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Wikipedia's nemesis: Uncyclopedia!
The Artist Formerly Known as Nerd42 Started conversation Nov 28, 2005
OK, time to 'fess up.
I haven't been on h²g² much lately because I've been wasting my time editing articles for another site, Uncyclopedia, instead. [ http://uncyclopedia.org/ ] I like both, and I like the "community" feel here better - and the way h²g² is so much more controlled and less vulgar.
But Uncyclopedia is great fun. It's an entire encyclopedia of misinformation and utter lies - using the same MediaWiki software that Wikipedia uses, so anyone can edit any article you make. Of course, this often leads to vandalism [ http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/vandalism ] but people are usually around to turn stuff back if/when it gets vandalized, just like Wikipedia.
I am responsible for having started the Uncyclopedia article on h2g2: [ http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/h2g2 ] and I've also started to writing an h2g2 entry on Uncyclopedia. [ A5832010 ] (of course, it still needs alot of work)
One of the coolest things about Uncyclopedia is how on almost every page they have completely fake quotations at the top of the page that were just completely just made up. I enjoy making more of these up and have been trying to help out with organizing and categorizing all of the "Making up quotes" pages there. Perhaps someone will start a "Making up Douglas Adams quotes" page someday. Perhaps that someone could be [ http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/You ] you.
This site also has it's own Infinate Improbability Drive [ http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Special:Randompage ] and I've got a Personal Space there as well. [ http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/User:Nerd42 ]
I have no intention of leaving h²g² and moving to Uncyclopedia however. On the contrary, I still think h²g² is the coolest site on the Net, (other than mine) with Uncyclopedia second. Check it out!
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