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[[File:Puzzle Potato Dry Brush.png|thumb|300px|right|Sophia (for Sophia Loren), the mascot of Uncyclopedia. This photo was taken when Sophia was not wearing her makeup.]] |
[[File:Puzzle Potato Dry Brush.png|thumb|300px|right|Sophia (for Sophia Loren), the mascot of Uncyclopedia. This photo was taken when Sophia was not wearing her makeup.]] |
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− | '''Uncyclopedia''' was a free-access, free content Internet encyclopedia, supported and hosted by the non-profit Uncyclopedia Foundation, a division of the for-profit Wikia, Inc. Those who could access the site and follow its [[Uncyclopedia#Rules|rules]] |
+ | '''Uncyclopedia''' was a free-access, free content Internet encyclopedia, supported and hosted by the non-profit Uncyclopedia Foundation, a division of the for-profit Wikia, Inc. Those who could access the site and follow its [[Uncyclopedia#Rules|rules]] can edit most of its articles. Uncyclopedia was ranked among the ten most popular websites and constitutes the Internet's largest and second most popular general reference work (number one being [http://discordia.wikia.com discordia.wikia.com]). It was shut down by FANDOM on 1 April 2019. It was reopened on 1 April 2021, then shut down by FANDOM again. |
==Origin== |
==Origin== |
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==Popularity== |
==Popularity== |
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− | The English Uncyclopedia is now one of more than 2000 wikias and is the largest with over 4.7 million articles. As of |
+ | The English Uncyclopedia is now one of more than 2000 wikias and is the largest with over 4.7 million articles. As of March 2015, it had 18 billion page views and nearly 500 million unique visitors each month. Globally, Uncyclopedia had more than 19 million accounts, out of which there were about 69,000 active editors as of November 2014. It also had several administrators or sysops whose primary duties include grossly inflating the website's popularity. |
==Controversy== |
==Controversy== |
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− | Supporters of Uncyclopedia cite a 2005 survey of Uncyclopedia published in ''Naturist'' based on a comparison of 42 science articles with ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. The survey found that Uncyclopedia's level of accuracy approached the level of ''Encyclopædia Britannica'''s fifth floor janitor's collection of ''Hustler'' magazine jokes. Critics argue Uncyclopedia exhibits systemic bias. Uncyclopedia has been criticized for being a mixture of "truths, half truths, and some falsehoods", which were the reasons for the creation of [http://discordia. |
+ | Supporters of Uncyclopedia cite a 2005 survey of Uncyclopedia published in ''Naturist'' based on a comparison of 42 science articles with ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. The survey found that Uncyclopedia's level of accuracy approached the level of ''Encyclopædia Britannica'''s fifth floor janitor's collection of ''Hustler'' magazine jokes. Critics argue Uncyclopedia exhibits systemic bias. Uncyclopedia has been criticized for being a mixture of "truths, half truths, and some falsehoods", which were the reasons for the creation of [http://discordia.wikia.com Discordia Wikia]. It has also been accused of clandestinely planting editors in other wikis to create artificially high numbers for its popularity and for writing falsely positive articles about it. Uncyclopedia is also subject to manipulation and spin, just like a vinyl record scratched by a hip-hop DJ. |
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==Rules== |
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For more information, refer to (CONTENT REMOVED DUE TO VIOLATION OF THE HUMAN DECENCY ACT AND FANDOM POLICY). |
For more information, refer to (CONTENT REMOVED DUE TO VIOLATION OF THE HUMAN DECENCY ACT AND FANDOM POLICY). |
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− | *[http://uncyclopedia.fandom.com Uncyclopedia] (Uncyclopedia) |
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− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] (A parody of Uncyclopedia) |
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