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Rating System Design

The time has come. The rating system must be designed and implemented. If you want to participate in this, now is the time to get involved. See Uncyclopedia:Rating System--Chronarion 02:11, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Wow, that was so impersonal. So rough, I feel... hurt. HOMESTAR ME!!! TURTLE ME!!! t o m p k i n s  blah. ﺞوﻦ וףה ՃՄ ண்ஸ ފއހ วอฏม +տ trade websites 02:25, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
I've felt your concerns and revised my statement in the New-Dump. It now carries middle english flair. Imagine I had an eyepatch on as I cried out my statement. --Chronarion 01:14, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

The Robots are coming

Someone fill up Howto:Survive a Robot Uprising, thanks --Nytrospawn 20:51, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Done and Done. I don't know whether to feel smugly superior or like your personal bitch. I'll just go nominate you for something while I think about it. Ok? Gosh, I hope so. Bone_F_clear.png Sir Famine, Gun ♣ Petition » 00:08, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
You should feel both, and indignation --Nytrospawn 01:41, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
A graced the page with a beautiful illustration. --Spin 04:28, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

New box meta-template

First of all, Template:Box is meant to standardize template boxes, which are implemented using a whole lot of methods (usually copy-pasting code from other templates). It's fixed at 70% width to keep templates uniform, but customizable enough in everything else.

Simple usage:

{{box|
bg=#color|Image.ext|SIZEpx|
Title|
Text}}

It supports default values for optional parameters, in a sense that you don't need to specify these parameters. They are: 

id=STRING
bg=#color (default #eee)
fg=#color (default #000)
align=ALIGN (default center)
title-align=ALIGN (default center)
border=WIDTHpx STYLE #color (default 1px solid #aaa)

For examples, see {{protected}}, {{minitrue}}, {{crimethink}} (converted), {{a splode}}. - Sir Sikon [formerly known as Guest] 19:05, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

"Recent Pages"

request that this hence forth be deemed "Soon to be Deleted Pages" --Cap'n SimzorzAr, Matey!17:44, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

It's also where I get most of my many VFH nominations! There and the IRC cabal - David Gerard 23:06, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
There is no Cabal. Bone_F_clear.png Sir Famine, Gun ♣ Petition » 23:55, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

printing uncyclopedia articles

Um ... I decided I wanted to print out Russian Reversal and a couple other articles maybe ... and realized that there is no "Printer-friendly" option on uncyclopedia (like there is on many other wikis) What's up wid dat? --Nerd42eMailTalkUnMetaWPediah2g2 15:53, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Find out how the others (mediawiki that is) did it and copy it here!--The Right Honourable Maj Sir Elvis UmP KUN FIC MDA VFH Bur. CM and bars UGM F@H (Petition) 17:31, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
You hit 'print' and print it, and it comes out right through the magic of CSS. This actually works. Alternately, it's your own fault for using the Monobook skin instead of Classic, which is the One True Skin even if no-one's yet bothered putting the Google ads into it - David Gerard 23:36, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Stupid underline...

How do you get rid of the underline on a link? ----Clorox Yes, I'm American. No, I don't like George W. Bush. Please don't shoot. MUN ONS (diskussion) ☃ 02:46, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

"Preferences" -> "Misc" --—rc (t) 02:54, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
I think you meant something else, so disregard. --—rc (t) 03:00, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
Do you mean in your sig? Cause i can do that for you if you want. HOMESTAR ME!!! TURTLE ME!!! t o m p k i n s  blah. ﺞوﻦ וףה ՃՄ ண்ஸ ފއހ วอฏม +տ trade websites 02:57, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
<span class="nounderlinelink">[[link]]</span> ---Rev. Isra (talk) 02:58, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Templates

Is it possible to use a template from a different wiki? (What I'm going for is a Babel template from Wikipedia) ----Clorox Yes, I'm American. No, I don't like George W. Bush. Please don't shoot. MUN ONS (diskussion) ☃ 02:36, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Not directly as far as I'm aware but you could always copy the code of the template from wikipedia to here (although youmight find that bable templates work differently here, I havn't looked) --The Right Honourable Maj Sir Elvis UmP KUN FIC MDA VFH Bur. CM and bars UGM F@H (Petition) 14:40, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

A Noob Apology

To anyone I offended by not offering a Thank You for their help in answering my many questions: Thanks.

I would have been more formal, but everything here at the Dump felt rather anonymous, so I didn't really think there was a point. But now that I've looked more thoughtfully at some of the posts, I realize I was acting a bit like a leech. So once again, Thanks.

