Talk:Main Page/archive2

I have an idea

So wikipedia has that thing on the top of their main page that says "In this English version, started in 2001, we are currently working on 1,013,074 articles." Unpedia should follow suit with something vaguely along the lines of "In this English <or illiterate, or sanskrit, or whatever> version, started in 10 A.C., we are currently working on 2,374,479,846,231,1164,894 articles." Note the 4 digits in the thousands section. Expensivehat 06:56, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

We used to have that, but since wikipedia is planning on changing their front page, we have preemptively changed ours to meet their proposed new front page, which does not have such a section. If they decide to add one in later, we will do so also and claim that we did it first. --Sir gwax (talk) 17:07, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

So why was the main page changed?

I heard WP was changing their main page, but apparently they haven't yet. So shouldn't we stick with the main page that looks like WP's? I liked the old one so much better. --[[User:Nintendorulez|Nintendorulez | talk]] 12:38, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

So we can put up a news blurb, when they do switch: "Wikipedia, the official parody of Uncyclopedia admits that their front page sucks and changes it to look more like ours." --Splaka 01:46, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

How did you know they were gonna change to look like that?

Our version is based on their current working draft. We will update our front page if they change their draft at all. --Sir gwax (talk) 21:10, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Now theres no link to Sophia at the top of the page!

Ewokpedia, great idea, :P, i didn't actually realise that wookiepedia was popular enugh to be mocked--Hexhunter 21:49, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Everything is popular enough to be mocked....even Your mom. Sir Famine, Gun ♣ Petition » 15:00, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Personally, I think this new page is ugly as fuck and the news blurb wouldn't really be worth the trouble... but that's just me. --Just Tenn. You were expecting Sophia? 13:41, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Search function

How come the search comes up with a search of other wikis, too? Can we get rid of it? --Joachim22 06:08, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Where the hell is that list of reskins?

I now only see a confusing list containing most of the other language pages with no articles to go with them, some reskins, and a link containing another incomplete list, mostly contain crappy reskins I've never seen before. Hell, one has an NRV tag. WTF? --[[User:Nintendorulez|Nintendorulez | talk]] 21:00, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Emopedia

Simply hilarious. Whoever thought of it, well done =] --OsirisX 02:02, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

That would be Codeine, with assists from several others. --—rc (t) 02:04, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Best. Reskinning. Ever. Nice work, Codeine. Also, great timing.--Joachim22 05:41, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Instant fucking win.--UtarEmpire 14:01, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

took me a minute to realize it was valentine's day --Nerd42Talk 15:35, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Hey, I was looking for that! Why'd you bang nails through it!? Now how'm I gonna sell it? --The King In Yellow (Talk to the Dalek.) 15:37, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Awesome reskin. HILARIOUSNESS. --[[User:Nintendorulez|Nintendorulez | talk]] 16:50, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

nice.

Nobody knows... and Nobody cares... are GENIUS! --71.225.64.232 21:36, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Today sucks because...Emopedia is not going to last forever! --Poofers 00:14, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

"Simple English for Americans Day"

Man, I hate those fucking limeys. Someone needs to reskin the whole main page to be anti-limey. That'll teach the eurotrash cunts. Is anyone willing to do it? --152.163.101.7 01:45, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

We can do that? Sounds fun. Or we could just make an "Addinge lettours for Brit Languauge" day. I wonder if these guys have Al Queda beat in rampant culture envy. I mean, Christ, you beat them in one little war... --Zareste 02:47, 13 February 2006

Hey wait, today's anniversaries just got changed to a bunch of unintelligible crap. Vandalism? --152.163.101.7 03:01, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

OH BLOODY 'ELL! NOUW THE BUGGER TRUELY MAIKES SENSE! --Zareste 03:54, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Before you go whining about Brits, you might want to see this page. --officer designate Lugiatm MUN NS CM ZM WH 11:20, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes yes that totally redeems my faith in stink-bombs and their anti-English. Go Brits! Fight da powa!

Turtleopedia? Where's the joke? Only the freaking opening line is changed! That does not qualify as a reskin! Why don't we just use Babel:Simple? --64.9.10.166 17:31, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Turtleopedia was a joke by the CABAL about Wikipedia going down. --officer designate Lugiatm MUN NS CM ZM WH 11:00, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Just pretending? I wouldn't say it, if you didn't do it! Causing mayhem in the morque, after a dinner with my family? That's not the way to make friends, Ginger! I said you were a topsyhead with a lickyface, but you just wouldn't hear! Following my ass for months...dude...get yourself some respect! Can't just be friends with someone who likes koscher meat, in chocolate, with lemon and keoschuss... Ginger...I don't like you..stop creating an alternative atmosphere, where everyone thinks that they live in a parallell universe.

