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'''Encyclopedia Dramatica''', often abbreviated '''ED''' or '''æ''', is a website consisting of a satirical MediaWiki based wiki and a XenForo based discussion forum, it was created by the website's owner Sherrod DeGrippo on December 10, 2004. it's a parody of ''Wikipedia'', containing much more offensive/vulgar content; however, much of offensive content is done solely for "the [https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/lulz lulz]."<ref>https://www.laweekly.com/news/my-date-with-anonymous-a-rare-interview-with-the-elusive-internet-troublemakers-2158139</ref> | '''Encyclopedia Dramatica''', often abbreviated '''ED''' or '''æ''', is a website consisting of a satirical MediaWiki based wiki and a XenForo based discussion forum, it was created by the website's owner Sherrod DeGrippo on December 10, 2004. it's a parody of ''Wikipedia'', containing much more offensive/vulgar content; however, much of offensive content is done solely for "the [https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/lulz lulz]."<ref>https://www.laweekly.com/news/my-date-with-anonymous-a-rare-interview-with-the-elusive-internet-troublemakers-2158139</ref> | ||
Revision as of 00:18, 21 August 2019
Encyclopedia Dramatica, often abbreviated ED or æ, is a website consisting of a satirical MediaWiki based wiki and a XenForo based discussion forum, it was created by the website's owner Sherrod DeGrippo on December 10, 2004. it's a parody of Wikipedia, containing much more offensive/vulgar content; however, much of offensive content is done solely for "the lulz."[1]
The wiki contains five infamous shock pages including: Offended, Kittens, and Puppies, Reporting Un-Islamic Content and many of the articles contain shock images such as Goatse, Blue Waffle, and Lemon Party among many others. The images on The Pain Series are clickable links to the Last Measure shock site. as well as numerous other gruesome images, one can find disturbing.
Currently (July 2016), Encyclopedia Dramatica contains 13,500+ articles. It was originally established in December 2004 at encyclopediadramatica.com, but said site was replaced with a safe-for-work website called OhInternet. Right now, the site's address is encyclopediadramatica.rs.
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NOTE: The following website contains extremely graphic images!
- encyclopediadramatica.rs
- encyclopediadramatica.rs/Kittens
- encyclopediadramatica.rs/Puppies
- encyclopediadramatica.rs/Offended
- encyclopediadramatica.rs/Pain_Series
- encyclopediadramatica.rs/Reporting_Un-Islamic_Content
