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== History == == History ==
=== The original === === The original ===
Sonichu is retarded
Encyclopædia Dramatica was founded in 2004 by Sherrod DeGrippo, also known by the online ] "Girlvinyl".<ref name="ed:about" /><ref name="schwartz">{{cite news |last= Schwartz |first= Mattathias |title=Malwebolence | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/magazine/03trolls-t.html?pagewanted=all |work= The New York Times Magazine |date = August 3, 2008 |accessdate=August 1, 2008 |language= |quote= }}</ref> DeGrippo found ] (LJ Drama) in 2000 and became enthralled by the behavior of some of its members:

<blockquote>People were accessible and it was bidirectional. Voyeurs and exhibitionists were able to interact in a way that was normalized. That’s why I started ED. It was mostly just personalities that were just so nuts and fascinating.<ref name="stryker">{{cite book |title=Epic Win for Anonymous: How 4chan's Army Conquered the Web |last=Stryker |first=Cole |authorlink= |year=2011 |publisher=Overlook Press |location=New York, New York |isbn=1-59020-738-6 |pages=137–9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cbWNirl8gsMC&pg=PT138 |accessdate=September 30, 2011}}</ref></blockquote>

She became involved in the LJdrama community, which covered stories on LiveJournal gossip. When the community was banned from LiveJournal, they created their own website. In 2002, two LiveJournal users, Joshua Williams (aka mediacrat) and Andrewpants, became intimately involved with each other. After they broke off their relationship, LJdrama decided to document the resulting drama. Unflattering photographs of Williams were spread on the web, and Williams considered this to be harassment. He threatened legal action, traveled to Portland, Oregon, in order to speak to LiveJournal's abuse team, and reported the alleged harassment to a local TV news station.<ref name="stryker" /> DeGrippo created Encyclopedia Dramatica in order to "house some information from livejournal and some drama about hackers ] and Darren Reed."<ref name="gawkerinterview">{{cite web |last=Read |first=Max |title=What Happened to Encyclopedia Dramatica? |url=http://gawker.com/5792738/what-happened-to-encyclopedia-dramatica |publisher=Gawker |date=April 16, 2011 |accessdate=April 19, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514145854/http://gawker.com/5792738/what-happened-to-encyclopedia-dramatica |archivedate=May 14, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref>

Encyclopedia Dramatica characterized itself as being "In the spirit of ]'s '']''."<ref name="ed:about" /> '']'' recognized the wiki as "an online compendium of troll humor and troll lore"<ref name="schwartz" /> that it labeled a "troll archive".<ref name="schwartz" /> '']'', a European magazine for ] professionals, noted the site's role in introducing newcomers to the culture of ], a notorious Internet imageboard.<ref name="himmelein" /> Encyclopædia Dramatica defines trolling in terms of doing things "for the '']''" (for laughs),<ref name="tsosis" /> a phrase that it qualifies as "a catchall explanation for any trolling you do."<ref name="tsosis">{{citation
| last = Tsotsis | first = Alexia
| title = My Date With Anonymous: A Rare Interview With the Elusive Internet Troublemakers
| url = http://www.laweekly.com/2009-02-05/columns/my-date-with-anonymous-a-rare-interview-with-the-illusive-internet-troublemakers/
| periodical = LA Weekly
| accessdate= August 11, 2009
| date = February 4, 2009
}}.</ref>

