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Encyclopædia Dramatica (often abbreviated ED and æ) is a satirical website, consisting of a wiki that uses MediaWiki software,〔 and a forum based on XenForo forums software.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Someone Made A Game In Which You Shoot The Head Of The NRA )〕 Launched on December 10, 2004, it lampoons encyclopedia topics and current events, especially those related or relevant to contemporary Internet culture. It often serves as a repository of information and a means of discussion for the internet subculture known as Anonymous.〔 .〕 The not safe for work site celebrates a subversive "trolling culture",〔 and documents Internet memes, culture, and events, such as mass organized pranks, trolling events, "raids", large scale failures of Internet security, and criticism of Internet communities which are accused of self-censorship in order to garner prestige or positive coverage from traditional and established media outlets. Journalist Julian Dibbell described Encyclopædia Dramatica as the site "where the vast parallel universe of Anonymous in-jokes, catchphrases, and obsessions is lovingly annotated, and you will discover an elaborate trolling culture: Flamingly racist and sexist content lurks throughout, all of it calculated to offend."〔 .〕 Ninemsn described Encyclopædia Dramatica as: "Wikipedia's evil twin. It’s a site where almost every article is biased, offensive, unsourced, and without the faintest trace of political correctness. A search through its archives will reveal animated images of people committing suicide, articles glorifying extreme racism and sexism, and a seemingly endless supply of twisted, shocking views on just about every major human tragedy in history."〔 On April 14, 2011, the original URL of the site was redirected to a new website named 'Oh Internet' that bore little resemblance to Encyclopedia Dramatica. Parts of the ED community harshly criticized the changes. On the night of the Encyclopedia Dramatica shutdown, regular ED visitors bombarded the 'Oh Internet' Facebook wall with hate messages. The Web Ecology Project made a downloadable archive of former Encyclopedia Dramatica content. Fan-made torrents and several mirrors of the original site were subsequently generated, before the wiki located at encyclopediadramatica.se (formerly encyclopediadramatica.ch and encyclopediadramatica.es) emerged as the only one still active.〔〔 ==Content== Encyclopædia Dramatica was founded in 2004 by Sherrod DeGrippo, also known by the online pseudonym "Girlvinyl".〔 DeGrippo found LiveJournal (LJ Drama)in 2000 and became enthralled by the behavior of some of its members:
She became involved in the LJdrama community, which covered stories on LiveJournal gossip. When the community was banned from LiveJournal, they created their own website. In 2002, two LiveJournal users, Joshua Williams (aka mediacrat) and Andrewpants, became intimately involved with each other. After they broke off their relationship, LJdrama decided to document the resulting drama. Unflattering photographs of Williams were spread on the web, and Williams considered this to be harassment. He threatened legal action, traveled to Portland, Oregon, in order to speak to LiveJournal's abuse team, and reported the alleged harassment to a local TV news station.〔 DeGrippo created Encyclopedia Dramatica in order to "house some information from livejournal and some drama about hackers Theo DeRaadt and Darren Reed." Encyclopedia Dramatica characterized itself as being "In the spirit of Ambrose Bierce's ''The Devil's Dictionary''."〔 ''The New York Times Magazine'' recognized the wiki as "an online compendium of troll humor and troll lore"〔 that it labeled a "troll archive".〔 ''C't'', a European magazine for IT professionals, noted the site's role in introducing newcomers to the culture of 4chan's /b/, a notorious Internet imageboard.〔 Encyclopædia Dramatica defines trolling in terms of doing things "for the ''lulz''" (for laughs),〔 a phrase that it qualifies as "a catchall explanation for any trolling you do."〔.〕 The targets of this trolling come from "every pocket of the Web",〔 .〕 to include not only the non-corporeal aspects of Internet phenomena, (e.g. online catchphrases, fan pages, forums, and viral phenomena), but also real people (e.g. amateur celebrities, identifiable internet drama participants and even Encyclopædia Dramatica's own forum members).〔〔 These are derided in a manner described variously as "coarse", "offensive", "obscene",〔〔 .〕 "irreverent, obtuse, politically incorrect",〔 "crude but hilarious",〔 and "crude and abusive".〔.〕 The material is presented to appear comprehensive, with extensive use of shock-value prose, drawings, photographs, and the like. The emotional responses are then added to the articles, often in similarly derogatory or inflammatory manner, with the purpose of provoking further emotional response. Adherents of the practice assert that visitors to the website "shouldn't take anything said on Dramatica seriously."〔 Articles at Encyclopædia Dramatica are particularly critical of MySpace〔 .