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{{Short description|Satirical website that parodies Wikipedia}} |
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{{Infobox website |
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| name = Uncyclopedia |
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| logo = Uncyclopedia logo notext.svg |
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| caption = The [[Home page|main page]] of Uncyclopedia (retrieved May 24, 2019) is similar to Wikipedia's. |
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| type = [[Online encyclopedia]], [[satire]] |
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| registration = Optional |
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| owner = Works are owned by their authors<br>[[creativecommons:by-nc-sa/2.0|CC BY-NC-SA 2.0]] (English-language version) |
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| author = Jonathan "Chronarion" Huang,<br>"Stillwaters" |
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| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2005|01|05}} |
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| current_status = Active |
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| revenue = Donations<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Uncyclopedia:Donate |title=Uncyclopedia:Donate|access-date=October 23, 2015|website=Uncyclopedia|format=Wiki}}</ref> |
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| url = ''English Uncyclopedia:''<br>{{url|https://en.uncyclopedia.co}} (2013 fork)<br>{{url|https://uncyclopedia.com}} (2019 fork) <br>{{url|https://uncyclopedia.ca}} (redirect to the latter) <br>{{url|https://uncyclopedia.org}} (“about” page; information about both) |
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'''Uncyclopedia''' is |
'''Uncyclopedia''' is the name of several [[Fork (software development)|fork]]s of [[satirical]] [[online encyclopedia]]s that [[parody]] [[Wikipedia]]. Its logo, a hollow "puzzle [[potato]]", parodies Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia logo|globe puzzle logo]],<ref name="Hindu">{{cite news | url = http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/11/06/stories/2006110601060400.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070225120233/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/11/06/stories/2006110601060400.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = February 25, 2007 | title = Surely, you must be joking! | access-date = February 11, 2007 | last = Sankar | first = Anand |date=November 6, 2006 | work = [[The Hindu]] | location=Chennai, India}}</ref> and it styles itself as "the content-free [[encyclopedia]]", parodying Wikipedia's slogan of "the free encyclopedia" and likely as a play the fact that Wikipedia is [[Wikipedia|described]] as a "[[Free content|free-content]]" encyclopedia. Founded in 2005<ref name="netmag">{{cite news |title=The brains behind Uncyclopedia |publisher=.net |date=May 3, 2007 |url=http://www.netmag.co.uk/zine/discover-interview/the-brains-behind-uncyclopedia |access-date=November 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201124056/http://www.netmag.co.uk/zine/discover-interview/the-brains-behind-uncyclopedia |archive-date=December 1, 2007 }}</ref> as an [[English-language]] [[wiki]], the project spans more than 75 languages as well as several subprojects parodying other wikis. Uncyclopedia's name is a [[portmanteau]] of the prefix ''un-'' and the word ''encyclopedia''.<ref name="wikia"/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://desciclopedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1gina_principal | title = Desciclopédia | access-date = June 21, 2014 | format = Wiki | work = Uncyclopedia}}</ref> |
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Various styles of [[humor]] are used as |
Various styles of [[humor]] are used as vehicles for parody, from pointed satire to light sarcasm, along with structured in-jokes and frequent [[Non sequitur (literary device)|non sequitur]]s. The site has attracted media attention for its articles on controversial subjects including [[religion]], prominent people, places, [[politics]], and [[pseudoscience]]. |
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Many Uncyclopedia articles contain graphics with a link to the corresponding Wikipedia article |
Many Uncyclopedia articles contain [[graphics]] with a link to the corresponding Wikipedia [[Article (publishing)|article]]; Uncyclopedia often denotes the corresponding Wikipedia article to its content as being listed "for those without [[Comedy|comedic]] tastes", and Wikipedia's article written by "so-called [[Expert|experts]]". |
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==History== |
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[[File:UnclopediaOnWP.JPG|thumb|upright|A grab from the "About" page of Uncyclopedia highlighting its comical nature and satirical approach to Wikipedia with a link to this page]] |
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Uncyclopedia was launched on January 5, 2005, by Jonathan Huang, known online as "Chronarion", and a partner known online as "Stillwaters".<ref name="Hindu"/> In July 2006, it was acquired by [[Wikia]] (now known as "Fandom").<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Craiglpalmer/Wikia_is_now_Fandom_powered_by_Wikia|title=Wikia is now Fandom powered by Wikia|last=Palmer|first=Craig L.|website=Community Central|date=2016-09-26|access-date=2016-10-05|publisher=Wikia, Inc.}}</ref> |
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Uncyclopedia was launched on January 5, 2005, by Jonathan Huang, known online as "Chronarion", and a partner known online as "Stillwaters".<ref name="Hindu"/> It was originally situated at <code>uncyclopedia.org</code>. In July 2006, it was acquired by [[Fandom (website)|Fandom]], then known as Wikia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Craiglpalmer/Wikia_is_now_Fandom_powered_by_Wikia|title=Wikia is now Fandom powered by Wikia|last=Palmer|first=Craig L.|website=Community Central|date=September 26, 2016|access-date=October 5, 2016|publisher=Wikia, Inc.}}</ref> |
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In January 2013, some Uncyclopedia editors and administrators set up a [[Fork (software development)|fork]] of Uncyclopedia at <code>en.uncyclopedia.co</code>, in response to Wikia's censorship, insertion of advertising, and the imposition of content warnings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Forks_in_the_road_-_Uncyclopedia_moving_from_Wikia,_a_discussion|title=Forks in the road - Uncyclopedia moving from Wikia, a discussion|website=Uncyclopedia.wikia.com|accessdate=February 28, 2019}}</ref> Other editors and administrators remained on the Wikia site. |
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Fandom ceased hosting its version of Uncyclopedia<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:A_message_from_Fandom|archive-url=https://archive. |
In January 2013, some Uncyclopedia editors and administrators set up a [[Fork (software development)|fork]] of Uncyclopedia at <code>en.uncyclopedia.co</code>, in response to Wikia's censorship, insertion of advertising, and the imposition of content warnings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Forks_in_the_road_-_Uncyclopedia_moving_from_Wikia,_a_discussion|title=Forks in the road – Uncyclopedia moving from Wikia, a discussion|website=Uncyclopedia.com|access-date=February 28, 2019|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327172015/http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Forks_in_the_road_-_Uncyclopedia_moving_from_Wikia,_a_discussion|url-status=dead}}</ref> Fandom ceased hosting its version of Uncyclopedia<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:A_message_from_Fandom|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228065732/http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:A_message_from_Fandom|archive-date=February 28, 2019|title=A message from Fandom|quote=... So we are looking again at Uncyc's content, and have decided that it's not the sort of thing that we want to host anymore.|publisher=Uncyclopedia (Wikia)|access-date=February 27, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> on May 14, 2019, and the Fandom site (colloquially known as the "spoon", a play on "fork") moved to <code>uncyclopedia.ca</code>, and in September 2021 to <code>uncyclopedia.com</code>. In 2023, each of these English-language versions had approximately 37,000 content pages, second only to the Portuguese. The Fandom version of the site now shows only a "Not a valid community" [[landing page]]. |
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A third site, at <code>mirror.uncyc.org</code>, functions only as a [[mirror website]] with backup copies of some Uncyclopedia pages. |
A third site, at <code>mirror.uncyc.org</code>, functions only as a [[mirror website]] with backup copies of some Uncyclopedia pages. |
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==Structure== |
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Uncyclopedia is built on the same [[MediaWiki]] software that Wikipedia uses. However, Fandom extensively modified its version of MediaWiki, making the Fandom Uncyclopedia site incompatible with later MediaWiki versions. In May 2018, Fandom dropped support for the Monobook [[Skin (computing)|skin]] that its Uncyclopedia site had used to mimic Wikipedia, claiming this was necessary to achieve [[General Data Protection Regulation|GDPR]] compliance,<ref>{{cite web|last=Quievryn|first=Tim|title=The Future of Monobook on FANDOM |url=https://community.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:1456214| |
Uncyclopedia is built on the same [[MediaWiki]] software that Wikipedia uses. However, during Fandom's (Wikia's) hosting of Uncyclopedia, Fandom extensively modified its version of MediaWiki version 1.19, making the Fandom Uncyclopedia site incompatible with later MediaWiki versions. In May 2018, Fandom dropped support for the Monobook [[Skin (computing)|skin]] that its Uncyclopedia site had used to mimic Wikipedia, claiming this was necessary to achieve [[General Data Protection Regulation|GDPR]] compliance,<ref>{{cite web|last=Quievryn|first=Tim|title=The Future of Monobook on FANDOM |url=https://community.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:1456214|access-date=May 21, 2018|date=May 21, 2018|website=Community Central|publisher=Wikia, Inc.}}</ref> and warned that local work-arounds could not be extended to new visitors and editors by default.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:R.I.P._Monobook_-_any_aftermath_plan%3F|title=R.I.P. Monobook – any aftermath plan?|publisher=Uncyclopedia (Wikia)|access-date=June 16, 2018|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327172021/http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:R.I.P._Monobook_-_any_aftermath_plan%3F|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since all Uncyclopedias split off or were removed from Fandom, they mostly switched to using [[mw:Skin:Vector|Vector]] instead (with [[mw:Skin:MinervaNeue|MinervaNeue]] on mobile), in order to continue parodying Wikipedia. |
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Uncyclopedia projects are run independently by their own members, though some users have accounts on multiple Uncyclopedias. They contain interlanguage links to each other, but there is no global [[Governing body|governing organization]] comparable to the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] that oversees Wikipedia as well as its sister projects. |
