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'''Uncyclopedia''' is a parody encyclopedia project created in January 2005<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20110108053209/http://www.netmag.co.uk/zine/discover-interview/the-brains-behind-uncyclopedia</ref>to lampoon [[WikipediaWikipedia®]]'s extensive coverage, by mirroring their style of articles. It now As of July 2019, it has over 3032,600 000 articles.<ref> http://uncyclopedia.wikia.comco/wiki/Special:AllPagesStatistics</ref>. Popular topics parodied include [[Global warming]], [[Evolution]] and [[Creation]], the [[Bush]] administration, [[Conservapedia]], and popular culture. A recurring old joke on the site is making up [[Oscar Wilde]] quotes as well as quotes by [[Chuck Norris]], Captain Obvious, [[Kanye West]], and Russian Reversals.
Uncyclopedia's userbase, despite being a parody of [[Wikipedia]], supports much of the same liberal material that Wikipedia does. It was hosted by [[Wikia]], [[Jimbo Wales]]' for-profit webhost , until January 5th 2013<ref>http://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Main_Page</ref>14 May 2019. Its lack of standards results in an obviously liberal stance, and much of their satire is directed at Christian and Conservative values. In particular, their article on Conservapedia is composed mostly of hate speech, blatant lies, and labeling Conservatives as "retards". In addition, they attack creationism using a "pro-creationist" article, which mocks creationism by phrases like "evolution will get you sent straight to hell" and "Darwin was a **** Satanist". As 2011, very few pages are in their "Liberal" category.
On January 5th 5, 2013, the majority of Uncyclopedia's userbase migrated to the new domain an independent fork located at en.uncyclopedia.co after a long history of disputes with their previous hosts at Wikia. The site is now independently funded <ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20170706151550/http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Official_Move_Date_Announced:January_5th</ref> On 14 May 2019, Wikia shut down uncyclopedia.wikia.com due to violations of their content policy, and hosted as a nonit was moved to independent hosting and the domain uncyclopedia.ca.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20190512232714/http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Uncyclopedia_is_moving#mw-profit organizationcontent-text</ref><ref>https://risteq.net/wikis/2019-eviction-uncyclopedia.php</ref>
Uncyclopedia is far from family friendly; it contains many offensive words and images in its articles. Shortly after [[Jerry Falwell]] died (15th 15 May, 2007), Uncyclopedia presented an article with the following highly offensive statements:
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{{QuoteBox|Dr. (it is a little known fact that he earned six PhDs) Jerry Fartwell (born: Breadline Era, died: Nappy Headed Imus Era) was a fat [obscenity deleted] bastard and famous mongoloid who re-instituted the hangman's noose in Lynchburg, Virginia (1956).}}
'''''Update'':''' Uncyclopedia finally deleted the Jerry Falwell article on 10th 10 November, 2007.<ref>http://uncyclopedia.wikia.comco/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=&page=Jerry_Falwell</ref>
Uncyclopedia also has an article labeled "Bad Right Wing Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense".<ref>http://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Uncyclopedia:Bad_Right_Wing_Jokes_and_Other_Deleted_Nonsense</ref> This is an example of Uncyclopedian censorship. Material that is considered serious is generally censored as a matter deleted because it isn't considered humorous. Articles at Uncyclopedia may also be deleted by being placed on QVFD (Quick Votes For Deletion)<ref>http://uncyclopedia.co/wiki/QVFD</ref><ref>http://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/QVFD</ref> or VFD (Votes For Deletion).<ref>http://uncyclopedia.co/wiki/VFD</ref><ref>http://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/VFD</ref> The difference between the two pages is that only new pages may be put on QVFD and it only takes one administrator vote to delete the page on QVFD, whereas older pages that are not featured may be put on VFD, and it takes 4 or 5 votes net in favor of coursedeletion to delete a page on VFD. Only registered users are permitted to vote on VFD.
Articles at Uncyclopedia may also be deleted by either placed on the QVFD (Quick Votes For Deletion) or VFD (Votes For Deletion). The difference between the two pages is that only new pages may be put on QVFD and it only takes one administrator vote to delete the page on QVFD, whereas older pages that are not featured may be put on VFD, and it takes 4 or 5 votes net in favor of deletion to delete a page on VFD. Only registered users are permitted to vote on VFD.
In January 2013, Uncyclopedia split into two sites: one remaining at uncyclopedia.wikia.com, and the other one moving to en.uncyclopedia.co. This happened because some of the community was upset with the restrictions imposed by Wikia Inc. such as the content warning (which has since been removed) and the censoring or removal of soft porn images.
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