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|about URL = http://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Uncyclopedia:About | |about URL = http://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Uncyclopedia:About | ||
|mobile URL = http://en.uncyclopedia.co/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile | |mobile URL = http://en.uncyclopedia.co/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile | ||
|founder = Chronarion | |founder = Stillwaters and Chronarion | ||
|status = Vibrant | |status = Vibrant | ||
|language = English | |language = English | ||
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==Wikia {{tag|spoon}}== | ==Wikia {{tag|spoon}}== | ||
{{Wiki | {{Wiki | ||
|name = Uncyclopedia –<br><small>(uncyclopedia. | |name = Uncyclopedia –<br><small>(uncyclopedia.org)</small> | ||
|URL = http://uncyclopedia. | |URL = http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Main_Page | ||
|logo = [[File:UncyclopediaLogo.jpg]] | |logo = [[File:UncyclopediaLogo.jpg]] | ||
|recentchanges URL= http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Special:RecentChanges | |recentchanges URL= http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Special:RecentChanges | ||
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|mobile URL = http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page?useskin=wikiamobile | |mobile URL = http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page?useskin=wikiamobile | ||
|about URL = http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Uncyclopedia:About | |about URL = http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Uncyclopedia:About | ||
|founder = Chronarion | |founder = Stillwaters and Chronarion | ||
|status = Vibrant | |status = Vibrant | ||
|language = English | |language = English | ||
|editmode = OpenEdit | |editmode = OpenEdit | ||
|engine = | |engine = MediaWiki | ||
|maintopic = Humor | |maintopic = Humor | ||
|license = Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike | |license = Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike | ||
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}}(As of: 2013-07-26)<!--manually add/amend date when stats are verified and/or updated--> | }}(As of: 2013-07-26)<!--manually add/amend date when stats are verified and/or updated--> | ||
As of February 2013, the | As of February 2013, the Wikia-hosted '''Uncyclopedia''' contained over 29,000 articles, making it the third largest Wikia [[wiki]]. | ||
Uncyclopedia was transferred to Wikia on 26 May 2005 | Uncyclopedia was transferred to Wikia on 26 May 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 23 October 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 leave and establish an independently-hosted site in 2013. The issues continued long after the split, with Wikia taking away Uncyclopedia's independent userlist (to replace it with a unified login scheme) and censoring content in various manners. | ||
The wiki, however, | The wiki, however, did not use the standard, ad-heavy [[:Category:Oasis|Oasis]] skin until 2018 as it needs to look like Wikipedia, an encyclopaedia parody. This reskin caused many additional Uncyclopedia-related projects (such as [[Nonciclopedia]] and [[Nonsensopedia]]) to fork in 2018 and caused click-bait image links to be auto-generated and displayed for many inapproprate titles, such as "masturbation", "blow job" or "child porn". Wikia then forced the entire Uncyclopedia project off its servers in March 2019, leaving not an explanation of what happened to the project but merely "This wiki is closed", breaking hundreds of thousands of inbound links. | ||
Because of the non-commercial licence, Wikia has long claimed the English-language Uncyclopedia to not have ads. Nonetheless, a long and controversial history of Wikia placing intrusive house ads (introduced in 2006 as "Wikia Spotlight") exists to promote other Wikia sites which are heavily laden with commercial display advertising. | |||
==Uncyclopedia blocking policy== | ==Uncyclopedia blocking policy== | ||
One of Wikipedia's stated policies is "assume good faith"; Uncyclopedia parodies this as "assume bad faith" - although it's difficult to tell at times whether this is in jest or actively taken to heart by administrators. | |||
A [http://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Uncyclopedia:Ban_Policy wide range of offences] can lead to a block, frequently with a [http://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/MediaWiki:Ipbreason-dropdown humiliating reason] given. Administrator, Mordillo stated that their policy is, ''"We have the 'piss off the admins and they ban you rule'"'' [http://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Talk:Adam_and_Eve#And_since_you_both_posted_all_over_the_place_I'll_post_my_remark_here]. It's sometimes hard to tell when Uncyclopedians are serious and when they are joking. They used to block users (as recently as April-May 2008) with the comment, ''"Your penis is too small."'' or ''"Your penis is too small. Come back when you reach puberty."'' It's impossible to tell if blocks are reasonable as the content that leads to a block is frequently deleted. They also have a funny and humiliating [http://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/MediaWiki:Blockedtext ban message]. | A [http://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Uncyclopedia:Ban_Policy wide range of offences] can lead to a block, frequently with a [http://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/MediaWiki:Ipbreason-dropdown humiliating reason] given. Administrator, Mordillo stated that their policy is, ''"We have the 'piss off the admins and they ban you rule'"'' [http://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Talk:Adam_and_Eve#And_since_you_both_posted_all_over_the_place_I'll_post_my_remark_here]. It's sometimes hard to tell when Uncyclopedians are serious and when they are joking. They used to block users (as recently as April-May 2008) with the comment, ''"Your penis is too small."'' or ''"Your penis is too small. Come back when you reach puberty."'' It's impossible to tell if blocks are reasonable as the content that leads to a block is frequently deleted. They also have a funny and humiliating [http://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/MediaWiki:Blockedtext ban message]. | ||
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{{UncyclomediaTable}} | {{UncyclomediaTable}} | ||
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