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Foreign-language Uncyclopedia-like projects are described [[#Uncyclopedia in other languages|below]]. Some of these are independent domains:<ref name="babel">{{cite web | url = http://uncyclopedia.info/wiki/Main_Page | title = Uncyclopedia Babel | accessdate = April 20, 2008 | format = Wiki | work = Uncyclopedia}}</ref> In 2007, 25% (or 20 out of 34) of the Uncyclopedia collection was hosted by Wikia. Six dedicated non-Wikia servers host "Uncyclopedia Babel" content in various languages. To coordinate these projects (collectively, the "Uncyclomedia Babel Project") an Un-Meta wiki was created in 2006.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://meta.uncyclomedia.org/wiki/UnMeta:About | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071015040739/http://meta.uncyclomedia.org/wiki/UnMeta:About | archivedate = October 15, 2007 | title = UnMeta:About | accessdate = November 17, 2007 | format = Wiki | work = Uncyclomedia UnMeta-Wiki}}</ref> |
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==Content== |
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Uncyclopedia projects are run independently by their own members. They contain interlanguage links to each other, but there is no global governing organization comparable to the Wikimedia Foundation that oversees Wikipedia as well as its sister projects. |
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Uncyclopedia's content is [[Software license|license]]d under the [[Creative Commons]] Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) license, although some content, notably images, is copyrighted.<ref name="wikia">{{cite web |url = https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Main_Page|title = Uncyclopedia|access-date = October 23, 2015|format = Wiki}}</ref> Different Uncyclopedias sometimes have different licenses; for example, dÉsencyclopédie (French Uncyclopedia) is dual-licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 and the [[GFDL]]. As of May 2024, the English-language Uncyclopedia contains approximately 37,700 articles.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Special:Statistics|title = Uncyclopedia statistics|access-date = March 6, 2021|format = Wiki|work = Uncyclopedia}}</ref> |
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Many articles on Uncyclopedia link to corresponding Wikipedia article on the subject, and they often designate Wikipedia's content as being written by "so-called experts"; this is most often denoted by Uncyclopedia articles with a corresponding Wikipedia article having a graphic located to the side of an article linking the related Wikipedia article to be used for "those without comedic tastes".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-15 |title=7 Top Sites Like Wikipedia That You Should Check Out in 2023 |url=https://www.nichepursuits.com/sites-like-wikipedia/ |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Niche Pursuits |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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== Content == |
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Uncyclopedia's content is [[software license|licensed]] under the [[Creative Commons]] Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) license.<ref name="wikia">{{cite web |url = https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Main_Page|title = Uncyclopedia|accessdate = October 23, 2015|format = Wiki|work = }}</ref> As of November 2015, the English-language Uncyclopedia contains approximately 30,000 articles.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Special:Statistics|title = Uncyclopedia statistics|accessdate = October 23, 2015|format = Wiki|work = Uncyclopedia}}</ref> |
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[[File:DogLabels.png|thumb|left|Where available, Uncyclopedia makes use of visual aids as a complement to its text, such as these [[European hazard symbols]] that include dogs.]] |
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Uncyclopedia encourages satire that is close to or resembles the truth. However, many articles employ [[absurdist humor]] and little, if any, [[fact]]ual accuracy remains. For example, Uncyclopedia's article about Wikipedia claims that Wikipedia is a parody of Uncyclopedia, not the reverse.<ref name="Uncyclopedia article on Wikipedia">{{cite web |url = https://en.uncyclopedia.co |
Uncyclopedia encourages satire that is close to or resembles the truth. However, many articles employ [[absurdist humor]] and little, if any, [[fact]]ual accuracy remains. For example, Uncyclopedia's article about Wikipedia claims that Wikipedia is a parody of Uncyclopedia, not the reverse.<ref name="Uncyclopedia article on Wikipedia">{{cite web |url = https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Wikipedia|title = Uncyclopedia article about Wikipedia|access-date = July 31, 2010|format = Wiki|work = Uncyclopedia}}</ref> Many articles on the site contradict each other, even articles on the same subject.{{Cn|date=October 2023}} |
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Like Wikipedia's "Five pillars", Uncyclopedia has "Five pliers", including "Satirical point of view".<ref>{{cite web |url = https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Uncyclopedia:Five_pliers|title = Uncyclopedia:Five pliers| |
Like Wikipedia's "Five pillars", Uncyclopedia has "Five pliers", including "Satirical point of view".<ref>{{cite web |url = https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Uncyclopedia:Five_pliers|title = Uncyclopedia:Five pliers|access-date = January 6, 2013|format = Wiki|work = Uncyclopedia}}</ref> Its code of conduct follows from three main rules: "Be funny and not just stupid", "Don't be a dick", and "Dance like you've never danced before!"<ref name="netmag"/><ref>{{cite web |url = https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Uncyclopedia:Rules|title = Uncyclopedia:Rules|access-date = January 6, 2013|format = Wiki|work = Uncyclopedia}}</ref> |
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Parodying Wikipedia's article review service [[Wikipedia:Peer review| |
Parodying Wikipedia's article review service [[Wikipedia:Peer review|peer review]], Uncyclopedia has a "Pee Review" where authors seek review by other Uncyclopedians on humor, grammar, spelling, use of images, and overall presentation.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Pee_Review|title = Uncyclopedia:Pee Review|access-date = January 6, 2013|format = Wiki|work = Uncyclopedia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Template:Pee_Review_Table|title = Template:Pee Review Table|access-date = January 6, 2013|format = Wiki|work = Uncyclopedia}}</ref> Users can post to other wiki pages to solicit coding help and review or request [[Photo manipulation|user-edited image]]s. Like Wikipedia, Uncyclopedia features articles and images on its front page. A system of user voting decides which articles and images to feature, usually deciding based on humor and writing quality. The site also welcomes [[Audio file format|audio]] contributions such as [[narration]] of articles. |
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Uncyclopedia's articles often begin with quotations, usually misquoted, fictitiously attributed or entirely fabricated.<ref name="injoke">{{cite web |url = https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Uncyclopedia:In-jokes|title = In-jokes|access-date = January 6, 2013|format = Wiki|work = Uncyclopedia}}</ref> Among the most recurrent themes is the invention of quotes attributed to [[Oscar Wilde]],<ref name="Hindu" /> prompted by an article stating that inventing Wilde quotes was the "national sport of [[England]]", and themes such as "kitten huffing" (the inhalation of the souls of cats as a form of [[drug abuse]]).<ref name="netmag"/> |
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Much like Wikipedia, Uncyclopedia has policies concerning vanity articles, which are articles written by an individual associated with the subject of the page. Vanity articles were disallowed after many of them produced [[flame war]]s.<ref name="netmag"/> Uncyclopedia does not police [[WP:COI|conflict of interest]] but may delete submissions as non-notable on a case-by-case basis, using an [[WP:AFD|AfD]]-like system called "Votes for deletion" (VfD) and a [[WP:CSD|CSD]]-like system called "QuickVFD". |
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Uncyclopedia's articles often begin with quotations, usually misquoted, fictitiously attributed or entirely fabricated.<ref name="injoke">{{cite web |url = https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Uncyclopedia:In-jokes|title = In-jokes|accessdate = January 6, 2013|format = Wiki|work = Uncyclopedia}}</ref> Among the most recurrent themes is the invention of quotes attributed to [[Oscar Wilde]],<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/10/10/stories/2006101000680300.htm | title = Surely, you must be joking! | accessdate = March 22, 2008 | work = The Hindu | last = Sankar | first = Anand | date=October 10, 2006 | location=Chennai, India}}</ref> prompted by an article stating that inventing Wilde quotes was the "national sport of [[England]]", and themes such as "kitten huffing" (the inhalation of the souls of [[cat]]s as a form of [[drug abuse]]).<ref name="netmag"/> |
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One of Uncyclopedia's most popular articles,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Top 10 Articles of 2005|url=https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Uncyclopedia:Top_10_Articles_of_2005|access-date=2020-08-19|website=Uncyclopedia|date=March 25, 2006|language=en}}</ref> "AAAAAAAAA!", is a nonsensical page, with its content completely consisting of the upper case letter A with images and some punctuation marks. |
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Much like Wikipedia, Uncyclopedia has policies concerning vanity articles, which are articles written by an individual associated with the subject of the page. Vanity articles were disallowed after many of them produced [[Flaming (Internet)|flame war]]s.<ref name="netmag"/> Uncyclopedia does not police [[WP:COI|conflict of interest]] but may delete submissions as non-notable on a case-by-case basis. |
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===Site-wide pranks=== |
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One of Uncyclopedia's most popular articles,{{weasel inline|date=January 2019}} [https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/AAAAAAAAA! AAAAAAAAA!], is a nonsensical page, with its content completely consisting of the upper case letter A and some punctuation marks. After its original writing in 2005, it has received popularity in [[internet meme]]s.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} |
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[[File:New-Bouncywikilogo.gif|thumb|left|Uncyclopedia's logo for Wikipedia]] |