〕 as well as users on YouTube, LiveJournal, DeviantART, and Wikipedia. In ''The New York Times Magazine'', journalist Jonathan Dee described it as a "snarky Wikipedia anti-fansite".〔 .〕 Shaun Davies of Australia's ''Nine Network'' called it "Wikipedia's bastard child, a compendium of internet trends and culture which lampoons every subject it touches."〔.〕 The site "is run like Wikipedia, but its style is the opposite; most of its information is biased and opinionated, not to mention racist, homophobic, and spiteful, but on the upside its snide attitude makes it spot-on about most Internet memes it covers."〔.〕 This coverage of Internet jargon and memes had been acknowledged in the ''New Statesman'',〔.〕 on Language Log,〔.〕 in ''C't'' magazine,〔 (online copy ).〕 and in ''Wired'' magazine.〔 According to Sherrod DeGrippo, As long as something wasn’t submitted as illegal or an abuse complaint, I didn’t even see it. Wikis are something that you either closely, closely monitor and manage, or you just let it go. On December 8, 2010, Encyclopædia Dramatica deleted its article on Operation Payback. On the same day, Facebook deleted its Operation Payback page, and Twitter suspended Operation Payback's account. An anonymous source told Gawker that the Encyclopedia Dramatica article was deleted as the result of court orders.〔 Garrett E. Moore, the operator of a fork of Encyclopædia Dramatica located at encyclopediadramatica.se (encyclopediadramatica.ch at the time), told an interviewer for ''The Daily Dot'', People take themselves too seriously, they can't laugh at anything. We make fun of everything. I make fun of skinny white computer nerds, but I am one. When asked about "abusive content", Moore replied by saying, I'm not going to leave a 14 year old girl's address up on a page cause some dipshit got mad at her and made an article. But if you dress up like a fox and wear diapers and then take pictures of it? That's fair game, sir.〔 In a later interview with ''The Daily Dot'', Moore defended his community's belief in free speech. In January 2013, a video game created by EDF user "gizmo01942" came to the attention of the media. The game, ''Bullet To The Head Of The NRA'' was controversial because the player could take aim and shoot at members of the National Rifle Association.〔 In February, 2015, ''Muhammad Sex Simulator 2015'', another video game by the same EDF user, attracted further controversy because of the then-recent Charlie Hebdo shootings. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Encyclopædia Dramatica (often abbreviated ED and æ) is a satirical website, consisting of a wiki that uses MediaWiki software, and a forum based on XenForo forums software.(【引用サイトリンク】title=Someone Made A Game In Which You Shoot The Head Of The NRA ) Launched on December 10, 2004, it lampoons encyclopedia topics and current events, especially those related or relevant to contemporary Internet culture. It often serves as a repository of information and a means of discussion for the internet subculture known as Anonymous.. The not safe for work site celebrates a subversive "trolling culture", and documents Internet memes, culture, and events, such as mass organized pranks, trolling events, "raids", large scale failures of Internet security, and criticism of Internet communities which are accused of self-censorship in order to garner prestige or positive coverage from traditional and established media outlets.Journalist Julian Dibbell described Encyclopædia Dramatica as the site "where the vast parallel universe of Anonymous in-jokes, catchphrases, and obsessions is lovingly annotated, and you will discover an elaborate trolling culture: Flamingly racist and sexist content lurks throughout, all of it calculated to offend.". Ninemsn described Encyclopædia Dramatica as: "Wikipedia's evil twin. It’s a site where almost every article is biased, offensive, unsourced, and without the faintest trace of political correctness. A search through its archives will reveal animated images of people committing suicide, articles glorifying extreme racism and sexism, and a seemingly endless supply of twisted, shocking views on just about every major human tragedy in history."On April 14, 2011, the original URL of the site was redirected to a new website named 'Oh Internet' that bore little resemblance to Encyclopedia Dramatica. Parts of the ED community harshly criticized the changes. On the night of the Encyclopedia Dramatica shutdown, regular ED visitors bombarded the 'Oh Internet' Facebook wall with hate messages. The Web Ecology Project made a downloadable archive of former Encyclopedia Dramatica content. Fan-made torrents and several mirrors of the original site were subsequently generated, before the wiki located at encyclopediadramatica.se (formerly encyclopediadramatica.ch and encyclopediadramatica.es) emerged as the only one still active.