High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Encyclop?dia Dramatica (often abbreviated ED) was a satirical open wiki that used MediaWiki software. Launched on December 10, 2004, it lampooned both encyclopedic topics and current events, especially those related or relevant to contemporary internet culture. It was frequently utilized by a socially fluid and dynamic internet subculture known as Anonymous. The not safe for work site celebrated a subversive "trolling culture", and documented internet memes, culture, and events, such as mass organized pranks, trolling events, "raids", large scale failures of internet security, and criticism of conservative internet communities which were accused of self-censorship in order to garner prestige or positive coverage from traditional and established media outlets. The magazine Wired described the site as "where the vast parallel universe of Anonymous in-jokes, catchphrases, and obsessions is lovingly annotated, and you will discover an elaborate...