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Encyclopedia Dramatica

Encyclopædia Dramatica is a website that stored mostly articles that make fun of people or things. The pages satirize current events, and many events on the internet. Encyclopædia Dramatica has been described as a "snarky (sarcastic and nasty) Wikipedia anti-fansite".[4]

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Encyclopædia Dramatica's front page on April 10, 2011.
Available inEnglish
Created bySherrod DeGrippo[1]
RevenueAdvertising and donations
Websiteencyclopediadramatica.rs
Alexa rankDecrease 22,982 (As of 28 April  2019 (2019 -04-28))[2]
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional (required to edit pages)
LaunchedDecember 10, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-12-10)[1][3]

The site is a wiki that runs on MediaWiki software.[5] The site often shows its content in a disrespectful way[6] and often abusive style.[7] Many articles are written in a satirical way to upset those who take the content seriously.

Content

This wiki has been described as "an online compendium of troll humor and lore".[8] Its articles relate to news, current events, gossip and other "drama" topics from across the Internet, controversial article content, forums, fansites, Internet subculture, users of web services,[4] and online catchphrases are satirized in a manner described variously as coarse, offensive and frequently obscene.[6][9][10][11] Articles at Encyclopædia Dramatica are notably critical of MySpace[11] and administrators of Wikipedia.[4]

Closed

It was closed on April 16, 2011, and relaunched as Oh Internet. Not all of the users of Encyclopedia Dramatica liked the decision. Many non-users didn't like the decision either, and hacked and attacked the Facebook fan page with "hate messages".[12] But now, ED is back open.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "About Encyclopedia Dramatica". Encyclopedia Dramatica. Archived from the original on January 6, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Encyclopediadramatica.rs Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
  3. ↑ "EncyclopediaDramatica.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info – DomainTools". WHOIS. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Dee, Jonathan (2007-07-01). "All the News That’s Fit to Print Out". The New York Times Magazine. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/01/magazine/01WIKIPEDIA-t.html?pagewanted=5&fta=y. Retrieved 2008-05-17. 
  5. ↑ "Privacy". Warren's Washington Internet Daily. 2006-09-12. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Davies, Shaun (2008-05-08). "Critics point finger at satirical website". ninemsn. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
  7. ↑ Peckham, Charles (2008-02-01). "Encyclopedia Dramatica". Chico News & Review. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
  8. ↑ Schwartz, Mattathias (August 3, 2008). "Malwebolence". The New York Times Magazine. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/magazine/03trolls-t.html?pagewanted=all. Retrieved August 1, 2008. 
  9. ↑ Douglas, Nick (2008-01-18). "What The Hell Are 4chan, ED, Something Awful, And 'b'?". Gawker.com. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
  10. ↑ "2 Do: Monday, December 26". RedEye Edition (Chicago Tribune): 2. 2005-12-16. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Mitchell, John (2006-05-20). "Megabits and Pieces: The latest teen hangout". North Adams Transcript. 
  12. ↑ Robert Quigley (2011-04-15). "Encyclopedia Dramatica Becomes OhInternet". Geekosystem. Retrieved 2011-04-15.
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