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Some jokes involve the entire website, sometimes including a [[Skin (computing)|re-skin]] of the main page, such as with holiday themes. In 2012, as a parody of Wikipedia's black-out protest against the [[Stop Online Piracy Act]] (SOPA) ''et al.,'' Uncyclopedia blocked all content for a day with a notice claiming to support the bills.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Forum:SOPA-protest_blackout_on_the_18th._Join_it%3F?oldid=5412015|title = Forum:SOPA-protest blackout on the 18th. Join it?|access-date = April 8, 2012|format = Wiki|work = Uncyclopedia|date = January 24, 2012}}</ref> A tradition of [[April Fool's Day]] front page pranks occurs on the wiki, including a "blood donation" plea banner to spoof wiki donation banners on April 1, 2014.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com/joke/20140249 | title=A reskin for April Fool's Day 2014 | access-date = April 21, 2014 | work = April Fool's Day On The Web}}</ref> For one week in 2013, the Wikia fork interrupted viewing with a claim that the site was unavailable, spoofing a notice on the [[NASA]] website during the [[United States federal government shutdown of 2013]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:A_reskin_for_the_US_government_shutdown | title=A reskin for the US government shutdown | access-date=January 24, 2014 | format=Wiki | work=Uncyclopedia | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115143743/http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:A_reskin_for_the_US_government_shutdown | archive-date=November 15, 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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=== Site-wide pranks === |
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[[File:New-Bouncywikilogo.gif|thumb|left|150px|Uncyclopedia's logo for Wikipedia]] |
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Some jokes involve the entire website, sometimes including a [[Skin (computing)|re-skin]] of the main page, such as with holiday themes. In 2012, as a parody of Wikipedia's black-out protest against the [[Stop Online Piracy Act]] (SOPA) ''et al.,'' Uncyclopedia blocked all content for a day with a notice claiming to support the bills.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Forum:SOPA-protest_blackout_on_the_18th._Join_it%3F?oldid=5412015|title = Forum:SOPA-protest blackout on the 18th. Join it?|accessdate = April 8, 2012|format = Wiki|work = Uncyclopedia}}</ref> A tradition of [[April Fool's Day]] front page pranks occurs on the wiki recently including a "blood donation" plea banner to spoof wiki donation banners on 1 April 2014.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com/joke/20140249 | title=A reskin for April Fool's Day 2014 | accessdate = April 21, 2014 | work = April Fool's Day On The Web}}</ref> For one week in 2013, the Wikia fork interrupted viewing with a claim that the site was unavailable, spoofing a notice on the [[NASA]] website during the [[United States federal government shutdown of 2013]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:A_reskin_for_the_US_government_shutdown | title=A reskin for the US government shutdown | accessdate = January 24, 2014 | format = Wiki | work = Uncyclopedia}}</ref> |
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===Traditions=== |
===Traditions=== |
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Each year, Uncyclopedia |
Each year, Uncyclopedia writers create a list of ''100{{nbs}}worst reflections'' of that year, marking website milestones or simply news. Most years, the creators of the list reveal that they have once again put off the list until the last second, and simply skip a large chunk to get to a hundred in time. Other Uncyclopedia traditions include creating a "top{{nbs}}10" list of articles for each year, chosen by popular vote.{{citation needed|date= March 2024}} |
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As well as housing many articles designed to satirize Wikipedia-style content, Uncyclopedia contains several secondary projects (known as "UnProjects").<ref name="netmag"/><ref>{{cite web |url = https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Uncyclopedia:UnProject|title = Uncyclopedia:UnProject| |
As well as housing many articles designed to satirize Wikipedia-style content, Uncyclopedia contains several secondary projects (known as "UnProjects").<ref name="netmag"/><ref>{{cite web |url = https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Uncyclopedia:UnProject|title = Uncyclopedia:UnProject|access-date = November 19, 2007|format = Wiki|work = Uncyclopedia}}</ref> As of 2017, there were sixteen such subprojects,<ref>{{cite web |url = https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Template:Sisterprojects|title = Template:Sisterprojects|access-date = November 3, 2007|format = Wiki|work = Uncyclopedia}}</ref> each of which specializes in parody of a different information style. Many of these are directly analogous to Wikipedia's sister projects, while others such as UnTunes and HowTo parody projects completely unrelated to Wikipedia. |
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== Press coverage == |
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Uncyclopedia has been referenced in several well-known news publications from around the world, in addition to numerous local and regional newspapers and periodicals. In 2005, the [[Flying Spaghetti Monster]] entry from Uncyclopedia was mentioned in a ''[[New York Times]]'' column reporting the spread of "[[Flying Spaghetti Monster|Pastafarianism]]", the [[religion]] that worships the Flying Spaghetti Monster.<ref name="NYTimes">{{cite news |first = Sarah |last = Boxer |url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE0D61F3EF93AA1575BC0A9639C8B63 |title = But Is There Intelligent Spaghetti Out There? |work = The New York Times |date=August 25, 2005 |accessdate = July 18, 2006}}</ref> The column was then reprinted in other newspapers, including the ''[[Taipei Times]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/08/31/2003269851 |title = 'Pastafarianism' gains prominence and support in intelligent-design drive |work = Taipei Times |date=August 25, 2005 |accessdate = July 18, 2006}}</ref> The magazine ''[[.net (magazine)|.net]]'' featured an interview with Huang about Uncyclopedia in May 2007.<ref name="netmag"/> A number of other articles have been centred on specific entries on Uncyclopedia—most notably the article in the ''[[Arizona Daily Star]]'', which focused on the [[Tucson, Arizona]] parody,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/142615 |title=Online parody of Tucson not always funny, but interesting |work=Arizona Daily Star |date=August 18, 2006 |accessdate=August 22, 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822225644/http://www.azstarnet.com:80/allheadlines/142615 |archivedate=August 22, 2006 |df=mdy }}<br />{{cite news|url=http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/142615 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070214095949/http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/142615 |archivedate=February 14, 2007 |title=Online parody of Tucson not always funny, but interesting |work=Arizona Daily Star via Wayback machine |date=February 14, 2007 |accessdate=April 30, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref> and the article in the ''[[Cyprus Mail]]'', which focused on the [[Cyprus]] article.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jean |last=Christou |title=Cyprus that great and peaceful island |
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In addition to articles about specific entries on the wiki, several papers speak of the website in general—usually in a section devoted to [[technology]] or the [[Internet]]. This was the case when Uncyclopedia was referenced in the ''[[Boston Herald]]'' and ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>{{cite news |first = Stephanie |last = Schorow |url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/819420901.html?did=819420901&FMT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Apr+8%2C+2005&author=Stephanie+Schorow&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=BOOKMARK+DIVA%3B+This+wiki-cool+Web+site+lets+Net+surfers+define+world |title = This wiki-cool Web site lets Net surfers define world |work = Boston Herald |date = April 8, 2005 |accessdate = July 18, 2006 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20121021062807/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/819420901.html?did=819420901&FMT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Apr+8%2C+2005&author=Stephanie+Schorow&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=BOOKMARK+DIVA%3B+This+wiki-cool+Web+site+lets+Net+surfers+define+world |archivedate = October 21, 2012 |df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |first = Jack |last = Schofield |url = https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/apr/14/internet.onlinesupplement |title = Web Watch |work = Guardian Unlimited |date=April 14, 2005 |accessdate = July 18, 2006 |location=London}}</ref> Although most articles mentioning Uncyclopedia are specific to the site, there are other articles about [[Wikia]] or Wikipedia that just mention its name briefly. These include the editorial in ''[[The Register]]'' discussing the [[Seigenthaler incident]], in which Uncyclopedia was named only once.<ref name="Orlowski">{{cite news |first = Andrew |last = Orlowski |url = https://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/12/wikipedia_no_responsibility/ |title = There's no Wikipedia entry for 'moral responsibility'|work=The Register |date=December 12, 2005 |accessdate = June 24, 2006}}</ref> It has also been listed as one of the "Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites" in ''[[PC Magazine]]'',<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2174689,00.asp | title = Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites - Info, Reference, and Search | accessdate = October 20, 2007 | work = PC Magazine | date=August 27, 2007}}</ref> as well as among the "101 most useful websites" on the internet by ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=The 101 most useful websites|last=Baker|first=David|date=March 30, 2008|newspaper=[[The Sunday Telegraph]] |location=London |page=13}}</ref> ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]'' considers Uncyclopedia to be the wiki site equivalent of ''[[The Onion]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=What's Online|date=September 18, 2007|newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |page=D6}}</ref> |
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== Criticism and controversy == |
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[[File:Uncyclopedia mobile screenshot.png|200px|thumb|The mobile version of Uncyclopedia's ''Uncyclopedia'' article]] |