Colbert Reskinning

All the info on this serious issue is at this link.

IDEA ALERT: We should have an anti-Colbert reskinning, "attacking" him and such. That would put the issue right at the forefront. We get a lot of lurkers who just come to read and link stuff to their blogs, and they might not see the village dump. Who up for it???-- » Sir Savethemooses Grand Commanding Officer ... holla atcha boy» 00:42, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

It's slowly coming to me and I'd prefer not to post at the dump, I think the logo could be changed to a picture of Colbert with one of those circles with a line through it over it. And then the rest is all red white and blue, and the top saying welcome to uncyclopedia the encyclopedia that stephen colbert stole from. And then idk probably some more references throughout the page, but that's all ive got now.   t o m p k i n s  blah. ﺞوﻦ וףה ՃՄ ண்ஸ ފއހ วอฏม +տ trade websites 00:48, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

We'd have stuff about how WE spread the REAL truth. -- » Sir Savethemooses Grand Commanding Officer ... holla atcha boy» 01:04, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeh nobody would believe us, they just won't notice we are being serious this time, and even if they did, nobody cares.--Rataube 01:09, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Wake Up Call

That link leads me to the forum --Nytrospawn 21:50, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

FRIZZLE FRAZZLE

All your Uncycloverse are belong to jew.

Algorithm, explain yourself

Ahem. Please see Talk:Euroipods. It just looks like you're trying to piss off 50% of us, and/or rub our face in the fact that the article wasn't speedy deleted, consensus was violated, etc, etc. While I like the 1-in-a-hundred rotating feature, I hardly think Euroipods is suitable for it, even ignoring the fact that I despise it. It's too much of an Uncyc injoke, and 1 out of every 100 newcomers to uncyc will probably look at it, scoff at the typos and suckiness, and probably mistake us for a bunch of talentless hacks and head to another site. If anything, it ought to be the. Not only was that democratically voted on with consensus, but the joke makes sense to anyone even if they've never been to Uncyc before. Thoughts? --[[User:Nintendorulez|Nintendorulez | talk]] 23:40, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Welcome home, Nin. :) -- Sir Mhaille  (talk to me)

Welcome back nin! --Chronarion 23:06, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Victory in Euroipods

From the brilliant mind of Mhaille. If there are any more credits, list yourself here because I can't be bothered to. --—rc (t) 06:43, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

I love it, except don't you think it would be better if this applied to the whole site? This can be done easily by changing the general site skin to match this page. Look, I've already done it here. --officer designate Lugiatm MUN NS CM ZM WH 11:02, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

I hate it. It really pales in comparison to previous reskins. All you guys did was make it black and white, change some words, and announced victory over a subject I thought the admins said they were going to drop altogether. --85.214.36.140 21:26, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. And just because you ban me for 24 days over a small edit war doesn't mean the war's over. Hell, it appears to be sparking up again. --[[User:Nintendorulez|Nintendorulez | talk]] 17:38, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Oh for christ's sake... SHUT UP! --⇔ Sir Mon€¥$ign^STFU F@H|VFP|+S 17:43, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

What'd I do this time? ;_; --[[User:Nintendorulez|Nintendorulez | talk]] 23:41, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Why do all the admins seem to be on Rcmurphy's side even though he's wrong? It kind of defeats the purpose of having multiple admins.

Because all the other admins are me. --—rc (t) 01:43, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Plain Text Day

Man uncyclopedia featured article from Dawg; reskinning courtesy of Isra and Splarka, and the number 24. --—rc (t) 06:01, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

ironically, uncyclopedia looks dreadful in lynx :-P --Huffers 04:49, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

UP in lynx :-P

Here it is on mine: Image:Lynx.gif --Splaka 05:03, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Mine looks different from you guyses': image:Rc Lynx.jpg. Did you get one of the early releases or something? --—rc (t) 05:14, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

lol :) --Huffers 13:45, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Here's mine, it's alot greener than all of yours image:uncyclynx.PNG. Heh.   t o m p k i n s  blah. ﺞوﻦ וףה ՃՄ ண்ஸ ފއހ วอฏม +տ trade websites 01:09, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

That's because you weren't putting the "best viewed on lynx" statement to the test.---Rev. Isra (talk) 01:16, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Featured Article

What the fuck is wrong with the featured article today? It just says "the" and there's nothing to click on. Is this a really lame joke, or the work of vandals? --64.12.117.9 01:03, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

You don't like the...article? Perhaps you'd prefer "a" or "an"? --—rc (t) 05:40, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

You didn't put that there on purpose, did you? Because that's right up there with euroipods on the suck scale.

