Uncyclopedia: a really, really skary Wikipedia.........

If you ever accidentally google "Death of Noddy?", you will discover halfway down the page a Wikipedia-like link that says this about him.



Cletus Noddington, commonly known as "Noddy" is a Celtic deity dated from the early Bronze Age to the period of Roman expansion into Britain, though the combustion engine-god has had a large impact on modern day society; the mythos of "Noddy and Friends" ("Friends" being cult members) was recreated in children's television and the image of the little man with a bell on his drooping hat has entered popular culture as a symbol of Satan and the Devil.


Click on any of those links and you'll go down a rabbit-hole into the Wikipedia of the Twilight Zone. And that's when you really know you've found the Uncyclopedia

The Uncyclopedia is the content-free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and it's great (if somewhat profane). There are more than 24,800 articles of pure nonsense on it; all dedicated to taking the central tenet of Wikipedia (i.e. anybody can edit) and carrying it to a logical extreme.

Here's its entry about itself, for instance:

The poor meme-ridden "comedy" website Uncyclopedia is the stuff of Internet legend and infamy. The site which originated in 1860 is now a multi-national effort and is viewed as the best of its kind by some.^[1] Uncyclopedia currently specializes in tedious mockery of perceived competitors and petty in-fighting, with much of the content viewed as mass-produced junk. However there remains a peculiar fondness for some of the articles by fanatics. The site has however been viewed as a waste of server space by its host, the evil Wikia Empire.


And here's the official symbol, the Potatopedia:

The potato is the symbol of Uncyclopedia and Sophia. It signifies mental softness and dead Irishman.

The Uncyclopedia is now hosted on Wikia servers, but still remains somewhat unknown. Looking through its history I came across a warning from the Malaysian Internal Security Ministry; warning about "untruths, insults and ridicule" about the country on the site. I can appreciate the outrage, but I'm not sure what was expected instead. The Internet is an unedited place; and Uncyclopedia is like its do-it-yourself Onion.

So if all you Wikipedophiles are looking for something to well and truly SKAR yourselves, this is your chance... go for it!

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