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At various times, articles on Uncyclopedia have generated criticism from [[King's College, Auckland|King's College]],<ref>{{cite news| first = Catherine| last = Woulfe | url = http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10383882 | title = Schools face new cyber bullying menace | work = The New Zealand Herald |date=May 28, 2006 | accessdate = July 20, 2006}}</ref> the ''[[North-West Evening Mail]]'',<ref>{{cite news |title=What do they know? |url=http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=509541&imageindex=0 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117044426/http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=509541&imageindex=0 |archivedate=November 17, 2007 |publisher=North-West Evening Mail |date=June 11, 2007 |accessdate=November 8, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Northern Irish politician James McCarry,<ref>{{cite news| first = Lesley-Anne| last = Henry | url = http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/article3147665.ece | archive-url = https://archive.is/20080213042345/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/article3147665.ece | archive-date = February 13, 2008 | title = War of words over Ulster 'Uncyclopedia' | work = Belfast Telegraph |date= November 10, 2007 | accessdate = November 17, 2007}}</ref> civic leaders of [[Telford]], [[Shropshire]], [[United Kingdom|UK]],<ref>{{cite news| first = Tom| last = Johannsen | url = http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/04/14/town-hits-back-at-chav-comments/ | title = Town's fury at 'Chav' slur | work = Shropshire Star |date= April 14, 2008 | accessdate = April 16, 2008}}</ref> the ''[[Sioux City Journal]]'',<ref>{{cite news | first = Laura | last = Johnson | url = http://my.siouxlandvoice.com/post/Lowesays/blog/offended_why_does_sc_keep_getting_bashed_on_the_internet.html | title = Offended? Why does S.C. keep getting bashed on the Internet? | work = The Weekender | date = July 1, 2010 | accessdate = July 27, 2010 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110716074506/http://my.siouxlandvoice.com/post/Lowesays/blog/offended_why_does_sc_keep_getting_bashed_on_the_internet.html | archivedate = July 16, 2011 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> ''[[Hawke's Bay Today]]'',<ref>{{cite news | first = Alistair | last = Gray | url = http://www.hawkesbaytoday.co.nz/local/news/flaxmurder-postings-slammed/3916849/ | title = 'Flaxmurder' postings slammed | work = Hawke's Bay Today | date = July 6, 2010 | accessdate = July 27, 2010 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110724192704/http://www.hawkesbaytoday.co.nz/local/news/flaxmurder-postings-slammed/3916849/ | archivedate = July 24, 2011 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> and ''Lochaber News''.<ref>{{cite news| first = Helen | last = Bushnell | url = http://www.lochaber-news.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/5298/Fort_mocked_in_web_spoof.html | title = Fort mocked in web spoof | work = Lochaber News |date = July 22, 2010 |accessdate = July 27, 2010}}</ref> |
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In January 2008, the [[Malaysia]]n [[Ministry of Internal Security (Malaysia)|Internal Security Ministry]] issued a directive alerting newspaper editors not to trust Uncyclopedia. It said the article concerning Malaysia contained "untruths, insults and ridicule" and was demeaning to the country.<ref name=alert>{{cite news|first=Jeff |last=Ooi |title=Alert over Uncyclopedia on Malaysia |url=http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/lemaklemang/post.htm?id=63001799&t=tag |publisher=CNET Asia |date=January 15, 2008 |accessdate=November 16, 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080126055948/http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/lemaklemang/post.htm?id=63001799 |archivedate=January 26, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|script-title=zh:侮辱大马网站 内安部冀关注 |url=http://www.kwongwah.com.my/news/2008/01/15/6.html |publisher=Kwong Wah Yit Poh |date=January 15, 2008 |accessdate=January 16, 2008 |language=Chinese |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517203007/http://www.kwongwah.com.my/news/2008/01/15/6.html |archivedate=May 17, 2008 }}</ref> |
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The site uses a layout and look similar to that of [[Wikipedia]],<ref>{{cite news|first=Rich |last=Ray |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-126047958.html |title=Web Watch |work=Florida Times Union |date=June 21, 2008 |accessdate=July 11, 2008 }}{{dead link|date=April 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> which may confuse inexperienced users that misinterpret the content as factual.<ref>{{cite news| first = Tobias | last = Schormann | url = http://www.technewsworld.com/story/web20/62193.html | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071117044426/http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=509541&imageindex=0 | archivedate=November 17, 2007 | title = Wikipedia Spoofs: Not So Serious, Pal | work = TechNewsWorld |date= March 19, 2008 | accessdate = March 19, 2008}}</ref><!--http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:tkVDj4Xuy14J:www.technewsworld.com/story/tech-stew/62193.html--><!--http://www.bangkokpost.com/gadget/gadget.php?id=441--><ref>{{cite book |title=The Hula Hoop |last=Lanigan |first= Judith |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2007 |publisher= |location= |isbn= |page=146 |pages= |url= |accessdate=}}</ref> |
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In November 2012, the page "HowTo:Commit suicide" on the Russian-language Absurdopedia was legally prohibited by the Russian [[Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare]] (Rospotrebnadzor). Absurdopedia administrator Edward Chernenko unsuccessfully sued them under his [[right to science and culture]] guaranteed by the Russian Constitution. During the proceedings, the Russian government and its experts claimed that Absurdopedia is intentionally trying to increase the number of child suicides in Russia by providing children with instructions for killing themselves.<ref name="absurdopedia-court-habrahabr">{{in lang|ru}} [http://habrahabr.ru/post/175205/ How we went to court against Rospotrebnadzor] - [[Habrahabr]], 03.04.2013.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://telekomza.ru/2013/04/03/kak-pravilno-suditsya-s-rospotrebnadzorom/|title=Как правильно: судиться с Роспотребнадзором|website=telekomza.ru}}</ref> The case is currently in the [[ECHR]].<ref>[http://ria.ru/society/20131217/984701207.html Appeal of access block to Absurdopedia was sent to ECHR - Ria Novosti, 17.12.2013]{{in lang|ru}}</ref> |
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In 2014, the page "HowTo:Make a bomb at home" on Absurdopedia was included in the Russian [[Federal List of Extremist Materials|list of extremist materials]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tjournal.ru/law/50713-absurdopedia-bomb|title=Кулинарные рецепты с "Абсурдопедии" дважды внесли в список экстремистских материалов — Право на TJ|first=Султан|last=Сулейманов|date=May 5, 2014|website=TJ}}</ref> |
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In 2017, two pages of Absurdopedia were banned in Russia: "HowTo:Bathe a cat" for "calls to violence against animals" and "HowTo:Make a nuclear bomb" for "information on manufacturing weapons".<ref>[https://roskomsvoboda.org/36189/ Absurdopedia of real life] - Roscomsvoboda, 13.02.2018.{{in lang|ru}}</ref> |
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In August 2014, the logo displayed for [[Greggs]] on its Google profile was mistakenly temporarily switched to the logo used on Uncyclopedia's article on the subject at the Wikia site due to a caching issue, causing a PR crisis for the company.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/greggs-google-fail-was-the-bakerys-response-to-its-logo-mishap-a-stroke-of-marketing-genius-9681928.html |accessdate=Oct 29, 2014 |title=Greggs Google fail - was the bakery's response to its logo mishap a stroke of marketing genius |date=Aug 20, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11043644/Greggs-bakery-shows-how-to-handle-a-social-media-nightmare-after-offensive-logo-appears-on-Google.html |date=Aug 19, 2014 |accessdate=Oct 29, 2014 |title=Greggs bakery shows how to handle a social media nightmare after offensive logo appears on Google}}</ref> |
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== Uncyclopedia in other languages == |
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The Uncyclopedia concept has been adapted to wikis in more than fifty other languages.<!-- this count not including en: --><ref name="babel"/> The UnNews project has similarly been replicated, under various localised names, in eighteen other languages.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Template:UnnewsLanguages|title = Template:UnnewsLanguages|accessdate = December 16, 2007|format = Wiki|work = Uncyclopedia}}</ref> The websites also invoke various [[parody]] languages such as "[[Portuñol]]" and "English But Louder". The first Uncyclopedias in languages other than English were created in June 2005, beginning with a [[French language]] version.<ref name="language history">{{cite web |url = https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Template:Languages|title = Template:Languages|accessdate = November 26, 2007|work = Uncyclopedia}}</ref> On February 20, 2008, the 50th language, [[Welsh language|Welsh]], was added to the Uncyclopedia series. |
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Each language wiki is free to establish its own unique community identity, but most of the logos and names in use retain some semblance to those of the English-language version. For instance, as an "un-" encyclopedia, the encyclopedia is named "Uncyclopedia" in both [[English language|English]] and [[German language|German]]. |
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Some of the largest Uncyclopedias available in other languages are listed below. |
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=== Arabic — Beidipedia === |
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Literally "Egg pedia", the Arabic version contains satirical content. |
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=== Danish — Spademanns Leksikon === |
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Spademanns Leksikon<ref>[http://spademanns.wikia.com/wiki/Forside Spademanns Leksikon]" (in Danish) ''(Wiki). Wikia.'' .</ref> was established in 2006 by the user Lhademmor. The name lacks the "pedia" of most Uncyclopedias, and the website does not use the jigsaw-potato logo but resembles the logo of the largest newspaper in [[Denmark]], ''[[Ekstrabladet]].'' |
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In 2012, the website contained over 6000 articles. Together with the Norwegian Ikkepedia, it accuses Swedes of having no sense of humor because of their poor Uncyclopedia. Website memes include use of [[Chuck Norris]] as a cult hero; writing in the style of [[Hans Christian Andersen]], here claimed to be [[homosexual]]; and fictitious characters Omboo Hankvald, Hermod Spademann, Gubernichte Hankvald (Omboo's mother) and [[The Killing (Danish TV series)#Main cast and characters|Troels Hartmann]]. Their image of God is very close to [[Barry White]].<ref>[http://spademanns.wikia.com/wiki/Gud Gud] (in Danish) ''Wikia''</ref> |
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=== Dutch — Oncyclopedia === |
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The Dutch version started in June 2006. In half a year the number of articles grew to about 350. Though the number of pages in March 2007 was around 500, 150 short articles moved to the new daughter project, the "OnWoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal" (literally, "UnDictionary of the Dutch Language"), almost doubling the number of new contributions. In February 2007, a second project started: OnNieuws (UnNews), a news paper full of nonsense. This can be either fictional news or real news told in a funny way. Around March 15, 2007 the decision was made to change the name. |
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<ref>{{cite web | url=http://oncyclopedia.org/wiki/Oncyclopedia:Forum:Naam_Onziclopedie | title = Forum:Naam Onziclopedie | accessdate = February 2, 2007 | work = Oncyclopedia | language = Dutch}}</ref> The Onziclopedie was renamed to Oncyclopedia (Neerlandica). Later more projects started: OnZinnen (Unquotable), <ref>{{cite web | url=http://oncyclopedia.org/wiki/Oncyclopedia:Project:OnZinnen | title = Project:OnZinnen | accessdate = August 24, 2008 | work = Oncyclopedia | language = Dutch}}</ref> OnBoeken (UnBooks) |
