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see my comment on Talk:Encyclopedia_Dramatica#Neutral_Point_of_View, the intent of ED is not being a repository of porn, at most shocking porn like Pain Olympiades
pornographic{{fact|December 2008}} REALLY? I dare you to find more than ten pages on that wikia that have pictures, that also don't have pornographic pictures.
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'''Encyclopædia Dramatica''' is a website that catalogs and/or satirizes current events and themes, especially Internet-related ones.<!-- optional: <ref name="ED:About" />--> It has been described as a "[[wikt:snarky|snarky]] Wikipedia anti-fansite".<ref name="Dee">{{cite news | last = Dee | first = Jonathan | coauthors = | title = All the News That’s Fit to Print Out | pages = | work = [[The New York Times Magazine]] | date = [[2007-07-01]] | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/01/magazine/01WIKIPEDIA-t.html?pagewanted=5&fta=y | accessdate = 2008-05-17}}</ref>
'''Encyclopædia Dramatica''' is a website that catalogs and/or satirizes current events and themes, especially Internet-related ones.<!-- optional: <ref name="ED:About" />--> It has been described as a "[[wikt:snarky|snarky]] Wikipedia anti-fansite".<ref name="Dee">{{cite news | last = Dee | first = Jonathan | coauthors = | title = All the News That’s Fit to Print Out | pages = | work = [[The New York Times Magazine]] | date = [[2007-07-01]] | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/01/magazine/01WIKIPEDIA-t.html?pagewanted=5&fta=y | accessdate = 2008-05-17}}</ref>


The site is a [[wiki]], running [[MediaWiki]] software,<ref name="neva">{{cite news | url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/09/17/PKG6BKQQA41.DTL&type=printable | title = Sex and the City | work = [[San Francisco Chronicle]] |publisher = [[Hearst Communications]] | date = [[2006-09-17]] | accessdate = 2008-05-14 | last = Chonin | first = Neva | pages = 20 }}</ref><ref name="warrens">{{cite news |title = Privacy |work = Warren's Washington Internet Daily | date = [[2006-09-12]] }}</ref> that primarily presents its subject matter in an irreverent, obtuse, [[political correctness|politically incorrect]]<ref name="ninemsn"/> and often abusive style,<ref name="newsreview">{{cite web | url = http://www.newsreview.com/chico/Content?oid=620760 | last = Peckham | first = Charles | title = Encyclopedia Dramatica | work = Chico [[News & Review]] | date = [[2008-02-01]] |accessdate=2008-08-25}}</ref> using links and cross references intentionally made to appear comprehensive, with copious use of [[pornography|pornographic]]{{fact|December 2008}} and shocking images. Many articles are written in a [[Satire|satirical]] manner to upset those who take the content seriously; this practice of provoking people into an emotional response is known on the Internet as [[Troll (Internet)|trolling]].<ref name="schwartz"/><ref name="ninemsn"/><ref name="dibbell">{{cite journal | last = Dibbell | first = Julian | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Mutilated Furries, Flying Phalluses: Put the Blame on Griefers, the Sociopaths of the Virtual World | journal = [[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] | volume = | issue = 16.02 | pages = | publisher = Condé Nast Publications | location = San Francisco | date = [[2008-01-18]] | url = http://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/magazine/16-02/mf_goons?currentPage=all | doi = | id = | accessdate = 2008-05-17}}</ref> The emotional responses are then added to the articles, often in a derogatory or inflammatory manner, with the purpose of provoking further emotional response. The site claims that it is "[d]one<!--the D is supposed to be in brackets; it shows in caps in the source but is lowercased here as it's a partial quote--> in the spirit of [[Ambrose Bierce]]'s ''[[The Devil's Dictionary]]''".<ref name="ED:About" />
The site is a [[wiki]], running [[MediaWiki]] software,<ref name="neva">{{cite news | url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/09/17/PKG6BKQQA41.DTL&type=printable | title = Sex and the City | work = [[San Francisco Chronicle]] |publisher = [[Hearst Communications]] | date = [[2006-09-17]] | accessdate = 2008-05-14 | last = Chonin | first = Neva | pages = 20 }}</ref><ref name="warrens">{{cite news |title = Privacy |work = Warren's Washington Internet Daily | date = [[2006-09-12]] }}</ref> that primarily presents its subject matter in an irreverent, obtuse, [[political correctness|politically incorrect]]<ref name="ninemsn"/> and often abusive style,<ref name="newsreview">{{cite web | url = http://www.newsreview.com/chico/Content?oid=620760 | last = Peckham | first = Charles | title = Encyclopedia Dramatica | work = Chico [[News & Review]] | date = [[2008-02-01]] |accessdate=2008-08-25}}</ref> using links and cross references intentionally made to appear comprehensive, with copious use of [[pornography|pornographic]] and shocking images. Many articles are written in a [[Satire|satirical]] manner to upset those who take the content seriously; this practice of provoking people into an emotional response is known on the Internet as [[Troll (Internet)|trolling]].<ref name="schwartz"/><ref name="ninemsn"/><ref name="dibbell">{{cite journal | last = Dibbell | first = Julian | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Mutilated Furries, Flying Phalluses: Put the Blame on Griefers, the Sociopaths of the Virtual World | journal = [[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] | volume = | issue = 16.02 | pages = | publisher = Condé Nast Publications | location = San Francisco | date = [[2008-01-18]] | url = http://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/magazine/16-02/mf_goons?currentPage=all | doi = | id = | accessdate = 2008-05-17}}</ref> The emotional responses are then added to the articles, often in a derogatory or inflammatory manner, with the purpose of provoking further emotional response. The site claims that it is "[d]one<!--the D is supposed to be in brackets; it shows in caps in the source but is lowercased here as it's a partial quote--> in the spirit of [[Ambrose Bierce]]'s ''[[The Devil's Dictionary]]''".<ref name="ED:About" />


