The main page of Uncyclopedia (retrieved May 24, 2019) is similar to Wikipedia's.
Type of site
Online encyclopedia, satire
Owner
Works are owned by their authors CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (English-language version)
Created by
Jonathan "Chronarion" Huang, "Stillwaters"
Revenue
Donations[1]
URL
English Uncyclopedia: en.uncyclopedia.co (2013 fork) uncyclopedia.com (2019 fork)
Registration
Optional
Launched
January 5, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-01-05)
Current status
Active
Uncyclopedia is several forks of satirical online encyclopedias that parody Wikipedia. Its logo, a hollow "puzzle potato", parodies Wikipedia's globe puzzle logo,[2] and it styles itself as "the content-free encyclopedia", parodying Wikipedia's slogan of "the free encyclopedia" and likely as a play the fact that Wikipedia is described as a “free-content” encyclopedia. Founded in 2005[3] as an English-language wiki, the project spans more than 75 languages as well as several subprojects parodying other wikis. Uncyclopedia's name is a portmanteau of the prefix un- and the word encyclopedia.[4][5]
Various styles of humor are used as vehicles for parody, from pointed satire to light sarcasm, along with structured in-jokes and frequent non sequiturs. The site has attracted media attention for its articles on controversial subjects including religion, prominent people, places, politics, and pseudoscience.
Many Uncyclopedia articles contain graphics with a link to the corresponding Wikipedia article; Uncyclopedia often denotes the corresponding Wikipedia article to its content as being listed "for those without comedic tastes", and Wikipedia's article written by "so-called experts".
^"Uncyclopedia:Donate" (Wiki). Uncyclopedia. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
^Sankar, Anand (November 6, 2006). "Surely, you must be joking!". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on February 25, 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2007.
^"The brains behind Uncyclopedia". .net. May 3, 2007. Archived from the original on December 1, 2007. Retrieved November 19, 2007.
^Cite error: The named reference wikia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Desciclopédia" (Wiki). Uncyclopedia. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
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in a sphere of "chaotic fiction" that would include works such as the Uncyclopedia and street games like SF0 as well. Several experts, though, point to...
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