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'''Encyclopædia Dramatica''' ('''ED''') is a [[MediaWiki]]-based [[wiki]] launched on [[December 9]], [[2004]] [http://reports.internic.net/cgi/whois?whois_nic=encyclopediadramatica.com&type=domain], by Sherrod DeGrippo [http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/Encyclopedia_Dramatica] as a central catalog for the world to view comprehensive, reference-style [[parody]] and [[satire]] of drama, [[memes]], and other interesting happenings on the [[internet]]. [http://encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/Encyclopedia_Dramatica:Community_Portal]

'''Encyclopædia Dramatica''' ('''ED''') is a [[MediaWiki]]-based [[wiki]] launched on [[December 9]], [[2004]] [http://reports.internic.net/cgi/whois?whois_nic=encyclopediadramatica.com&type=domain], by Sherrod DeGrippo [http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/Encyclopedia_Dramatica] as a central catalog for the world to view comprehensive, reference-style [[parody]] and [[satire]] of drama, [[memes]], and other interesting happenings on the [[internet]]. [http://encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/Encyclopedia_Dramatica:Community_Portal]

Since its creation, according to automatically generated statistics, Encyclopædia Dramatica has grown to over 3300 articles as of July 2006, with over 8000 registered users.<ref name=stats>[http://encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/Special:Statistics Encyclopedia Dramatica statistics page]</ref>,<ref name=EDmemberlist>[http://encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php?title=Special:Listusers&limit=1000&offset=0 Encyclopedia Dramatica member list]</ref> According to [[Alexa Internet]], "The articles in this parody of an encyclopedia explain things in a funny and not necessarily correct way".<ref name=alexapage>[http://alexa.com/data/details/main?url=encyclopediadramatica.com Alexia details page]</ref> and the site ranked 24,462nd<ref name=alexarank>[http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=&url=encyclopediadramatica.com Alexa traffic ranking]</ref> as of the July 18th, 2006 Internet traffic ranking.

Since its creation, according to automatically generated statistics, Encyclopædia Dramatica has grown to over 90,000 articles as of October 2008, with over 66,000 registered users.<ref name=stats>[http://encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/Special:Statistics Encyclopedia Dramatica statistics page]</ref>,<ref name=EDmemberlist>[http://encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php?title=Special:Listusers&limit=1000&offset=0 Encyclopedia Dramatica member list]</ref> According to [[Alexa Internet]], "The articles in this parody of an encyclopedia explain things in a funny and not necessarily correct way".<ref name=alexapage>[http://alexa.com/data/details/main?url=encyclopediadramatica.com Alexia details page]</ref> and the site ranked 3,350th<ref name=alexarank>[http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=&url=encyclopediadramatica.com Alexa traffic ranking]</ref> as of the October 2008 Internet traffic ranking.

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