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-{{Infobox Website|
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-websitename = Uncyclopedia|
-type = [[Humor]]|
-owner = [[Wikia]]|
-author = Jonathan Huang, & "Stillwaters"/"Euniana"|
-commercial = No|}}
-[[Image:Uncyclopedia logo.png|frame|right|Uncyclopedia's logo, which is a [[potato]] named Sophia, is a [[parody]] of Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia logo|globe logo]]. It should be noted that this potato is not the same entity as the "founder" of Uncyclopedia, Sophia <ref>{{cite web | url = http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sophia#Wikipedia's%20entry | title = Talk:Sophia (Wikipedia's Entry) | accessdate = 2006-07-18 | date = 2006-07-08}}</ref>.]]
-'''Uncyclopedia''', "the content-free<ref>{{cite web | url = http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Content-free | title = Content-free | accessdate = 2006-07-18 | format = Wiki | work =
-Uncyclopedia was launched in January of 2005 by co-founder Jonathan Huang (Chronarion) as a satire piece on Wikipedia, as a response to the demand in Wikipedia's "[[Wikipedia:Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense|Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense]]" page for a place to put their nonsense. However, it was not advertised at all on Wikipedia itself and became more of a place for small satirical essays on assorted topics.{{fact}}
-Uncyclopedia quickly outgrew its original webhost; on [[May 26]], [[2005]], it was announced that Uncyclopedia would be hosted by [[Wikia, Inc.]]<ref name="joins"> {{cite web | url = http://wikia.com/wiki/Uncyclopedia_joins_Wikia | title = Uncyclopedia joins Wikia | accessdate = 2006-07-18 | last = Beesley | first = Angela | authorlink = Angela Beesley | date = 2005-05-26 | work = Wikia}}</ref> Its license and domain name remained unchanged. On [[July 10]], [[2006]] the uncyclopedia.org domain was switched in ownership from founder Chronarion to Wikia, Inc.
-Uncyclopedia's content is [[software license|licensed]] under the [[Creative Commons]] [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0] license. As with other Wikia sites, the full article database is freely available for online download. As of August 2006, the English-language Uncyclopedia contains over 18,000 articles, making it one of the largest Wikia-hosted wikis (see [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics the Statistics page] for a more up-to-date number)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wikia.com/wikistats/EN/TablesRecentTrends.htm | title = Wikia Statistics | accessdate = 2006-07-22}}</ref>.
-== History ==
-[[Image:Main_Page_Uncyclopedia.png|thumb|right|220px|Screenshot of Uncyclopedia's main page on [[March 3]], [[2006]] when it was changed to reflect a new version of Wikipedia's [[Main Page]] that was not yet in use. It also thanks its users for creating the ''ten'' millionth article, just after Wikipedia had created ''one'' million.]]
-Uncyclopedia was launched in January of 2005 by co-founder Jonathan Huang (Chronarion) as a satire piece on Wikipedia, as a response to the demand in Wikipedia's "[[Wikipedia:Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense|Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense]]" page for a place to put their nonsense. However, it was not advertised at all on Wikipedia itself and became more of a place for small satirical essays on assorted topics.{{fact}}
-Uncyclopedia quickly outgrew its original webhost; on [[May 26]], [[2005]], it was announced that Uncyclopedia would be hosted by [[Wikia, Inc.]]<ref name="joins"> {{cite web | url = http://wikia.com/wiki/Uncyclopedia_joins_Wikia | title = Uncyclopedia joins Wikia | accessdate = 2006-07-18 | last = Beesley | first = Angela | authorlink = Angela Beesley | date = 2005-05-26 | work = Wikia}}</ref> Its license and domain name remained unchanged. On [[July 10]], [[2006]] the uncyclopedia.org domain was switched in ownership from founder Chronarion to Wikia, Inc.
-Uncyclopedia's content is [[software license|licensed]] under the [[Creative Commons]] [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0] license. As with other Wikia sites, the full article database is freely available for online download. As of August 2006, the English-language Uncyclopedia contains over 18,000 articles, making it one of the largest Wikia-hosted wikis (see [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Special:Statistics the Statistics page] for a more up-to-date number)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wikia.com/wikistats/EN/TablesRecentTrends.htm | title = Wikia Statistics | accessdate = 2006-07-22}}</ref>.
