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What the hell happen to ED.rs

so confused about Encyclopedia Dramacrita.rs got shut down. can OG tell me what happens? Thegibuspyro (talk) 23:39, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

.rs went down in early 2020, which is when Jacob Stellmach brought online .wiki, with the support of the ED staff. For most of 2020, .wiki was the sole host of ED and Wayback can validate this. However, the website went offline frequently and was scarcely functional. So, most of the ED staff separated from .wiki and created .online. Stellmach opposed this and repeatedly insisted that we remove any mentions of .online, which we refused, as we recognized both as hosting the IP. We kept things that way until about a month-and-a-half after .wiki permanently went down. At the start of September, we removed listing .wiki as a current host, as it was clear the status quo wasn't - and hasn't - shifted. That being said, .wiki was at one point the exclusive host of ED, so it wouldn't be factual to remove mentions of it. BOTTO (T•C) 01:15, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

What the fuck? Damn this website can't catch a break Thegibuspyro (talk) 02:42, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

It's amazing that ED is still going in 2021, although this article doesn't point out that much of the former content and images have gone missing due to the various changes of ownership and lack of proper backups.--♦IanMacM♦ 06:59, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Why did RS. go down?

Why did it? to make up space for .wiki? Thegibuspyro (talk) 02:01, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

There are various stories about this that can't be repeated here. TL;DR there was a falling out among the people who do ED. During this period, a lot of ED material went missing due to a lack of proper backups.--♦IanMacM♦ 07:53, 31 October 2021 (UTC)
skull: Thegibuspyro (talk) 23:33, 4 November 2021 (UTC)

Should add history of the RS/Wiki Era

Should We? Knowing that it lacks any notably and refs. I don't think forums even count as good ones.Thegibuspyro (talk) 21:15, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

The mainstream media stopped reporting the goings on at ED years ago. This means that we are stuck with poor sourcing or no sourcing at all for the most recent game of musical chairs involving ownership and day to day running of the site.--♦IanMacM♦ 21:19, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

Ah man :( What about The Zaiger Era Thegibuspyro (talk) 01:53, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

Shock articles

Why is shock articles that include heavy gore, pornography and offensive content not mentioned? The site literally is full of weird stuff and one misclick can scar you for life. AllanWiki123 (talk) 10:30, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

It comes down to sourcing. Pretty much every kind of offensive material can be found on ED.--♦IanMacM♦ 08:01, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

How do they even manage to find offensive material. AllanWiki123 (talk) 06:52, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

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