Stupidedia
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Type of site | Satirical wiki |
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| Owner | David Sowka |
| Created by | David Sowka |
| Revenue | Advertisements |
| URL | www |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | December 17, 2004 |
| Current status | Active |
Stupidedia (from Stupid and encyclopedia) is a German-language wiki featuring satirically themed and humorous articles.[1][2] Stupidedia is the largest German-language wiki of this kind, with over 23,942 articles as of January 2018[update]. It uses MediaWiki software, like many other wikis. Some articles of celebrities which are considered overly offensive, such as their article on Heino or Bushido, have been blocked.[3] The site was launched in 2004, a year prior to its English counterpart, Uncyclopedia, which has since surpassed the website in popularity due to its closure to new users since 1 February 2018.
Competitions and projects
[edit]Hammer articles
[edit]So-called hammer articles were introduced in 2006. They were suggested by users, then voted on and finally awarded with a hammer. Starting in August 2012 it was also possible to award articles as gelungene Artikel (English: well written article).[4] Stupidedia's dictators were entitled to award some hammer articles as Goldpokalartikel (English literally: gold trophy article)[5] via an internal vote amongst the websites dictators. Any article that was recognized as outstanding by the community and had been added to the hall of fame[6] was then featured on the homepage.
Contests
[edit]The community regularly hosted various contests such as the Stupid Contest,[7] the Stupid Art Contest,[8] and the Stub des Monats (English literally: stub of the month).[9]
Miscellaneous
[edit]Stupidedia also attracted attention by parodying certain events from world affairs in a large project consisting of several articles. For example, the Iraq war was portrayed in the category named Spiegelwelten (English: Mirror worlds) as an “Oceania conflict”.[10] The most comprehensive large-scale project of this kind was the parody of the 2008 European Football Championship, which was parodied in the Stupidedia as the 2008 The Football Championship of the Universe.[11] This was organized and published - from fictional states and their teams - down to the smallest detail by the individual authors. A second edition under the title The Football Championship of the Universe 2010[12] took place in parallel to the 2010 FIFA World Cup and a third championship was held parallel to the 2012 European Championship.[13]
Starting in 2014, there was a project named Stupidedia hilft! (English: Stupidedia helps!), where users can ask all kinds of questions and have experts from Stupidedia answer them in a satirical manner.[14]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Lachen mit "Stupidedia": Wissen, das die Welt nicht braucht". Bild.de. 2008-06-19. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ "Internetfundstück: Das Lexikon zum Schmunzeln". Rp-online.de. Archived from the original on 2013-06-28. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ "Volksmusikstar Heino lässt Internet-Satire auf Stupidedia.org sperren". Bild.de. 26 March 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Stupidedia:Ausgezeichnete Artikel – Stupidedia". Stupidedia.org. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Kategorie:Stupidedia:Goldpokal – Stupidedia". Stupidedia.org. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Portal:Hall of Fame". Stupidedia.org.
- ^ "Stupidedia:Stupid Contest". Stupidedia.org.
- ^ "Stupidedia:Stupid Art Contest". Stupidedia.org.
- ^ "Stupidedia:Brigade QO/Stub des Monats". Stupidedia.org.
- ^ "Spiegelwelten:Ozeanienkonflikt – Stupidedia". Stupidedia.org. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Universumsfußballmeisterschaft 2008 – Stupidedia". Stupidedia.org. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Spiegelwelten:Universumsfußballmeisterschaft 2010 – Stupidedia". Stupidedia.org. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Spiegelwelten:Universumsfußballmeisterschaft 2012 – Stupidedia". Stupidedia.org. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Stupidedia:Hilft!". Stupidedia.org.
External links
[edit]- Stupidedia (in German)