The difference between this and euroipods is that people voted for this. --Zyrac 17:04, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

While I agree that this is slightly better than euroipods, I still don't think people were serious when they voted on it. It looks like it was only nominated as a joke. --64.12.117.9 23:27, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

As a matter of fact, most featured articles were nominated as jokes. ;) --—rc (t) 00:44, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Haha, I think he has a point there.   t o m p k i n s  blah. ﺞوﻦ וףה ՃՄ ண்ஸ ފއހ วอฏม +տ trade websites 00:46, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, this isn't wikipedia. The whole point of this site is for JOKES! Hell, I'm so depressed that I missed the day it was featured. (Not that it would've mattered, due to my banning...) --[[User:Nintendorulez|Nintendorulez | talk]] 23:43, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

No, I mean the guy who nominated it and the people who voted for it were only joking. They probably didn't actually want it to be featured. They just thought it was so stupid that it would be funny to vote for it.

Today's Reskinning

Can someone explain today's reskinning to one as ignorant as myself? --220.101.30.98 05:48, 5 Jan 2006 (UTC)

This is the anniversary reskin, and thus represents the original layout that I cobbled together way back in... 2005. --Chronarion 05:50, 5 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Damm, I missed the 'Wikipedia' style one. Will it come back? --Gunny 07:46, 5 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Yes. It should be back tomorrow. Man. A whole year. Who would have thought that I'd still be here and we'd not be run off of the intarweb by some unruly mob of everyone we insulted? --PantsMacKenzie 13:25, 5 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, kickin' it old school! I missed Sauron....Strong RadX 13:34, 5 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Umm...where's the cake? 70.105.69.173 15:34, 5 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Cake is great, but pie is sky high! -Slander

Oh my god, I thought something insane happened. With wormholes and timewarriors. -I forgot my name

Damn, that skin is HAWT! We should have random Main Page skins every time someone visits--User:WXYZ/sig 20:56, 5 Jan 2006 (UTC)

I can't help but admit that it's nice to see the front page so simple again, without the thirty or so varicolored boxes vying for space. --—rc (t) 21:00, 5 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Agree about when did the Oscar Wilde craze start then, if this was the original main page? --   Nerd42    chat  talk  h²g²  pedia  news  21:41, 5 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Ahhhh....reminds me of the early days (although I found Uncyc in March) --Darkdan OUN 22:06, 5 Jan 2006 (UTC)

This really makes me appreciate the usual kickass layout.--Pirate_Dan

This anniversary reskinning was (re)assembled by Paulgb, Google caches, and an elite clan of Clinjas. --—rc (t) 05:21, 6 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Well, it's screwed up quite a few templates, I'm afraid... any way of fixing all that? - UNDISCLOSEDLOL

Spelign

I think that should be "Irrefutable". --OneTopJob6 02:52, 26 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Haha. Thanks, I mistook a p for an f. --—rc (t)

"IT WILL AUTOMAGICALLY DISAPPEAR WITH THREE LESS MOUSE CLICKS."

^ Should be "three fewer mouse clicks". --Havell

Quote of the Day

could we put the Quote of the Day on the Main Page?

{{QuoteUnquote:Quote of the day/{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}

--Nerd42 21:14, 11 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Is there anywhere to vote on what the next reskinning should be?

If not, there should be. I suggest a Zork-themed page. --[[User:Nintendorulez|Nintendorulez | talk]] 12:42, 8 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Hmm ... I'd suggest Talk:Main Page ... oh wait you're already here. Seconds the Zork nomination. --Nerd42 19:38, 8 Dec 2005 (UTC)

It's surposed to be a surpise god-damit, it wouldn't be on if we voted on it! OK step by step guide.

1. Find an appropriate or unused langugae code (maybe Zo: or If:), create the page.
2. Delete this section it's surpose to be a Surprise!
3. Copy the source of the Main Page to this new code and work away on it, creating copies of any templates if used on the main page if you need too.
4. Find an appropriate anniversay (when was zork released, started, brithday of the writters, etc.)
5. (optional) create an appropriate logo
6. Contact an admin and ask thme to make the change for the anniversay, I would but I'm on holiday until the new year from tomoz I suggest User:Rcmurphy or User:Splaka, as they have been involved in most of the recent reskinnings.

