doble ve
*'''X''' - equis
*'''Y''' - i griega
*'''Z''' - zeta
*'''RR''' - erre (not part of the alphabet)
*'''¿Cómo se escribe?''' - How is...spelled?
*'''Se escribe...''' - It's spelled...
*'''¿Qué quiere decir...?''' - What does this mean?
*'''Quiere decir...''' - It means...

===Weather===
*'''¿Qué tiempo hace?''' - What's the weather like?
*'''Hace calor.''' - It's hot.
*'''Hace frío.''' - It's cold.
*'''Hace sol.''' - It's sunny.
*'''Hace viento.''' - It's windy.
*'''Llueve.''' - It's rainy.
*'''Nieva.''' - It's snowy.
*'''estación''' - season
*'''invierno''' - Winter
*'''primavera''' - Spring
*'''verano''' - Summer
*'''otoño''' - Autumn (Fall)
*'''temperatura''' - temperature
*'''grados''' - degrees

===Country focus (México)===
[[Image:Flag_of_Mexico.svg|150px|right]]
'''Mexico''' (Spanish: México) is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the North Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico is a federation comprising thirty-one states and a federal district, the capital Mexico City, whose metropolitan area is one of the world's most populous.
[[Image:mx-map.png|thumb|right|200px|Map of Mexico]]

Covering almost 2 million square kilometers, Mexico is the fifth-largest country in the Americas by total area and the 14th largest independent nation in the world. With an estimated population of 109 million, it is the 11th most populous country and the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world.

As a regional power and the only Latin American member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) since 1994, Mexico is firmly established as an upper middle-income country.

[[Image:Mexico DF City.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Mexico City is home to 8,609,347 people, it is the 9th largest city in the world, but is one of the most crowded, with 5,626 people per sq km.]]

Mexico is the 12th largest economy in the world by GDP by purchasing power parity. The economy is strongly linked to those of its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners. Despite being considered an emerging world power, the uneven distribution of income and the increase in insecurity are issues of concern.

Mexican culture reflects the complexity of the country's history through the blending of pre-Hispanic civilizations and the culture of Spain, imparted during Spain's 300-year colonization of Mexico. Exogenous cultural elements mainly from the United States have been incorporated into Mexican culture. As was the case in most Latin American countries, when Mexico became an independent nation, it had to slowly create a national identity, being an ethnically diverse country in which, for the most part, the only connecting element amongst the newly independent inhabitants was Catholicism.
[[Image:Angel de la Independencia Mexico City.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City at night, with the Angel of Independence.]]
The Porfirian era (el Porfiriato), in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth century, was marked by economic progress and peace. After four decades of civil unrest and war, Mexico saw the development of philosophy and the arts, promoted by President Díaz himself. Since that time, though accentuated during the Mexican Revolution, cultural identity had its foundation in the mestizaje, of which the indigenous (i.e. Amerindian) element was the core. In light of the various ethnicities that formed the Mexican people, José Vasconcelos in his publication La Raza Cósmica (The Cosmic Race) (1925) defined Mexico to be the melting pot of all races (thus extending the definition of the mestizo) not only biologically but culturally as well. This exalting of mestizaje was a revolutionary idea that sharply contrasted with the idea of a superior pure race prevalent in Europe at the time.

[[Image:CH10.JPG|left|thumb|150px|The famous Guadalajara Cathedral, a symbol of Mexico]]

'''Factbox''':
*Official Language: Spanish
*Other Languages: 62 other Native languages
*Capital: Mexico City (Ciudad de México, México D.F.)
*Government: Democracy
*Area: 1,972,550 sq km (761,606 sq mi) (15th)
*Population: 106,682,500 (2008) (11th)
*Religion: Christianity 95% (mainly Catholic), Non-religious 2.5%, Buddhism 0.1%, other 2.4% (mainly traditional Mayan or Aztec beliefs)
*Human Development: 0.829 (HIGH, 52nd)
*Independence: September 27, 1821
*Currency: Mexican peso

[[Image:Palenque Ruins.jpg|thumbnail|150px|right|The ruins of Palenque, an Ancient Mayan city that was abandoned by the time Spanish explorers landed in Mexico.]]

