Wikipedia's New Archnemesis

euniana writes "Forget about Britannica, and meet Uncyclopedia. Formally the adoptive first cousin of Wikipedia, Uncyclopedia stands for everything Wikipedia cannot have: misinformation, satire, and lies. Does this prove that satire and humour can take off in a collaborative environment, a possibility often contested by grumpy Wikipedians? What many people don't know is that the Wikipedia article on the Flying Spaghetti Monster was partly copied from the FSM article on Uncyclopedia. Will the confusion ever end?"

Ob Ralph Wiggum

[ackthpt]

Ralph: "Where do I learn everything? The Uncyclopedia!"
Chief Wiggum: "Ha ha ha! That's my boy!"

Arrrrgggghhhh

[justforaday]

Good to see the fine folks at uncyclopedia are participating in Talk Like a Pirate Day [talklikeapirate.com].

misinformation, satire, and lies

[tomhudson]

So they're cloning slashdot?

Uncyclopedia stands for everything Wikipedia cannot have: misinformation, satire, and lies

Hmm..

[hungrygrue]

Colaborative effort to spread misinformation and confuse lies? I thought that had already been done: http://www.rnc.org/ [rnc.org] ?

Wondering why you can't get to the site?

[yecrom2]

check here [wikipedia.org]

When?

[Anonymous Coward]

Will the confusion ever end?

Actually, according to the Uncyclopedia, the confusion is scheduled to end 5 Dec 2014. Though I am confused why.

Another one...

[Darkon]

I prefer this one [encycloped...matica.com] myself. It even has chicks [encycloped...matica.com]!

Hmm..

[Anonymous Coward]

Colaborative effort to spread misinformation and confuse lies? I thought that had already been done: http://www.dnc.org/ [dnc.org] ?

Re:Arrrrgggghhhh

[flyingsquid]

"Arrrrrrh!" is talking like a pirate."Arrrgggghhhh", on the other hand, is merely talking like someone who's been hit in the testicles.

Ya ought ta be keel-hauled, ya scurvy dog.

wikipedia artcile

[Anonymous Coward]

on uncyclopedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncyclopedia [wikipedia.org]

and uncyclopedia article on wikipedia:
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia [uncyclopedia.org]

Satire?

[Darvin]

But FSMism isn't satire. It's real.

Re:Payback...

[tambo]

Maybe their offices were destroyed by a fleet of Vogon construction crew.

(I can't be the only one to have had an instant associative link between "Uncyclopedia stands for everything Wikipedia cannot have: misinformation, satire, and lies" and the "Don't Panic! logo.)

- David Stein

Obligitory

[Headcase88]

" Uncyclopedia's been around since the start of the year. In Internet terms, this does not exactly make it new...

Yeah, but this is Slashdot. My running theory is that this post was submitted 5 years in the future, but ran through some sort of wormhole to appear in our time. Didn't know you could do that with basic HTML.

Re:misinformation, satire, and lies

[Tacommander]

That won't be completely the case until they hire CmdrTaco as a grammar editor.

slashdot?

[iLogiK]

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Slashdot [uncyclopedia.org]

The Sovereign State of Slashdot (http://slashdot.org/ [slashdot.org] is an independent nation roughly located between the Republic of Sourceforge and Jesus Ocean. Formerly a member of the UN, Slashdot left and joined the UN's arch-enemy, NATO, following its invasion by Oprah in the Gulf War.

Hmmm...

[Black Parrot]

I wonder if trolls are going to vandalize it by inserting useful information into the articles.

Re:Arrrrgggghhhh

[ackthpt]

Good to see the fine folks at uncyclopedia are participating in Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Avast ye swab! Here be the only keyboard [upenn.edu] yer evar need! 'Ave they got 'er in yer precious Uncyclopedia or e'en yer Wikipedia? Oi'd be scupper'd if oi hadn't studied me three Arr's at Pirate U.

Re:Arrrrgggghhhh

[wiggles]

"Arrrgggghhhh", on the other hand, is merely talking like someone who's been hit in the testicles.

You wouldn't write "Arrrgggghhhh", you'd just say it!

Re:Arrrrgggghhhh

[ackthpt]

"Arrrrrrh!" is talking like a pirate."Arrrgggghhhh", on the other hand, is merely talking like someone who's been hit in the testicles.

Or is that the Castle Arrrrgggghhhh?

Re:Obligitory

[Meagermanx]

They do it with CSS, dumbass.

Re:Obligitory

[ellem]

for the love of GOD. Do some Googling and learn about the <worm_hole "/future/#years"> tag

Re:Arrrrgggghhhh

[xSquaredAdmin]

Maybe he was dictating...

Mod Pirate Up!

[djdavetrouble]

Avast! Pure Hilarity Spotted Dead Ahead! Arrrrrrrrr.

Where else...

[rAiNsT0rm]

...misinformation, satire, and lies. Does this prove that satire and humour can take off in a collaborative environment, a possibility often contested by grumpy Wikipedians?

Slashdot, but of course! We've got Uncyclopedia beat by miles.

Re:Obligitory

[courtarro]

That would explain why the site isn't yet accessible.

Re:Arrrrgggghhhh

[Analogy Man]

Since the article references "the Flying Spaghetti Monster", what does one say when hit in the tenticles?

And along the lines of "Can God make a sandwich so big he can't eat it?"...what would the Flying Spaghetti Monster say if struck in the tenticles?

Re:Payback...

[darc]

Congradulations, you've just melted down wikicities. Thanks guys, you've just proved that slashdot > a whole bunch of squids and a few rackmounts.

Re:Arrrrgggghhhh

[Molochi]

You don't suppose he meant the Camaarrgh?

Re:Hmm..

[hyperstation]

here you go. [democrats.org] all the misinformation you can handle.

Don't Panic

[BobCousy]

The Uncyclopedia has the advantage that it is slightly cheaper and has a cover with the words "Don't Panic" in large friendly letters.

Re:Another one...

[Soul-Burn666]

Ok, but on the other hand, it also has Cracky-chan [encycloped...matica.com]!

How much karma do I whore by

[saskboy]

How much karma do I whore by... posting links to Uncyclopedia from Slashdot? The standard average for Wikipedia is about +3, so is Uncyclopedia -3?

Re:Hardly new...

[CynicalGuy]

Simply coming up with a quip that gets a giggle and a "+1, Funny" mod out of the Slashdot crowd is a challenge.

It's really not.

Re:Satire?

[Anonymous Coward]

Ramen. brother!

Re:Obligitory

[zootm]

Just rememer that in XHTML it's <worm_hole destination="/future/#years"/>. Then put that space in to make it compatible with older browsers which won't render it anyway. Oh, and remember it has to be inside a block-level element, after an <h1> or an <h3> but not before a <p> or anywhere near an <h2>. You can also put it inside the <head> area so long as you're not using the Strict scheme, taller than six feet, or it's a full moon.

Re:GOATSE WARNING!!!

[ArsenneLupin]

Picture of the day on Uncyclopedia.org is goatse porn. Someone should remove the link asap.

I guess that's what you get when you link a wiki from Slashdot...

Not Work Safe

[Anonymous Coward]

Some of us are at work bastards. The front page is completely not work safe. At least at 3:41pm Eastern on 9/19/05 it isn't.

F*cktards.

Re:Obligitory

[1110110001]

It seems like Stupidedia [www.jgg.at] got stuck in another wormhole, as they have been live a whole month before. On the other hand it's in german and made by Austrians and maybe being Americans makes it easier for the Uncyclpedians to be uninformed.

b4n

PS: I know no-one in the US is uninformed. The media and the administration would never lie to anyone.