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Uncyclopedia is the name of several forks of satirical online encyclopedias that parody Wikipedia.Its logo, a hollow "puzzle potato", parodies Wikipedia's globe puzzle logo, [2] and it styles itself as "the content-free encyclopedia", parodying Wikipedia's slogan of "the free encyclopedia" and likely as a play on the fact that Wikipedia is described as a "free-content" encyclopedia.
These sites are not to be confused with fake news websites, which deliberately publish hoaxes in an attempt to profit from gullible readers. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] News satire is a type of parody presented in a format typical of mainstream journalism , and called a satire because of its content.
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Parody/satire site, per PolitiFact. [8] Duffelblog.com Duffelblog.com Parody/satire site, per PolitiFact. [8] El Mundo Today elmundotoday.com [5] Empire News empirenews.net Many of this website's fake news hoaxes were widely shared on social media, with stories based on social or political controversies, or were simply appalling to readers.
Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire.Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks, typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.
Satire – Parody: Satirical encyclopedia dedicated to parody, notably parodying Wikipedia. Has 2 "official" English versions due to a split. 37,749 [58] CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Veropedia: Selected English Wikipedia articles A free, advertising-supported Internet encyclopedia project Vienna History Wiki: History of the city of Vienna, Austria.
Encyclopedia Dramatica (ED or æ; [3] stylized as Encyclopædia Dramatica) [4] [5] is an online community website, centered around a wiki, [6] that acts as a "troll archive" [7] and its community members frequently participate in harassment campaigns. [8]
The show's storyline revolves around "Bigipedia", a fictional website broadcast on radio and parody of Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia. The series mocks Wikipedia and other aspects of the Internet. [2] The BBC Press Office described the show as "a unique experiment in 'broadwebcasting'".