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| '''Uncyclopedia''', which aims to be the "encyclopedia of politically incorrect non-information", is a ] of ] |
'''''Uncyclopedia''''', which aims to be the "encyclopedia of politically incorrect non-information", is a ] of '']''. | ||
| == Content == | == Content == | ||
| Uncyclopedia entries often are ], with little or no resemblance to reality. | ''Uncyclopedia'' entries often are ], with little or no resemblance to reality. | ||
| For example, the ] entry from Uncyclopedia claims that algorithm is a term for "Al Gore getting his groove on." The ] states that it is currently unavailable, and suggests that ] might need to re-invent the ]. | For example, the ] entry from ''Uncyclopedia'' claims that ''algorithm'' is a term for "Al Gore getting his groove on." The ] entry states that it is currently unavailable, and suggests that ] might need to re-invent the ]. | ||
| Geography is often mis-labeled, mis-described or mis-located, such as the entry for ], which claims it is "a major city in western France near the Pacific coastal region of Spain". The ] is declared a sovereign nation (] having been only joking about joining ] on ]) with the ] its primary export. |
Geography is often mis-labeled, mis-described or mis-located, such as the entry for ], which claims it is "a major city in western France near the Pacific coastal region of Spain". The ] is declared a sovereign nation (] having been only joking about joining ] on ]) with the ] its primary export. | ||
| A recurring joke is that of mis-quoting ], either with a common phrase written to mock the style of the playwright or with a phrase utterly different to his style. |
A recurring joke is that of mis-quoting ], either with a common phrase written to mock the style of the playwright or with a phrase utterly different to his style. | ||
| Other common themes include: | |||
| *Identifying laws of ] and ] as theories or pseudoscience, while giving credibility to unscientific beliefs. | |||
| *Recreating the history of Hip Hop (See Uncyclopedia's Hip Hop) | |||
| *Crediting a ] with anachronistic history or ideas, and inventing a concept rather than discovering it. | |||
| *Substituting an actor or actress for their portrayal of a character in film or television (] was a ], etc). | |||
| *Stating the events of a fictional work or idea as fact. | |||
| *Giving credit to ]s, ]s, or ]s as great influences on society (for instance, ] ] and former US president ] as being one and the same), while crediting political leaders, ]s and ]s with more mundane activities. | |||
| *Swapping entries for similarly named entities (exchanging ] with ] or ] with ], leaving the scientologists to worship ]s and ]s). | |||
| *Citing anachronistic dates and times that would cause great historical conflicts and age discrepancies, including dates that have not yet occurred. | |||
| *Moving real things to bizarre, imaginary or completely nonsensical locations. In ], Uncyclopedia claims "] broadcasts from One ] and ] broadcasts from the ]." | |||
| *Presenting an article as encyclopedic and breaking its established tone by reverting to a commentary or criticism. | |||
| *Creating fictitious US states, countries and entire continents which never existed, such as the deadly continent ]. | |||
| *Identifying real entities (such as the entire US state of ]) as being fictious entities, parodies, hoaxes or scams. Carrying this same theme across multiple articles (from ]: "WHYY was created as a fictional, nonsensical parody of ] 6:20AM, an established commercial ] station in ]. Nominally WHYY serves the fictional state of ]...") | |||
| *Turning one individual historical personality into multiple people (for instance, multiple incarnations of ] ranging from ] to ] to ] to serve the marketing strategy of the Church) | |||
| *Surreal categorisation and tenuous 'see also' links, including an entire category of ] (complete with ] logo) and ] chosen seemingly at random. | |||
| *Much of the material consistently follows a fictional alternative plot line which can be found ]. | |||
| ===Main Page Anniversaries === | |||
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| There is now a tradition of celebrating various anniversaries (some fictional) with a ]-like reskinning of the ]. Examples have included: | |||
| * ] A "]" version of Uncyclopedia for ], featuring various (gentle) insults (including intentionaly bad spelling). | |||
| * ] "International Page Blanking Day" where most of the Main Page was blanked, as a ] to the vandal technique of blanking pages. | |||
| * ] "Swiss National Independence Day" The ] is used which has a distinctly ]/] theme. | |||
| These are general planned in advance and hidden (as much is possible on a ] powered ]) as an appropriate Language Uncyclopedia Main Page (] being the Uncyclopedia Main Page in "Simple English", compare with the ]) until being revealed on the appropriate anniversary. | |||
| == Mission == | == Mission == | ||
| According to the founders of Uncyclopedia |
According to the founders of ''Uncyclopedia'' the unofficial mission of ''Uncyclopedia'' is to provide a SPOV, or Satirical Point of View, to life. Although the site's editorial policies tend to be quite forgiving, ''Uncyclopedia'''s administrators are very efficient at removing anything not up to their standards, and banning offending users. | ||