-== Content ==
-A recurring [[joke]] is that of misquoting [[Oscar Wilde]], either with a well-known, but slightly edited genuine quote designed to parody the overuse of quotes, or with a phrase completely different from his style. There is an entire lexicon of fictitious Oscar Wilde quotes, which has its own namespace, "Wilde:"<ref>{{cite web | url = http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Wilde:Main_Page | title = Wilde:Main Page | accessdate = 2006-07-22 | format = Wiki | work = Uncyclopedia}}</ref>.
-Self-reference is another common theme in Uncyclopedia articles. For example, the rot13 page is written in rot13,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/ROT13 | title = ROT13 | accessdate = 2006-07-30 | work = Uncyclopedia | format = Wiki}}</ref> while the iPod article has the second letter of every word beginning with "i" capitalized.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/iPod | title = iPod | accessdate = 2006-07-30 | work = Uncyclopedia | format = Wiki}}</ref>
-Less obvious tongue-in-cheek humor is also common. For example, the Chinese name of the [[People's Republic of China]] is considerably longer there than on Wikipedia, but literally means (in Chinese), "The Communist Party of China One Party Dictatorship People-Cannot-Be-Master-Of-Their-Own-Affairs Republic"<ref>{{cite web | url = http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/People's_Republic_of_China | title = People's Republic of China - Uncyclopedia | accessdate = 2006-07-18 | format = Wiki | work = Uncyclopedia}}</ref>.
-To cope with the amount of one-liners Uncyclopedia received, it established an Undictionary<ref name="undictionary">{{cite web | url = http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Undictionary:Main_Page | title = Undictionary | accessdate = 2006-07-18 | format = Wiki | work = Uncyclopedia}}</ref>, an "ick!tionary" of one-liners and "daffynitions" covering a wide variety of topics. It was intended to parody [[Wiktionary]], but the project never took off, and is mostly seen as a collection of garbage (as evidenced by proposed logos depicting garbage cans). Uncyclopedia also accommodates news articles with its UnNews<ref name="unnews">{{cite web | url = http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/UnNews:Main_Page | title = UnNews | accessdate = 2006-07-18 | format = Wiki | work = Uncyclopedia}}</ref>, the "source for up to the minute [[misinformation]]". UnNews originally copied [[Wikinews]] to the letter, but has since evolved to do things differently, and offers different features. For example, most if not all UnNews articles have an available audio version.
-=== MediaWiki ===
-The site uses [[MediaWiki]] software to mimic Wikipedia conventions; which itself is parodied with these following analogies: Uncyclomedia Foundation<ref name="umf">{{cite web | url = http://meta.uncyclomedia.org/index.html | title = Uncyclomedia Foundation | accessdate = 2006-07-18}}</ref> ([[Wikimedia Foundation]]), UnNews<ref name="unnews" /> ([[Wikinews]]), Unquotable<ref name="unquotable">{{cite web | url = http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Unquotable:Main_Page | title = Unquotable | accessdate = 2006-07-18 | format = Wiki | work = Uncyclopedia}}</ref> ([[Wikiquote]]), Undictionary<ref name="undictionary" /> ([[Wiktionary]]), UnBooks<ref name="unbooks">{{cite web | url = http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/UnBooks:Main_Page | title = UnBooks - Uncyclopedia | accessdate = 2006-07-18 | format = Wiki | work = Uncyclopedia}}</ref> ([[WikiBooks]]), UnMeta<ref name="unmeta">{{cite web | url = http://meta.uncyclomedia.org/wiki/Main_Page | title = UnMeta | accessdate = 2006-07-18}}</ref> ([[Meta-Wiki]]), UnSource<ref>{{cite web | url = http://uncyclopaedia.org/wiki/UnSource:Main_Page | title = UnSource | accessdate = 2006-07-20}}</ref> ([[Wikisource]]), UnSpecies<ref>{{cite web | url = http://uncyclopaedia.org/wiki/UnSpecies:Main_Page | title = UnSpecies | accessdate = 2006-07-20}}</ref> ([[Wikispecies]]), and UnCommons / Uncyclomedia Commons<ref>{{cite web | url = http://commons.uncyclomedia.org/wiki/Main_Page | title = UnCommons | accessdate = 2006-07-18}}</ref> ([[Wikimedia Commons]]). Image description pages are also branded under [http://commons.uncyclomedia.org/wiki/special:newimages Uncyclomedia Commons], including a logo mirroring the [[Wikimedia Commons]].
