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Type of site | Satirical wiki |
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| Available in | English |
| Revenue | Ad driven |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional (required to edit pages) |
Encyclopedia Dramatica is a parody of internet encylopedias such as Wikipedia, written on a wiki[1][2], using apparently comprehensive referencing and linking, but in a satirical and often abusive style. Many of the articles are written in an ironic manner with the express purpose of upsetting those who take it seriously (an activity known on the Internet as trolling). The content is wide-ranging, covering drama and gossip on other internet forums, Internet subculture, users of web services[3] and online catchphrases in a coarse, offensive and frequently obscene manner.[4][5][6][7]
Wiki articles at Encyclopedia Dramatica criticize MySpace[7] as well as Wikipedia and its administrators.[3] It has been cited as a reference for Internet culture by The Observer,[8] and major blogs such as AlterNet[9] and the Gothamist network.[10] It received more prominent media attention[11] when Jason Fortuny used it to post photographs, e-mails, and phone numbers from several dozen men who responded to a Craigslist advertisement he posted in 2006.[1][2]
Encyclopedia Dramatica is cited as an authority on Imageboard slang and culture by Wired.[12] This popularity among the users of imageboard communities like 4chan led NBC to display screenshots of Encyclopedia Dramatica and state its use as a planning hub in a televised report on Project Chanology. Anonymous had been shown in other broadcasts to use ED as a planning hub in other operations including one that led to the arrest of Canadian pedophile Chris Forcand.[13]
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References
- ^ a b Neva, Chonin (2006-09-17). "Sex and the City". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications. pp. p.20.
{{cite news}}:|pages=has extra text (help); Text "accessdate-2008-05-14" ignored (help) - ^ a b "Privacy". Warren's Washington Internet Daily. 2006-09-12.
- ^ a b Dee, Jonathan (2007-07-01). "All the News That's Fit to Print Out". Magazine. The New York Times. pp. p. 5, 34.
{{cite web}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ Davies, Shaun (2008-05-08). "Critics point finger at satirical website". National Nine News.
- ^ Douglas, Nick (2008-01-18). "What The Hell Are 4chan, ED, Something Awful, And 'b'?". Gawker.com.
- ^ "2 Do: Monday, December 26". RedEye Edition. Chicago Tribune. 2005-12-16. pp. p. 2.
{{cite news}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ a b Mitchell, John (2006-05-20). "Megabits and Pieces: The latest teen hangout". North Adams Transcript.
- ^ Hind, John. (2005-06-05). "What's the word?". The Observer.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Cassel, David (2007-03-08). "John Edwards' Virtual Attackers Unmasked". AlterNet.
- ^ "Anonymous Protests Outside Scientology Sites". Londonist. 2009-02-11.
- ^ "Man Posed As a Woman to Elicit Personal Ad Responses". 2006-09-12. MSNBC.
{{cite episode}}: Missing or empty|series=(help) - ^ Dibbel, Julian (2008-01-18). "Mutilated Furries, Flying Phalluses: Put the Blame on Griefers, the Sociopaths of the Virtual World". Wired.
- ^ "Anonymous operation leads to pedophile conviction". 2006. Global Television Network.
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