| Despite the open nature of Uncyclopedia, which began as a collection of ], the Uncyclopedia itself suffers from vandalistic attacks similar to those of other wikis. For example, occasionally people blank entire pages, insert advertising statements, or add messages that promote certain agendas, such as spreading ] remarks. The creation of humor turns out to be not entirely material to random acts of text insertion. Indeed, the effort required to write one article on the Uncyclopedia of good quality may be the same, or even exceed the effort required to produce a factual article on Misplaced Pages. Good humor may be more difficult than good information, as there is a correct, or publically accepted form of a fact, but not necessarily a universal joke. | |||
| Although the site's editorial policies tend to be quite forgiving, Uncyclopedia's administrators are very efficient at removing anything not up to their standards, and banning offending users. | |||
| == History == | == History == | ||
| Uncyclopedia was launched in ] of ] as a satire piece on Misplaced Pages, originally as a response to the demand in Misplaced Pages's ] pages (itself parodied in Uncyclopedia's |
''Uncyclopedia'' was launched in ] of ] as a satire piece on ''Misplaced Pages'', originally as a response to the demand in ''Misplaced Pages'''s ] pages (itself parodied in <i>Uncyclopedia</i>'s "True Facts and Other Deleted Prose" page) for a place to put their nonsense. However, it was not advertised at all on ''Misplaced Pages'' itself, and grew into a place for small satirical essays on assorted topics. | ||
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| ⚫ | Uncyclopedia is ] under the ] license. As with other Wikicities sites, the full article database is freely available for online download. | ||
| The site uses ] software to mimic Misplaced Pages conventions, such as the random ] disclaimer ]: | |||
| <table CELLPADDING=5 CELLSPACING=5 style="background-color: #FDE3D4; border: solid 1px #B19F95"><tr><td>''This article is a ''']'''. The article submitter may also have been smoking ]. You can help Uncyclopedia by ''.</td></tr></table> | |||
| which parodies Misplaced Pages's: | |||
| <table CELLPADDING=5 CELLSPACING=5 style="background-color: #FDE3D4; border: solid 1px #B19F95"><tr><td><!-- ] --> ''This article is a ]. You can ] Misplaced Pages by .'' </td></tr></table> | |||
| also: | |||
| :<div class="boilerplate metadata" id="stub" width=100%><table CELLPADDING=5 CELLSPACING=5 style="background-color: #FDE3D4; border: solid 1px #B19F95"><tr><td>''The title given to this article is displayed incorrectly because computers are trying to take over the earth, so pretend it says '''title'''''.</td></tr></table></div> | |||
| ⚫ | On ], ] it was announced that ''Uncyclopedia'' would be hosted by ] , though not as a ]. Thus, its licence and domain name remain unchanged. | ||
| which parodies Misplaced Pages's: | |||
| ⚫ | ''Uncyclopedia'' is ] under the ] license. As with other Wikicities sites, the full article database is freely available for online download. | ||
| {{title|title}} | |||
| The site uses ] software to mimic ''Misplaced Pages'' conventions. | |||
| ], the Uncyclopedia has grown to more than 10,000 articles in size, covering a wide variety of topics in every field of endeavour. | |||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
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Revision as of 10:36, 15 August 2005
Uncyclopedia, which aims to be the "encyclopedia of politically incorrect non-information", is a parody of Misplaced Pages.
Content
Uncyclopedia entries often are nonsensical, with little or no resemblance to reality.
For example, the Algorithm entry from Uncyclopedia claims that algorithm is a term for "Al Gore getting his groove on." The Al Gore entry states that it is currently unavailable, and suggests that Al Gore might need to re-invent the Internet.
Geography is often mis-labeled, mis-described or mis-located, such as the entry for Saxony, which claims it is "a major city in western France near the Pacific coastal region of Spain". The Dominion of Newfoundland is declared a sovereign nation (Joseph Smallwood having been only joking about joining Canada on April Fool's Day) with the Babel fish its primary export.
A recurring joke is that of mis-quoting Oscar Wilde, either with a common phrase written to mock the style of the playwright or with a phrase utterly different to his style.
Mission
According to the founders of Uncyclopedia the unofficial mission of Uncyclopedia is to provide a SPOV, or Satirical Point of View, to life. Although the site's editorial policies tend to be quite forgiving, Uncyclopedia's administrators are very efficient at removing anything not up to their standards, and banning offending users.
History
Uncyclopedia was launched in January of 2005 as a satire piece on Misplaced Pages, originally as a response to the demand in Misplaced Pages's "bad jokes and other deleted nonsense" pages (itself parodied in Uncyclopedia's "True Facts and Other Deleted Prose" page) for a place to put their nonsense. However, it was not advertised at all on Misplaced Pages itself, and grew into a place for small satirical essays on assorted topics.
On May 26, 2005 it was announced that Uncyclopedia would be hosted by Wikia , though not as a Wikicity. Thus, its licence and domain name remain unchanged.
Uncyclopedia is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 license. As with other Wikicities sites, the full article database is freely available for online download.
The site uses MediaWiki software to mimic Misplaced Pages conventions.