BTW I like the Zork idea just annoying that I'll probably miss it grrr, note that I wouldn't be surprised to see christmas, Hanaka (sp?), Eid, or Beltane reskinnings soon so it maybe worth waiting to do this, I waited 3 months from the initial work on the Memory Alpha spoof to release it to the world!--The Right Honourable Maj Sir Elvis UmP KUN FIC MDA VFH Bur. CM and bars UGM F@H (Petition) 22:00, 8 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Wait a second, a suprise to whom? Certainly not to the one whose doing them, and obviously not to the admins: since the Main Page is protected, either

• only admins can come up with new skins

or

• the suprise is ruined for whichever admin an individual asks to help pull it off. --Nerd42 22:15, 8 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Well DUH! a surprise to everyone else! also anyone cane come up with a new skin, all you need an admin for is to change the logo and switch the Main page to the reskinned version!--The Right Honourable Maj Sir Elvis UmP KUN FIC MDA VFH Bur. CM and bars UGM F@H (Petition) 22:34, 8 Dec 2005 (UTC)

I think we should do an eBay-themed one. --Carlos the Mean 23:47, 15 Dec 2005 (UTC)

• Look at EBay:... - Guest 03:26, 21 Dec 2005 (UTC)

The Ebay one gets my vote --Joachim22 04:17, 22 Dec 2005 (UTC)

I was thinkin of an Uncyclopoly themed one but that got shot down. --Nerd42 00:04, 16 Dec 2005 (UTC)

I just made Mai∩ Page, anyone like it? The best part is how little effort it took! ^_^ --[[User:Nintendorulez|Nintendorulez | talk]] 19:52, 20 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Since today the Uncyclopedia becomes the "Rodong Sinmun" (a DPRK newspaper), I thought special attention could be paid to Kim Il-sung City --Chomu 15:23, 25 Dec 2005 (UTC)

What about...

Einstein's Lies Revealed?

Just my thought.

--Hugorudd 20:56, 25 Dec 2005 (UTC)

What about it? --[[User:Nintendorulez|Nintendorulez | talk]] 23:33, 25 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Can someone add a front page link?

The 'Bob Dylan' under DYK is not linked to the article. As I wrote most of the article, this might be the proudest moment of my life! --ChosenOne 03:55, 27 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Ughh! It was erased as I was writing this. There goes my chance for the big-time...--ChosenOne 04:00, 27 Dec 2005 (UTC)

You probably saw one of the random iterations from Template:DYK. Those change on each load. --Splaka 04:05, 27 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Okay. That seems less annoyingly coincidental.

love the fundraiser

☻☺☻☺☻☺

Ahhh! Don't look at scary text. What no Marquee! ahh! my evil world domination plan is over. I'll shutup now. 24.65.52.133 07:59, 27 Dec 2005 (UTC)

wow, that really sucks. prime example of why the blink tag should never have been created 192.147.56.6 15:46, 27 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Featured image

Do not include the hitler image too often - it will annoy people. Uncyclopedia is already blocked on some library websites on grounds of being humorous (though the system in use is very peculiar - a site connected with the British and Foreign Bible Society is blocked on grounds of being an occult site!) - don't want other reasons.

Well, the Featured images are on a random rotation, with the most recent one given the most time. And, we're not going to restrict content because some places block it. That would be silly, and against the idea of this website. Besides, what's wrong with a picture of Hitler? --PantsMacKenzie 13:28, 5 Jan 2006 (UTC)

It seems that Librarians are secretly Hitler lovers and cannot stand to see their hero made fun of in that way. I think the "I can't believe its not Hitler" and the "Chocolate Hitler" offends them. They put Uncyclopedia on their banned list. --Lt. Sir Orion Blastar (talk) 12:04, 16 Jan 2006 (UTC)

*Some* people cause a fuss even when only minor offence is intended (g). Don't want the thought police to come and cause problems. I was complaining about the badly set blocking policy of the library system in question (what they would make of Scunthorpe and Penistone (Birminghan) is best left to the imagination - anyone wanting to develop the idea can) - but which allows people to call up slash fiction and other such weird and wonderful stuff.