The targets of this trolling come from "every pocket of the Web",<ref name="dibbell">{{citation
| last = Dibbell
| first = Julian
| date = January 18, 2008
| accessdate= August 11, 2009
| title = Mutilated Furries, Flying Phalluses: Put the Blame on Griefers, the Sociopaths of the Virtual World
| periodical = Wired
| issue = 16.02
| url = https://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/magazine/16-02/mf_goons?currentPage=all
}}.</ref> to include not only the non-] aspects of ], (e.g. online catchphrases, fan pages, forums, and ]), but also real people (e.g. amateur celebrities, identifiable ] participants and even Encyclopædia Dramatica's own forum members).<ref name="dibbell" /><ref name="dee" /> These are derided in a manner described variously as "coarse", "offensive", "obscene",<ref name="mitchell" /><ref>{{citation
| author = Staff Writer<!-- *assumed*. Citation was incomplete -->
| title = 2 Do: Monday, December 26
| periodical = Chicago Tribune RedEye Edition
| page = 2
| date = December 16, 2005}}.</ref> "irreverent, obtuse, ]",<ref name="davies" /> "crude but hilarious",<ref name="dibbell" /> and "crude and abusive".<ref name="peckham">{{citation
| first = Charles H.| last = Peckham
| title = Encyclopedia Dramatica
| url = http://www.newsreview.com/chico/encyclopedia-dramatica/content?oid=620760
| periodical = Chico News & Review
| date = February 7, 2008
| accessdate= May 16, 2008
}}.</ref> The material is presented to appear comprehensive, with extensive use of ] prose, drawings, photographs, and the like. The emotional responses are then added to the articles, often in similarly derogatory or inflammatory manner, with the purpose of provoking further emotional response. Adherents of the practice assert that visitors to the website "shouldn't take anything said on Dramatica seriously."<ref name="davies" />

Articles at Encyclopædia Dramatica are particularly critical of ]<ref name="mitchell">{{citation
| last = Mitchell | first = John
| title = Megabits and Pieces: The Latest Teen Hangout
| periodical = North Adams Transcript
| date = May 20, 2006}}.</ref> as well as users on ], LiveJournal, ], ], and Misplaced Pages. In ''The New York Times Magazine'', journalist Jonathan Dee described it as a "] Misplaced Pages anti-fansite".<ref name="dee">{{citation
| first = Jonathan | last = Dee
| title = All the News That's Fit to Print Out
| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/01/magazine/01WIKIPEDIA-t.html?pagewanted=5
| periodical = The New York Times Magazine
| page = 5
| accessdate= August 11, 2009
| date = July 1, 2007
}}.</ref> Shaun Davies of Australia's '']'' called it "Misplaced Pages's bastard child, a compendium of internet trends and culture which lampoons every subject it touches."<ref name="davies">{{citation
| url = http://news.ninemsn.com.au/technology/459249/critics-point-finger-at-satirical-website
| title = Critics point finger at satirical website
| periodical = 9-News
| last = Davies| first = Shaun
| accessdate= August 11, 2009
| date = May 8, 2008
}}.</ref> The site "is run like Misplaced Pages, but its style is the opposite; most of its information is biased and opinionated, not to mention racist, homophobic, and spiteful, but on the upside its snide attitude makes it spot-on about most Internet memes it covers."<ref name="douglas">{{citation
|url=http://gawker.com/346385/what-the-hell-are-4chan-ed-something-awful-and-b
|title=What The Hell Are 4chan, ED, Something Awful, And 'b'?
|periodical=ValleyWag
|accessdate=August 25, 2008
|last=Douglas
|first=Nick
|date=January 18, 2008
|publisher=gawker.com
|deadurl=yes
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724081826/http://gawker.com/346385/what-the-hell-are-4chan-ed-something-awful-and-b
|archivedate=July 24, 2008
|df=mdy
}}.</ref> This coverage of ] and memes had been acknowledged in the '']'',<ref>{{citation
| url = http://www.newstatesman.com/scitech/2008/06/cat-pidgin-language-hai
| title = A lesson in hai culture
| last = Hogge
| first = Betty
| date = June 5, 2008
| accessdate = June 11, 2008
| periodical = The New Statesman}}.</ref> on ],<ref>{{citation
| url = http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004508.html
| contribution = Lol-lexicography
| title = Language Log
| accessdate = August 25, 2008
| last = Zimmer
| first = Benjamin
| date = May 18, 2007
}}.</ref> in '']'' magazine,<ref name="himmelein">{{citation
| last = Himmelein
| first = Gerald
| title = Das Trollparadies
| periodical = C't
| pages = 100–101
| date = February 28, 2008}} {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529152810/http://epicwins.blogspot.com/2008/03/trolls-paradise.html |date=May 29, 2010 }}.</ref> and in ] magazine.<ref name="dibbell" />