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<ref>{{cite web | url=http://oncyclopedia.org/wiki/Oncyclopedia:Project:OnBoeken | title = Project:OnBoeken | accessdate = August 24, 2008 | work = Oncyclopedia | language = Dutch}}</ref> |
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and the Oncycloversiteit (Uncycloversity).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://oncyclopedia.org/wiki/Oncyclopedia:Project:Oncycloversiteit | title = Project:Oncycloversiteit | accessdate = June 16, 2009 | work = Oncyclopedia | language = Dutch}}</ref> |
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Oncyclopedia also has its own fictional [[radio]] station (OnRadio) |
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<ref>{{cite web | url=http://oncyclopedia.org/wiki/Oncyclopedia:Project:OnRadio | title = Project:OnRadio | accessdate = August 19, 2010 | work = Oncyclopedia | language = Dutch}}</ref> |
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<ref>{{cite web | url=http://oncyclopedia.blogspot.com/ | title = Oncyblog | accessdate = August 19, 2010 | work = Oncyblog | language = Dutch}}</ref> |
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which is only available to hear on the [[weblog]] of the Oncyclopedia. The Oncy has become well known mostly because of the articles about [[Emo]], [[Tokio Hotel]] and [[suicide]]. These articles have gotten a lot of criticism in the past, but the [[Sysop|admins]] mostly didn't do anything with it, because as they say, it is mostly destructive commentary. Sometimes blocks follow, although this only happens in the case of [[Profanity|swearing]]. |
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<ref>{{cite web | url=http://oncyclopedia.org/wiki/Oncyclopedia:Beleid/Blokkeringen | title = Beleid/blokkeringen | accessdate = December 19, 2007 | work = Oncyclopedia | language = Dutch}}</ref> |
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At the end of May 2011, the Oncyclopedia had more than 2,150 articles.<ref name="babel"/> |
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Finally there is the "Oncyclopolis Project". |
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<ref>{{cite web | url=http://oncyclopedia.org/index.php?title=Oncyclopedia:Project:Oncyclopolis | title = Project:Oncyclopolis | accessdate = January 18, 2009 | work = Oncyclopedia | language = Dutch}}</ref> This gives the Oncyclopedia a fictional [[city-state]], Oncyclopolis and its own ranking system (based on number of articles, user rights and user duty) comparable with the system of the Uncyclopedia. |
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=== Finnish — Hikipedia === |
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Hikipedia (from Finnish ''hiki'' "sweat" and encyclo''pedia'', a parody of the name "Wikipedia") is a [[Finnish language]] nonsense wiki founded in April 2005. Hikipedia was originally intended as an independent nonsense wiki and was only added to the Uncyclopedia project later. In 2011 Hikipedia had over 7000 articles and over 38000 pages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hikipedia.info/wiki/Toiminnot:Tilastot|title=Tilastot – Hikipedia|website=Hikipedia.info|accessdate=February 28, 2019}}</ref> |
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=== French — Désencyclopédie === |
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The Désencyclopédie was set up on June 30, 2005 by [[Quebec]] [[Blog|bloggers]]. The administration gradually abandoned the site before it was taken over by French-speaking volunteers around 2007. |
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On April 20, 2019, FANDOM (ex-Wikia) closed access to the Désencyclopédie in French, but not in other languages. The articles which are not in opposition to the conditions of use of Fandom can however always be consulted on another site where they are lodged, but since this date cannot be modified any more, except by the users connected to this site.<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|url=https://desencyclopedie.org/wiki/Forum:Des_singes/La_grande_%C3%A9migration_des_singes|title=La grande émigration des singes|accessdate=December 16, 2019}}</ref> |
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=== German — Stupidedia === |
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Stupidedia (from ''stupid'' and encyclop''edia'') is an [[Austria]]n [[wiki]] featuring [[Satire|satirically]] themed articles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bild.de/BILD/digital/technikwelt/2008/06/19/stupidedia/wissen-was-die-welt-nicht-braucht.html |title=Lachen mit "Stupidedia": Wissen, das die Welt nicht braucht |publisher=Bild.de |date=June 19, 2008 |accessdate=February 10, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rp-online.de/public/article/digitale/mehr/79844/Das-Lexikon-zum-Schmunzeln.html|title=Internetfundstück: Das Lexikon zum Schmunzeln|publisher=Rp-online.de|date=|accessdate=February 10, 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628202817/http://www.rp-online.de/digitales/neuheiten/das-lexikon-zum-schmunzeln-1.1607066|archivedate=June 28, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> It was created on December 17, 2004, by [[David Sowka]], making it the first known humor wiki. In 2010 it joined the Uncyclopedia family, becoming one of the site's German language wikis. Stupidedia is the largest German language wiki of this kind with over 22,412 articles {{as of| March 2014|lc=yes}}. Its slogan is "Wissen Sie Bescheid? Nein? Wir auch nicht!" (English: Do you know the score? No? Neither do we!). |
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=== Italian — Nonciclopedia === |
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Nonciclopedia, the [[Italian language]] version, was founded on November 3, 2005, and features over 14,000 articles. Like Uncyclopedia, it has many secondary projects, like ''Manuali'', a collection of fake or humorous tutorials about strange arguments (like ''How to conquer England in 4 steps''),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nonciclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Manuali:Conquistare_l'Inghilterra_in_4_semplici_passi | title = Conquistare l'Inghilterra in 4 semplici passi | accessdate = September 8, 2008 | work = Nonciclopedia | language = Italian}}</ref> the ''Horroscopo'', a fake [[horoscope]], ''NonNotizie'', a parody of [[WikiNews]] and the ''Walk of Shame'', a parody of the "Walk of Fame", which collects the best articles. Like most of the other languages' editions, there is a space for the ''Article of the Week'' and some pages have related audio files containing a vocal narration of the page's content. Typical subjects of humour are Wikipedia, [[Chuck Norris]], [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]], [[Silvio Berlusconi]], [[Emo]] subculture, [[Friedrich Nietzsche|Nietzsche]], [[Germano Mosconi]], the fictional state of ''Svervegia'' (literally Swederway) and people who vandalize Nonciclopedia in response to being offended by an article. Since Chuck Norris, ''Svervegia'' and Emo topics were abused, especially by [[newbie]] writers, they are not used anymore, if not on very rare occasions. In October 2011, Nonciclopedia was closed for a short while by the administrators after legal threats were issued by [[Vasco Rossi]].<ref name=corriere>{{cite web|url=https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/11_ottobre_03/vasco-chiude-nonciclopedia-cruccu_581e6e8c-edaf-11e0-8721-690dea02417b.shtml|title=Vasco Rossi fa chiudere Nonciclopedia - Corriere della Sera|website=Corriere.it|accessdate=February 28, 2019}}</ref> This has generated a strong protest movement on [[Facebook]] and other social networks.<ref name=corriere/> |
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=== Japanese — Ansaikuropedia === |
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Uncyclopedia ({{langWithName|ja|Japanese|アンサイクロペディア}} ''Ansaikuropedia''), fourth-largest with just over ten thousand pages,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://ansaikuropedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics | title = Special:Statistics | accessdate = November 17, 2007 | work = Ansaikuropedia |language = Japanese}}</ref> takes its name from the [[katakana]] [[transliteration]] of the word ''Uncyclopedia''.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/column/20070830/1002325/ | script-title=ja:ネットと現実、どっちが楽しい？ 「リア充」の先にある新しい友達関係 | accessdate = February 6, 2008 | work = Nikkei BP| language = Japanese}}</ref> It was founded in December 2005.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://ansaikuropedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%83%9A%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2 | script-title=ja:アンサイクロペディア | accessdate = December 6, 2007 | format = Wiki | work = Ansaikuropedia | language = Japanese}}</ref> Its "UnNews" section is known for posting stories that closely resemble real news stories, which has caused rumors and angry reactions on [[Twitter]]. |
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=== Polish — Nonsensopedia === |
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Nonsensopedia is a [[Polish language|Polish]] project that was initially just a Polish version of Uncyclopedia, but has since diverged from other projects in the family. It was founded on 14 September 2005<ref>{{cite web | url = https://nonsa.pl/wiki/Nonsensopedia:Timeline | title = Nonsensopedia:Timeline | accessdate = April 7, 2019 | format = Wiki | work = Nonsensopedia | language = Polish}}</ref> and has since grown to over 19,000 pages.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://nonsa.pl/wiki/Specjalna:Statystyka | title = Specjalna:Statystyka | accessdate = April 7, 2019 | format = Wiki | work = Nonsensopedia | language = Polish}}</ref> It was hosted on Wikicities (later Wikia), but has since moved to an independent host on [https://nonsa.pl/ nonsa.pl] in March 2019. Contrary to other Uncyclopedias, it puts a larger focus on following copyright law and encourages users actively to upload only free content.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://nonsa.pl/wiki/Specjalna:Prześlij | title = Prześlij plik | accessdate = April 7, 2019 | format = Wiki | work = Nonsensopedia | language = Polish}}</ref> |
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=== Portuguese — Desciclopédia === |
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Desciclopédia, the [[Portuguese language]] version with over 50,000 pages, is the largest Uncyclopedia.<ref name="babel"/> Founded in August 2005,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://desciclopedia.org/index.php?title=P%C3%A1gina_principal&dir=prev&action=history | title = Página principal - História | accessdate = December 28, 2007 | format = Wiki | work = Desciclopédia | language = Portuguese}}</ref> it purports to be the brainchild of the largely fictional Doutor Roberto (Portuguese for "Doctor Robert") a satire upon the late powerful owner of [[Rede Globo|TV Globo]], [[Roberto Marinho]]. This humour routinely targets regional [[Brazil]]ian notables such as centenarian comedy actress [[Dercy Gonçalves]], depicted as a cover model posed for a [[Playboy (magazine)|Playboy]]-like magazine ''Playold''. Actress [[Cláudia Raia]] is portrayed as a [[stingray]] ({{langWithName|pt|Portuguese|raia}}).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u64380.shtml | title = Confira verbetes da Desciclopédia sobre dez celebridades | accessdate = May 4, 2008 | work = Folha Online | language = Portuguese}}</ref> Political leaders such as [[Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva]] ({{langWithName|pt|Portuguese|lula}} - "squid") also often fall victim to Desciclopédia's parodies,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u64379.shtml | title =Wikipédia do mal escracha celebridades com humor negro | accessdate = April 4, 2008 | work = Folha Online | language = Portuguese}}</ref><ref>{{citation | title = O site maís inutil | author = [[Superinteressante]] |date = February 2007| page = 87|publisher = Editora Abril| language = Portuguese}}</ref> along with singers, athletes and other public figures.<ref>{{citation | title = Os perigos da wikipédia. | author = Folhateen |publisher = Folha|date = April 30, 2007| page = 7 | language = Portuguese}}</ref> |