Oh god, you guys should see the library at my school. Nazi Central. Any website you can name is blocked. It's even hard to do actual research. --85.214.36.140 22:35, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Procrastination

It would be funny if it read "Today's word of the day is procrastination. Try to use it in your conversations, but not today." 201.26.88.152 22:04, 7 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Is it purposeful irony that procrastination's been there for a bit longer than usual, or just lazy admins?Omnissiah 9 Jan 10.30am GMT

Both. --Splaka 10:33, 9 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Arranging the front page

The blue bit on the right is covering the red bit on the left: is this part of Uncyclopedia's policy of spreading confusion as distinct from butter?

It seems to work fine for most people. Might be a parsing/rendering issue; which browser (and version) are you using? --Sir gwax (talk) 18:21, 13 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Library (which probably explains it, cosnidering the dirt on the mice wheels).

what is up with the page? --169.244.143.115 18:53, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Today's retro front page

I love it. Computing was more fun back in those days. Great work.-203.118.140.54 21:18, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Now editing using the Lynx browser, as per the recommendation on your front page. Life is sweet.-203.118.140.54 21:31, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

This edit is made using elinks, a somewhat more advanced character mode browser. It is easier this way. Perhaps you could persuade some of your more expert users to upgrade.-203.118.140.54 21:33, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

gzip?

Why doesn't Uncyclopedia serve pages gziped, like Wikipedia and most sensible text-heavy sites? You could save 75% bandwidth on the HTML and be easier on slow connections on the same time. Unless your problem is CPU and not bandwidth, but oh well...

Unable to access VFP

Convo moved to : Uncyclopedia talk:VFP#Wtf.3F -Spl 07:49, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Front page HAX0R'd

It looks like the VFP, did you know, did you care, and maybe the anniversary sections of the front page crashed. I don't know enough about Wiki coding language to fix it.Tom Veil 20:30, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Something's wrong with the <choose> and <math> tags. We're trying to get help for it but we're informed that the president is away at his ranch and can't see us now. --—rc (t) 20:36, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

\/\/h3r3 !5 t3h 1337ness?

n0 1!nk t0 t3h 1337 uncyc10p3di4 0n t3h fr0nt p4g3 --Kitty-chan 23:56, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

bug?

Some very old versions of the main page appear to have no data. [1] Is this a database problem or something? --169.229.98.90 12:07, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

it's related to a couple database corruptions and the upgrade in the mediawiki software I think.--The Right Honourable Maj Sir Elvis UmP KUN FIC MDA VFH Bur. CM and bars UGM F@H (Petition) 14:47, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

How about this?

Can I write about a comic based project that I'm doing? 216.77.96.34 13:14, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

XHTML (again)

Reskinning screwed up XHTML compliance. The main page should be replaced with the compliant version . - User:Guest/sig 11:37, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

The World's Tiniest String Quartet. Shown under an electron microscope. Scale is 100 pixels per Ångstrom. They are playing My Heart Bleeds for You.

Wait until we are done tinkering with it, then make an XHTML compliant version. PS: It is not a reskin, it is a redesign. --Splaka 03:37, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

New Main Page Setup

Is it just me, Main Page, or did you get something done? New haircut, maybe? Whatever it is, you look great. Ooh, and the link to Category:Coherent right in the upper-right corner, that is so chic!Tom Veil 20:58, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, she's been working out. --Sir gwax (talk) 21:35, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Banner

FYI, the Main Page of Wikipedia no longer has the "1,000,000th article" banner, so you might want to remove it from here as well. – OCdt ABCD MUN (talk) 01:05, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Why? We've got 10,000,000 articles, and that's something to shout about. I mean, we're flattered by how wikipedia parodies this successful organisation and all, but it's not like we're about to change just to be like them. It is our game, after all. And we kick ass. Sir Famine, Gun ♣ Petition » 01:28, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

March 4

So it's March 4, Wookieepedia's birthday, which means it's Babel:Gbs time. Or isn't it? - User:Guest/sig 04:47, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

My first article sucks

could you guys help me out, adding taxt or maybe with a funny picture or somthing like that?

Enter now, or be damned!

Scones

I'd recommend using Uncyclopedia:Pee_Review if you want article help, that's what it's for. If you want more general n00b advice, read the beginners guide or leave a note on my talk page asking for help. Furthermore, it is customary to sign comments that you leave on talk pages; this can be accomplished by adding --~~~~ to the end of your comment. --Sir gwax (talk) 21:13, 7 March 2006 (UTC)