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Revision as of 23:14, 30 December 2008

Encyclopædia Dramatica
Official site logo
A screenshot of Encyclopædia Dramatica
Type of site
Satirical wiki
Available inEnglish
OwnerSherrod DeGrippo[1]("Girlvinyl")
RevenueAdvertising and donations
URLencyclopediadramatica.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional (required to edit pages)

Encyclopædia Dramatica is a website that catalogs and/or satirizes current events and themes, especially Internet-related ones. It has been described as a "snarky Wikipedia anti-fansite".[3]

The site is a wiki, running MediaWiki software,[4][5] that primarily presents its subject matter in an irreverent, obtuse, politically incorrect[6] and often abusive style,[7] using links and cross references intentionally made to appear comprehensive, with copious use of pornographic and shocking images. Many articles are written in a satirical manner to upset those who take the content seriously; this practice of provoking people into an emotional response is known on the Internet as trolling.[1][6][8] The emotional responses are then added to the articles, often in a derogatory or inflammatory manner, with the purpose of provoking further emotional response. The site claims that it is "[d]one in the spirit of Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary".[2]

Content

This wiki has been characterized as "an online compendium of troll humor and lore".[1] Its articles relate to news, current events, gossip and other "drama" topics from across the web, utilize controversial article content, placement and correlation to portray the issues and reflect the variety of perspectives held by its editors regarding the subject matter covered.

Forums, fansites, Internet subculture, users of web services,[3] 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.[3]

Media attention

The website received mainstream media attention after Jason Fortuny used Encyclopædia Dramatica to post photographs, e-mails and phone numbers from one hundred and seventy-six responses to a Craigslist advertisement he posted in 2006, in which he posed as a woman seeking sexual encounters with dominant men.[1][4][5]

Encyclopædia Dramatica has been cited as a reference on Internet culture by the print media publication the New Statesman,[12] as well as the AlterNet,[13] Language Log[14] and Londonist weblogs.[15] It has recently gained recognition as an authority on imageboard (especially 4chan) slang, culture and Internet memes by on-line magazines such as Wired.[8][7][16]