--McAtee08 01:59, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm confused...why are you thanking me for being offended? Bone_F_clear.png Sir Famine, Gun ♣ Petition » 02:53, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps I should have specified by saying: "Thanks....for the help."--McAtee08 03:42, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

That's right courteous of ye. Enjoy Uncyc. --—rc (t) 04:27, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
Naw, by being specific you'd have deprived me of a smartass comment. And we wouldn't want that, would we? Bone_F_clear.png Sir Famine, Gun ♣ Petition » 15:21, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Remakes

The DoomPod article got deleted. So am I allowed to have a go at making a DoomPod article? Or does it have to remain dead?

You're allowed to make a new one, but you can't just repost the old one. Also, in the future, please sign your comments (use ~~~~). --Sir gwax (talk) Image:Signuke.gif » Image:Icons-flag-us.png Major KUN UotM FH++ F@H CM GD NS Bur. +S 17:47, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Excellent. Thank you! --00tinytim00 17:51, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Uncyclopedia Book of World Records

I got this idea (I wasn't drinking this time) for an Uncyclopedia book of World Records, kinda like the Guniess book of World Records, only without facts (and not for drunk people . . . . ok they can use it too). It would essentially follow a similar format to Guiness, that is, it would have some large categories, and within those we have a record and short blurbs about it. We could easily fold the Worst 100 lists into the world record book as well. I think the Guiness Book would be an excellent target for parody, I mean, just look at some of the records in there, most clothes pins fit on a person's face, like that's useful (to non drunks). Anyway, just some food for thought. --Jsonitsac 16:24, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

This sounds like a good idea. Just make sure it's like, not horrible, and doesn't degenerate. Start an article, but keep the quality high within it. If it gets good enough, we can start folding things in. --Chronarion 00:08, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Noob Question

How do you add links to an article so it doesn't end up as a dead end?

And: If you are trying to put a picture or graphic in an article, what format must it be in? --McAtee08 03:37, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

The instructions at Wikipedia are pretty decent these days, and things work basically the same here as they do there with the exception of some advanced things you don't need to worry about. ---Rev. Isra (talk) 04:33, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
Plus McAtee, it'd be polite of you to thank people after they post replies to your questions. Thanks. -- Sir Codeine K·H·P·B·M·N·C·U·S · (Harangue) 09:52, 23 February 2006 (UTC)


Thanks.....again.--McAtee08 01:55, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

You are welcome. ---Rev. Isra (talk) 04:32, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Uncyclopedia: The Book

Would it be possible to print Uncyclopedia as a book, and donate the proceeds to charity? Or would that still break the Creative Commons license? - TankRamp