According to Sherrod DeGrippo,

<blockquote>As long as something wasn’t submitted as illegal or an abuse complaint, I didn’t even see it. Wikis are something that you either closely, closely monitor and manage, or you just let it go.<ref>{{cite book |title=Epic Win for Anonymous: How 4chan's Army Conquered the Web |last=Stryker |first=Cole |authorlink= |year=2011 |publisher=Overlook Press |location=New York, New York |isbn=1-59020-738-6 |page=140 |pages= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cbWNirl8gsMC&pg=PT140 |accessdate=September 30, 2011}}</ref></blockquote>

On December 8, 2010, Encyclopædia Dramatica deleted its article on ].<ref name="gawkernoose">{{cite web|url=http://gawker.com/5709789/noose-closes-around-pro+wikileaks-vigilantes |title=Noose Closes Around Pro-Wikileaks Vigilantes |first=Ryan |last=Tate |date=December 8, 2010 |work=Gawker |publisher= |accessdate=July 30, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812065510/http://gawker.com/5709789/noose-closes-around-pro+wikileaks-vigilantes |archivedate=August 12, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref> On the same day, Facebook deleted its Operation Payback page, and Twitter suspended Operation Payback's account.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeisaac/2010/12/08/facebook-and-twitter-suspend-operation-payback-accounts/ |title=Facebook and Twitter Suspend Operation Payback Accounts |first=Mike |last=Isaac |date=December 8, 2010 |work=Forbes |publisher= |accessdate=July 30, 2011}}</ref> An anonymous source told ] that the Encyclopedia Dramatica article was deleted as the result of court orders.<ref name="gawkernoose" />

=== Oh Internet ===
{{anchor|ohinternet}}<!-- Non-changing non-breaking anchor for external link -->
]

DeGrippo reportedly "came to hate" Encyclopædia Dramatica.<ref>{{cite book |title=Epic Win for Anonymous: How 4chan's Army Conquered the Web |last=Stryker |first=Cole |authorlink= |year=2011 |publisher=Overlook Press |location=New York, New York |isbn=1-59020-738-6 |page=142 |pages= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cbWNirl8gsMC&pg=PT142 |accessdate=September 29, 2011}}</ref> She had hoped that ED would return to its roots and focus on LiveJournal drama.<ref>{{cite book |title=Epic Win for Anonymous: How 4chan's Army Conquered the Web |last=Stryker |first=Cole |authorlink= |year=2011 |publisher=Overlook Press |location=New York, New York |isbn=1-59020-738-6 |page=141 |pages= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cbWNirl8gsMC&pg=PT141 |accessdate=September 30, 2011}}</ref> On April 14, 2011, the ] encyclopediadramatica.com was redirected to "Oh Internet",<ref name="msnbc" /> an entirely different ] website that DeGrippo had created.<ref name="msnbc" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.inquisitr.com/104161/encyclopedia-dramatica-gone-for-good/ |title=Encyclopedia Dramatica gone for good |first=Kim |last=LaCapria |date=April 15, 2011 |work=The Inquisitr |publisher= |accessdate=May 28, 2011}}</ref> The name "Oh Internet" is meant to convey "Oh, Internet, you are so crazy!"<ref>Stryker, p. .</ref> DeGrippo stated that "Shock for shock’s sake is old at this point ." Some regular users of Encyclopædia Dramatica were displeased by the change and attacked the website's official ] fan page<ref name="gos" /> with "hate messages and pornography".<ref name="msnbc" />

In a question and answer session at the ] summit in October 2011, DeGrippo was asked why Encyclopædia Dramatica was closed and replaced with Oh Internet. She replied: "We were unable to stop the degradation of the content. It just kept getting longer and longer and dumber and dumber and less and less coherent over time."<ref> YouTube, November 11, 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2011.</ref> She also explained why she had not released the site as an archive, saying that she "didn't want to", and suggesting that this would have made her personally responsible for any ] and privacy violations that it contained.<ref> YouTube, November 11, 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2011.</ref> She also stated that hosting Encyclopædia Dramatica caused her to have troubles involving the ].<ref> YouTube, November 11, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2012.</ref> Oh Internet has been offline since late 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wikipedia-sucks-badly.blogspot.com/2015/12/guest-post-by-eric-barbour-encyclopedia.html|title=Encyclopedia Dramatica: It could be funnier|first=Eric|last=Barbour|publisher=Misplaced Pages sucks (and so do its critics)|date=2015-12-10|accessdate=2018-04-06}}</ref>

