Encyclopedia Dramatica:Improvement Drive

TL;DR? See BAD ARTICLE vs. GOOD ARTICLE.

Policy This article defines official ED Policy. Shortcut: ED:ID

It has become apparent that, in full accordance with Sturgeon's Law and Hamtaro's Theory, Encyclopedia Dramatica has become infested with shit, and there has even been discussion about nuking it all.

With this in mind, it is now necessary for Encyclopedia Dramatica to do some mass deletions of shit articles. During this time, we will be seriously locking down on the creation of new articles, and users who prove themselves to be fucking retards may very well be banned without warning. Now is not the time to create an article on some random asshole (see:Exhibit B) from some random website who is asserted to be gay. Now is not the time to blindly smear pages with memes. Now is not the time to slap a bunch of faggy templates around (see: Exhibit A).

We seek to accomplish the massive reduction of faggotry, the deletion of shit, and the increase of lulz. With that in mind, here are some of our specific goals:

1. The removals (or at least complete rewrite) of new/incoming articles that are entirely or almost entirely unrelated to the internet. These include, but are not limited to, most articles on bands, television shows, movies, and IRL locations.
2. Significant quality control exercised over our most popular articles which have gone downhill / were never good in the first place.
3. A MASSIVE REDUCTION of shitty attack pages. Encyclopedia Dramatica exists to document internet drama, culture, memes, and people, but the internets are a fucking hueg place, and unless the subject of an article is actually somewhat notable and/or interesting in the communities they are involved with, Noone gives a shit.
4. A general improvement in article quality. Too many newfags come to ED with the belief that we are nothing more than a racist, sexist, and homophobic Unfunnypedia. This is not the case. This site actually contains lulz, Unfunnypedia contains You.
5. Improvements to the style guide.
6. Start articles in your userspace first. Start in User:USERNAME/*ARTICLE NAME* (subject to Sysop approval). This is a suggestion, not a policy.
7. Mandatory use of grammar - easy with almost every web browser having builtin spellcheck capacity.

See Also

• ED:101
• ED:Things to avoid
• ED Style Guide

History and laws

• Sturgeon's Law
• Bunker's Law
• Hamtaro's Theory
• Eternal September