collaborative satire: uncyclopedia

September 19, 2005 @ 10:20 pm

stolen straight from Slashdot:
Posted by Hemos on Monday September 19, @12:07PM
from the the-joy-of-cartoon-rivals dept.
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?”

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  1. Because of certain difficulties theslovak experienced in posting, I will have to edit this post.

    Comment by CMK — September 20, 2005 @ 4:00 am

  2. what difficulties did i experience?

    Comment by theslovak — September 20, 2005 @ 5:24 am

  3. Spelling and linkage. I had to look up the Uncyclopedia using Google. The energy I wasted was valuable.

    Comment by cmk — September 20, 2005 @ 6:32 am

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