-Uncyclopedia uses MediaWiki to imitate Wikipedia templates, such as its Wikipedia template (parodying Wikipedia sister project templates), and its [[Template:Endspoiler|Endspoiler template]].
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-<div style="float: left;"> [[Image:Bouncywikilogo.gif|55px]]</div>
-<div style="margin-left: 60px;">For those ''without'' comedic tastes, the [[Daily Mail|so-called-experts]] at [[Wikipedia]] have an article about: '''''Uncyclopedia'''''.</div>
-</div>
-<div class="boilerplate metadata" id="stub" WIDTH="100%"><table CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="5" style="background-color: #A8A8A8; border: solid 1px #9CAF92"><tr><td></td><td>''Warning: The above text contains '''spoilers'''. It is now safe to turn off your computer.''</td></tr></table></div>
-== Notability ==
-Uncyclopedia has been referenced online in the [[New York Times]]<ref>{{cite news |first = Sarah |last = Boxer |url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00611F7345A0C7A8EDDA10894DD404482 |title = But Is There Intelligent Spaghetti Out There? |work = The New York Times |date = 2005-08-25 |accessdate = 2006-07-18}}</ref>, The [[Boston Herald]]<ref>{{cite news |first = Stephanie |last = Schorow |url = http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/819420901.html?did=819420901&FMT=ABS&FMTS=FT&date=Apr+8%2C+2005&author=Stephanie+Schorow&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=BOOKMARK+DIVA%3B+This+wiki-cool+Web+site+lets+Net+surfers+define+world |title = This wiki-cool Web site lets Net surfers define world |work = Boston Herald |date = 2005-04-08 |accessdate = 2006-07-18}}</ref>, [[The Guardian]]<ref>{{cite news  |first = Jack |last = Schofield |url = http://technology.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,,1458825,00.html |title = Web Watch |work = Guardian Unlimited |date = 2005-04-14 |accessdate = 2006-07-18}}</ref>, [[The Register]]<ref>{{cite news |first = Andrew |last = Orlowski |url = http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/12/wikipedia_no_responsibility/ |title = There's no Wikipedia entry for 'moral responsibility' |date = 2005-12-12 |accessdate = 2006-06-24}}</ref>, and the [[Taipei Times]]<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/08/31/2003269851 |title = `Pastafarianism' gains prominence and support in intelligent-design drive |work = Taipei Times |date = 2005-08-25 |accessdate = 2006-07-18}}</ref>.
-==Controversy==
-Uncyclopedia has faced some opposition in the [[New Zealand Herald]], where it was stated to be a "cyber bullying menace."<ref>{{cite news| first = Catherine | last = Woulfe | url = http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10383882 | title = Schools face new cyber bullying menace | work = The New Zealand Herald | date = 2006-05-28 | accessdate = 2006-07-20}}</ref><blockquote>"Roy Kelly, principal of King's College, said the uncyclopedia website was "nasty", putting it on a par with text bullying and playground violence."</blockquote> Since then, Uncyclopedia has considered a no vanity policy, whereas vanity has traditionally been allowed for schools and online communities (against the wishes of the community, as most see it as lacking in quality and now troublesome as well). Any pages created for the purposes of personal attack or bullying are removed as soon as they are noticed, as always; however, it is very difficult for administrators to monitor each page. As of July 2006, vanity pages which are questionable are either deleted or put under the care of one or more [[:Uncyclopedia:Special:Listusers/sysop|administrators.]]
-==In other languages==
-[[Image:EincycLogo.JPG|right|thumb|Eincyclopedia's logo.]]
-Uncyclopedia has "sister projects" in 23 other languages.<!--this count not including en: --> For example, '''[http://eincyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%93_%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%99 Eincyclopedia]''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: איןציקלופדיה) is the Hebrew version, founded [[December 5]], [[2005]]. The word Eincyclopedia is a combination of the Hebrew word אין ("Ein", meaning "void" or "non-existent") and [[encyclopedia]]. Eincyclopedia's version to the [[Oscar Wilde]] misquotes of Uncyclopedia are the misquotes of the [[List of messiahs|claimed Messiah]] [[Sabbatai Zevi]], who is also represented as the founder and main writer (through [[Psychokinesis|telekinesis]]) of the site. Similarly, '''[http://inciclopedia.wikia.com/ Inciclopedia]''' (started [[10 February]], [[2006]]) is the Spanish version. At [[2 March]] [[2006]], a Norwegian version was launched, named [http://www.ikkepedia.net/ Ikkepedia].
