Encyclopedia Dramatica:Common Misconceptions

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There are many people who hold certain beliefs about Encyclopedia Dramatica and its purpose. The purpose of this article is to address some common misconceptions about ED, because, as we all know, The Internet is serious business.

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Misconception #1 - ED is an outing site

Usually false. Encyclopedia Dramatica exists to document drama, and generally speaking, a person's real name, place of residence, or other personally identifiable information are not necessary to achieve this. In addition, many attempts to include people's PowerWord: IRL Name fall terribly short at achieving any lulz.

If you should find an article on ED about you or someone you know and care about that contains personally identifying information, and you make a reasoned, rational request through an appropriate channel, such as Arbchat or TJC, the sysops of the wiki will often be more than willing to consider your request and remove the offending text, and if the article is fail enough, possibly the entire article.

If, however, you make a complete ass out of yourself, threaten frivolous lolsuits, or are simply a bad internets citizen, we will probably just laugh at you, and photoshop some BBQ onto your image for the lulz.

Misconception #2 - ED is an attack site

Sometimes true. Remember, however, that Encyclopedia Dramatica exists for the lulz. Sometimes fiction is funnier than truth; sometimes truth is funnier than fiction. Encyclopedia Dramatica strives to strike a balance between them to deliver as many lulz as possible.

Should you find an attack entry about you on Encyclopedia Dramatica, try not to take it srsly. We don't, and most of our intelligent readers know better than that. If it's completely retarded, or you find it horrendously offensive, you may do as suggested above and politely request its removal, but note that this is less likely to be seriously considered unless the article is truly fail.

If, however, you make a lolcow out of yourself, we'll probably just frontpage it.

Misconception #3 - ED hates Wikipedia

Mostly false. It would be an understatement to assert that there is some bad blood between Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Dramatica, as is evidenced by our article on Wikipedia and by their entry on ED. Yes, we lampoon Wikipedia and its editors all the time, but we don't exist solely for that purpose, and some of us are actually respectable Wikipedia contributors (or just have respectable Wikipedia sockpuppets). We know better than to take things seriously, though, and the majority of ED Sysops really don't care either way.

Misconception #4 - ED spreads viruses

False. btw if you believe otherwise ur a total fucktard. Encyclopedia Dramatica may spread pr0n, lulz, drama, and pictures of cats, but viruses are found nowhere on or near our græt wiki, nor are they ever uploaded or otherwise injected into our site to attack hapless dipshits. Encyclopedia Dramatica, like any reasonable American company, would not wish to compromise our users' ability to experience the wealth of our content.

Should you suspect that a virus is on your computer, you should immediately cease fapping to that furry porn site, and run a free virus scanner. Then you should piss and moan and blame ED for it so that we will laugh at your inherent stupidity. For example, claiming that ED hacked your computer because the screen displays the 'æ' symbol among thousands of other symbols present on the screen despite the fact that 'æ' is part of Windows' character set is an example of such mind-blowing idiocy.

Misconception #5 - ED is a hate site

False. As a whole, ED bears no organized animosity toward people because of their race, religion, sexual orientation or any other arbitrary distinction. ED users and sysops come from a variety of backgrounds, races, religions, and sexual orientations. While individual users may on occasion convey their own prejudices, they should not be considered to be the official position of ED. If you are offended by content on ED it most likely means that you don't understand satire. If you find content on ED to be offensive, it is highly recommended that you do not attempt to remove the offending content but instead bring it to the attention of one of these people either by leaving a message on their talk page, a message in the TJC, or via ED IRC. We won't do anything about it, but we always enjoy a good laugh.

Misconception #6 - ED contains Child Pornography

Absolutely False. While it is true that file uploads are unmoderated and do not require any sort of administrator approval, ED has zero tolerance for that shit and questionable material is deleted as soon as sysops are made aware of it, you sick fuck. Go use The Google and search for R@ygold or drop by 12-and-underchan if you want that shit.

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