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Archive:Fanboy

2008-08-03T20:23:20Z

70.251.125.211:

{{Otheruses4}}

'''Fanboy''' (sometimes spelled '''fanboi''') is a term used to describe an individual who is devoted to a single subject in an emotional or fanatical manner, or to a single point of view within that subject, often to the point where it is considered an obsession. The best example of a fanboy is Zach Claycomb.

The term is most commonly associated with adolescent and teenage males but can be applicable to any age or sex, and is mostly applied by others as a derogatory label.

==History==

According to the [[Merriam-Webster]] Collegiate Dictionary, the earliest known use of the term "fanboy" in an English-language publication dates to 1919.<ref name="mw">[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fanboy fanboy. (2008)]. In Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Retrieved July 7, 2008.</ref>

In [[comic book]] culture, a 1982 reference is to the cover of the "Official Underground and Newave Comix Price Guide". On this cover page are sketched overweight, overzealous comic book collectors wearing T-shirts that state "Fanboys of America," who are describing the extreme measures they would go to, including moving to San Francisco, to preserve their comics.

Also published in 1982, a comic strip appeared in Jim Engel and Chuck Fiala's "Fandom Confidential" comic. In the strip, Jim and Chuck met comic artist/writer [[John Byrne]] and collapsed into "mindless paroxysms of adoration." The John Byrne character responded that they were "a couple of fanboys in bondage" (a play on words referring to a [[List of Monty Python's Flying Circus episodes#10. E. Henry Thripshaw.27s Disease|Monty Python sketch]] in which an Elizabethan era character reads what she claims to be a new Shakespeare work called "Gay Boys in Bondage". <ref>[http://www.byrnerobotics.com/FAQ/listing.asp?ID=7&T1=Miscellaneous+Questions#154 Byrne Robotics: FAQ]</ref> Another early use is in a smart-alec editorial reply by "[[Ambush Bug]]" to a letter in his comic in [[1985]].

By 1990 the term was being used in [[popular music]] and [[science fiction]] circles<ref>
[http://groups.google.com/groups/search?lr=&safe=off&num=10&q=fanboy&safe=off&qt_s=Search&as_drrb=b&as_mind=1&as_minm=1&as_miny=1981&as_maxd=1&as_maxm=1&as_maxy=1990 USENET use before 1990]
</ref>, and as electronic entertainment gained popularity, the term became increasingly applied to [[computer]]s and [[video game consoles]] - with people often developing an obsessive loyalty towards one platform or brand.

Current subjects of such obsessive loyalty include areas of: [[TV show]]s; [[film|movie]]s; [[music]]; [[anime]]; [[comic book]]s; [[car]]s; [[video game console]]s, [[video games]] and [[MMORPG]]s; and [[computer]] [[operating system]]s, [[computer Hardware|hardware]] and [[software]]—and more recently politics.
<ref>
[http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/11/whos-nuttier-ap.html "Who's Nuttier, Apple Fanatics or Ron Paul Enthusiasts?", Wired Magazine]
</ref>
<ref>
[http://www.blogmaverick.com/2007/02/03/the-fanboy-culture/ "The Fanboy Culture", Mark Cuban, blogpost]
</ref>

"Fanboy" was added to the [[Merriam-Webster]] Collegiate Dictionary in 2008.<ref>[http://www.welt.de/english-news/article2186069/New_words_in_the_Merriam-Webster_dictionary_.html New words in the Merriam-Webster dictionary] [[Die Welt]] online, 7 July 2008</ref>

==Fangirl==
The term fangirl, while similar, often carries slightly different connotations - often applied to any enthusiastic female fan regardless of obsessive qualities or not, and is often used with overtones of "[[teenybopper]]". Depending on context, "fangirl" may be used or perceived as a derogatory label.

==Media==

Popular depictions of Fanboy stereotypes include the [[Comic Book Guy]] on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and columnist [[Larry Groznic]] from the satirical newspaper ''[[The Onion]]''. In the songs of the fannish [[parody]] [[musician]] [[Luke Ski]], many characters proudly consider themselves ''fanboys.''

