User:Shii/ED


 * This is a draft for a recreation I will propose in a couple months, your comments are welcome

The Encyclopedia Dramatica article was proposed for recreation by me in March.

Deletion review/Log/2008 March 6

The argument for this was simple:
 * ED qualifies for WP:WEB just as much as 4chan. They are equally notable subjects.

The arguments against it, which were ultimately deemed appropriate, went like so:
 * ED does not have a sufficient number of sources to guarantee an unbiased article.
 * ED carries several hateful, defamatory, and inaccurate articles about Wikipedia editors.

I am satisfied with the second argument, but only in light of the first. If ED is non-notable it would indeed be hurtful to people to have an article for it on Wikipedia. It would lend legitimacy to a website which self-admittedly is not interested in telling the truth.

However, if ED is notable and we can write a good article about it, Wikipedia would be doing a great service to the people harassed by ED and the world at large. It would provide an unbiased and accurate description of ED, based not on someone's personal opinion or on the website itself but rather on secondary sources, and it would serve to counterbalance the confusion and misguidance that arises from reading ED's description of itself. In short, if it is possible to have a good article, then it is useful to have a good article, so the "never!" argument which is not based in Wikipedia's policies should be discounted.

There are now additional sources which both demonstrate ED's notability and certify the NPOV status of my new draft article...