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From Encyclopedia Dramatica

In the old days, a fact used to be something real, existing IRL and documented with evidence. Since the advent of the internets, however, the term "fact" has lost much of its linguistic coherency; now, facts are often simply opinions, with the phrase "It's a fact!" doing little more than indicating strong belief on the part of the poster. Be prepared to deliver some hard evidence (read: not frickin' Wikipedia) when labeling something as fact.

For a list of facts, see the article on common knowledge.

Contents 1 Factual Inaccuracy 1.1 How to Identify Factual Inaccuracies 1.2 List of People who Rely on Factual Inaccuracies 1.3 Examples of Factual Inaccuracies as a Drama-Generating Technique 1.4 Factual Inaccuracies and ED 1.5 Example of a Fact Often Mistaken for an Opinion 1.6 Example of an Opinion Often Mistaken for a Fact 2 See Also

Factual Inaccuracy

A highfalutin' term for making shit up. Throwing one of those around could land yourself in Internet court.

How to Identify Factual Inaccuracies

Any statement that:

• Begins with: "Studies show"
• Begins with: "My fellow Americans"
• Begins with: "My client is clearly."
• Begins with: "I'm not a (racist, sexist, homophobe, lawyer, doctor, nigger, Scientologist etc.), but..." (See also: dubious disclaimer)
• Begins with or contains the phrase: "It's obvious that"
• Begins with: "Trust me, I know"
• Has a woman saying that she didn't want to be raped.
• Ends with the phrase: "It's true, they tested it on Mythbusters"
• Ends with the phrase: "True story"
• Appears outside of Encyclopedia Dramatica.

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List of People who Rely on Factual Inaccuracies

• Old media
• New media
• Wikipedia
• Mann Coulteredia
• Fox News
• Americunts
• Scientologists
• Fundamentalists
• Jack Thompson
• Atheists
• Good for nothing Jews
• Christians
• Muslims and other Sandniggers like hindu
• Agnostics
• Pretty much everyone

Examples of Factual Inaccuracies as a Drama-Generating Technique

• In israeli: "Studies show that 3/4 of all Jews have small penises."
• In amipregnant: "Everyone knows you can't get pregnant on a Thursday."
• In every available online forum: "The Phantom of the Opera molested me."

Factual Inaccuracies and ED

To improve the general quality and Good Joke:Word Count Ratio of ED, try to include as many factual inaccuracies as possible in your article. Ensure they are blatantly absurd. Bonus points for double entendres, puns, or witty cultural mis-allusions, but minus points for misspellings.

• Encyclopedia Dramatica Gold Stars are awarded to inaccuracies that generate drama from people arguing over its factuality (or lack thereof).

Example of a Fact Often Mistaken for an Opinion

• Jews did WTC

Example of an Opinion Often Mistaken for a Fact

• Holocaust

See Also

• Strawman