You wrote: 

Out of curiousity, have there been any cooperatively-written fanfics 
through this ml?  (I mean with more than two people involved), if not,
what do you guys think of the idea? 

(Thought I'd gone, huh?  Nope, just busy... :-) )

I haven't seen any on this mailing list.  I have seen some out in the 
fanfic universe.

There's more than one kind of co-op fanfic.  One is the "cooperative 
universe", where several people write stories that fit into the same 
continuity.  Probably the most involved of these would have to be 
UNDOCUMENTED FEATURES.  These types of fictions can have problems if 
they're not handled right.  First, keeping continuity straight can be a 
horrendous burden, especially with ten or more people working on 
stories.  Luckily, UF has an individual who doesn't mind spending a 
great deal of time tending the continuity.  Second, as the contiunity 
gets deeper, more detailed, and more complex, it's very likely that new 
readers will be turned off.  Third, when large groups of people get 
involved in a common project, egos can come into play, which is why you 
need a strong individual like UF's "continuity god" to keep things 
under control.

Another kind are "jam sessions" such as the Shampoo story someone else 
posted.  There are newsgroups devoted to threads like that.  However, 
writing these things on-line can cause problems.  Without control, 
multiple writers can continue from the same point, leading to an 
unnavigable mess only the writers are interested in.  Again, egos can 
come into play if, say, a writer quickly kills off a character another 
writer spent a long time developing.

I'd like to try a jam session once.  This is how I'd like to do it:

1. See who's interested.
2. Decide on a subject.  Decide on a writing style.  (i.e. Third-person 
past-tense)
3. Decide on a writing order.
4. The first writer writes his chapter and emails it to the next, who 
adds his bit and emails it to the next and so on.  For an added 
challenge, the last writer should be the same as the first, since he 
didn't have to deal with anything anyone else had written.
5. When it's all done, post it for all to see!

Let me know if you're interested.  I have a Ranma 1/2 idea I'd love to 
throw out as the first chapter.  Of course, that would mean I'd have to 
finish it, but I'm game.  :-)

------RM