In celebration of April Fools Day, the wiki-of-the-day is Uncyclopedia. Uncyclopedia has over 23,000 articles, but don't let a link to this encyclopedia ever fool you. There is one statement in the wiki that they claim to be true: "Uncyclopedia is an encyclopedia full of misinformation and lies." Uncyclopedia is a satire of an encyclopedia, a parady of Wikipedia. The folks at Uncyclopedia say they are dedicated to humour, satire, and generally funny things -- but they aren't fond of stupid. It includes HTBFANJS advice to writers on how to be funny and not just stupid. Uncyclopedia stresses a "satirical point of view" (compared to Wikipedia's NPOV or neutral point of view). It stresses both good writing and good behavior. It also has a Pee Review (that's no typo either) process for requesting writing help and criticsm where other members review an article and then provide constructive feedback and tips to make it better. It also includes several UnProjects, including UnBooks, UnNews, Undictionary, Unquotable, and UnTunes. Its UnNews section is a source for up-to-the-minute misinformation. A top news article today is about Adam Carolla announcing the production of "Drinking with the Stars!" which is scheduled to begin this weekend at Jimmy Kimmel's house.
Well, Uncyclopedia qualifies as a wiki-of-the-day on my adventure to find wiki'd places on the Web on some of the target qualities: it's interesting, amusing, and entertaining -- but (you've been warned!) don't count on it being informative.
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