e2 users called "noders" create entries called "nodes" and add information in multiple "writeups." only logged-in users can create writeups, and only the author of a writeup or an editor appointed by the site administrators can edit a writeup. e2 categorizes writeups into thirteen types: "person", "place", "idea", "thing", "dream", "personal", "fiction", "poetry", "review", "log", "recipe", "essay", and "event". two additional writeup types, "lede" and "definition", are usable only by editors and are applied retroactively. writeups are written in a simplified html dialect and do not contain images.