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Desciclopédia uses various [[domain hack]]s for individual secondary projects, which include Desnoticias ("noticias" is "news"), Descionário (with "dicionário" meaning "dictionary"), Deslivros (for books, "biblioteca" means "library"), and Desentrevistas ("entrevistas" meaning "interviews"). These would correspond to "UnNews", "UnDictionary", "UnBooks" and the exclusive-to-Desciclopédia "UnInterviews". |
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=== Russian — Absurdopedia === |
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Uncyclopedia has been referenced in several well-known news publications from around the world, in addition to numerous local and regional newspapers and periodicals. In 2005 the [[Flying Spaghetti Monster]] entry from Uncyclopedia was mentioned in a ''[[New York Times]]'' column reporting the spread of "[[Flying Spaghetti Monster|Pastafarianism]]", the [[religion]] that worships the Flying Spaghetti Monster.<ref name="NYTimes">{{cite news |first = Sarah |last = Boxer |url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE0D61F3EF93AA1575BC0A9639C8B63 |title = But Is There Intelligent Spaghetti Out There? |work = The New York Times |date=August 25, 2005 |access-date = July 18, 2006}}</ref> The column was then reprinted in other newspapers, including the ''[[Taipei Times]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/08/31/2003269851 |title = 'Pastafarianism' gains prominence and support in intelligent-design drive |work = Taipei Times |date=August 25, 2005 |access-date = July 18, 2006}}</ref> The magazine ''[[.net (magazine)|.net]]'' featured an interview with Huang about Uncyclopedia in May 2007.<ref name="netmag"/> A number of other articles have been centred on specific entries on Uncyclopedia{{snd}}most notably the article in the ''[[Arizona Daily Star]]'', which focused on the [[Tucson, Arizona]] parody,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/142615 |title=Online parody of Tucson not always funny, but interesting |work=Arizona Daily Star |date=August 18, 2006 |access-date=August 22, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822225644/http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/142615 |archive-date=August 22, 2006 |url-status=live }}<br>{{cite news |url=http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/142615 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070214095949/http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/142615 |archive-date=February 14, 2007 |title=Online parody of Tucson not always funny, but interesting |work=Arizona Daily Star via Wayback machine |date=February 14, 2007 |access-date=April 30, 2012 }}</ref> and the article in the ''[[Cyprus Mail]]'', which focused on the [[Cyprus]] article.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jean |last=Christou |title=Cyprus that great and peaceful island |
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The [[Russian language]] Uncyclopedia, Absurdopedia, was originally hosted by [[Wikia]] at ''absurdopedia.wikia.com'' on 24 February 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://absurdopedia.fandom.com/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0|title=Абсурдопедия|website=absurdopedia.fandom.com|access-date=March 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311182547/https://absurdopedia.fandom.com/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0|archive-date=March 11, 2019|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In October 2010, a fork site was established at ''absurdopedia.net''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://awa.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Moved_wikis#List_of_moved_wikis|title=Forked wikis - Anti-Wikia Alliance|website=Awa.shoutwiki.com|accessdate=February 28, 2019}}</ref> In March 2019, the original Absurdopedia moved to the address ''absurdopedia.wiki''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://absurdopedia.fandom.com/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BC%3AA_message_from_Fandom |title=Абсурдопедия (Wikia): A message from Fandom |access-date=March 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304131303/https://absurdopedia.fandom.com/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BC%3AA_message_from_Fandom |archive-date=March 4, 2019 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> as the "Olbanian" version of the project.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uncyclomedia.org/wiki/Forum:Reorganization_of_the_whole_Uncycs#Russian_Uncyclopedia|title=UnMeta wiki}}</ref> |
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In addition to articles about specific entries on the wiki, several papers speak of the website in general{{snd}}usually in a section devoted to [[technology]] or the [[Internet]]. This was the case when Uncyclopedia was referenced in the ''[[Boston Herald]]'' and ''[[The Guardian]]''.<ref>{{cite news |first = Stephanie |last = Schorow |url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/819420901.html?did=819420901&FMT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Apr+8%2C+2005&author=Stephanie+Schorow&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=BOOKMARK+DIVA%3B+This+wiki-cool+Web+site+lets+Net+surfers+define+world |title = This wiki-cool Web site lets Net surfers define world |work = Boston Herald |date = April 8, 2005 |access-date = July 18, 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121021062807/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/819420901.html?did=819420901&FMT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Apr+8%2C+2005&author=Stephanie+Schorow&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=BOOKMARK+DIVA%3B+This+wiki-cool+Web+site+lets+Net+surfers+define+world |archive-date = October 21, 2012 |df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |first = Jack |last = Schofield |url = https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/apr/14/internet.onlinesupplement |title = Web Watch |work = Guardian Unlimited |date=April 14, 2005 |access-date = July 18, 2006 |location=London}}</ref> Although most articles mentioning Uncyclopedia are specific to the site, there are other articles about [[Wikia]] or Wikipedia that just mention its name briefly. These include the editorial in ''[[The Register]]'' discussing the [[Seigenthaler incident]], in which Uncyclopedia was named only once.<ref name="Orlowski">{{cite news |first = Andrew |last = Orlowski |url = https://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/12/wikipedia_no_responsibility/ |title = There's no Wikipedia entry for 'moral responsibility'|work=The Register |date=December 12, 2005 |access-date = June 24, 2006}}</ref> It has also been listed as one of the "Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites" in ''[[PC Magazine]]'',<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2174689,00.asp | title = Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites – Info, Reference, and Search | access-date = October 20, 2007 | work = PC Magazine | date=August 27, 2007}}</ref> as well as among the "101 most useful websites" on the internet by ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=The 101 most useful websites|last=Baker|first=David|date=March 30, 2008|newspaper=[[The Sunday Telegraph]] |location=London |page=13}}</ref> ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]'' considers Uncyclopedia to be the wiki site equivalent of ''[[The Onion]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=What's Online|date=September 18, 2007|newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |page=D6}}</ref> |
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=== Spanish — Inciclopedia === |
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The [[Spanish language]] Inciclopedia was established in February 2006<ref name="wikia spanish">{{cite web | url = http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Inciclopedia | title = Inciclopedia | accessdate = November 21, 2007 | format = Wiki | work = Wikia | language = Spanish | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070414200810/http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Inciclopedia | archivedate = April 14, 2007 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> to accommodate content displaced by the closure of Spanish humour wiki [[Frikipedia]]. Frikipedia was shut down after being sued by the [[Sociedad General de Autores y Editores]],<ref>{{cite web |
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}}</ref> a Spanish organization for copyright who were angered by Frikipedia's entry on them.<ref name="wikia spanish"/> Frikipedia was eventually relaunched. As of October 2013, Inciclopedia has more than 10,000 articles. |
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At various times, articles on Uncyclopedia have been subject to criticism from [[King's College, Auckland|King's College]] (School, Auckland)<ref>{{cite news| first = Catherine| last = Woulfe | url = http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10383882 | title = Schools face new cyber bullying menace | work = The New Zealand Herald |date=May 28, 2006 | access-date = July 20, 2006}}</ref> the ''[[North-West Evening Mail]]'',<ref>{{cite news |title=What do they know? |url=http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=509541&imageindex=0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117044426/http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=509541&imageindex=0 |archive-date=November 17, 2007 |publisher=North-West Evening Mail |date=June 11, 2007 |access-date=November 8, 2007 }}</ref> Northern Irish politician James McCarry,<ref>{{cite news| first = Lesley-Anne| last = Henry | url = http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/article3147665.ece | archive-url = https://archive.today/20080213042345/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/article3147665.ece | archive-date = February 13, 2008 | title = War of words over Ulster 'Uncyclopedia' | work = Belfast Telegraph |date= November 10, 2007 | access-date = November 17, 2007}}</ref> civic leaders of [[Telford]], [[Shropshire]], [[United Kingdom|UK]],<ref>{{cite news | first = Tom | last = Johannsen | url = http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/04/14/town-hits-back-at-chav-comments/ | title = Town's fury at 'Chav' slur | work = Shropshire Star | date = April 14, 2008 | access-date = April 16, 2008 | archive-date = April 15, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080415091443/http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/04/14/town-hits-back-at-chav-comments/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> the ''[[Sioux City Journal]]'',<ref>{{cite news | first = Laura | last = Johnson | url = http://my.siouxlandvoice.com/post/Lowesays/blog/offended_why_does_sc_keep_getting_bashed_on_the_internet.html | title = Offended? Why does S.C. keep getting bashed on the Internet? | work = The Weekender | date = July 1, 2010 | access-date = July 27, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110716074506/http://my.siouxlandvoice.com/post/Lowesays/blog/offended_why_does_sc_keep_getting_bashed_on_the_internet.html | archive-date = July 16, 2011 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> ''[[Hawke's Bay Today]]'',<ref>{{cite news | first = Alistair | last = Gray | url = http://www.hawkesbaytoday.co.nz/local/news/flaxmurder-postings-slammed/3916849/ | title = 'Flaxmurder' postings slammed | work = Hawke's Bay Today | date = July 6, 2010 | access-date = July 27, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110724192704/http://www.hawkesbaytoday.co.nz/local/news/flaxmurder-postings-slammed/3916849/ | archive-date = July 24, 2011 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> and ''Lochaber News''.<ref>{{cite news| first = Helen | last = Bushnell | url = http://www.lochaber-news.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/5298/Fort_mocked_in_web_spoof.html | title = Fort mocked in web spoof | work = Lochaber News |date = July 22, 2010 |access-date = July 27, 2010}}</ref> |
