2010, Karen Hellekson, "History, the Trace, and Fandom Wank", in Writing and the Digital Generation: Essays on New Media Rhetoric (ed. Heather Urbanski), page 64:
Sometimes those involved in the wank will attempt to steer discussion by disguising themselves with a different user name and posting their own support.
2011, Katherine Larsen & Lynn Zubernis, Fandom at the Crossroads: Celebration, Shame and Fan/producer Relationships, page 156:
As we've seen, the wank that broke out at the very first Supernatural fan convention (Asylum) in Coventry, UK in 2007 was partly inspired by Jensen Ackles' joke about Wincest.
2013, "AngstGoddess", quoted in Anne Jamison, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, unknown page:
The general mission of Twankhard was to highlight various wanks in the fandom and cultivate anon-based discussion of them.
2016, Abigail De Kosnik, Rogue Archives: Digital Cultural Memory and Media Fandom, page 257:
Jacqueline went on to name some tropes in the Stargate: Atlantis (SGA) fandom about which she wrote fanfic, tropes that were the subjects of "wank" (heated debates, or "flame wars") in the SGA fan communities, which would not be decipherable to people who did not participate in, or later learned about, these intense discussions.