That's something that I've been wondering about recently as well. I'm not sure what the answer is but I can tell you that it is not an issue right now because there isn't enough truly good content on Uncyclopedia to make a print Best of Uncyclopedia. If we did sell it though, I would hope that the profits would go to buying Uncyclopedia more server power/donating to Wikia. It would also be kind of nice if we could get rid of those google ads in the corner. --Sir gwax (talk) Image:Signuke.gif » Image:Icons-flag-us.png Major KUN UotM FH++ F@H CM GD NS Bur. +S 21:11, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
I've been thinking about this for a long time, since somebody (Nytrospawn?) mentioned it at the Dump months ago. Unfortunately it's my understanding that using Uncyc content, under our current license, wouldn't be allowed because even if we didn't profit from it, the printer would. But I know little to nothing about copyrights, so I could very well be wrong.
I'm not sure I agree that we don't have enough content for a book - we have over 130 featured articles at the moment, and from what I've seen non-mass-printed books aren't that cheap. I've ordered from Lulu a couple times at about $7 for a 115-page, black-and-white, no-frills book (not including shipping) - and that's with no profit margin, just manufacturing costs. I'd think we'd have to keep the length reasonable to make it attractive. (Note that I personally don't think a lot of the featured articles are funny, but the people have spoken.)
Also, there is already an Uncyclopedia in print, so we'd probably have to go with another name. --—rc (t) 21:26, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Because a decent portion of our good articles are single-author, and because many of our top authors are still around, it wouldn't be impossible to re-license content specifically for a book. But in the case of images made from copyrighted sources, we would probably need to retain a lawyer to determine what we could print. ---Rev. Isra (talk) 22:14, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Well, I don't know about copyriht, but I love the idea. Also I think that the authors of the printed articles that can be considered as such, should have right to be named in it if they want to. If you can't make money out of it, maybe the recognition can be helpful for some Curriculum Vitae. I hope ordering a copy from outside the states wont be too expensive.--Rataube 04:16, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Id buy it. ~Sir Rangeley Image:Icons-flag-us.png GUN WotM UotM EGA +S (talk) 14:14, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm not so sure.
  • First who'd buy the book when you can just go online and look at Uncyclopedia for free.
  • Second, how do we determine what's worthy of getting in the book or not? According to the front page we have over 16,000 articles, that means we'd have to pick and choose the articles that get in, and that would probably mean a lengthy voting process, and few of us care to vote in these type of things anyway.
  • Third, the publisher would probably make us submit to an editor who may not think like we do and ruin some perfectly good articles.
  • Fourth, we'd probably get sued by somebody. It helps that we're a relatively obscure site on the internet (better then a teenage girl's blog but still. . .) which helps us in terms of dealing with copyright issues. Also, we have some stuff on here which could easily piss people off. While clearly intended and distributed as parody, and the standard for libeling famous people is much lower then non-famous, I think we could easily be skating on thin ice.--Jsonitsac 16:14, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
1. To some extent, the same goes for Sparknotes or the Bible. (That's right, I just compared Uncyclopedia to THE BIBLE.) I don't think anyone believes the Uncyclobook will hit the New York Times' bestseller list, but to a lot of us it'd be a cool thing to have.
2. Well, there are the featured articles, which in themselves are a lot of content. But yeah, if we wanted to use other stuff it'll be a pain to decide what should go in.
3. If we used a print-on-demand service like Lulu, we could control everything that goes into it. (Formatting and things are a pain, of course, but I'm sure someone here has some experience in the area.) It costs more per unit and there are some other limitations, but we wouldn't have to worry about having other people mess with our work (unless we wanted them to), or things like production numbers, etc.
4. I don't know much about laws'n'stuff so I won't say anything here.
Re: Isra, it's true that a some of our best writers are still around, so getting their permission shouldn't be hard (assuming they don't want payment...), but some of them aren't. We could of course search through histories to find original authors and try to contact them if we wanted to use older pages, but that's a pretty tall order, 'specially for IPs. And even determining which individual edits could be used might be difficult (but again, I don't know too much about that stuff.) --—rc (t) 18:43, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

If there was sufficient money, and it was being donated to chairity, like being given to orphans, I could become an orphan. Just let me know the dollar (or euro) amount, ok? Bone_F_clear.png Sir Famine, Gun ♣ Petition » 19:37, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

If you wanted to do a commercial version, what we can definitely do is simply ask the authors to write a final version of their pages for the book. It could be possibly to split proceeds a couple of ways in that manner, which both fulfills our license, and makes everybody happy. --Chronarion 00:10, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

If you do come up with a way to publish it make sure that it comes with a pencil and some white-out tape, so that the user can make his own edits. Or at least a picture of the afformented on the inside cover...
Then there could be a TV mini-series based on Uncyclopedia, then a video game, then a film by Uwe Boll...ah! Just think of the possibilities! You'd be rich and famous, except maybe for the wealth and fame...well you'd be you, anyway.

Modusoperandi 05:27, 25 February 2006 (UTC)


Our License

I think the key to our license question is found here. The key clause is "You may not exercise any of the rights granted to You in Section 3 above in any manner that is primarily intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation." I think, we could be in violation of the license for a totally different reason however. A CCL seems to imply that anybody can edit the work, something which is impossible if we were to put uncyclopedia in book form. Of course, I'm not a copyright lawyer, so if we do publish a book, we ought to check with them first. Jsonitsac 00:33, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Any one can still "edit" the works in the book in that they can make derivative works under the same liscense. ---Rev. Isra (talk) 00:48, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
Also, from my reading of the license, we could publish a book under the current license as long as we sold it at cost. ---Rev. Isra (talk) 03:22, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Fair Use

Another major concern is over fair use, e.g. photoshoped pictures, or articles about companies. This wikipedia article seems to put it in layman's terms [1]. The main issue we have to deal with is are such items parodies or satire. It may seem like a weird thing to worry about, but apparently the courts seem to differentiate the two, and give more leeway for parody then satire. As I said earlier, we may be trampling on those type of issues with some of our content, but because we are a relatively obscure website, we don't have to deal with such suits. A book and more attention that it brings with it could change that dynamic. Jsonitsac 00:33, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

