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| LiveJournal user and LJ Drama administrator Sherrod DeGrippo heard of the deletion of the LiveJournal-related article{{fact}}, and, as a response, came up with the idea of creating Encyclopædia Dramatica so LiveJournal users could write about "the internets"{{fact}}. DeGrippo stated in a Misplaced Pages discussion that " vanity pages and personal ]s on wikipedia is the reason Encyclopedia Dramatica exists". | LiveJournal user and LJ Drama administrator Sherrod DeGrippo heard of the deletion of the LiveJournal-related article{{fact}}, and, as a response, came up with the idea of creating Encyclopædia Dramatica so LiveJournal users could write about "the internets"{{fact}}. DeGrippo stated in a Misplaced Pages discussion that " vanity pages and personal ]s on wikipedia is the reason Encyclopedia Dramatica exists". | ||
| Since its creation, according to automatically generated statistics, Encyclopædia Dramatica has grown to over 3300 articles as of July 2006, with over 8000 registered users<ref name=stats></ref>. | Since its creation, according to automatically generated statistics, Encyclopædia Dramatica has grown to over 3300 articles as of July 2006, with over 8000 registered users<ref name=stats> See </ref>. | ||
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| ⚫ | In January of 2006, the ] ] used Encyclopædia Dramatica to announce they had hacked 900,000 LiveJournal accounts exploiting cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in LiveJournal's core code.<ref name= wapohijack></ref> <ref name=bantown></ref>{{Dubious}} | ||
| ⚫ | In January of 2006, the ] ] used Encyclopædia Dramatica to announce they had hacked 900,000 LiveJournal accounts exploiting cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in LiveJournal's core code.<ref name= wapohijack></ref> <ref name=bantown></ref>{{Dubious}} --!> | ||
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Encyclopædia Dramatica (ED) is a MediaWiki-based wiki launched on December 9, 2004 , by Sherrod DeGrippo as a central catalog for the world to view comprehensive, reference-style parody and satire of drama, memes, and other interesting happenings on the internet.
History
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Encyclopædia Dramatica's history began when LiveJournal blogger and LJ Drama co-founder James Lee from Seattle, Washington, started using Misplaced Pages and created an article about LiveJournal blogger Grayden Rayne (former legal name Joshua Williams). The article was subsequently deleted, despite LiveJournal users, including members of LJ Drama, lobbying to keep the article.
LiveJournal user and LJ Drama administrator Sherrod DeGrippo heard of the deletion of the LiveJournal-related article, and, as a response, came up with the idea of creating Encyclopædia Dramatica so LiveJournal users could write about "the internets". DeGrippo stated in a Misplaced Pages discussion that " vanity pages and personal flame wars on wikipedia is the reason Encyclopedia Dramatica exists".
Since its creation, according to automatically generated statistics, Encyclopædia Dramatica has grown to over 3300 articles as of July 2006, with over 8000 registered users.