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[[Affectionate Parody]] of [[Wikipedia]] that would like to be to wikis what ''[[The Onion]]'' is to newspapers. It advertises itself as the “content-free encyclopedia”.
[[Affectionate Parody]] of [[Wikipedia]] that would like to be to wikis what ''[[The Onion]]'' is to newspapers. It advertises itself as the “content-free encyclopedia”.


Can be found [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Main_Page here]. The “good” articles (so judged by Uncyclopedia users) are listed [https://uncyclopedia.ca/wiki/Uncyclopedia:Best_of here]. It was originally hosted on [[Wikia]] (now Fandom) but moved to independent hosting in May 2019 when it was closed for violating [[Moral Guardians|Wikia policy]]. Some editors created a second independent version in January 2013, which can be found [http://en.uncyclopedia.co here].
The site's guidelines and rules are written in a truthful and non-satirical, but still humorous tone, the best example of which is “[[Hypocritical Humor|How To Be Funny and Not Just Stupid]]”.


The site's guidelines and rules are written in a truthful and non-satirical, but still humorous tone, the best example of which is “[[Hypocritical Humor|How To Be Funny and Not Just Stupid]]”.
The two most prominent versions of the English-language Uncyclopedia are the 2013 fork of the Wikia-hosted Uncyclopedia (found [https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Main_Page here]), and a later 2019 fork of the same Wikia-hosted site (found [https://uncyclopedia.ca/ here]), created after Wikia scheduled the shut down of all Uncyclopedia related projects on their wiki farm. As to which of the two sites is the ''Official'' Uncyclopedia, that is a subject of [[Internet Backdraft|severe contention]] among [[Unpleasable Fanbase|Uncyclopedia users]].


International editions are notorious for sometimes [[Woolseyism|creating new puns for their titles]]. [http://desencyclopedie.org/wiki/Accueil Désencyclopedie] (“discyclopedia”), the French version, has a pair of dice (“dés” in French) as logo, the Norwegian version is called [http://ikkepedia.org/wiki/Forside Ikkepedia] (“notpedia”), the Russian versions are Absurdopedia ([http://absurdopedia.net here] and [http://absurdopedia.wiki here]), the Spanish version is [http://inciclopedia.org/wiki/Inciclopedia:Portada Inciclopedia] <ref>(It was [https://web.archive.org/web/20160102184032/http://www.frikipedia.es/friki/Portada Frikipedia] until a certain Spanish copyright organization [[Frivolous Lawsuit|did a massive legal bullying upon it]], and its mantle was passed to Inciclopedia. For a while since then, both existed, but each one catered to different audiences.)</ref> and the Danish version is called “[http://spademanns.wikia.com/wiki/Forside Spademanns Leksikon]”, a pun between respected Danish encyclopedia Lademanns Leksikon and “spade”, Danish slang for “retard”. In the Mandarin version, the name is still transliterated from Wikipedia, but the first word used here also means “fake”. [http://la.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/Pagina_prima Necyclopaedia], the [[Altum Videtur|Latin version]], simply transposes the first two letters of “encyclopaedia”<ref>archaic alternate spelling</ref> to form the Latin word ''ne'', “not”. The Italian version is called [http://nonciclopedia.org/wiki/Pagina_principale Nonciclopedia], basically the same pun as the original one. The Japanese version is called [[Gratuitous English|Ansaikuropedia]], from the katakana rendering of Uncyclopedia and is notorious for such bashing of [[Seiyuu]] and [[Anime]] that in some occasions surpasses that of [[Wretched Hive|Encyclopedia Dramatica]].
International editions are notorious for sometimes [[Woolseyism|creating new puns for their titles]]. [http://desencyclopedie.org/wiki/Accueil Désencyclopedie] (“discyclopedia”), the French version, has a pair of dice (“dés” in French) as logo, the Norwegian version is called [http://ikkepedia.org/wiki/Forside Ikkepedia] (“notpedia”), the Russian versions are Absurdopedia ([http://absurdopedia.net here] and [http://absurdopedia.wiki here]), the Spanish version is [http://inciclopedia.org/wiki/Inciclopedia:Portada Inciclopedia] <ref>(It was [https://web.archive.org/web/20160102184032/http://www.frikipedia.es/friki/Portada Frikipedia] until a certain Spanish copyright organization [[Frivolous Lawsuit|did a massive legal bullying upon it]], and its mantle was passed to Inciclopedia. For a while since then, both existed, but each one catered to different audiences.)</ref> and the Danish version is called “[http://spademanns.wikia.com/wiki/Forside Spademanns Leksikon]”, a pun between respected Danish encyclopedia Lademanns Leksikon and “spade”, Danish slang for “retard”. In the Mandarin version, the name is still transliterated from Wikipedia, but the first word used here also means “fake”. [http://la.uncyclopedia.info/wiki/Pagina_prima Necyclopaedia], the [[Altum Videtur|Latin version]], simply transposes the first two letters of “encyclopaedia”<ref>archaic alternate spelling</ref> to form the Latin word ''ne'', “not”. The Italian version is called [http://nonciclopedia.org/wiki/Pagina_principale Nonciclopedia], basically the same pun as the original one. The Japanese version is called [[Gratuitous English|Ansaikuropedia]], from the katakana rendering of Uncyclopedia and is notorious for such bashing of [[Seiyuu]] and [[Anime]] that in some occasions surpasses that of [[Wretched Hive|Encyclopedia Dramatica]].

