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The community of ''Encyclopædia Dramatica'' will not accept wiki pages that are "unfunny", a term for which the encyclopedia has its own definition. The administrators may even ban users who create numerous "unfunny" articles. Because the MediaWiki software blocks ]es rather than user accounts, those who share an ] with a banned user will also be blocked. The site's ] does not protect users from being banned by the administrators. The community of ''Encyclopædia Dramatica'' will not accept wiki pages that are "unfunny", a term for which the encyclopedia has its own definition. The administrators may even ban users who create numerous "unfunny" articles. Because the MediaWiki software blocks ]es rather than user accounts, those who share an ] with a banned user will also be blocked. The site's ] does not protect users from being banned by the administrators.


Encyclopædia Dramatica was launched on ], ], by ] user Sherrod DeGrippo {{ref|Sherrod}} from ], nicknamed ''Girlvinyl'', as a reaction to ]s and web phenomena being excluded from Misplaced Pages. In Girlvinyl's own words, " vanity pages and personal ]s on wikipedia is the reason Encyclopedia Dramatica exists"{{ref|GV_quo}}. By ] of ], Encyclopædia Dramatica had surpassed a million page views. Encyclopædia Dramatica was launched on ], ], by a ] user from ], nicknamed ''Girlvinyl'', as a reaction to ]s and web phenomena being excluded from Misplaced Pages. In Girlvinyl's own words, " vanity pages and personal ]s on wikipedia is the reason Encyclopedia Dramatica exists"{{ref|GV_quo}}. By ] of ], Encyclopædia Dramatica had surpassed a million page views.


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The Encyclopædia Dramatica is a MediaWiki-based website about memes, hyperboles of small conflicts (refered to as "drama") and other happenings on the Internet. Originally, most of the articles were parodies of netspeak and aspects of the LiveJournal community.

The website has since grown to over 1.5 thousand articles of satire and humor on a range of topics, most tangentially related to the internet. Many ED articles have ironic, sarcastic, profane and black-humor tendencies.

For example, the article on woman uses a satirical etymology to parody online encyclopedia efforts at having a neutral point of view. The Terri Schiavo entry from Encyclopædia Dramatica states that she died as a result of dehydration because Jesse Jackson preferred to take advantage of the media attention rather than providing a Slurpee from his limousine.

Other common themes include:

  • "Internet Law", with a crash course on libel, slander and copyright as applied to web forums;
  • Articles about the world's countries that identify the number of 7-11 stores (and thus, Slurpee availability) as an important marker of world status;
  • Mocking the self-important;
  • Presenting an article as encyclopedic, yet breaking its established tone by reverting to a satirical commentary or criticism.

The community of Encyclopædia Dramatica will not accept wiki pages that are "unfunny", a term for which the encyclopedia has its own definition. The administrators may even ban users who create numerous "unfunny" articles. Because the MediaWiki software blocks IP addresses rather than user accounts, those who share an IP address with a banned user will also be blocked. The site's policy does not protect users from being banned by the administrators.

Encyclopædia Dramatica was launched on December 9, 2004, by a Misplaced Pages user from Las Vegas, nicknamed Girlvinyl, as a reaction to Internet memes and web phenomena being excluded from Misplaced Pages. In Girlvinyl's own words, " vanity pages and personal flame wars on wikipedia is the reason Encyclopedia Dramatica exists". By May of 2005, Encyclopædia Dramatica had surpassed a million page views.

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