Uncyclopedia is a satirical wiki that parodies Wikipedia, with mock encyclopedia articles written to be absurd and deliberately false. It was founded in early 2005 by Jonathan Huang and others, and it adopted the slogan the content-free encyclopedia. It uses the same MediaWiki software as Wikipedia and relies on volunteer contributors who write comic articles, spoof photographs and fake news. The project was hosted for several years by Wikia, later Fandom, until a large part of the community left in the early 2010s over disputes about advertising and design. Versions exist in many languages, and the project is often cited as an early example of internet parody culture.
Before and after
- 2005Launch of Google Books
- 2005Release of Wikimania
- 2005Creation of F#
- 20052005 becomes the warmest year on record
- 5 January 2005Release of Uncyclopedia
- 12 January 2005Launch of Deep Impact
- 21 January 2005Birth of IShowSpeed
- 26 January 2005Discovery of Hiʻiaka
- February 2005Release of Armenian Wikipedia
More in Science & technology
- 1945Invention of computer
- 29 October 1969Invention of Internet
- 1971Email
- July 2000Discovery of livermorium
- 15 January 2001Wikipedia
- 20 October 2004Creation of Ubuntu
The era
This moment belongs to the Contemporary world (1945 CE to today), the world since 1945. You can also browse everything in the 21st century.