===Comic books===
*[[Sergio Aragonés]]' ''Fanboy''
*[[Galactic Storm]]'s ''Fanboy''

===Television===
*''[[The Simpsons]]''' [[Comic Book Guy]] refers to himself as a fanboy.
*''[[Freakazoid!|Freakazoid]]'''s [[freakazoid!#Other characters|Fan Boy]]

===Radio/podcasts===
*[[Fanboy Radio]]
*Fanboy Planet.com[http://www.fanboyplanet.com]

===Movies===
* [[Fanboys (2003 film)|''Fanboys'' (2003 film)]], a New Zealand short film
* [[Fanboys (2008 film)|''Fanboys'' (2008 film)]], an American comedy film

==See also==
* [[Addiction]]
* [[Cyberstalking]]
* [[Editor war]]
* [[Anorak (slang)|Anorak]]
* [[Astroturfing]]
* [[Otaku]]
* [[Obsession]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.bruceongames.com/2008/02/17/fanboys/ A look at fanboys from the game industry perspective]
* [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fanboy Fanboy at Merriam-Webster]
* [http://www.netjak.com/review.php/1013 Dissecting the Fanboy Mind] - A discussion of the fanboy behavior in regard to video games.
* [http://palgn.com.au/article.php?id=6463 The trial of the Fanboy] - A criticism of the fanboy concept and overusage of the term.

[[Category:Fandom]]
[[Category:Anime and manga terminology]]

[[de:Fan#Konsum]]
[[fr:Fanboy]]

Wikademia the Movie

2007-05-06T04:26:45Z

70.251.45.186: /* Active participants */

This is a community-wide project to produce a promotional DVD that illustrates and describes Wikiversity.

==Project description==
Time frame: down-loadable video ([[w:QuickTime|.mov]] and [[w:Wikipedia:Media help (Ogg)|.ogg]] formats) ready by 30 June, 2007.

Content:
#The history of Wikiversity
#illustration of how the Wikiversity community functions to produce learning resources: content creation projects ("school:" and "Topic:" namespace pages).
#Feature examples of original Wikiversity content in advance of the end of the first year of Wikiversity.

==Project news==
* '''23 August, 2006''' - Project founded!
* '''3 January, 2007''' - proposed name for the video: "Wikiversity: Education in the new millennium"

==[[Portal:Learning Materials|Learning materials]] and [[Portal:Learning Projects|learning projects]]==
Wikiversity has adopted the "learning by doing" model for education. Lessons should center on learning activities for Wikiversity participants. Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple departments. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.

*[[Wikiversity the Movie/Script]] - participants create the [[w:Screenplay|script]] for the movie
*[[Wikiversity the Movie / Interviews]] - participants film interviews with students at real universities after telling them about Wikiversity (giving a handout perhaps) and inform them it is free. Shock, disbelief, scepticism will ensue, but the reactions ought to be interesting. These could be made over time until the interviewees are all from Wikipedia and/or a mix or "bricks (and mortar)" students (we could just call them "bricks" for short).
*[[Machinima movies]] - tutorial - participants make a movie using [[w:Machinima|Machinima]]
*[[Wikiversity shorts]] - participants create short (15 to 60 seconds) promotional videos for Wikiversity
*[[Wikiversity the Movie/music]] - participants help make the sound track, including original music
*[[Wikiversity the Movie/multi-lingual]] - participants make the voice track and any text elements for all the [http://beta.wikiversity.org Wikiversity project languages].
* ..

Learning materials and [[Portal:Learning Projects|learning projects]] are located in the main Wikiversity namespace. Simply make a [[link]] to the name of the lesson (lessons are independent pages in the [[Wikiversity:Namespaces|main namespace]]) and start writing!

===Collaborations===
These divisions and departments have project interests and labs involving ''Wikiversity the Movie'':
*[[Topic:Media Project Management]]
*[[Topic:Internet Audio and Video]]
*[[Topic:Multilingual Studies]]
*...