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The poor, meme-ridden "comedy" website Uncyclopedia is the stuff of Internet legend and infamy. The site, which is thought to have originated in 1860 as an American imperialist tool for global domination, is now a multi-national effort and is seen as the best of its kind by some. It currently specializes in tedious mockery of perceived competitors and petty in-fighting, with much of the content seen as mass-produced junk. Yet, there remains a peculiar fondness for some of the articles by fanatics.

The Other Wiki. No, the Other Other Wiki.

Affectionate Parody of Wikipedia that would like to be to wikis what The Onion is to newspapers. It advertises itself as the “content-free encyclopedia”.

Can be found here. The “good” articles (so judged by Uncyclopedia users) are listed here. It was originally hosted on Wikia (now Fandom) but moved to independent hosting in May 2019 when it was closed for violating Wikia policy. Some editors created a second independent version in January 2013, which can be found here.

The site's guidelines and rules are written in a truthful and non-satirical, but still humorous tone, the best example of which is “How To Be Funny and Not Just Stupid”.

International editions are notorious for sometimes creating new puns for their titles. Désencyclopedie (“discyclopedia”), the French version, has a pair of dice (“dés” in French) as logo, the Norwegian version is called Ikkepedia (“notpedia”), the Russian versions are Absurdopedia (here and here), the Spanish version is Inciclopedia [1] and the Danish version is called “Spademanns Leksikon”, a pun between respected Danish encyclopedia Lademanns Leksikon and “spade”, Danish slang for “retard”. In the Mandarin version, the name is still transliterated from Wikipedia, but the first word used here also means “fake”. Necyclopaedia, the Latin version, simply transposes the first two letters of “encyclopaedia”[2] to form the Latin word ne, “not”. The Italian version is called Nonciclopedia, basically the same pun as the original one. The Japanese version is called Ansaikuropedia, from the katakana rendering of Uncyclopedia and is notorious for such bashing of Seiyuu and Anime that in some occasions surpasses that of Encyclopedia Dramatica.

Let it be noted that TV Tropes listed them before they listed TV Tropes. And as far as we know, All The Tropes has so far escaped their notice.

Tropes used in Uncyclopedia include:
  1. (It was Frikipedia until a certain Spanish copyright organization did a massive legal bullying upon it, and its mantle was passed to Inciclopedia. For a while since then, both existed, but each one catered to different audiences.)
  2. archaic alternate spelling