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'''Encyclopedia Dramatica''' is a ]<ref name="neva">Neva, Chonin. '']''. 17 September 2006, p. 20.</ref><ref name="warrens">"Privacy." Warren's Washington Internet Daily. 13 September 2006.</ref> which covers "drama",<ref>. ''MyCrimeSpace''. 10 December 2007.</ref> subcultures,<ref>Gray, Brian. '']''. 7 September 2006.</ref><ref>Gray, Brian. . '']''. 3 September 2006</ref> users of web services<ref>Dee, Jonathan. . ''] magazine''. 1 July 2007</ref> and ]s in what critics characterise as a vulgar style.<ref>Davies, Shaun. . '']''. 8 May 2008</ref><ref>Douglas, Nick. '']''. 18 January 2008.</ref><ref>"2 Do: Monday, December 26." ''] RedEye Edition''. 26 December 2005, p. 2.</ref><ref name="northadams"/> '''Encyclopedia Dramatica''' is a ]<ref name="neva">Neva, Chonin. '']''. 17 September 2006, p. 20.</ref><ref name="warrens">"Privacy." Warren's Washington Internet Daily. 13 September 2006.</ref> which covers "drama", subcultures, users of web services<ref>Dee, Jonathan. . ''] magazine''. 1 July 2007</ref> and ]s in what critics characterize as a vulgar style.<ref>Davies, Shaun. . '']''. 8 May 2008</ref><ref>Douglas, Nick. '']''. 18 January 2008.</ref><ref>"2 Do: Monday, December 26." ''] RedEye Edition''. 26 December 2005, p. 2.</ref><ref name="northadams"/>


Wiki articles at Encyclopedia Dramatica criticize ]<ref name="northadams">Mitchell, John. "Megabits and Pieces: The latest teen hangout." '']''. 20 May 2006.</ref> as well as ] and its administrators.<ref>Jonathan, Dee. ''],'' 2007, p. 34.</ref> It has been cited as a reference for ] by ],<ref>Hind, John. '']''. 5 June 2005.</ref> and major blogs such as ]<ref>Cassel, David. '']''. 8 March 2007.</ref> and the ] network.<ref>Chen, Alleny. ''Austinist.'' 11 February 2008.</ref><ref> ''Londonist''. 11 February 2008.</ref> It received more prominent media attention<ref> . ]. 12 September 2006.</ref> when Jason Fortuny used it to post photographs, e-mails, and phone numbers from several dozen men who responded to a ] advertisement he posted in 2006.<ref name="neva"/><ref name="warrens"/><ref>Benschop, Lucas. ''Nu.nl'', 11 September 2006.</ref><ref>Bigge, Ryan. '']''. 27 September 2006</ref><ref>Corinth, Ernst. '']''. 13 September 2006</ref> Wiki articles at Encyclopedia Dramatica criticize ]<ref name="northadams">Mitchell, John. "Megabits and Pieces: The latest teen hangout." '']''. 20 May 2006.</ref> as well as ] and its administrators.<ref>Jonathan, Dee. ''],'' 2007, p. 34.</ref> It has been cited as a reference for ] by ],<ref>Hind, John. '']''. 5 June 2005.</ref> and major blogs such as ]<ref>Cassel, David. '']''. 8 March 2007.</ref> and the ] network.<ref> ''Londonist''. 11 February 2008.</ref> It received more prominent media attention<ref>"Man Posed As a Woman to Elicit Personal Ad Responses." . ]. 12 September 2006.</ref> when Jason Fortuny used it to post photographs, e-mails, and phone numbers from several dozen men who responded to a ] advertisement he posted in 2006.<ref name="neva"/><ref name="warrens"/>


A hacker group called Bantown used Encyclopedia Dramatica to take credit<ref>Krebs, Brian. Security Fix, '']'' Blogs. 20 Jan 2006</ref> for a series of cross-site scripting attacks upon blogging service ]. A hacker group called Bantown used Encyclopedia Dramatica to take credit for a series of cross-site scripting attacks upon blogging service ].{{fact|date=May 2008}}


Encyclopedia Dramatica is cited as an authority on ] slang and culture by '']''.<ref>Dibbel, Julian. '']''. 18 January 2008.</ref> This popularity among the users of imageboard communities like ] led ] to display screenshots of Encyclopedia Dramatica and state its use as a planning hub in a televised report on ].<ref> . ]. 23 January 2008</ref> ] 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 ] Chris Forcand.<ref> Television production. ]. September 2006</ref> Encyclopedia Dramatica is cited as an authority on ] slang and culture by '']''.<ref>Dibbel, Julian. '']''. 18 January 2008.</ref> This popularity among the users of imageboard communities like ] led ] to display screenshots of Encyclopedia Dramatica and state its use as a planning hub in a televised report on ]. ] 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 ] Chris Forcand.<ref>"Anonymous operation leads to pedophile conviction." Television production. ]. September 2006</ref>


==References== ==References==

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Encyclopedia Dramatica
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Encyclopedia Dramatica is a wiki which covers "drama", subcultures, users of web services and Internet memes in what critics characterize as a vulgar style.

Wiki articles at Encyclopedia Dramatica criticize MySpace as well as Misplaced Pages and its administrators. It has been cited as a reference for Internet culture by The Observer, and major blogs such as AlterNet and the Gothamist network. It received more prominent media attention 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.

A hacker group called Bantown used Encyclopedia Dramatica to take credit for a series of cross-site scripting attacks upon blogging service LiveJournal.

Encyclopedia Dramatica is cited as an authority on Imageboard slang and culture by Wired. 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.

References

  1. ^ Neva, Chonin. "Sex and the City." San Francisco Chronicle. 17 September 2006, p. 20.
  2. ^ "Privacy." Warren's Washington Internet Daily. 13 September 2006.
  3. Dee, Jonathan. "All the News That’s Fit to Print Out". The New York Times magazine. 1 July 2007
  4. Davies, Shaun. "Critics point finger at satirical website". Ninemsn. 8 May 2008
  5. Douglas, Nick. "What The Hell Are 4chan, ED, Something Awful, And 'b'?" Gawker.com. 18 January 2008.
  6. "2 Do: Monday, December 26." Chicago Tribune RedEye Edition. 26 December 2005, p. 2.
  7. ^ Mitchell, John. "Megabits and Pieces: The latest teen hangout." North Adams Transcript. 20 May 2006.
  8. Jonathan, Dee. "All the News That's Fit to Print Out." New York Times Magazine, 2007, p. 34.
  9. Hind, John. "What's the word?" The Observer. 5 June 2005.
  10. Cassel, David. "John Edwards' Virtual Attackers Unmasked". AlterNet. 8 March 2007.
  11. "Anonymous Protests Outside Scientology Sites". Londonist. 11 February 2008.
  12. "Man Posed As a Woman to Elicit Personal Ad Responses." . MSNBC. 12 September 2006.
  13. Dibbel, Julian. "Mutilated Furries, Flying Phalluses: Put the Blame on Griefers, the Sociopaths of the Virtual World" Wired. 18 January 2008.
  14. "Anonymous operation leads to pedophile conviction." Television production. Global Television Network. September 2006
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