Encyclopedia Dramatica

Encyclopædia Dramatica (ED) is a website that stored mostly articles that make fun of people or things. The pages satirize current events, and many events on the internet. Encyclopædia Dramatica has been described as a "snarky (sarcastic and nasty) Wikipedia anti-fansite".^[3]

Encyclopædia Dramatica

Screenshot Encyclopædia Dramatica's front page on April 10, 2011.
Type of site	Wiki, forums and parody
Available in	English
Created by	Sherrod DeGrippo[1]
Revenue	Advertising and donations
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Optional (required to edit pages)
Launched	December 10, 2004; 21 years ago (2004-12-10)[1][2]

The site is a wiki that runs on MediaWiki software.^[4][5] The site often shows its content in a disrespectful way^[6] and often abusive style.^[7] Many articles are written in a satirical way to upset those who take the content seriously.

Content

This wiki has been described as "an online compendium of troll humor and lore".^[8] Its articles relate to news, current events, gossip and other "drama" topics from across the Internet, controversial article content, forums, fansites, Internet subculture, users of web services,^[3] and online catchphrases are satirized in a manner described variously as coarse, offensive and frequently obscene.^{[6][9][10][11]} Articles at Encyclopædia Dramatica are notably critical of MySpace^[11] and administrators of Wikipedia.^[3]

Closed

It was closed on April 16, 2011, and relaunched as Oh Internet. Not all of the users of Encyclopedia Dramatica liked the decision.^[12] Many non-users didn't like the decision either, and hacked and attacked the Facebook fan page with "hate messages and pornography".^[12][13] But now, ED is back open.