==Content==Encyclopædia Dramatica was founded in 2004 by Sherrod DeGrippo, also known by the online pseudonym "Girlvinyl". DeGrippo found LiveJournal (LJ Drama)in 2000 and became enthralled by the behavior of some of its members:People were accessible and it was bidirectional. Voyeurs and exhibitionists were able to interact in a way that was normalized. That’s why I started ED. It was mostly just personalities that were just so nuts and fascinating.She became involved in the LJdrama community, which covered stories on LiveJournal gossip. When the community was banned from LiveJournal, they created their own website. In 2002, two LiveJournal users, Joshua Williams (aka mediacrat) and Andrewpants, became intimately involved with each other. After they broke off their relationship, LJdrama decided to document the resulting drama. Unflattering photographs of Williams were spread on the web, and Williams considered this to be harassment. He threatened legal action, traveled to Portland, Oregon, in order to speak to LiveJournal's abuse team, and reported the alleged harassment to a local TV news station. DeGrippo created Encyclopedia Dramatica in order to "house some information from livejournal and some drama about hackers Theo DeRaadt and Darren Reed."Encyclopedia Dramatica characterized itself as being "In the spirit of Ambrose Bierce's ''The Devil's Dictionary''." ''The New York Times Magazine'' recognized the wiki as "an online compendium of troll humor and troll lore" that it labeled a "troll archive". ''C't'', a European magazine for IT professionals, noted the site's role in introducing newcomers to the culture of 4chan's /b/, a notorious Internet imageboard. Encyclopædia Dramatica defines trolling in terms of doing things "for the ''lulz''" (for laughs), a phrase that it qualifies as "a catchall explanation for any trolling you do.".The targets of this trolling come from "every pocket of the Web",. to include not only the non-corporeal aspects of Internet phenomena, (e.g. online catchphrases, fan pages, forums, and viral phenomena), but also real people (e.g. amateur celebrities, identifiable internet drama participants and even Encyclopædia Dramatica's own forum members). These are derided in a manner described variously as "coarse", "offensive", "obscene",. "irreverent, obtuse, politically incorrect", "crude but hilarious", and "crude and abusive".. The material is presented to appear comprehensive, with extensive use of shock-value prose, drawings, photographs, and the like. The emotional responses are then added to the articles, often in similarly derogatory or inflammatory manner, with the purpose of provoking further emotional response. Adherents of the practice assert that visitors to the website "shouldn't take anything said on Dramatica seriously."Articles at Encyclopædia Dramatica are particularly critical of MySpace. as well as users on YouTube, LiveJournal, DeviantART, and Wikipedia. In ''The New York Times Magazine'', journalist Jonathan Dee described it as a "snarky Wikipedia anti-fansite".. Shaun Davies of Australia's ''Nine Network'' called it "Wikipedia's bastard child, a compendium of internet trends and culture which lampoons every subject it touches.". The site "is run like Wikipedia, but its style is the opposite; most of its information is biased and opinionated, not to mention racist, homophobic, and spiteful, but on the upside its snide attitude makes it spot-on about most Internet memes it covers.". This coverage of Internet jargon and memes had been acknowledged in the ''New Statesman'',. on Language Log,. in ''C't'' magazine, (online copy ). and in ''Wired'' magazine.According to Sherrod DeGrippo,As long as something wasn’t submitted as illegal or an abuse complaint, I didn’t even see it. Wikis are something that you either closely, closely monitor and manage, or you just let it go.On December 8, 2010, Encyclopædia Dramatica deleted its article on Operation Payback. On the same day, Facebook deleted its Operation Payback page, and Twitter suspended Operation Payback's account. An anonymous source told Gawker that the Encyclopedia Dramatica article was deleted as the result of court orders.Garrett E. Moore, the operator of a fork of Encyclopædia Dramatica located at encyclopediadramatica.se (encyclopediadramatica.ch at the time), told an interviewer for ''The Daily Dot'',People take themselves too seriously, they can't laugh at anything. We make fun of everything. I make fun of skinny white computer nerds, but I am one.When asked about "abusive content", Moore replied by saying,I'm not going to leave a 14 year old girl's address up on a page cause some dipshit got mad at her and made an article. But if you dress up like a fox and wear diapers and then take pictures of it? That's fair game, sir.In a later interview with ''The Daily Dot'', Moore defended his community's belief in free speech.In January 2013, a video game created by EDF user "gizmo01942" came to the attention of the media. The game, ''Bullet To The Head Of The NRA'' was controversial because the player could take aim and shoot at members of the National Rifle Association. In February, 2015, ''Muhammad Sex Simulator 2015'', another video game by the same EDF user, attracted further controversy because of the then-recent Charlie Hebdo shootings.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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