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Uncyclopedia was created on January 5, 2005 by Chronarion and Stillwaters. It was transferred to [[Wikia]] on May 26, 2005; Uncyclopedia co-founder Jonathan Huang (Chronarion) sold the uncyclopedia.org domain out from under the project to Wikia in a 2006 backroom deal and Wikia moved the content to uncyclopedia.wikia.com over the objections of the community on October 23, 2008. Further problems occurred in 2012, as Wikia censored images and placed disclaimers on the site; these were major factors in the decision of the majority of users to {{tag|Ex-Wikia|leave Wikia}} and establish an [[uncyclopedia:Uncyclopedia:Press_Release_-_move_from_Wikia|independently-hosted site]] at [https://uncyclomedia.co Uncyclomedia] on January 3, 2013. | Uncyclopedia was created on January 5, 2005 by Chronarion and Stillwaters. It was transferred to [[Wikia]] on May 26, 2005; Uncyclopedia co-founder Jonathan Huang (Chronarion) sold the uncyclopedia.org domain out from under the project to Wikia in a 2006 backroom deal and Wikia moved the content to uncyclopedia.wikia.com over the objections of the community on October 23, 2008. Further problems occurred in 2012, as Wikia censored images and placed disclaimers on the site; these were major factors in the decision of the majority of users to {{tag|Ex-Wikia|leave Wikia}} and establish an [[uncyclopedia:Uncyclopedia:Press_Release_-_move_from_Wikia|independently-hosted site]] at [https://uncyclomedia.co Uncyclomedia] on January 3, 2013. | ||
Wikia forced the previous wiki to remain live, as the Wikia-hosted "Uncyclowikia" contained over 29,000 articles, making it the third largest Wikia [[wiki]] at the time. The few users that stayed behind continued to maintain their version of the site as a direct competitor until 2019, when Wikia (now Fandom) forced the remaining Uncyclopedia projects off its servers in March due to its problematic unmoderated content: articles such as "masturbation", "blow job" and "child porn". The Wikia userbase [ | Wikia forced the previous wiki to remain live, as the Wikia-hosted "Uncyclowikia" contained over 29,000 articles, making it the third largest Wikia [[wiki]] at the time. The few users that stayed behind continued to maintain their version of the site as a direct competitor until 2019, when Wikia (now Fandom) forced the remaining Uncyclopedia projects off its servers in March due to its problematic unmoderated content: articles such as "masturbation", "blow job" and "child porn". The Wikia userbase [https://web.archive.org/web/20190415161755/http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Hosting_options_for_Uncyclopedia_(wikia) voted to move back with the original userbase at Uncyclomedia], which was [[uncyclopedia:Uncyclopedia:Press_Release_-_closure_of_Fandom_mirror|completed at uncyclopedia.co in May]]. | ||
The community at [[Absurdopedia]], the Russian-language Uncyclopedia, also moved from Wikia in October 2010. | The community at [[Absurdopedia]], the Russian-language Uncyclopedia, also moved from Wikia in October 2010. | ||