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All of the quotes below must be old news, or olds, to most Uncyclopedia users. To some, like myself, they are all fresh - and very telling. Read them through - they were all sporked from Wikipedia with the purpose of posting them here.

• The article on The Lake District was criticised in June 2007 as being offensive by councillors and tourism bosses, who called for stricter regulations on the site. The story was reported in British local newspaper the North-West Evening Mail, but no policy changes were made as a result of this. In fact, the publicity generated by the issue prompted the Lake District article to be featured on Uncyclopedia's main page. In a similar incident in November 2007, Uncyclopedia's article on Northern Ireland was criticised by Northern Irish politician James McCarry who branded the site "disgraceful" and vowed to, along with help from Moyle Council, "get it removed". Ardoyne councillor Conor Maskey and Portadown News creator Newton Emerson opposed McCarry, saying people should be more relaxed about the website. This story was reported in The Belfast Telegraph.

• A similar incident occurred in April 2008, when civic leaders of Telford, Shropshire, UK lashed out at an article calling the town “a world leader in the production and reproduction and re-reproduction of Chavs”. Another article, this time about the Shropshire county town of Shrewsbury says the town is only famous for being the birthplace of Charles Darwin, and includes insults towards the residents describing them as monkeys who have evolved into sheep.

• In January 2008, the Malaysian Internal Security Ministry issued a directive alerting newspaper editors not to trust Uncyclopedia. It said the article concerning Malaysia contained "untruths, insults and ridicule" and was demeaning to the country. Uncyclopedia's users found this statement more humorous than serious, and subsequently parodied the directive in an UnNews article.

When will these people learn that Uncyclopedia will report the truth, the only truth, and nothing but the only truth? For instance, if you read in an Uncyclopedia article that the inhabitants of some location have evolved into sheep, you should not take it as an insult. Instead, you should take it literally, instantly believing that those folks really are sheep, walking on all fours, making those sheep noises, eating grass. This is how important Uncyclopedia is. Or rather, that is how seriously Uncyclopedia should be taken. It's obvious! Why go by half measures when you can swallow the whole load? -- Style  Guide 08:18, November 19, 2010 (UTC)

• The site uses a similar layout to Wikipedia which may cause confusion to inexperienced users who misinterpret the content as factual.

Wait, what? I know Wikipedia articles are full of more holes than a tennis racket, but how did they get that backwards? Do they even realize how many gullible people out there actually think Wikipedia is based on fact? ◄► UnUnUn ium ◄► 04:03, November 20, 2010 (UTC)

So people are idiots. What else is new? Sooner or later, it will sink in that only Illogicopedia is entirely accurate... Uncyclopedia may come close at times, but only at times. ~ *shifty eyes* (talk) (stalk) -- 20101120 - 22:06 (UTC)

Oh you're so right! I vaguely remember reading this on Illogicopedia: No guesthouse without with a merciful seeking what vampire? Isn't at! I was flabbergasted at first, but then the truth of the sentence dawned on me, and the gasted lifted. Now I'm just flabber, and it suits me fine. Everyone else should follow my egg sample. -- Style  Guide 06:04, November 21, 2010 (UTC)

Exactly. Truth is a funny thing. Method in the madness. Madness in the method... careful about the eggs, though. They might be bombs. ~ *shifty eyes* (talk) (stalk) -- 20101121 - 18:04 (UTC)