==References==
===See also===
*[[Topic:Film production|Film production]]

===Wikipedia===
*[[w:Machinima|Machinima]] - A method for making the movie
*[[w: __Article Name__ ]]

===Wikibooks===
* [[b:Movie Making Manual|Movie Making Manual]]

==Active participants==
The histories of Wikiversity pages indicate who the active participants are. If you are an active participant in this project, you can list your name here (this can help small projects grow and the participants communicate better; for large projects a list of active participants is not needed).
* [[User:JWSchmidt]] - also interested in a version for [[Podcasting|podcasting]] ([http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/User_talk:JWSchmidt#Wikinews_podcasts info about Wikinews podcasts])
* [[User:Cormaggio|Cormaggio]] - this is a fantastic idea - there's so much potential..
* [[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] - yes!!
* [[User:Guillom|guillom]] - I have (co-)written several theatre plays (some of which I have also directed and/or played in), so I'd be glad to take part in this project.
* [[User:jlguinn|jlguinn]]
* '''[[user:Mr Music|Mr Music]]''' <small>''[[user talk:Mr Music|play a note]]''</small> I can help with the soundtrack.
*[[user:personaljesus|personaljesus]] - Can help with writing, maybe some editing somehow.
*[[User:CQ|CQ]] Enrolled in [[School:Media Studies|this]], [[School:Music|this]], [[Topic:Internet Audio and Video|this]], [[Topic:Audio Engineering|this]], and [[Topic:Introduction to Project Management|this]].. started [[Topic:Basic Blues & Rock|this]], starting [[Topic:Internet Audio|this]]... ''proposing [[Wiki Campus Radio|this]]''.
*[[User:Alex43223|Alex43223]] Just getting started.
*[[User:Mac_Davis|Mac_Davis]]. Sweet, Wikiversity looks awesome. I've got the skills and software for the soundtrack for sure, and know people that could help me. I'm quite proficient in [[w:Garageband]], have worked with [[w:ProTools]], and am getting into [[w:Logic Pro]]. I am a frequent video and text blogger as well, so I might be able to help where video or video software is needed. I've got iMovie HD and Final Cut. Glad to help anywhere were needed!
*[[User:Symod0e9|Symode09]]. I've won various media awards and am a media student at school. I use sony vegas, sometime iMivie HD and, know all the major Adobe pachages (ie. photoshop, fireworks, flash, dreamweaver) I'm really good at image manipulation, writing script and editing

*[[MusicWeaver]]. I may be available to help with the soundtrack and sound effects. I am a pianist/composer with a bachelor's in music and have produced several CD's of original music. I have all the resources to produce music and sound effects in common audio formats (MP3, .wav, etc.) synchronized with the video. I have a small recording studio at home, plus programs like Finale, MusicTime, Reason, Studio 8, and CoolEdit Pro. I have some experience with video editing, but audio is my area of expertise.

[[Category:Media]]
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}| ]]
[[Category:Learning projects]]
[[Category:Internet Moving Images]]
[[Category:Media Projects]]
[[Category:Webcasting]]

==External links==
*[http://www.digitaltippingpoint.com/ Digital Tipping Point]- open source movie project

Wikademia the Movie

2007-05-06T04:17:49Z

70.251.45.186: /* Active participants */

This is a community-wide project to produce a promotional DVD that illustrates and describes Wikiversity.

==Project description==
Time frame: down-loadable video ([[w:QuickTime|.mov]] and [[w:Wikipedia:Media help (Ogg)|.ogg]] formats) ready by 30 June, 2007.

Content:
#The history of Wikiversity
#illustration of how the Wikiversity community functions to produce learning resources: content creation projects ("school:" and "Topic:" namespace pages).
#Feature examples of original Wikiversity content in advance of the end of the first year of Wikiversity.

==Project news==
* '''23 August, 2006''' - Project founded!
* '''3 January, 2007''' - proposed name for the video: "Wikiversity: Education in the new millennium"

==[[Portal:Learning Materials|Learning materials]] and [[Portal:Learning Projects|learning projects]]==
Wikiversity has adopted the "learning by doing" model for education. Lessons should center on learning activities for Wikiversity participants. Learning materials and learning projects can be used by multiple departments. Cooperate with other departments that use the same learning resource.

