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Fan Art

Fan Art is art (usually in digital form but in the traditional forms of art as well) dealing with characters of motif from a fandom.This can include (but is not limited to) cosplay, drawings, paintings, collages, edited music videos, songs, self-made films and so on.

Fandom

A fandom describes a group of people who share a common interest in something, like in "The X-Files". Another term used by the marketing industry is fan-base.

FAQ

FAQ or F.A.Q. is an abbreveation for "Frequently Asked Questions" and a collection of those questions and their answers. Our English FAQ can be found here.

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Language

The website is offering German and English language. A translation is desired but may not be available at everytime.

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RSS

(Really Simple Syndication). Some kind of news ticker that can be subscribed to via carious browsers and special programs.

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X-Phile

X-Phile is the correct term for a fan of "The X-Files".

It's actually a 3 threefold wordplay:

• it sound phonetically like the show's title
• it's based on the Greek word philos which means "love of"
• the ph is a reference to Internet origin of the fan groups

XF3

Acronym for X-Files 3, a possible third movie in the X-Files movie franchise.

XFM

Acronym for xfiles-mania.de, largest German X-Files fansite.

XFN

Acronym for X-Files News - english news portal.

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