ED Improvement Drive

From Encyclopedia Dramatica

TL;DR? See BAD ARTICLE vs. GOOD ARTICLE. Also see: CREATING AN ARTICLE WITHOUT FAGGING UP ED.

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 serious quality control. 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, during the ensuing weeks, 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 removal (or at least complete rewrite) of 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 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 Uncyclopedia. This is not the case. This site actually contains lulz, Uncyclopedia contains You.
5. Improvements to the style guide.
6. Mandatory User/Subpage new article draft testing (subject to Sysop approval) for newfags with visions of grandeur.
7. Mandatory use of Firefox to EDit due to superior spellcheck capacity.
8. More to follow, possibly

[edit] See Also

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

ED Improvement Drive is part of a series on THE GRIDS THAT IS KILLING ED	Basic Failures Exhibit A | Exhibit B | Exhibit C | Exhibit D