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Notables such as Chilean [[folk music|folk]] singer El Monteaguilino and Senator [[Pedro Muñoz]] have expressed their discontent with Inciclopedia and the site's mockery of the Chilean flag and national symbols.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lun.com/modulos/catalogo/paginas/2006/09/16/LUCSTDI05LU1609.htm | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214105211/http://www.lun.com/modulos/catalogo/paginas/2006/09/16/LUCSTDI05LU1609.htm | archivedate=February 14, 2008 | title=Diario Las Ultimas Noticias| accessdate = March 23, 2008 | language = Spanish}}</ref> Noche Hache, a [[television]] program on Spain's [[Cuatro (channel)|TV Cuatro]], also mentioned Inciclopedia among supporters of [[Eva Hache]]'s joke candidacy to the presidency of [[Spain]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.cuatro.com/videos/index.html?xref=20071114ctoultpro_6.Ves&view=ver| title = Noche Hache| accessdate = March 23, 2008| work = TV Cuatro, Madrid| language = Spanish| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080205094718/http://www.cuatro.com/videos/index.html?xref=20071114ctoultpro_6.Ves&view=ver| archivedate = February 5, 2008| df = mdy-all}}</ref> |
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In January 2008, the [[Malaysia]]n [[Ministry of Internal Security (Malaysia)|Internal Security Ministry]] issued a directive alerting newspaper editors not to trust Uncyclopedia. It said the article concerning Malaysia contained "untruths, insults and ridicule" and was demeaning to the country.<ref name=alert>{{cite news|first=Jeff |last=Ooi |title=Alert over Uncyclopedia on Malaysia |url=http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/lemaklemang/post.htm?id=63001799&t=tag |publisher=CNET Asia |date=January 15, 2008 |access-date=November 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080126055948/http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/lemaklemang/post.htm?id=63001799 |archive-date=January 26, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|script-title=zh:侮辱大马网站 内安部冀关注 |url=http://www.kwongwah.com.my/news/2008/01/15/6.html |publisher=Kwong Wah Yit Poh |date=January 15, 2008 |access-date=January 16, 2008 |language=zh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517203007/http://www.kwongwah.com.my/news/2008/01/15/6.html |archive-date=May 17, 2008 }}</ref> |
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[[Traditional Chinese characters|Traditional Chinese]]: 偽基百科; [[Zhuyin]]: ㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄧ ㄅㄞˇ ㄎㄜ.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uncyclopedia.tw|title=Uncyclopedia (Taiwan)}}</ref> |
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The site uses a layout that looks similar to [[Wikipedia]]'s,<ref>{{cite news|first=Rich |last=Ray |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-126047958.html |title=Web Watch |work=Florida Times Union |date=June 21, 2008 |access-date=July 11, 2008 }}{{dead link|date=April 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> which may confuse inexperienced users who misinterpret the content as factual.<ref>{{cite news| first = Tobias | last = Schormann | url = http://www.technewsworld.com/story/web20/62193.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071117044426/http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=509541&imageindex=0 | archive-date=November 17, 2007 | title = Wikipedia Spoofs: Not So Serious, Pal | work = TechNewsWorld |date= March 19, 2008 | access-date = March 19, 2008}}</ref><!--http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:tkVDj4Xuy14J:www.technewsworld.com/story/tech-stew/62193.html--><!--http://www.bangkokpost.com/gadget/gadget.php?id=441--><ref>{{cite book |title=The Hula Hoop |last=Lanigan |first= Judith |year=2007 |page=146 }}</ref> |
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[[Simplified Chinese characters|Simplified Chinese]]: 伪基百科; [[pinyin]]: weǐ jī baǐ kē.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uncyclopedia.miraheze.org|title=Uncyclopedia (Chinese-Simplified)}}</ref> |
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{{anchor|Absurdopedia}}In November 2012, the page "HowTo:Commit suicide" on '''Absurdopedia''', the Russian-language Uncyclopedia, was legally prohibited by the Russian [[Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare]] (Rospotrebnadzor). Absurdopedia administrator Edward Chernenko unsuccessfully sued them under his [[right to science and culture]] guaranteed by the Russian Constitution. During the proceedings, the Russian government and its experts claimed that Absurdopedia is intentionally trying to increase the number of child suicides in Russia by providing children with instructions for killing themselves.<ref name="absurdopedia-court-habrahabr">{{in lang|ru}} [http://habrahabr.ru/post/175205/ How we went to court against Rospotrebnadzor]{{snd}}[[Habrahabr]], April 3, 2013.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://telekomza.ru/2013/04/03/kak-pravilno-suditsya-s-rospotrebnadzorom/|title=Как правильно: судиться с Роспотребнадзором|website=telekomza.ru}}</ref> {{asof|2013}}, the case is currently in the [[European Court of Human Rights|ECHR]].<ref>[http://ria.ru/society/20131217/984701207.html Appeal of access block to Absurdopedia was sent to ECHR{{snd}}Ria Novosti, 17.12.2013]{{in lang|ru}}</ref> |
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[[Thai language|Thai]]: Uncyclopedia is translated into Thai as ไร้สาระนุกรม. The site is also known as Wigrianpedia ([[Thai language|Thai]]; วิเกรียนพีเดีย).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://th.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2|title=วิเกรียนพีเดีย - ไร้สาระนุกรม|website=Th.uncyclopedia.info|accessdate=February 28, 2019}}</ref> |
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In 2014, the page "HowTo:Make a bomb at home" on Absurdopedia was included in the Russian [[Federal List of Extremist Materials|list of extremist materials]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tjournal.ru/law/50713-absurdopedia-bomb|title=Кулинарные рецепты с "Абсурдопедии" дважды внесли в список экстремистских материалов – Право на TJ|first=Султан|last=Сулейманов|date=May 5, 2014|website=TJ}}</ref> |
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[[Esperanto]]: Neciklopedio.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://neciklopedio.org/wiki/%C4%88efpa%C4%9Do|title=Neciklopedio|website=Neciklopedio (Esperanto)|access-date=May 24, 2019}}</ref> |
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In August 2014, the logo displayed for [[Greggs]] on its [[Google]] profile was mistakenly temporarily switched to the logo used on Uncyclopedia's article on the subject at the [[Wikia]] site due to a caching issue, causing a PR crisis for the company.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 20, 2014 |title=Greggs Google fail – was the bakery's response to its logo mishap a stroke of marketing genius |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/greggs-google-fail-was-the-bakerys-response-to-its-logo-mishap-a-stroke-of-marketing-genius-9681928.html |access-date=October 29, 2014 |website=[[Independent.co.uk]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=August 19, 2014 |title=Greggs bakery shows how to handle a social media nightmare after offensive logo appears on Google |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11043644/Greggs-bakery-shows-how-to-handle-a-social-media-nightmare-after-offensive-logo-appears-on-Google.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11043644/Greggs-bakery-shows-how-to-handle-a-social-media-nightmare-after-offensive-logo-appears-on-Google.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |access-date=October 29, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
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[[Indonesian Language|Indonesian]]: Tolololpedia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tolololpedia |url=https://tolololpedia.org/wiki/Halaman_Utama |website=tolololpedia.org |accessdate=9 December 2019 |language=id}}</ref> |
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In 2017, two pages of Absurdopedia were banned in Russia: "HowTo:Bathe a cat" for "calls to violence against animals" and "HowTo:Make a nuclear bomb" for "information on manufacturing weapons".<ref>[https://roskomsvoboda.org/36189/ Absurdopedia of real life]{{snd}}Roscomsvoboda, February 13, 2018.{{in lang|ru}}</ref> |
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[[Czech Language|Czech]]: Necyklopedie.<ref>{{cite web |title=Necyklopedie |url=https://necyklopedie.org/ |accessdate=9 December 2019}}</ref> |
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Type of site | Online encyclopedia, satire |
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| Owner | Works are owned by their authors CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (English-language version) |
| Created by | Jonathan "Chronarion" Huang, "Stillwaters" |
| Revenue | Donations[1] |
| URL | English Uncyclopedia: en uncyclopedia uncyclopedia uncyclopedia |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | January 5, 2005 |
| Current status | Active |
Uncyclopedia is the name of several forks of satirical online encyclopedias that parody Wikipedia. Its logo, a hollow "puzzle potato", parodies Wikipedia's globe puzzle logo,[2] and it styles itself as "the content-free encyclopedia", parodying Wikipedia's slogan of "the free encyclopedia" and likely as a play the fact that Wikipedia is described as a "free-content" encyclopedia. Founded in 2005[3] as an English-language wiki, the project spans more than 75 languages as well as several subprojects parodying other wikis. Uncyclopedia's name is a portmanteau of the prefix un- and the word encyclopedia.[4][5]
Various styles of humor are used as vehicles for parody, from pointed satire to light sarcasm, along with structured in-jokes and frequent non sequiturs. The site has attracted media attention for its articles on controversial subjects including religion, prominent people, places, politics, and pseudoscience.
Many Uncyclopedia articles contain graphics with a link to the corresponding Wikipedia article; Uncyclopedia often denotes the corresponding Wikipedia article to its content as being listed "for those without comedic tastes", and Wikipedia's article written by "so-called experts".