The convergence of Project Chanology, specifically the anti-Scientology campaign, with Encyclopædia Dramatica was noted by technology journalist Julian Dibbell.[17] Because the wiki is a central catalog for parody and satire of interesting things happening on the Internet,[6] it has served as a place for members of Anonymous to mingle,[6][18][19] for purposes of keeping up with ever-changing lingo, understanding new memes and following the campaigns of others.[18] In one such instance this awareness resulted in a cooperative effort to indict a man who may have solicited sex from minors,[20] but journalist Ryan Singel has referred to the website as "the world's stupidest wiki",[19] for reasons that include documented inside jokes by members of Anonymous about their harassment tactics and bravado.[19]

Awards

On December 16, 2008, Encyclopedia Dramatica beat out WikiHow and Wikipedia in the People's Choice Winners category for favourite wiki in Mashable's 2nd Annual Open Web Awards.[21]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Schwartz, Mattathias (3 August 2008). "Malwebolence". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 2008-08-01. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ a b http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Encyclopedia_Dramatica:About Retrieved on 25 May 2008.
  3. ^ a b c Dee, Jonathan (2007-07-01). "All the News That's Fit to Print Out". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 2008-05-17. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  4. ^ a b Chonin, Neva (2006-09-17). "Sex and the City". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications. p. 20. Retrieved 2008-05-14. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ a b "Privacy". Warren's Washington Internet Daily. 2006-09-12. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ a b c d e Davies, Shaun (2008-05-08). "Critics point finger at satirical website". ninemsn. Retrieved 2008-08-25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ a b Peckham, Charles (2008-02-01). "Encyclopedia Dramatica". Chico News & Review. Retrieved 2008-08-25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ a b Dibbell, Julian (2008-01-18). "Mutilated Furries, Flying Phalluses: Put the Blame on Griefers, the Sociopaths of the Virtual World". Wired (16.02). San Francisco: Condé Nast Publications. Retrieved 2008-05-17. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  9. ^ Douglas, Nick (2008-01-18). "What The Hell Are 4chan, ED, Something Awful, And 'b'?". Gawker.com. Retrieved 2008-08-25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ "2 Do: Monday, December 26". RedEye Edition. Chicago Tribune. 2005-12-16. pp. p. 2. {{cite news}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ a b Mitchell, John (2006-05-20). "Megabits and Pieces: The latest teen hangout". North Adams Transcript. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ Hogge, Betty (2008-06-05). "A lesson in hai culture". The New Statesman. Retrieved 2008-08-25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ Cassel, David (2007-03-08). "John Edwards' Virtual Attackers Unmasked". AlterNet. Retrieved 2008-08-25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ Zimmer, Benjamin (2007-05-18). "Lol-lexicography". Language Log. Retrieved 2008-08-25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ "Anonymous Protests Outside Scientology Sites". Londonist. 2008-02-11. Retrieved 2008-08-25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. ^ Himmelein, Gerald (2008-02-28). "Das Trollparadies". c't. Heise Zeitschriften Verlag. p. 100. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  17. ^ Dibbell, Julian (2008-07-11). Sympathy for the Griefer:MOOrape, Lulz cubes, and Other Lessons from the First 2 Decades of Online Sociopathy. Madison, Wisconsin: Games, Learning and Society 4.0. Retrieved 2008-07-11. {{cite conference}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); External link in |publisher= (help)
  18. ^ a b Whipple, Tom (2008-06-20). "Scientology: the Anonymous protestors". Times Online. Retrieved 2008-06-20. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  19. ^ a b c Singel, Ryan (2008-09-19). "Palin Hacker Group's All-Time Greatest Hits". Retrieved 2009-09-21.
  20. ^ "Anonymous operation leads to pedophile conviction". 2006. Global Television Network. {{cite episode}}: External link in |title= (help); Missing or empty |series= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  21. ^ Mashable Open Web Awards Winners, retrieved 2008-12-16
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