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!  colspan="2" | <big>''policefans.org''</big>
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|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:policefansorg.gif|thumb|center|Screenshot of the front page of [[Policefans.org]]]]
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
| <b>Url:</b>
| http://www.policefans.org
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
| <b>Maintainer(s):</b>
| [[User:sockii|sockii]]
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
| <b>Country:</b>
| United States
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
| <b>Fansite language:</b>
| English
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
| <b>Funding:</b>
| Private
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=Introduction=
'''policefans.org''' is a fansite for [[The Police (band)|The Police]] founded and run by [[User:sockii|sockii]]. The site currently features a message board for members, and is the home of [[PoliceWiki]]. The motto of the site is "by the fans, for the fans", as it is an unofficial site run without any commercial intent or purpose and provided as an alternative to the official site for the band. Future plans may include expanding by adding a blog and other functionality to the site, with the primary aim of encouraging communication among fans.

=Site history=
The project originally began out of member frustration at [[ThePolice.com]], where many members of the official site and fanclub were dissatisfied with what they had received for their $100 memberships in [[2007]] and were uncertain if they would renew their memberships, if an option was even offered to do so in [[2008]]. When no information was provided by administrators at [[ThePolice.com]] for several months as to what would happen with renewals, the new forum at [[Policefans.org]] was launched so that members would have a venue to stay in contact if they did not renew at the official site.

The domain "policefans.org" was registered by [[User:sockii|sockii]] on [[January 11]],[[2008]].

The messageboard forum was publicly launched on [[January 18]], [[2008]] after a week of beta-testing with several early invitees. By [[January 24]],[[2008]], the messageboard had 145 members.

In early February [[2008]], there was some controversy and discussion over the perceived biases of those running the site as well as the active members of the site, as well as how it compared to other Police-related fansites such as [[StingUS]].[http://www.policefans.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=329] This was just one of several kerfluffles between members of [[StingUS]], [[policefans.org]] and the [[Stewart Copeland Official Site]]. These kerfluffles have often come down to perceived biases among the fans frequenting each site respectively, and which fans feel best served by these sites, specifically [[Sting (person)|Sting]] vs. [[Stewart Copeland|Stewart]] fans.[http://www.stingus.net/forum/threads.php?id=5877_0_13_0_C],[http://www.policefans.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=329],[http://www.stewartcopeland.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6030],[http://www.stewartcopeland.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6483&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=120]

[[PoliceWiki]] was publicly launched on [[April 1]], [[2008]].

=See also=
* [[Fansites (The Police)]]

=External links=
* [http://www.policefans.org/ policefans.org]
* {{FanHistory name|Policefans.org|Policefans.org}}

=References=
* ''policefans.org.'' 15 Apr. 2008 <http://www.policefans.org>

[[Category:Active fansites (The Police)]]