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The ROFLcon videos cites no longer exist.

The ROFLcon videos cited in citation #55, #56, and #57 no longer exist. They should either be replaced by different videos with the same content, or see if the videos have been copied anywhere else. 104.193.236.43 (talk) 18:25, 18 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for pointing this out. These videos were on YouTube but are now producing "This video is unavailable. Sorry about that." It is unclear why this has happened; it isn't the message given when a video has been removed for a TOS violation, so maybe they were deleted by the uploader. I've watched these videos in the past and they consist of Sherrod DeGrippo speaking in a hall with an audience. There are some ROFLcon videos on Vimeo [1] but not the DeGrippo ones. So we have a problem, Houston. Can anyone find the videos mentioned elsewhere on the web?--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 19:55, 18 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sherrod appears in this final panel of the ROFLCon Summit, entitled "Internet Underground" [2]DeXXus (talk)

OK thanks, I haven't had time to look through these videos, I just found the links on Vimeo. This one is 54 minutes long so the citation would need to give the timing of what she says in the article.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 05:40, 19 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Joseph Evers who is he in relation to Encyclopedia Dramatica?

"Joseph Evers" redirects here but there is no mention of his name anywhere in the Wiki article. Who is he and shouldn't there be at least a mention of who he is if his name redirects here? 208.44.84.138 (talk) 10:11, 22 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There are numerous discussions of Joseph Evers in the talk page archive. He is a man of mystery, so mysterious that he probably never existed other than as a trolling prank by the folks at ED. At one stage, this image of Theo de Raadt was said to be Mr Evers.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 10:44, 22 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for responding. 208.44.84.138 (talk) 11:28, 25 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Satire clarification

According to public belief, ED is supposed to be a satire of "how people on the Internet exaggerate everything when they write about certain things" and whatnot, but I'm pretty sure that to anyone who takes a look on their website is more than likely to not find what they thought they would find. Which leads to the question: how can people know what ED allegedly satirizes? Because more than many people like me can't think of it as satire when it sounds serious in what it does. Satire is supposed to point out someone's stupidity, not copy their stupidity. Otherwise people will think you're the one who's being stupid. Tjdrum2000 (talk) 00:58, 31 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to me you don't fully understand whom ED's satire targets. 217.91.160.59 (talk) 13:21, 8 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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