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Encyclopedia Dramatica has been cited as a reference on the topic of [[Internet culture]] by ''[[The Observer]]''<ref>{{cite web | url = http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,,1497856,00.html | last = Hind | first = John. | title = What's the word? | work = [[The Observer]] | date = 2005-06-05 }}</ref> and the ''[[New Statesman]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.newstatesman.com/scitech/2008/06/cat-pidgin-language-hai | last = Hogge | first = Betty | title = A lesson in hai culture | work = [[The New Statesman]] | date = 2008-06-05 }}</ref> and blogs such as [[AlterNet]],<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/48989/ |last = Cassel |first = David | title = John Edwards' Virtual Attackers Unmasked | work = [[AlterNet]] |date = 2007-03-08}}</ref> [[Language Log]],<ref>{{cite web | url = http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004508.html | last = Zimmer | first = Benjamin | title = Lol-lexicography |work = [[Language Log]] | date = 2007-05-18 }}</ref> and the [[Gothamist]] network.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://londonist.com/2008/02/they_came_they.php | title = Anonymous Protests Outside Scientology Sites | publisher = Londonist | date = 2008-02-11 }}</ref> It is cited as an authority on [[imageboard]] (such as [[4chan]]) [[Internet slang|slang]] and [[Cyberculture|culture]] and [[Internet meme]]s by ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]''<ref name="dibbell"/> and others.<ref name="newsreview"/><ref name="trollparadies">{{cite news | title = Das Trollparadies |work= c't |publisher = Heise Zeitschriften Verlag | date = 2008-02-28 | last = Himmelein | first = Gerald |pages= 100 }}</ref> The website serves as a "favourite haunt" for [[Project Chanology]]. <ref name="ninemsn"/><ref>{{cite news | last = Whipple | first = Tom | coauthors = | title = Scientology: the Anonymous protestors | work = | pages = | language = English | publisher = [[Times Online]] | date = 2008-06-20 | url = http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article4173635.ece | accessdate = 2008-06-20}}</ref> [[Anonymous (group)|Anonymous]] also used ED as a planning hub for other operations including one that led to the arrest of a Canadian [[child sexual abuse]]r.<ref>{{cite episode | title = Anonymous operation leads to pedophile conviction | network = [[Global Television Network]] | month = September |year = 2006 }}</ref>
Encyclopedia Dramatica has been cited as a reference on the topic of [[Internet culture]] by ''[[The Observer]]''<ref>{{cite web | url = http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,,1497856,00.html | last = Hind | first = John. | title = What's the word? | work = [[The Observer]] | date = 2005-06-05 }}</ref> and the ''[[New Statesman]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.newstatesman.com/scitech/2008/06/cat-pidgin-language-hai | last = Hogge | first = Betty | title = A lesson in hai culture | work = [[The New Statesman]] | date = 2008-06-05 }}</ref> and blogs such as [[AlterNet]],<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/48989/ |last = Cassel |first = David | title = John Edwards' Virtual Attackers Unmasked | work = [[AlterNet]] |date = 2007-03-08}}</ref> [[Language Log]],<ref>{{cite web | url = http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004508.html | last = Zimmer | first = Benjamin | title = Lol-lexicography |work = [[Language Log]] | date = 2007-05-18 }}</ref> and the [[Gothamist]] network.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://londonist.com/2008/02/they_came_they.php | title = Anonymous Protests Outside Scientology Sites | publisher = Londonist | date = 2008-02-11 }}</ref> It is cited as an authority on [[imageboard]] (such as [[4chan]]) [[Internet slang|slang]] and [[Cyberculture|culture]] and [[Internet meme]]s by ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]''<ref name="dibbell"/> and others.<ref name="newsreview"/><ref name="trollparadies">{{cite news | title = Das Trollparadies |work= c't |publisher = Heise Zeitschriften Verlag | date = 2008-02-28 | last = Himmelein | first = Gerald |pages= 100 }}</ref> The website serves as a "favourite haunt" for [[Project Chanology]]. <ref name="ninemsn"/><ref>{{cite news | last = Whipple | first = Tom | coauthors = | title = Scientology: the Anonymous protestors | work = | pages = | language = English | publisher = [[Times Online]] | date = 2008-06-20 | url = http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article4173635.ece | accessdate = 2008-06-20}}</ref> [[Anonymous (group)|Anonymous]] also used ED as a planning hub for other operations including one that led to the arrest of a Canadian [[child sexual abuse]]r.<ref>{{cite episode | title = Anonymous operation leads to pedophile conviction | network = [[Global Television Network]] | month = September |year = 2006 }}</ref>

