Talk:Encyclopedia Dramatica

May 2024

We have now entered another period where the site is offline and there is currently no indication of what the problem is and when it might return. The error given is DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN which means that the URL does not resolve to an IP address. The infobox should not say "offline" for brief outages, but this looks to be ongoing. ♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 07:45, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

The same error pops up to me, @Ianmacm, the text says "DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN", it can be that the domain, is down but, some "Sysops" said that the domain was seized for nonpayment or some user reporting the domain. Also, the forums were down with the same error. CiriloHQ (talk) 16:17, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

The domain may have been suspended/blocked by the registrar on 3 May 2024, see this WHOIS screenshot. Anyway, the .online domain is out of action and we don't know why. ED .online hasn't said anything publicly about this. They used to have a Twitter/X account but it was also suspended.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 09:40, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Their subreddit is banned too, and I believe their discord server is gone as well. All that's left is a facebook group that hasn't been used since 2010 and a steam group that's very hard to find. According to said group a .top domain is on the way but the person is funding it via crowdfunding so it's likely to be a scam. 2601:155:300:910:A9A4:6C7C:C929:9526 (talk) 03:51, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Encyclopediadramatica.top was registered on 12 May 2024 (screenshot) and the page currently says "It's happening". It looks like ED may be migrating (or planning to migrate) to the .top domain at the moment, 8chan also did this after being kicked off their previous domain.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 08:42, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Yeah but given the layout and the type of site ED was there's still a nonzero chance this is a scam. 2601:155:300:910:617C:C42A:6426:A212 (talk) 15:30, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

@Ianmacm: I'm a little lost - do you know what precisely the legal situation is that editors have been referring to and how it applies to the change of domains (and, by the sound of it, ownership)? BOTTO _(T•C) 16:33, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

I have no insider knowledge of what happens over at ED. FWIW, the current "Did you know?" section on the main page says "encyclopediadramatica.online died because the previous owner hid like a ***** and let it die." That's as much as I know, but clearly they had to change domains.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 16:52, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

June 2024

Yes, the .top version is now offline so it didn't last very long. It is unclear why this has happened and the site faces another period of uncertainty. ♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 07:29, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

It's back, and according to the Dramatica forum, "Namecheap suspended the domain." So off we go with a new domain, with .top holding the record for the shortest tenure at less than a month.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 18:02, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Re this edit. ED currently has two domains, edramatica.com which was registered on 9 June 2024, and dramatica.wtf which was registered on 13 May 2024 and is also being used for the forums. Since edramatica.com seems to be the main address and dramatica.wtf is a mirror, the article should give edramatica.com as the address per WP:ELMINOFFICIAL.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 10:00, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Re this edit: edramatica.com is down at the moment, but it is unclear whether this is a temporary blip or something more serious.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 15:28, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

I'm an ED regular, and I saw it go down live. When it went down, edramatica.com was replaced with a page that said, "So Don't Do That Then... (This domain has been terminated for abuse)", so I think it's safe to believe that edramatica.com has been suspended by EasyDNS. Isthisarandomaccountwellyes (talk) 17:23, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, there have been persistent claims in the past few weeks that domain registrars are unhappy with some of the content on ED. Freedom of speech is one thing, deliberate harassment and defamation of living people is another. Since this is all part of the fun (cough, cough) at ED, it leaves them with the difficult task of finding a new domain and web host.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 18:07, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

• And thanks to the wonders of the Wayback Machine, we can see the termination message here. It does indeed say "So Don't Do That Then... (This domain has been terminated for abuse)" as a message from easyDNS, complete with a dead skeleton pirate. At this rate ED will end up as a Tor hidden service only, because no domain will have them.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 18:18, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

  The forums at dramatica.wtf also seem to be down, as all I get is an error message saying "Page could not be loaded". (On other devices I tried, the website won't even load at all and just says "DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN") 92.9.147.249 (talk) 22:37, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

They are now on encyclopediadramatica.gay, which was registered with Enom on 17 June 2024. So let's see how long this lasts, they have had three new domains in little over a month.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 07:01, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

That might not be the wisest choice, per the § Harassment protections section of the .gay article. I don't know, we'll just have to wait and see how long this one will last for. 92.9.147.249 (talk) 11:57, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

OT, but i'm surprised to see ED able to registed the .gay domain at all. 95.24.34.99 (talk) 11:20, 26 June 2024 (UTC)