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History

Uncyclopedia was launched on January 5, 2005, by Jonathan Huang, known online as "Chronarion", and a partner known online as "Stillwaters". It was originally situated at uncyclopedia.org. In July 2006, it was acquired by Fandom, then known as Wikia.

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 on as theeneral Data Protection Regulation|GDPR]] compliance,Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). on May 14, 2019, and the Fandom site (colloquially knowup copies of some Uncyclopedia pages.Forum:A_message_from_Fandom|archive-date=February 28, 2019|title=A message from Fandom|quote=... So we are long again at Uncyc's content, and have decided that it's not the sort of thing that we want to host anymorehe_road_-_Uncyclopedia_moving_from_Wikia,_a_dis on|title=Forks in the road – Uncyclopedia moving from Wikia, a discussion|website=Uncyclopedia.com|access-date=February 28, 2019|archive-date=March ite web|url=https://uncyclopedia.wiki.%7Cpublisher=Uncyclopedia (Wih-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" m's (Wikia's) hosting of Uncyclopedia, Fandom extensively modified itf these EnglisA_message_from_Fandom|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228065732/http://uncyclopedia.wikia.coing page]].

A third site, at mirror.uncyc.org, funct

Structure

Uncyclopedia is built on the same [[Medle to the access-date=ia, Inc.}}</ref> and warned that local work-arounds could not be extended to new visitors and edi27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327172015/http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/Forum:Forks_in_the_road_-_Uncyclopedia_moving_from_Wikia,_a_discussion|url-status=dead}}</ref> Fandom ceased hosting its version of UncyclopediaCite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the ). Different Uncyclopedias sometimes have different licenses; for example, dÉsencyclopédie (French Uncyclopedia) is dual-licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 aniaWikioki software that Misplaced Pages uses. However, during Fanome users have accounts on multiple Uncyclopedias. They contain interlanguage links to each other, but there is no global governing organization comparabd the GFDL. As of March 2022, the English-language Uncyclopedia contains approximately 36,800 articles. 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 Misplaced Pages.

Uncyclopedia projects are run independently by their own members, though s] that oversees Misplaced Pages as well as its sister projects.

==Content==edia site incompatible with later MediaWiki versions. In May 2018, Fandom dropped support for the Monobook skin that its Uncyclopedia site had used to mimic Misplaced Pages, claiming this was necessary to achieve [[G|date=May 21, 2018|website=Community Central|publiA 3.0) license, although some content, notably images, is copyrighted.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

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Many articles on Uncyclopedia link to corresponding Misplaced Pages article on the subject, though denote Misplaced Pages's content as being written by "so-called experts"; this is most often denoted by Uncyclopedia articles with a corresponding Misplaced Pages artie Rev

Uncyclopedia encourages satire that is close to or resemblesiew|access-date = January 6, 2013|format = W Parodying Misplaced Pages'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. Users can post to other wiki pages to solicit coding help and reviewtruth. However, many articles employ absurdist humor and little, if any, factual accuracy remains. For example, Uncyclopedia's article about Misplaced Pages claims that Misplaced Pages is a parody of Uncyclopedia, not the reverse. Its code of conduct follows from three main rules: "Be funny and not just stutes for deletion" (VfD) and a CSD-like system called "QuickVFD".

One of Uncyclopedia's most popular articles,Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). "AAAAAiki/Wikipedia|title = Uncyclopedia article about Misplaced Pages|access-date = July 31, 2010|format = Wiki|work = Uncyclopedia}}</ref> Many articles on the site contradict each other, even articles on the same subject.

Like Misplaced Pages's "Five pillars", Uncyclopedia has "Five pliers", including "Satirical point of view".Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

Traditions

Each year, Uncyclopedia writers create a list of 100 worst reflections of that year, marking website milestones or simply news. Most years, 5143743/http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/Forum:A_reskin_for_the_US_government_shut: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. For one week in 2013, the Withe 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.Template:Citation needrody</ref> As of 2013, the case is currently in the ECHR.

In 2014, the page "HowTo:Make a bomb at home" on Absurdopedia was included in the Russian list of extremist materials.

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.

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".

See also

• Bigiia Dramatica

References

1. Cite error: The named reference Hindu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
2. Palmer, Craig L. (September 26, 2016). "Wikia is now Fandom powered by Wikia". Community Central. Wikia, Inc. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
3. "R.I.P. Monobook – any aftermath plan?". Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. {{cite web}}: Text "Uncyclopedia's content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 (CC BY-NJune 16, 2018" ignored (help); Text "acc._Monobook_-_any_aftermath_plan%3F" ignored (help)
4. {{cite web |url = https://en.uncycloped or request user-edited images. Like Misplaced Pages, 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 humour 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.<ref name="injoiki|work = Uncyclopedia}}
5. "Template:Pee Review Table" (Wiki). Uncyclopedia. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
6. "Uncyclopedia:Five pliers" (Wiki). Uncyclopedia. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
7. {{cite web | url=http://aprs logo for Misplaced Pages]] Some jokes involve the entire website, sometimes including a [[Silfoolsdayontheweb.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}}
8. Appeal of access block to Absurdopedia was sent to ECHR – Ria Novosti, 17.12.2013(in Russian)
9. Сулейманов, Султан (May 5, 2014). "Кулинарные рецепты с "Абсурдопедии" дважды внесли в список экстремистских материалов – Право на TJ". TJ.
10. "Greggs Google fail – was the bakery's response to its logo mishap a stroke of marketing genius". Independent.co.uk. August 20, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
11. "Greggs bakery shows how to handle a social media nightmare after offensive logo appears on Google". August 19, 2014. Archived from the original on January 12, 2022. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
12. Absurdopedia of real life – Roscomsvoboda, February 13, 2018.(in Russian)

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