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As you probably all know, Encyclopedia Dramatica has died due to lack of money to pay for the hosting fees. I have a few minor questions concerning how this affects Uncyc:

1. Is it still a good idea to redirect "Encyclopedia Dramatica" and similar titles to Goa Tse? Maybe we could point them instead to a specially created page that looks like a 404 error but has several wikilinks to Goa Tse buried inside.
2. Or might there even be a possibility of writing an actual article about ED? (sorry, I'm still comparatively a newbie...)
3. Any other ideas on how we can wring some satire from the situation?

I'm not thinking of doing anything bad. I promise.

Pentium5dot1 08:06, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

How about we just organise a synchronised belly laugh? -- Sir Mhaille  (talk to me)

Unsynch'd would be easier. Uncyclopedians run in asynchronous mode, mostly. Sir Modusoperandi ^Boinc! 08:25, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Suddenly, all those people who AFD'd the Uncyclopedia article on Wikipedia for the excuse that "ED article got deleted, why not Uncyc?!? Waaah!" will have an even harder time. - Pigeon 11:44, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

They died again? How many times is that now? Drama queens. -- (but) Untrue  Whhhy?Whut?How? *Back from the dead* 13:29, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

/me moves this topic over to BHOP. Seriously guys, ED and we are pretty unrelated, so while it could affect us somewhat in the short term, in the long term, it really doesn't affect us at all. I personally hate to see a fellow humor website go, but it really makes no difference one way or another.--<<>> 12:59, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

lolbye roflcopterz

Serves them right. They know what they did. --Hrodulf 02:38, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Read UnNews:ED dies too. --Hrodulf 03:21, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm going to post this pic everytime I see an ED-centric forum. It's a nice pic of my Pa'. *sniff*, I miss Pa'. Went out for smokes and never came back, he did. Plus, since headers don't appear to be length-limited, I can just ramble on about whatever comes to mind. Which is nice. The rambling, I mean...

ED; large and in charge, probably. I haven't been there in a while. Not since that picture of my butt exploded on the scene. Not literally. (Okay, literally).

Wups. I forgot to add this earlier. Sorry. Sir Modusoperandi ^Boinc! 13:18, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Obviously, you don't understand the gravity of this situation. --Emmzee 13:27, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Obviously. Still, your point is moot. Moot! Sir Modusoperandi ^Boinc! 13:33, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

$F=G{\frac {ThisSituation\cdot TestMass}{distance^{2}}}$ -- (but) Untrue  Whhhy?Whut?How? *Back from the dead* 15:54, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

every time you start shitty forum topics about your opinions on sites that don't concern us, god kills a kitten

please think of the kittens, and also the

--» >UF|TLK|▋» 02:32, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

I swear if I see that template one more time, I'll delete it, userspace or not. • Spang • ☃ • talk • 02:49, 17 May 2007

"Why are there so many

Songs about rainbows..."

I dunno why, but it made me think of this. And a frog strumming a banjo, for some reason. Sir Modusoperandi ^Boinc! 02:54, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Re: Deletion of rainbow template. 19:59, 16 May 2007 Spang (Talk | contribs) huffed "User:UNKNOWNFILE/rainbow" (offensive to eyes). FU Spang. Sir Modusoperandi ^Boinc! 05:57, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

OK, now my curiosity is irreversably piqued. Can anyne describe what it looked like — a shock image, or something? And is it possible to pique something besides curiosity? Lenoxus 18:50, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Better. It was text, but big, in colours, like a rainbow. I'm easily amused. Sir Modusoperandi ^Boinc! 19:50, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

that's one of ED's trademarks called rainbow blinkies, which was originally put on a blocked administrator's page after being desysopped for banning another admin, but it took off from there --» >UF|TLK|▋» 22:04, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Not for long...

ED is just having server problems. They plan to fix them soon. They're not dead, just in the ICU. --Starnestommy (Talk • Contribs • FFS • WP) 02:51, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Ha ha, whoever created this forum clearly jinxed it. Furluminati 05:45, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

I may have to retract my UnNews story, but until then maybe we can have a laugh at this. --Hrodulf 17:50, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

How do you know this? Maybe you can be the first one to get my "Benedict Arnold's high treason award"--Scott 22:15, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Could it be Eggs Benedict Arnold? I'm hungry and off my diet. --Hrodulf 23:16, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

He, I always thought that E.D. redirected to Goa Tse because the images will give you ED (Erectile Dysfunction). P.M., WotM, & GUN, Sir Led Balloon (Tick Tock) (Contribs) 18:01, 19 May 2007 (UTC)