*[[Wikiversity the Movie/Script]] - participants create the [[w:Screenplay|script]] for the movie
*[[Wikiversity the Movie / Interviews]] - participants film interviews with students at real universities after telling them about Wikiversity (giving a handout perhaps) and inform them it is free. Shock, disbelief, scepticism will ensue, but the reactions ought to be interesting. These could be made over time until the interviewees are all from Wikipedia and/or a mix or "bricks (and mortar)" students (we could just call them "bricks" for short).
*[[Machinima movies]] - tutorial - participants make a movie using [[w:Machinima|Machinima]]
*[[Wikiversity shorts]] - participants create short (15 to 60 seconds) promotional videos for Wikiversity
*[[Wikiversity the Movie/music]] - participants help make the sound track, including original music
*[[Wikiversity the Movie/multi-lingual]] - participants make the voice track and any text elements for all the [http://beta.wikiversity.org Wikiversity project languages].
* ..

Learning materials and [[Portal:Learning Projects|learning projects]] are located in the main Wikiversity namespace. Simply make a [[link]] to the name of the lesson (lessons are independent pages in the [[Wikiversity:Namespaces|main namespace]]) and start writing!

===Collaborations===
These divisions and departments have project interests and labs involving ''Wikiversity the Movie'':
*[[Topic:Media Project Management]]
*[[Topic:Internet Audio and Video]]
*[[Topic:Multilingual Studies]]
*...

==References==
===See also===
*[[Topic:Film production|Film production]]

===Wikipedia===
*[[w:Machinima|Machinima]] - A method for making the movie
*[[w: __Article Name__ ]]

===Wikibooks===
* [[b:Movie Making Manual|Movie Making Manual]]

==Active participants==
The histories of Wikiversity pages indicate who the active participants are. If you are an active participant in this project, you can list your name here (this can help small projects grow and the participants communicate better; for large projects a list of active participants is not needed).
* [[User:JWSchmidt]] - also interested in a version for [[Podcasting|podcasting]] ([http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/User_talk:JWSchmidt#Wikinews_podcasts info about Wikinews podcasts])
* [[User:Cormaggio|Cormaggio]] - this is a fantastic idea - there's so much potential..
* [[User:HappyCamper|HappyCamper]] - yes!!
* [[User:Guillom|guillom]] - I have (co-)written several theatre plays (some of which I have also directed and/or played in), so I'd be glad to take part in this project.
* [[User:jlguinn|jlguinn]]
* '''[[user:Mr Music|Mr Music]]''' <small>''[[user talk:Mr Music|play a note]]''</small> I can help with the soundtrack.
*[[user:personaljesus|personaljesus]] - Can help with writing, maybe some editing somehow.
*[[User:CQ|CQ]] Enrolled in [[School:Media Studies|this]], [[School:Music|this]], [[Topic:Internet Audio and Video|this]], [[Topic:Audio Engineering|this]], and [[Topic:Introduction to Project Management|this]].. started [[Topic:Basic Blues & Rock|this]], starting [[Topic:Internet Audio|this]]... ''proposing [[Wiki Campus Radio|this]]''.
*[[User:Alex43223|Alex43223]] Just getting started.
*[[User:Mac_Davis|Mac_Davis]]. Sweet, Wikiversity looks awesome. I've got the skills and software for the soundtrack for sure, and know people that could help me. I'm quite proficient in [[w:Garageband]], have worked with [[w:ProTools]], and am getting into [[w:Logic Pro]]. I am a frequent video and text blogger as well, so I might be able to help where video or video software is needed. I've got iMovie HD and Final Cut. Glad to help anywhere were needed!
*[[User:Symod0e9|Symode09]]. I've won various media awards and am a media student at school. I use sony vegas, sometime iMivie HD and, know all the major Adobe pachages (ie. photoshop, fireworks, flash, dreamweaver) I'm really good at image manipulation, writing script and editing

*[[MusicWeaver]]. I may be available to help with the soundtrack and sound effects. I am a pianist/composer with a bachelor's in music and have produced several CD's of original music. I have all the resources to produce music and sound effects in common audio formats (MP3, .wav, etc.) synchronized with the video. I have a small recording studio at home, plus programs like Finale, MusicTime, Reason, and Studio 8. I have some experience with video editing, but audio is my area of expertise.

[[Category:Media]]
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}| ]]
[[Category:Learning projects]]
[[Category:Internet Moving Images]]
[[Category:Media Projects]]
[[Category:Webcasting]]

==External links==
*[http://www.digitaltippingpoint.com/ Digital Tipping Point]- open source movie project