=== Succession of domains ===
Ryan Cleary hosted a ] of Encyclopædia Dramatica at encyclopediadramatica.ch<ref name="thedailydot1" /><ref name="crncomau">{{cite news |title=Anonymous DDoSed by mutineer |first=Darren |last=Pauli |url=http://www.crn.com.au/News/257022,anonymous-ddosed-by-mutineer.aspx |newspaper=] |date=May 10, 2011 |accessdate=June 1, 2011}}</ref> Members of this project gathered text and images from ] and other backups, and a script was created to upload cached information.<ref name="thedailydot1" /> On June 21, 2011, ] arrested Ryan Cleary based on alleged connections to online attacks on ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13859868 |title=Teenager arrested on suspicion of hacking |author= |date=July 21, 2011 |work=BBC News |publisher= |accessdate=July 28, 2011}}</ref><ref name="cnn1">{{cite web|url=http://articles.cnn.com/2011-06-22/world/uk.sony.hack.arrest_1_group-tweeted-denial-of-service-attacks-hacker |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130119093823/http://articles.cnn.com/2011-06-22/world/uk.sony.hack.arrest_1_group-tweeted-denial-of-service-attacks-hacker |dead-url=yes |archive-date=January 19, 2013 |title=Hacker group LulzSec downplays arrest, claims Brazil attack |first=Richard Allen |last=Greene |date=June 22, 2011 |work=CNN |publisher= |accessdate=February 4, 2012 }}</ref> The arrest temporarily disrupted operation of the wiki, but other members were able to resume Cleary's duties.<ref name="thedailydot1" /> Garrett E. Moore later became the fork's owner.<ref name="thedailydot1" /> Moore reported difficulties in securing a host for the website.<ref name="thedailydot1" /><ref name="thedailydot2" />

On March 19, 2012, encyclopediadramatica.ch was shut down for a short time due to a "] block". On March 21, 2012, the site moved to a Swedish domain name, at encyclopediadramatica.se, instead of a domain in Switzerland as before. The site's Facebook account later addressed the block, stating that it was because "we didn't keep up our end of the nic.ch user agreement contract stating that we had to keep a mailing address and phone number in Switzerland."<ref>{{cite news |title=Encyclopedia Dramatica suffers minor outage |author=Fruzsina Eördögh |url=http://www.dailydot.com/news/encyclopedia-dramatica-suffers-minor-outage/ |newspaper=] |date=March 21, 2012 |accessdate=March 21, 2012}}</ref> In September 2013, the site changed its domain to encyclopediadramatica.es.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hi we're back! |url=https://twitter.com/ED_Updates/status/380439272513609728|publisher=] official Encyclopedia Dramatica feed|date=September 18, 2013|accessdate=September 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219032142/https://twitter.com/ED_Updates/status/380439272513609728|archive-date=December 19, 2014}}</ref> In October 2014, the site returned to the .se domain.<ref>{{cite news |title=@ED_Updates |url=https://twitter.com/ED_Updates/status/519339941479055360|publisher=] official Encyclopedia Dramatica feed|date=October 6, 2014|accessdate=October 13, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.is/oDyqu|archive-date=October 13, 2014}}</ref> In January 2018, the site changed its domain to encyclopediadramatica.rs.<ref>{{cite tweet|author=Encyclopædia Dramatica|user=EDdotSE |number=844692990987816960 |date=March 22, 2017 |title=New domain extension, update you bookmarks:}}</ref>

Garrett E. Moore, the operator of a ] of Encyclopædia Dramatica located at encyclopediadramatica.se (encyclopediadramatica.ch at the time), told an interviewer for '']'':

<blockquote>People take themselves too seriously, they can't laugh at anything. We make fun of everything. I make fun of skinny white computer nerds, but I am one.<ref name="thedailydot1">{{cite web |url=http://www.dailydot.com/culture/encyclopedia-dramatica-returns/ |title=Encyclopedia Dramatica's seething satire is back |first=Fruzsina |last=Eordogh |date=July 26, 2011 |work=The Daily Dot |publisher= |accessdate=July 28, 2011}}</ref></blockquote>