I think as far as text goes, we are usually pretty safe, but I would go so far as to say we would need to hire a lawyer to look at images. ---Rev. Isra (talk) 00:50, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

===follow the money===--Chronarion 03:38, 26 February 2006 (UTC)ON! if Uncyclopedia does produce anything and the proceeds go to charity ... could we please try to pick a non-contraversial charity? like ... one we vote on maybe? --Nerd42eMailTalkUnMetaWPediah2g2 01:03, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

I think that if the proceeds go to anything but server costs, even charity, we would need to relicense the content. If we do that, I would suggest proceeds go to UOWRPF - the Uncyclopedia.Org Writers' Rent Payment Fund. ---Rev. Isra (talk) 03:26, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
yeah, I think paying server costs is probably what it ought to do. --Nerd42eMailTalkUnMetaWPediah2g2 15:42, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
Can we take off administrative fees first? (you know, for processing) --Sir gwax (talk) Image:Signuke.gif » Image:Icons-flag-us.png Major KUN UotM FH++ F@H CM GD NS Bur. +S 18:41, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
DIRECT TO THE KILL ALL BABIES FOUNDATION! --Chronarion 03:38, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

QVFD with DynamicPageList?

We could make QVFD nomination more efficient by using the dynamicpagelist exetnsion. A user could flag the article with "{{!}}", which would add it to the Huff Requests category, where admins could check much like QVFD. All deletions are archived in logs anyway so the only forseeable problem with records is having to wade through the logs to find them. - Nonymous 21:08, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

A few problems with using DynamicPageList for maintenance monitoring:
  • Additions to the list won't show up in user watchlists
  • Comments cannot be added to the listing
  • Pages cannot be struck without removing them entirely
DPL is a nice feature, but it really doesn't work in these circumstances. --Algorithm (talk) 22:12, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
My problem is, again, that one must edit the page to categorize or template it. And that is just pointless for several reasons:
  1. Pages often get re-created. When we still had Template:QVFD, I would often delete pages two or three times in a row because people trying to tag them would recreate them after a deletion. This is stupid.
  2. If you find 5 or 10 bad ones in a row, you have to edit each one to tag it with a template or category. This is stupid when you can just add them all to the QVFD page at once or in batches.
  3. The authors can *easily* remove categories and templates from their pages, with high odds of not getting caught at it. Users can not easily remove entries from the QVFD. Because of this. relying on templates/categories for QVFD is stupid. If a page is good enough to not QVFD, and worth putting a template on, use {{NRV}}.
  4. The QVFD allows repeat offenders to be easily caught. If the page is re-created the red link on the QVFD turns blue. Almost all links on the QVFD should be struck-out (with reason given) or red. Easy to spot re-created or missed pages there.
  5. Larger history: If a page is edited to templateify before deleting, this just increases the size of the deleted history (which are never deleted, they remain part of Uncyclopedia's deleted histories indefinitely).
As is, I can see no cause to have any sort of QVFD/category/DPL template in the face of such anti-reasons. Just put the page on the QVFD. It is a one-glance patrolled status page for all QVFD entries. And as stated before, (some people say "Don't delete my page without VFD or QVFDing it!")... QVFD = Deletion. The only (mostly) reason we have it is because not everyone can delete on site. Pages on the QVFD should be insta-delete worthy. Like spam, "my friend is gay", sub-stub crap, and cut-pastes. Excessively putting pages on the QVFD that are VFD/NRV/MTU is discouraged (or should be). My 3 cents. --Splaka 03:26, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

A Question Unanswerable

The help page said to put unanswerable questions here, so here goes:

The statement below is true
The statement above is false
Which statement is true?

Well that's obvious... The third one. Since it's a question, it's correct by default. HOMESTAR ME!!! TURTLE ME!!! t o m p k i n s  blah. ﺞوﻦ וףה ՃՄ ண்ஸ ފއހ วอฏม +տ trade websites 21:22, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
The third one isnt a statement, its a question.

