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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.