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:''Not to be confused with [[Uncyclopedia.de]], [[Unciklopédia]] or [[Unsaiklopedia]].'' | :''Not to be confused with [[Uncyclopedia.de]], [[Unciklopédia]] or [[Unsaiklopedia]].'' | ||
'''Uncyclopedia''' (or '''Uncyclopædia'''), "the content-free encyclopedia that anyone can edit," is a parody of [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], though Uncyclopedia claims the reverse (and correctly claims that Wikipedia claims the reverse, and vice versa, ad infinitum . . . ). | '''Uncyclopedia''' (or '''Uncyclopædia'''), "the content-free encyclopedia that anyone can edit," is a parody of [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], though Uncyclopedia claims the reverse (and correctly claims that Wikipedia claims the reverse, and vice versa, ad infinitum . . . ). | ||
The goal of this project is to provide misinformation in a satirical and humourous way. Entries tended to be short and random in its infancy. The current partially successful trend at Uncyclopedia is to make all entries very developed and polished. This includes pictures, and even sound bites. Random humor is also on the wane, with preferred articles containing a novel or subtle blurring of the truth. | The goal of this project is to provide misinformation in a satirical and humourous way. Entries tended to be short and random in its infancy. The current partially successful trend at Uncyclopedia is to make all entries very developed and polished. This includes pictures, and even sound bites. Random humor is also on the wane, with preferred articles containing a novel or subtle blurring of the truth. | ||
==Independent Fork== | ==Independent Fork== | ||
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}}(As of: 03 December 2012) | }}(As of: 03 December 2012) | ||
In January 2013 the community left Wikia and [http://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Uncyclopedia:Press_Release_-_move_from_Wikia moved it to independent hosting]. Wikia continues to maintain its version of the site at its own URL. | In January 2013 the community left Wikia and [http://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Uncyclopedia:Press_Release_-_move_from_Wikia moved it to independent hosting]. Wikia continues to maintain its version of the site at its own URL as a direct competitor, over the objections of the community. A similar situation exists with [[Absurdopedia]], the Russian-language Uncyclopedia, which went independent in October 2010. | ||
==Wikia Fork== | |||
{{Wiki | |||
|logo = [[image:UncyclopediaLogo.jpg]] | |||
|URL = http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page | |||
|recentchanges URL = http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Special:RecentChanges | |||
|wikinode URL = http://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/WikiNode | |||
|about URL = No | |||
|status = Vibrant | |||
|language = English | |||
|editmode = OpenEdit | |||
|engine = MediaWiki | |||
|maintopic = Humor | |||
|license = Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike | |||
|backupurl = http://wikistats.wikia.com/u/un/uncyclo/pages_full.xml.gz | |||
|backupdate = 2012-11-16 <!--the date of the above URL, if unknown, type 'unknown date'--> | |||
}} | |||
As of February 2013, Uncyclopedia contains over 29,000 articles, making it the third largest Wikia-hosted wiki. | |||
Uncyclopedia was transferred to Wikia on May 26, 2005. Although initially promising to keep the 'uncyclopedia.org' domain and not host ads, Wikia moved the wiki to 'uncyclopedia.wikia.com' on October 23, 2008, despite protests from the community. 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 leave to establish an independently-hosted site in 2013. | |||
The wiki however does not use the standard Wikia skin and does not have Wikia ads. | |||
==Uncyclopedia blocking policy== | ==Uncyclopedia blocking policy== | ||