| '''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 90,000 articles as of September 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 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. |