When asked about "abusive content", Moore stated that he removes it when he sees it, then further explained:

<blockquote>I'm not going to leave a 14 year old girl's address up on a page cause some dipshit got mad at her and made an article. But if you dress up like a fox and wear diapers and then take pictures of it? That's fair game, sir.<ref name="thedailydot1" /></blockquote>

In a later interview with ''The Daily Dot'', Moore defended his community's belief in ].<ref name="thedailydot2">{{cite web |url=http://www.dailydot.com/news/encyclopedia-dramatica-outage/ |title=Encyclopedia Dramatica is back up but still experiencing drama |first=Fruzsina |last=Eordogh |date=September 6, 2011 |work=The Daily Dot |publisher= |accessdate=September 9, 2011}}</ref>

In January 2013, a video game created by EDF user "gizmo01942" came to the attention of the media. The game, ''Bullet To The Head Of The NRA'' was controversial because the player could take aim and shoot at members of the ].<ref name="Kotaku BTHOTNRA">{{cite web|last=Schreier|first=Jason|url=http://kotaku.com/5976372/someone-made-a-game-in-which-you-shoot-the-head-of-the-nra |title=Someone Made A Game In Which You Shoot The Head Of The NRA|website=]|date=January 16, 2013|accessdate=October 26, 2016}}</ref> In February 2015, ''Muhammad Sex Simulator 2015'', another video game by the same EDF user, attracted further controversy because of the then-recent ].<ref name="Vice MSS2015">{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/an-idiot-made-a-game-called-muhammad-sex-simulator |title=An Idiot Made a Game Called 'Muhammad Sex Simulator|last=Akers|first=Royce|website=vice.com|location= United Kingdom|date=February 9, 2015|accessdate=April 13, 2015}}</ref>


== Reception == == Reception ==

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Encyclopædia Dramatica
Screenshot File:EncyclopediaDramatica.pngEncyclopædia Dramatica's front page on April 10, 2011.
Type of siteWiki and forums
Available inEnglish
Created bySherrod DeGrippo
RevenueAdvertising and donations
URLencyclopediadramatica.rs
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional (required to edit pages)

Encyclopedia Dramatica (often abbreviated ED and æ) is a parody-themed website, consisting of a wiki that uses MediaWiki software. Launched on December 10, 2004, it lampoons encyclopedia topics and current events, especially those related or relevant to contemporary Internet culture. It often serves as a repository of information and a means of discussion for the internet subculture known as Anonymous. This NSFW Internet site celebrates a subversive "trolling culture", and documents Internet memes, culture, and events, such as mass organized pranks, trolling events, "raids", large-scale failures of Internet security, and criticism of Internet communities which are accused of self-censorship in order to garner prestige or positive coverage from traditional and established media outlets.

Journalist Julian Dibbell described Encyclopædia Dramatica as the site "where the vast parallel universe of Anonymous in-jokes, catchphrases, and obsessions is lovingly annotated, and you will discover an elaborate trolling culture: Flamingly racist, homophobic and misogynist content lurks throughout, all of it calculated to offend." The site is known for its clickbait advertisements all around it, in addition to having no rules. Ninemsn described Encyclopædia Dramatica as:

Misplaced Pages's evil twin. It’s a site where almost every article is biased, offensive, unsourced, and without the faintest trace of political correctness. A search through its archives will reveal animated images of people committing suicide, articles glorifying extreme racism and sexism, and a seemingly endless supply of twisted, shocking views on just about every major human tragedy in history."

On April 14, 2011, the original URL of the site was redirected to a new website named 'Oh Internet' that bore little resemblance to Encyclopedia Dramatica. Parts of the ED community harshly criticized the changes. On the night of the Encyclopedia Dramatica shutdown, regular ED visitors bombarded the 'Oh Internet' Facebook wall with hate messages. The Web Ecology Project made a downloadable archive of former Encyclopedia Dramatica content. Fan-made torrents and several mirrors of the original site were subsequently generated, before the wiki located at encyclopediadramatica.rs (formerly encyclopediadramatica.ch, encyclopediadramatica.es, and encyclopediadramatica.se) emerged as the only one still active.

