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| Type of site | Satirical wiki |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Revenue | Ad driven |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
Encyclopedia Dramatica is a parody of internet encylopedias such as Misplaced Pages, written on a wiki, using apparently comprehensive referencing and linking, but in a satirical and often abusive style. Many of the articles are written in an ironic manner with the express purpose of upsetting those who take it seriously (an activity known on the Internet as trolling). The content is wide-ranging, covering drama and gossip on other internet forums, Internet subculture, users of web services and online catchphrases in a coarse, offensive and frequently obscene manner.
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.
It 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.
See also
References
- Neva, Chonin. "Sex and the City." San Francisco Chronicle. 17 September 2006, p. 20.
- Davies, Shaun. "Critics point finger at satirical website". Ninemsn. 8 May 2008
- Dee, Jonathan. "All the News That’s Fit to Print Out". The New York Times magazine. 1 July 2007
- Douglas, Nick. "What The Hell Are 4chan, ED, Something Awful, And 'b'?" Gawker.com. 18 January 2008.
Notes
- Chonin 2006
- Dee, July 2007
- Davies, May 2008, Douglas, 2008
- Mitchell, John. "Megabits and Pieces: The latest teen hangout." North Adams Transcript. 20 May 2006.
- Jonathan, Dee. "All the News That's Fit to Print Out." New York Times Magazine, 2007, p. 34.
- Hind, John. "What's the word?" The Observer. 5 June 2005.
- Cassel, David. "John Edwards' Virtual Attackers Unmasked". AlterNet. 8 March 2007.
- "Anonymous Protests Outside Scientology Sites". Londonist. 11 February 2008.
- "Man Posed As a Woman to Elicit Personal Ad Responses." . MSNBC. 12 September 2006.
- Chenin
- Dibbel, Julian. "Mutilated Furries, Flying Phalluses: Put the Blame on Griefers, the Sociopaths of the Virtual World" Wired. 18 January 2008.
- "Anonymous operation leads to pedophile conviction." Television production. Global Television Network. September 2006
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