Insufficient data --Nerd42eMailTalkUnMetaWPediah2g2 05:19, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

The question is faulty because it doesn't specify the set of statements from which to choose the true one. "Which statement of the above two is true?" would be better. --—rc (t) 05:24, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

False Dawg.gif » Brig Sir Dawg | t | v | c » 05:56, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Put simply, Tompkins wins. HOMESTAR ME!!! TURTLE ME!!! t o m p k i n s  blah. ﺞوﻦ וףה ՃՄ ண்ஸ ފއހ วอฏม +տ trade websites 21:29, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

That depends. Which of the two statements can create a rock so heavy that even him can not lift?--Rataube 21:54, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Emacs can create a core dump it can't edit - David Gerard 23:11, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Tompkins. "Tompkins wins." is both a statement, and is true. --Major Sir Zombiebaron GUN • WotM • UotM • PotM • AotM • EGAEDM • UPotM • MAFE • ZotM • IotM • VotM • UGotM (shout) 22:24, 21 February 2006 (UTC) fosslefy me

Heh. HOMESTAR ME!!! TURTLE ME!!! t o m p k i n s  blah. ﺞوﻦ וףה ՃՄ ண்ஸ ފއހ วอฏม +տ trade websites 22:28, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Actually, there is only one sentence, broken into three lines, which together constitute a question referring to statements that do not appear to be present surrounding the question. Therefore, poop --Mindsunwound: (NS) Pissing Vinegar Man Babies 2cents.PNG 22:35, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

The statements are contradictory and as such, neither is true. --Sir gwax (talk) Image:Signuke.gif » Image:Icons-flag-us.png Major KUN UotM FH++ F@H CM GD NS Bur. +S 13:09, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
The statements set up a false dichotomy. There are things which are both true and false, and things which are neither true nor false. So we must assume that either statement can quantum tunnel to its opposite state. As such, we have only probabilities of truth and falsehood, not the all-or-nothing dichotomy set up by the question.</bullshit>----OEJ 13:45, 24 February 2006 (UTC)


New Search Feature

Kate (aka zwitter) has created a new search feature for Wikia. This is now live at Special:Search on Wikicities, Uncyclopedia, and Memory Alpha.

As well as finding results on the current wiki, it will show you 5 results from other wikis. Using the advanced search, you can select which wikis you want it to search.

For help, see Help:Searching and the full manual at Wikia

Please report any problems using bugzilla at http;//bugs.wikia.com or send an email to our new help email address: technical@wikicities.com. --Angela 19 February 2006 09:16 (UTC)

I hate this crap! When you search for seomthing it wont take you directly to the article, first you have to go through the little Google-esque crap. Give me back the old search! HOMESTAR ME!!! TURTLE ME!!! t o m p k i n s  blah. ﺞوﻦ וףה ՃՄ ண்ஸ ފއހ วอฏม +տ trade websites 19:54, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
Agreed, it's terrible. And believe it or not, I don't care if the Muppets wiki has a page with the same name as my search. --—rc (t) 20:25, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, given that we're not on wikicities, I don't want to see stuff there. I know, I know, technically we are hosted by wikia and all, but we're not a wikicity. Also, those other wikis contain factual information, and it's really pointless for Uncyc. --[[User:Nintendorulez|Nintendorulez | talk]] 17:01, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
Bring back the old search. Without being rude, it's the lamest excuse for a feature ever. --Boy Toy bitch at me 20:38, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
I think this can stay, could actually be useful, BUT, the GO BUTTON HAS TO BE THE DEFAULT option, not the search!.--Rataube 21:13, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
The go button has now been fixed. Also, you can now disable the "other wikis" search by writing 1 in MediaWiki:Wikiasearchdefaultlocal. Angela 22:22, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
"Fixed"? No likey... I miss having the "Go" button taking you to either the article or the creation-page for an article... :( --⇔ Sir Mon€¥$ignSTFU F@H|NotM|+S 22:27, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!! I DEMAND ANGELA'S BLOOD! HOMESTAR ME!!! TURTLE ME!!! t o m p k i n s  blah. ﺞوﻦ וףה ՃՄ ண்ஸ ފއހ วอฏม +տ trade websites 23:10, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
I dont see the benefits of this... It adds some features that noone will use and just makes it take longer to get the results we are used to and expect to get. ~Sir Rangeley Image:Icons-flag-us.png GUN WotM UotM EGA +S (talk) 03:38, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
I hate it. While I appreciate the effort in trying to give us new features, I think the old system was more useful. ~ T. (talk) 03:56, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
THE GO BUTTON NEEDS TO BE THE DEFAULT...not the Search It's useful in certain circumstances but it's annoying to have to be forced learn to click go instead of just hitting the enter key. -- – Mahroww a.k.a. Artemis Toro Heiney  07:18, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
Currently if you put in an actual article title and hit go, it takes you to the article. Also, I put in MediaWiki:Wikiasearchdefaultlocal as 1, lets observe the results.... --Splaka 07:32, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
  • But if you type in the actual article title and press enter (all from the keyboard without having to click the mouse) the default is Search which is needless processing time for the most part. If the default were the Go button it wouldn't be different from what people have grown used to. That seems like it'd be an easy fix. -- – Mahroww a.k.a. AAAAA A. AAAAAAAAA  08:35, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
The default is go, at least in Mozilla. If you get the title right of course. --Splaka 08:43, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Well, not everyone uses Mozilla. --[[User:Nintendorulez|Nintendorulez | talk]] 17:01, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
I found two errors in it. 1) The shortcuts (such as UN:DUMP) don't work. 2) It does not recognise namespaces (typing User:Acid Ammo won't take me to the page). --Boy Toy bitch at me 16:07, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
I've noticed that too, and there's no way in hell I'm going to continue to type out Uncyclopedia:Village Dump. HOMESTAR ME!!! TURTLE ME!!! t o m p k i n s  blah. ﺞوﻦ וףה ՃՄ ண்ஸ ފއހ วอฏม +տ trade websites 21:25, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