Also Encyclopedia Dramatica has a rivalry with fellow wikipedia [[uncyclopedia]]


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Encyclopedia Dramatica
Official site logo
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Type of site
Satirical wiki
Available inEnglish
RevenueCurrently only donation driven
URLwww.encyclopediadramatica.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional (required to edit pages)

Encyclopedia Dramatica (sometimes styled as Encyclopædia Dramatica) is a parody of Internet encyclopedias such as Wikipedia,[2][3] written on a wiki,[4][5] using the MediaWiki engine. It uses apparently comprehensive referencing and linking, but is written in an irreverent, obtuse, intentionally politically incorrect,[6] and often abusive style.[7] Many articles are written in an ironic manner to upset those who take the content seriously (an activity known on the Internet as trolling).[8] The site claims that it is "[d]one in the spirit of Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary".[1]

The content is wide-ranging, covering gossip and "drama" in other Internet forums, Internet subculture, users of web services,[2] and online catchphrases, in a manner that has been variously described as coarse, offensive and frequently obscene.[6][9][10][11] Articles at Encyclopedia Dramatica criticize MySpace[11] as well as Wikipedia and its administrators.[2]

The site received mainstream media attention after Jason Fortuny used Encyclopedia Dramatica to post photographs, e-mails, and phone numbers from 176 responses to a Craigslist advertisement he posted in 2006 posing as a woman seeking sexual encounters with dominant men.[4][5]

Encyclopedia Dramatica has been cited as a reference on the topic of Internet culture by The Observer[12] and the New Statesman,[13] and blogs such as AlterNet,[14] Language Log,[15] and the Gothamist network.[16] It is cited as an authority on imageboard (such as 4chan) slang and culture and Internet memes by Wired[8] and others.[7][17] The website serves as a "favourite haunt" for Project Chanology. [6][18] Anonymous also used ED as a planning hub for other operations including one that led to the arrest of a Canadian child sexual abuser.[19]

Also Encyclopedia Dramatica has a rivalry with fellow wikipedia uncyclopedia

References

  1. ^ a b http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Encyclopedia_Dramatica:About Retrieved on 25 May 2008.
  2. ^ a b c Dee, Jonathan (2007-07-01). "All the News That's Fit to Print Out". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 2008-05-17. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ From the "about" page, http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Encyclopedia_Dramatica:About, "(...) bear in mind that the Encyclopedia Dramatica itself is a parody of a much less funny online encyclopedia (...)" with the last words being a wikilink to Encyclopedia Dramatica's article on Wikipedia
  4. ^ a b Chonin, Neva (2006-09-17). "Sex and the City". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications. p. 20. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
  5. ^ a b "Privacy". Warren's Washington Internet Daily. 2006-09-12.
  6. ^ a b c Davies, Shaun (2008-05-08). "Critics point finger at satirical website". National Nine News.
  7. ^ a b Peckham, Charles (2008-02-01). "Encyclopedia Dramatica". Chico News & Review.
  8. ^ a b Dibbell, Julian (2008-01-18). "Mutilated Furries, Flying Phalluses: Put the Blame on Griefers, the Sociopaths of the Virtual World". Wired (16.02). San Francisco: Condé Nast Publications. Retrieved 2008-05-17. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  9. ^ Douglas, Nick (2008-01-18). "What The Hell Are 4chan, ED, Something Awful, And 'b'?". Gawker.com.
  10. ^ "2 Do: Monday, December 26". RedEye Edition. Chicago Tribune. 2005-12-16. pp. p. 2. {{cite news}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  11. ^ a b Mitchell, John (2006-05-20). "Megabits and Pieces: The latest teen hangout". North Adams Transcript.
  12. ^ Hind, John. (2005-06-05). "What's the word?". The Observer.
  13. ^ Hogge, Betty (2008-06-05). "A lesson in hai culture". The New Statesman.
  14. ^ Cassel, David (2007-03-08). "John Edwards' Virtual Attackers Unmasked". AlterNet.
  15. ^ Zimmer, Benjamin (2007-05-18). "Lol-lexicography". Language Log.
  16. ^ "Anonymous Protests Outside Scientology Sites". Londonist. 2008-02-11.
  17. ^ Himmelein, Gerald (2008-02-28). "Das Trollparadies". c't. Heise Zeitschriften Verlag. p. 100.
  18. ^ Whipple, Tom (2008-06-20). "Scientology: the Anonymous protestors". Times Online. Retrieved 2008-06-20. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  19. ^ "Anonymous operation leads to pedophile conviction". 2006. Global Television Network. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
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