TrekNation

TrekNation is a reference and community website for the ''Star Trek'' franchise. It also serves as a hub for its network websites: TrekToday, a news site updated nearly daily; The Trek BBS, which describes itself as the largest ''Star Trek'' community on the Internet; and Jammer's Reviews, a ''Star Trek'' review site.

TrekNation

History

TrekNation was established on June 27, 1999 by Christian Höhne Sparborth as a network site for Sparborth's sites TrekToday and TrekBBS after he left another network, the TrekZone Network, over disagreements with TrekZone's founder. Other websites included in TrekNation were Jamahl Epsicokhan's review site Star Trek: Hypertext and the now defunct Warp Eleven.

In addition to serving as a network site, TrekNation conducted a number of interviews with past and present ''Star Trek'' cast, crew, and contributors; published articles and columns on the Trek franchise; and posted reviews of ''Deep Space Nine'', '' Voyager'' and ''Enterprise''. The site also maintained both an episode guide for the various ''Star Trek'' series and a now defunct section dedicated to the Wildstorm ''Star Trek'' comics.

After the cancellation of ''Enterprise'', the articles and interviews began to slow down. As of 2009, TrekNation's main updates are "Retro Reviews" of the original ''Star Trek'' and ''The Next Generation''.

TrekNation and its networked sites have been affiliated with the UGO Network since TrekNation's founding.

TrekNation Episode Guide

TrekNation still maintains an episode guide for all ''Trek'' series (including '' The Animated Series''). Although information on the episodes themselves are not as detailed as that at Memory Alpha, all episode pages for ''Deep Space Nine'', ''Voyager'', and ''Enterprise'' contain links to both TrekNation's review of the episode and reviews on other websites. Links are not provided to the Retro Reviews of ''Star Trek'' and ''The Next Generation''. Most episodes from all six series also include a parody written b
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Trek BBS

History

The Trek BBS, founded in early 1999, is the largest and most active section of TrekNation, with over 20,000 registered users. Sparborth, the site's founder, was the first head administrator. In June 1999, TrekBBS became part of TrekNation, and was updated with a new layout, known to many posters as "Big Blue". The site also became affiliated with UGO at this time.

In December 2002, Sparborth decided to step down as head administrator, and turned the job over to the administrator Lisa, who had been the ''de facto'' head for several months. In September 2004, Lisa resigned as well, and Bonnie Malmat, known on the BBS as T'Bonz, replaced her as head administrator, a position she still holds. In 2005, Malmat was interviewed by the ''Los Angeles Times'' on her views of fandom in light of and about TrekBBS's stand on the contentious issues surrounding TrekUnited's "Save Enterprise" campaign. In 2007, the ''Los Angeles Times'' again interviewed Malmat for her opinion of fan reaction toward plans for a new ''Star Trek'' film by J. J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof.

Forums

The board includes dedicated forums for all aspects of the ''Star Trek'' franchise, including each television series, the movies, novels, games, and fan creations such as fan fiction. Additionally, there are a number of forums for discussion of topics other than ''Star Trek''. These include forums for other science fiction shows such as ''Doctor Who'', as well as forums on less specific topics, including general media, politics, and miscellaneous discussion. The board also has an active social community, which has led to the creation of several spin-off boards.

Notable Members

Several ''Star Trek'' professionals frequent TrekBBS. They include actress Chase Masterson

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