Uncyclopedia, "the content-free encyclopedia that anyone can edit", is an English language wiki that provides satirically-themed articles as a parody of Wikipedia. It was launched on January 5, 2005 by Jonathan Huang, also known as Chronarion, and a pseudonymous partner called Stillwaters.Uncyclopedia's name is a portmanteau of the prefix un- (a prefix that negates the root word) and the word encyclopedia. Its logo is a hollowed potato (named Sophia after the Gnostic deity) that serves as a spoof of Wikipedia's globe logo.]
Originally an independent project, Uncyclopedia quickly outgrew its original webhost and changed its host to Wikia in May 2005. Uncyclopedias in languages other than English were soon created, eventually spanning over forty different languages. Huang transferred ownership of the uncyclopedia.org domain name to Wikia in 2006. The vast majority of Uncyclopedia-related projects in other languages remain hosted either as independent domains or as subdomains of Wikia.
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