History
Uncyclopedia was launched on January 5, 2005, by Jonathan Huang, known online as "Chronarion", and a partner known online as "Stillwaters".[2] It was originally situated at uncyclopedia.org. In July 2006, it was acquired by Fandom, then known as Wikia.[6]
In January 2013, some Uncyclopedia editors and administrators set up a fork of Uncyclopedia at en.uncyclopedia.co, in response to Wikia's censorship, insertion of advertising, and the imposition of content warnings.[7] Fandom ceased hosting its version of Uncyclopedia[8] on May 14, 2019, and the Fandom site (colloquially known as the "spoon", a play on "fork") moved to uncyclopedia.ca, and in September 2021 to uncyclopedia.com. In 2023, each of these English-language versions had approximately 37,000 content pages, second only to the Portuguese. The Fandom version of the site now shows only a "Not a valid community" landing page.
A third site, at mirror.uncyc.org, functions only as a mirror website with backup copies of some Uncyclopedia pages.
Structure
Uncyclopedia is built on the same MediaWiki software that Wikipedia uses. However, during Fandom's (Wikia's) hosting of Uncyclopedia, Fandom extensively modified its version of MediaWiki version 1.19, making the Fandom Uncyclopedia site incompatible with later MediaWiki versions. In May 2018, Fandom dropped support for the Monobook skin that its Uncyclopedia site had used to mimic Wikipedia, claiming this was necessary to achieve GDPR compliance,[9] and warned that local work-arounds could not be extended to new visitors and editors by default.[10] Since all Uncyclopedias split off or were removed from Fandom, they mostly switched to using Vector instead (with MinervaNeue on mobile), in order to continue parodying Wikipedia.
Uncyclopedia projects are run independently by their own members, though some users have accounts on multiple Uncyclopedias. They contain interlanguage links to each other, but there is no global governing organization comparable to the Wikimedia Foundation that oversees Wikipedia as well as its sister projects.
Content
Uncyclopedia's content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) license, although some content, notably images, is copyrighted.[4] Different Uncyclopedias sometimes have different licenses; for example, dÉsencyclopédie (French Uncyclopedia) is dual-licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 and the GFDL. As of May 2024, the English-language Uncyclopedia contains approximately 37,700 articles.[11]
Many articles on Uncyclopedia link to corresponding Wikipedia article on the subject, and they often designate Wikipedia's content as being written by "so-called experts"; this is most often denoted by Uncyclopedia articles with a corresponding Wikipedia article having a graphic located to the side of an article linking the related Wikipedia article to be used for "those without comedic tastes".[12]
Articles
Uncyclopedia encourages satire that is close to or resembles the truth. However, many articles employ absurdist humor and little, if any, factual accuracy remains. For example, Uncyclopedia's article about Wikipedia claims that Wikipedia is a parody of Uncyclopedia, not the reverse.[13] Many articles on the site contradict each other, even articles on the same subject.[citation needed]
Like Wikipedia's "Five pillars", Uncyclopedia has "Five pliers", including "Satirical point of view".[14] Its code of conduct follows from three main rules: "Be funny and not just stupid", "Don't be a dick", and "Dance like you've never danced before!"[3][15]
Parodying Wikipedia's article review service peer review, Uncyclopedia has a "Pee Review" where authors seek review by other Uncyclopedians on humor, grammar, spelling, use of images, and overall presentation.[16][17] Users can post to other wiki pages to solicit coding help and review or request user-edited images. Like Wikipedia, Uncyclopedia features articles and images on its front page. A system of user voting decides which articles and images to feature, usually deciding based on humor and writing quality. The site also welcomes audio contributions such as narration of articles. Uncyclopedia's articles often begin with quotations, usually misquoted, fictitiously attributed or entirely fabricated.[18] Among the most recurrent themes is the invention of quotes attributed to Oscar Wilde,[2] prompted by an article stating that inventing Wilde quotes was the "national sport of England", and themes such as "kitten huffing" (the inhalation of the souls of cats as a form of drug abuse).[3]
Much like Wikipedia, Uncyclopedia has policies concerning vanity articles, which are articles written by an individual associated with the subject of the page. Vanity articles were disallowed after many of them produced flame wars.[3] Uncyclopedia does not police conflict of interest but may delete submissions as non-notable on a case-by-case basis, using an AfD-like system called "Votes for deletion" (VfD) and a CSD-like system called "QuickVFD".
One of Uncyclopedia's most popular articles,[19] "AAAAAAAAA!", is a nonsensical page, with its content completely consisting of the upper case letter A with images and some punctuation marks.
Site-wide pranks
Some jokes involve the entire website, sometimes including a re-skin of the main page, such as with holiday themes. In 2012, as a parody of Wikipedia's black-out protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) et al., Uncyclopedia blocked all content for a day with a notice claiming to support the bills.[20] A tradition of April Fool's Day front page pranks occurs on the wiki, including a "blood donation" plea banner to spoof wiki donation banners on April 1, 2014.[21] For one week in 2013, the Wikia fork interrupted viewing with a claim that the site was unavailable, spoofing a notice on the NASA website during the United States federal government shutdown of 2013.[22]
Traditions
Each year, Uncyclopedia writers create a list of 100 worst reflections of that year, marking website milestones or simply news. Most years, the creators of the list reveal that they have once again put off the list until the last second, and simply skip a large chunk to get to a hundred in time. Other Uncyclopedia traditions include creating a "top 10" list of articles for each year, chosen by popular vote.[citation needed]
Subprojects
| Uncyclomedia project | Object of parody |
|---|---|
| UnBooks | Wikibooks |
| UnNews | Wikinews |
| Undictionary | Wiktionary |
| Un-Bestiary | Wikispecies |
| Uncycloversity | Wikiversity |
| UnQuotable | Wikiquote |
| UnScripts | Wikisource |
| UnMeta-Wiki | Wikimedia Meta-Wiki |
| UnCommons (Uncyclomedia Commons) |
Wikimedia Commons |
| UnSignpost | Wikipedia Signpost |
| UnTunes | iTunes |
| UnVoyage | Wikivoyage |
| HowTo | wikiHow |
| Why? | Answers.com |
| Un-Games | Choose your own adventure books |
| UnDebate | Debatepedia |
| UnPoetia | Poetry (in general) |
| Undata | Wikidata |
| UnReviews | Reviews (in general) |
As well as housing many articles designed to satirize Wikipedia-style content, Uncyclopedia contains several secondary projects (known as "UnProjects").[3][23] As of 2017, there were sixteen such subprojects,[24] each of which specializes in parody of a different information style. Many of these are directly analogous to Wikipedia's sister projects, while others such as UnTunes and HowTo parody projects completely unrelated to Wikipedia.
Press coverage
Uncyclopedia has been referenced in several well-known news publications from around the world, in addition to numerous local and regional newspapers and periodicals. In 2005 the Flying Spaghetti Monster entry from Uncyclopedia was mentioned in a New York Times column reporting the spread of "Pastafarianism", the religion that worships the Flying Spaghetti Monster.[25] The column was then reprinted in other newspapers, including the Taipei Times.[26] The magazine .net featured an interview with Huang about Uncyclopedia in May 2007.[3] A number of other articles have been centred on specific entries on Uncyclopedia – most notably the article in the Arizona Daily Star, which focused on the Tucson, Arizona parody,[27] and the article in the Cyprus Mail, which focused on the Cyprus article.[28]
In addition to articles about specific entries on the wiki, several papers speak of the website in general – usually in a section devoted to technology or the Internet. This was the case when Uncyclopedia was referenced in the Boston Herald and The Guardian.[29][30] Although most articles mentioning Uncyclopedia are specific to the site, there are other articles about Wikia or Wikipedia that just mention its name briefly. These include the editorial in The Register discussing the Seigenthaler incident, in which Uncyclopedia was named only once.[31] It has also been listed as one of the "Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites" in PC Magazine,[32] as well as among the "101 most useful websites" on the internet by The Sunday Telegraph.[33] Seattle Post-Intelligencer considers Uncyclopedia to be the wiki site equivalent of The Onion.[34]
Criticism and controversy
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At various times, articles on Uncyclopedia have been subject to criticism from King's College (School, Auckland)[35] the North-West Evening Mail,[36] Northern Irish politician James McCarry,[37] civic leaders of Telford, Shropshire, UK,[38] the Sioux City Journal,[39] Hawke's Bay Today,[40] and Lochaber News.[41]
In January 2008, the Malaysian Internal Security Ministry issued a directive alerting newspaper editors not to trust Uncyclopedia. It said the article concerning Malaysia contained "untruths, insults and ridicule" and was demeaning to the country.[42][43]
The site uses a layout that looks similar to Wikipedia's,[44] which may confuse inexperienced users who misinterpret the content as factual.[45][46]
In November 2012, the page "HowTo:Commit suicide" on Absurdopedia, the Russian-language Uncyclopedia, was legally prohibited by the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor). Absurdopedia administrator Edward Chernenko unsuccessfully sued them under his right to science and culture guaranteed by the Russian Constitution. During the proceedings, the Russian government and its experts claimed that Absurdopedia is intentionally trying to increase the number of child suicides in Russia by providing children with instructions for killing themselves.[47][48] As of 2013[update], the case is currently in the ECHR.[49]
In 2014, the page "HowTo:Make a bomb at home" on Absurdopedia was included in the Russian list of extremist materials.[50]
In August 2014, the logo displayed for Greggs on its Google profile was mistakenly temporarily switched to the logo used on Uncyclopedia's article on the subject at the Wikia site due to a caching issue, causing a PR crisis for the company.[51][52]
In 2017, two pages of Absurdopedia were banned in Russia: "HowTo:Bathe a cat" for "calls to violence against animals" and "HowTo:Make a nuclear bomb" for "information on manufacturing weapons".[53]
See also
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... So we are looking again at Uncyc's content, and have decided that it's not the sort of thing that we want to host anymore.
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