-The French-language version, founded in [[June]] [[2005]] as the first in a long series of Uncyclopedia "[[Tower of Babel|Babel]]" wikis, is known as '''[http://www.desencyclopedie.com Désencyclopedie]''', a "disencyclopedia" which purports to have been written by an [[infinite monkey theorem|infinite number]] of [[:fr:paradoxe du singe savant|monkeys with typewriters]]. The site's logo is a [[dice|die]], because "dé" is also French for "die".
-The seven largest Unyclopedias, all of them having over 1,000 articles, are the English-language Uncyclopedia (over 17,000 articles), the Polish Nonsensopedia (over 4,000 articles), the German Uncyclopedia (over 2,000), the Suomi (Finnish) Hikipedia (over 2,000 pages in its largest fork), the [[Traditional Chinese|regular-script Chinese]] 偽基百科  (being the homophone of Chinese wikipedia, "維基百科", and meaning "fake wikipedia") (over 1,400 articles), the French-language Désencyclopédie (over 1,300 articles), and the Spanish-language Inciclopedia (over 1,200 pages).
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-|colspan="3"|'''Uncyclopædia''' exists in many languages:
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-||ar:||[http://beidipedia.wikia.com العربية]||بيضيپيديا
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-||ca:||[http://valenciclopedia.wikia.com Català]||Valenciclopèdia
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-||cs:||[http://necyklo.pedie.info Cesky]||Necyklopedie
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-||da:||[http://da.uncyclopedia.wikia.com Dansk]||Spademanns Leksikon
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-||de:||[http://de.uncyclopedia.wikia.com Deutsch]||Uncyclopedia.de
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-||el:||[http://anegkyklopaideia.wikia.com Ελληνικά]||Ανεγκυκλοπαίδεια
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-||en:||[http://uncyclopedia.org English]||Uncyclopedia
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-||es:||[http://inciclopedia.wikia.com Español]||Inciclopedia
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-||fa:||[http://fa.uncyclopaedia.org فارسی (Persian)]||نانشنامه
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-||fi:||[http://hiki.pedia.ws Suomi]||Hikipedia
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-||fr:||[http://desencyclopedie.org Français]||Désencyclopédie
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-||he:||[http://eincyclopedia.wikia.com עברית]||איןציקלופדיה
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-||hu:||[http://unciklo.pedia.ws Magyar]||Unciklopédia
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-||it:||[http://nonciclopedia.wikia.com Italiano]||Nonciclopedia
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-||ja:||[http://ja.uncyclopedia.info 日本語]||アンサイクロペディア
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-||la:||[http://uncapaedia.wikia.com Latina]||Necyclopædia
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-||nl:||[http://onziclo.pedie.info/ Nederlands]||Onziclopedie
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-||no:||[http://ikkepedia.net Norsk]||Ikkepedia
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-||pl:||[http://nonsensopedia.wikia.com Polski]||Nonsensopedia
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-||pt:||[http://desciclo.pedia.ws Português]||Desciclopédia
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-||ru:||[http://absurdopedia.wikia.com Русский]||Абсурдопедия
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-||sv:||[http://psyklopedin.hehu.se Svenska]||Psyklopedin
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-||zh-tw:||[http://zh.uncyclopedia.info 中文(正體)]||偽基百科
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-||zh:||[http://zh.uncyclopedia.wikia.com 中文]||伪基百科
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-||meta:||[http://meta.uncyclomedia.org/wiki/Main_Page UnMeta]||:Category:Uncyclomedia Foundation|Uncyclomedia Foundation
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-||info:||[http://uncyclopedia.info Babel Project]||List of Uncyclopædias
-|}
-Also, the English version of Uncyclopedia has several articles translated to [[Engrish]] using [[Babel Fish (website)|Babelfish]].
-== See also ==
-[[List of common themes on Uncyclopedia]]
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-* [[wikicities:Uncyclopedia joins Wikia|Announcement regarding Uncyclopedia joining Wikia]]
-* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A9936697 h2g2's Edited Guide entry about Uncyclopedia]
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