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Encyclopedia Dramatica:Required Reading

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This is a list of articles that are required reading for newbs, so that they may better understand ED history and fundamentals.

The very basics.
Describes the ED Improvement Drive, which set new standards for articles on ED and new procedures for dealing with shit.
For more ad hoc/relevant information, read: The Articles of Lulz.
A succinct description of ED.
More on what ED is all about.
What we want on ED
Do not replicate. Ever.

So You Want To Write An Article?

Essential reading when creating your own article.
More essential reading before creating a new article (what not to do).
Is your article crap? Do you want your article to not be crap? Read this.

Organizing ED

Where to find organized information on a number of expansive topics.
A way of organizing and linking to related articles.
Templates are used throughout ED for numerous reasons. Check out their descriptions here so that you don't fuck up when using them (see Exhibit A).

History

Read this so you don't let simple memes go over your head.
ED's defeat of someone with no life (the hardest thing to defeat on the internet).
Everyone's favorite trolling organization.
ED's first ever featured article.
Internet satirical image makers unite. Also Joseph Evers loses his house. :(
Girlvinyl's biggest enemy who was crushed after the downfall of ED 1.0.
Art site for angsty teenagers and other netizens.
Everyone's favorite furfag asspie.
A lot happens behind-the-scenes on ED's IRC channel.
Beware the chameleon.
Joseph Evers' worst enemy.
Encyclopedia Dramatica's favorite music.
Something you should know about and an important article.
Meme which brought plenty of traffic to ED.
The former Sysop everyone loves to hate.
A truth denied by the United States government.
Lol, dongs.
God of ED and pretty much everything else
The origins of ED.
ED side-project. Check it out!
ED's original purpose was to house this article.
Learn the truth about MySpace.
An ED original collage of shock images. If you get through this comfortably, you can likely handle any image on ED.
Why we are no longer ED.com (see also Daniel Brandt).
Another ED original. Think it's gross? Stare at it til you don't.
ED's trademark Rainbow Blinkies.
Over two million people have seen this page. This page brought ED's rank up to 1200 for a couple of days and totally raped our servers.
ED was first on the scene, just minutes after Irwin's death was reported by a minor Australian news site.
Something the internet is.
Used effectively by trolls since Web 1.0. See the Power 5 for a concise introduction to the classics.
People from five e-associations unite to piss off some teenagers.
What you really don't want to be.
The problem with most of the internet.
Don't be a sufferer.
The most accurate site in the world.
Just begging to be trolled.

Historical Examples

Why Wikipedia sucks in a nutshell.
Radical feminist who wished she had aborted her teenage son.
This article caused a lot of problems for the WMF.
Perhaps the most famous trolling organization.
LOL WORMS ARE EATING ME.
Conservative + internet = arrogance.
Attention whores and the proper way to deal with them.
The internet's only non-pdf telling of the epic troll that is Powerbook.
Loves him some sweet, sweet anthropomorphic toon mouse booty.
Excellent example on how to write about DA fags.
Warning: Really fucking gross.
Some history told by a former sysop.
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