History

The original

Sonichu is retarded

Reception

The website received mainstream media attention after Jason Fortuny used Encyclopædia Dramatica to post photographs, e-mails and phone numbers from 176 responses to a Craigslist advertisement he posted in 2006, in which he posed as a woman seeking sexual encounters with dominant men. The incident was addressed in a blog hosted at Wired News, where the blogger proposes that Encyclopædia Dramatica may be the "world's lamest wiki".

In 2006, "a well-known band of trolls" emailed Encyclopædia Dramatica's creator, DeGrippo, demanding edits to the protected (i.e. locked) article describing them. After she refused to do so, the trolls ordered taxis, pizzas, escort services and sent death threats and threats of rape to DeGrippo's apartment.

Encyclopædia Dramatica became a "favourite target for critics, who accuse Anonymous of propagating hate," for allowing alleged members of the group to sometimes use the website as a platform. Through this association, Encyclopædia Dramatica received incidental coverage when actions by members of Anonymous led to the arrest of an alleged pedophile, when they demonstrated against Scientology in London; when a member of the group broke into the e-mail account of former Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin, and when a member of Anonymous claimed credit for an attack on the virtual Second Life headquarters of former presidential candidate John Edwards. The convergence of Encyclopædia Dramatica with the anti-Scientology campaign of Project Chanology was noted by technology journalist Julian Dibbell.

On December 16, 2008, Encyclopædia Dramatica won the People's Choice Winners category for favorite wiki in Mashable's 2nd Annual Open Web Awards, with wikiHow as the runner-up and Misplaced Pages coming in 3rd.

In December 2008, a message on Encyclopædia Dramatica asked for donations and claimed that the website was under attack and had lost its advertisers.

In January 2010, the Encyclopædia Dramatica article Aboriginal was removed from the search engine results of Google Australia, after a lawyer filed a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission saying its content was racist. A search on terms related to the article produced a message that one of the results has been removed after a legal request relating to Australia's Racial Discrimination Act (RDA). The publicity surrounding this served to raise the profile of the site. In March 2010, it was reported that the Australian Human Rights Commission had notified the site by e-mail that according to Australian law, the article Aboriginal could be in breach of Sections 18C and 18D of its RDA.

Lawsuits

In 2016, a United Kingdom court determined an ED user must pay £10,000 in libel damages for making false statements about a person.

In 2017, a suit was launched against the website seeking $750,000 USD for alleged copyright infringement. The 'life-threatening' suit is by millionaire Jonathan Monsarrat.

See also

Notes

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  4. ^ Chonin, Neva (September 17, 2006), "Sex and the City", San Francisco Chronicle, p. 20, retrieved August 11, 2009.
  5. ^ Paget, Henri (March 16, 2010), Dramatica owner could face charges, ninemsn, archived from the original on March 22, 2010, retrieved March 16, 2010.
  6. ^ Dibbell, Julian (September 21, 2009), The Assclown Offensive: How to Enrage the Church of Scientology, Wired Magazine, retrieved November 27, 2009.
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  8. Quigley, Robert (April 15, 2011). "Encyclopedia Dramatica Becomes OhInternet". Geekosystem. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
  9. Leavitt, Alex (April 15, 2011). "Archiving Internet Subculture: Encyclopedia Dramatica". Web Ecology Project. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  10. Stryker, Cole (2011). Epic Win for Anonymous: How 4chan's Army Conquered the Web. New York, New York: Overlook Press. p. 155. ISBN 1-59020-738-6. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  11. Hughes, Jeff (April 19, 2011). "What? Encyclopedia Dramatica is evolving!". Digital Trends. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
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  15. "Craigslist". Wired.com. September 8, 2006. Archived from the original on January 11, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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  17. Kim, Gus (July 12, 2007), "Anonymous operation leads to arrest of alleged pedophile", Global Television Network News, retrieved May 14, 2011.
  18. Whipple, Tom (June 20, 2008), "Scientology: the Anonymous protestors", The Times, London, archived from the original on June 15, 2011, retrieved May 14, 2011.
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