| | | | | In lugnet.general, Christian Treczoks wrote:
> In lugnet.general, David Eaton wrote:
> > Adrian got it right-- Jeff Thompson appears to be the first one who used the
> > term "Adult Fan Of Lego" on RTL (June 13, 1995), and Matthew Verdier first
> > brought light to the acronym in reference to Jeff's post (June 14, 1995),
> > which quickly caught on.
>
> May I blatantly copy your words to create a Wikipedia article for the term
> "AFOL"?
Go right ahead!
I tried checking briefly to see instances of how often 'AFOL' was used to mean
'Adult Friend Of Lego' (because I've seen it said that it can mean either),
however I could only find about 5 occurances of it being used that way on RTL or
Lugnet. Looks like the misconception of it meaning "Friend" probably comes from
the now-less-often-used "LF" or "NLF" ("Lego Friend" or "Non-Lego Friend").
DaveE
| | | | | | | | | | | | | David Eaton wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Christian Treczoks wrote:
> > May I blatantly copy your words to create a Wikipedia article for the term
> > "AFOL"?
> Go right ahead!
OK, I went. And this is the result: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFOL
As with any Wikipedia article, everyone is free to correct or improve
the entry.
Yours, Christan Trezoks
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In lugnet.general, Christian Treczoks wrote:
> David Eaton wrote:
> > In lugnet.general, Christian Treczoks wrote:
> > > May I blatantly copy your words to create a Wikipedia article for the term
> > > "AFOL"?
> > Go right ahead!
>
> OK, I went. And this is the result: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFOL
>
> As with any Wikipedia article, everyone is free to correct or improve
> the entry.
Updated a bit, under the 'community' bit, since RTL was really the second online
community, being preceeded by ATL. There was mention recently about the Lego
community in 1991 (in reference to the switch to 9V tracks), but I don't know if
that means ATL was around pre-1993, or whether there was some other venue where
Lego enthusiasts had discussion. Or if people were just mis-remembering. Anyone?
Hmm... Wonder if the wikipedia has entries for RTL/ATL...
DaveE
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | David Eaton wrote:
> Updated a bit, under the 'community' bit, since RTL was really the second online
> community, being preceeded by ATL. There was mention recently about the Lego
> community in 1991 (in reference to the switch to 9V tracks), but I don't know if
> that means ATL was around pre-1993, or whether there was some other venue where
> Lego enthusiasts had discussion. Or if people were just mis-remembering. Anyone?
Thank you for the correction. I joined the community back in about 1994
on RTL, and now that you mention it, I remember to have heard of an
alt.toys.lego, although not more than hearsay.
> Hmm... Wonder if the wikipedia has entries for RTL/ATL...
Well, just do it. Wikipedia is a new encyclopedia every day ;-)
BTW, if you would create an account there, you're no longer a simple IP
address in the articles history ;-)
Yours, Christian Treczoks
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