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| − | | title = Encyclopædia Dramatica
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| − | | author = '''Owners:''' [[Garrett]], [[e]], [[Zaiger]]
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| − | * '''Site Founder:''' [[Ryan Cleary]]
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| − | * '''Admins''': [[User:Meepsheep|Meepsheep]], [[TKN]], [[User:Michaeldsuarez|JuniusThaddeus]], [[Hipcrime]], [[Thayo]]
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| − | * [http://encyclopediadramatica.es/Main_Page encyclopediadramatica.es]
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| − | | status = Online
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| − | | began = April 2011
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| − | | genre = Satirical wiki
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| − | '''Encyclopedia Dramatica (.es)''', formerly '''Encyclopedia Dramatica (.se)''' and '''Encyclopedia Dramatica (.ch)''', is an unofficial continuation of the original site, [[Encyclopædia Dramatica (.com)]]. Encyclopediadramatica.se documents Internet memes and events with biting satire and heavy vulgarity.
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| − | It's content is an almost duplicate continuation of Encyclopædia Dramatica (.com)'s theme.
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| − | == History ==
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| − | Encyclopedia Dramatica (.ch) was created by users and former administrators<ref>[http://www.dailydot.com/culture/encyclopedia-dramatica-returns/ ''Encyclopedia Dramatica's seething satire is back''] article on [http://www.dailydot.com/ The daily Dot]. Posted July 26, 2011. Retrieved ay 22, 2013.</ref> displeased with the April 14, 2011 content gutting and redirect of encyclopediadramatica.com to ED.com previous owner [[W:Sherrod|Sherrod DeGrippo]]'s new venture, [[W:Oh Internet|Oh Internet]].
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| − | === Domain loss ===
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| − | In March of 2012, encyclopædiadramatica.ch suffered a brief downtime due to renewal complications with the domain registrars in Switzerland. While the database was secured, the site was not able to be accessed until encyclopediadramatica.se was purchased. Since then, encyclopædiadramatica.se is still working with the registrars to re-obtain the .ch domain.<ref>[http://forum.encyclopediadramatica.es/threads/encyclopedia-dramatica-is-now-encyclopediadramatica-se.7344/ Encyclopedia ''Dramatica is now encyclopediadramatica.se''] thread on the [http://forum.encyclopediadramatica.es/ Encyclopedia Dramatica (.es) forums]. Retrieved ?.</ref>
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| − | === Offline and domain change ===
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| − | On September 13, 2013, encyclopædiadramatica.se went off-line,{{fact}}{{clarify}} returning a few days later under it's prior Spanish based mirror domain, encyclopædiadramatica.es<ref>[https://twitter.com/ED_Updates/status/380439272513609728 ''Hi we're back!''] post on Encyclopædia Dramatica's [[Twitter]]. Posted September 18, 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2013.</ref>
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| − | == Controversy ==
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| − | === Downtime ===
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| − | ED.ch went offline after the site's founder, [[W:LulzSec#Law_enforcement_response|Ryan Cleary]], was arrested for supposed affiliation to [[W:LulzSec|LulzSec]], the [[troll]] hacker group.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jun/22/ryan-cleary-charged-lulzsec-hacking ''Teenager Ryan Cleary charged over LulzSec hacking''] article on [http://www.guardian.co.uk/ The Guardian]. Retrieved ?.</ref> The forums were also down after being hacked by user '''savetheinternet'''{{fact}} in retaliation for a massive [[Wikipedia:DDos|DDoS]] attack on the host his own site, [http://4chon.net 4chon.net];<ref>[http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2011/04/30/major-system-wide-outage/ ''Major System-Wide Outage (RESOLVED)''] post on the [http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/ Dreamhoststatus.com]'s status page. Retrieved ?.</ref> $300 in donations were needed to revive them, which was raised within 24 hours.<ref>[http://forum.encyclopediadramatica.es/threads/announcements-updated-aug-17-2011-10-00-am-est-thread-unlocked.83/#post-17075 ''All announcements will be posted here for your reading pleasure.''] thread on the Encyclopedia Dramatica (.es) forums. Retrieved ?.</ref>
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| − | === Personal information breach ===
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| − | On June 27, 2011, the ED.ch forums were hacked again, and the email addresses of every registered member were posted to [[W:Pastebin|Pastebin]] and published in a blog owned by [[Wikipedia:Google|Google]] and [[Wikipedia]] critic [[W:Daniel Brandt|Daniel Brandt]] entitled ''[http://josephevers.blogspot.com Encyclopedia Dramatica: There is no Joseph Evers]''.
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| − | Photos and personal data of some of the more prominent users were also revealed ([[W:Dox|Doxed]]), particularly user [[Zaiger]].{{fact}} Among other things, logs from the ED [[IRC]] channel that showed users in a negative light were posted.{{fact}}
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| − | == Encyclopedia Dramatica and furry ==
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| − | The site contains almost all old ED.ch articles documenting the [[furry fandom]] and [[furry]]-related topics, along with new articles not at the old domain. The "[[Furfag|FurFaggotry]] Portal"<ref>[https://encyclopediadramatica.es/Portal:Furfaggotry Portal:FurFaggotry] on [http://encylclopediadramatica.es/ Encyclopedia Dramatica (.es)]. Retrieved ?.</ref> was once maintained by EDitors<ref>[https://encyclopediadramatica.es/Special:ListUsers/Editors ED.se editor list] on Encyclopedia Dramatica (.es). Retrieved June 7, 2013.</ref> [[Equivamp]] and '''Notanalt'''. Currently the portal is maintained by [[administrator]] '''Schnookums'''.<ref>[https://encyclopediadramatica.es/User:Zaiger/Encyclopedia_Dramatica:Caretakers#Furfaggotry ''Encyclopedia Dramatica:Caretakers''] page on Encyclopedia Dramatica (.es). Retrieved November 13, 2013.</ref><ref>[https://encyclopediadramatica.es/index.php?title=User%3ASchnookums&action=historysubmit&diff=546220&oldid=542118 ''This User is M.I.A.''] on Encyclopedia Dramatica (.es). Retrieved June 7, 2013.</ref>
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| − | ED's current IRC channel is hosted by [[Lulz.net]] administrator [[cho0b]].{{fact}}
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| − | == See also ==
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| − | *[[W:Encyclopedia_Dramatica#EncyclopediaDramatica.se_and_.es|Encyclopedia Dramatica (.es)]] on Wikipedia
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| − | == External links ==
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| − | * [http://encyclopediadramatica.es Encyclopedia Dramatica (.es)] official website
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| − | * [https://forum.encyclopediadramatica.es/forum/ Encyclopedia Dramatica (.es)] [[forum]]
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| − | * [https://www.facebook.com/EncyclopaediaDramatica Encyclopedia Dramatica (.es)] on [[Facebook]]
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| − | * [https://twitter.com/ED_Updates Encyclopedia Dramatica (.es)] on [[Twitter]]
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| − | * [irc://irc.wtfux.org/ed #ed] channel on IRC
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