Do they have any real content at all?
Of course they have "real content". It's basically falls into 3 categories:
There's documentation of internet memes and inside jokes, which is often accurate, and much more thorough than our documentation of the same, because they have no WP:V or WP:NOR restrictions. A lot of this content comes from 4chan and related sites.
Secondly, they've got a lot of satirical material relating to sexism, racism, homophobia, and basic fear and intolerance against every demographic group you care to name. Some people think they're racist and hateful, others recognize it as a caricature of intolerance, intended to be funny.
Third, they document Internet "drama", mercilessly poking fun at people whose online activities they find to be ridiculous. Most of their targets are LiveJournal users, with some bloggers and podcasters, and they do seem to have a special place in their hearts for Wikipedians. It's a sort of gonzo-journalism style documentation, because they're not above creating drama and documenting it at the same time.
Personally, I think that if we calll them an "attack site" and make a big deal out of their nonsense, that we're just creating more drama, and handing them free content. It seems to me that the reasonable reaction is to note that what they do has nothing to do with writing an encyclopedia, and to pretty much ignore them.
If you want to stop them making "attack articles" about Wikipedians, one way is to refrain from generating drama. There's also a drama-positive situation existing where both wikis nurture misconceptions about the other. As someone who appreciates both wikis, I continue to explain to each that the editors of the other are actually human beings, and not some kind of monsters. If they stop making fun of Wikipedians, it'll be because they decide we're cool after all, not because we declare war on them and somehow win. Since I happen to think that Wikipedia is cool, I think this is an attainable goal.
Tony/GTBacchus
From: "· Firefoxman" enwpmail@gmail.com
Do they have any real content at all?
On 1/24/07, Mets501 mets501wiki@gmail.com wrote:
Encyclopaedia Dramatica would definitely fall under Obscene/Tasteless
and
Pornography It's basically just a nonsense attack site, mostly on high-profile Wikipedians --Mets501
-----Original Message----- From: wikien-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of . Firefoxman Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 11:31 AM To: English Wikipedia Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] How to stop Encyclopedia Dramatica from making attack articles on us
What is it? I looked it up on WP but it was deleted. The site is blocked< http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/filter.html?URL=http://encyclopediadr amatica.com/index.php/Main_Page&IP=158.59.199.125&CAT=GPORN&USER=DEFAULT
at
my school, so I cannot check the site.
On 1/24/07, Stan Shebs stanshebs@earthlink.net wrote:
. wrote:
As you know, Encyclopedia Dramatica has attack articles on many Wikipedians.
Geez, how can you even tell? The place looks like a teenager's bedroom, probably not coincidentally. I don't see how any ISP would take any of the random ravings seriously.
Also, it's useful as a motivator for here - WP would look like that if all the vandal fighters went on wikibreak for a month. :-)
Stan
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