*Against NOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO --Major Sir Zombiebaron GUN • WotM • UotM • PotM • AotM • EGAEDM • UPotM • MAFE • ZotM • IotM • VotM • UGotM (shout) 22:30, 21 February 2006 (UTC) <small/>Yes that means I don't like it COMMA you fool PERIOD</small> You saw nothing...I never wrote that...blame...ummm...Tompkins...he said that...it acctually seems to be fixed...--Major Sir Zombiebaron GUN • WotM • UotM • PotM • AotM • EGAEDM • UPotM • MAFE • ZotM • IotM • VotM • UGotM (shout) 22:35, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

I also must go on record and say that I absolutely HATE this new search. It's made navigation via shortcuts all but impossible, and creating new pages has become a much more abstruse process thanks to the Google-ific way the "results" are displayed. Also, as Acid has pointed out, it will not easily recognize User spaces unless they are typed verbatim (case sensitive!) This is, in no way I can see, a useful addition, and it actually ranks as a hinderance and a useless complication in my book. Please Revert. --The King In Yellow (Talk to the Dalek.) 16:10, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Revert. Our content is largely not compatable with that of Wikicites. Also, it's not recognizing shortcuts correctly. --Chronarion 00:13, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

I actually think this is a fine feature for most situations, because it allows the user to search for information across multiple Wikicities. It just sucks to have it here. Uncyclopedians want an ocean of funny, not facts. Revert this well-made but badly-placed piece of shite!--Jordanus 04:23, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Im still alive

Just letting you guys know --Nytrospawn 19:06, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Want us to do something about it? Bone_F_clear.png Sir Famine, Gun ♣ Petition » 03:44, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
Yes--Nytrospawn 22:44, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
22:51, 20 February 2006 (UTC) - Nytrospawn taken care of. --Boy Toy bitch at me

A Noob Question

Someone put a lot of effort into writing a large, mostly unfunny article about the Amish. I want to give it a total facelift, but I know I need to place a tag first. How do you place a tag, such as NRV?

Also: How do you make the little colored "fact panels" that appear on the right hand side of a page about a country or a famous person? I'm talking about the ones that might list important dates, locations, or facts. --McAtee08 16:31, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi McAtee08.

Firstly, Templates are placed by enclosing the appropriate name in curly brackets. For example: 

{{rewrite}}

would place this tag: --tag removed from archive for maintenance reasons--

or, 

{{stub}}
will place the stub template like so:


Some templates can be timestamped - {{wip}}, {{MTUsign}} and {{NRV}} for example. What this means is that when placing the template, you should use the following format: 

{{Templatename|~~~~~}}.

The five tildes (~) will place a timestamp ("This template placed on...") on the template when you click "Save page", like so: --tag removed from archive for maintenance reasons--

Much, much more info about templates and their usage can be found here, and a full list of Uncyclopedia templates can be found here.

As for the infoboxes, there's a blank template for creating them at Template:Infobox. For an example of how this works, have a look at Template:Infobox_France. What you need to do is create a page for the infobox template you wish to create, copy the base template there and then expand the information. Once you've saved the template (as Template:Infobox_Yourpagename), you can then place it on the page as I explained above, using the curly brackets: {{Infobox_Yourpagename}}. If you want to get into heavy template editing and creation, there is a host of information available at Meta-Wiki. Hope this helps. -- Sir Codeine K·H·P·B·