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This site is in, like, 50 different languages or something, just like Wikipedia. Who actually writes the foreign stuff?? And can anyone testify if it is actually funny or not?? I don't care all that much I just thought it was odd. A LOT more time is seemingly spent on this site than I thought!

For instance how did they go and arrange some people to write some stuff in SUOMI?!? I mean WTF?!? --Cp833 16:14, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I wondered that too... Obviously I have no idea. We Americans can't be bothered with foreign things.   Le Cejak • <-> Jan 9 (16:19)

Actually, now that I think about it, there are users who go around adding foreign language links to articles. You should ask them. Use your best pigeon English.   Le Cejak • <-> Jan 9 (16:24)

Ey, brah, wha' chu wan' wit peepl da talk like birds? Ees 'Pidgin' inglish youse lookin' fo'. --The Acceptable  Cainad  (Fnord) 18:03, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Grunt grunt click pop, click? Sir Modusoperandi ^Boinc! 18:18, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

I know the Dutch and German versions are extremely poor. I'd bet all non English spoofs are that bad. Some language links are funny within the context of the original English page but that is rare. Internationally I think that the non English languages are damaging to the main Uncyclopedia site seeing as it sometimes looks more like the international version of ED. --Vosnul 19:17, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Offtopic, but there are 3 projects in German, where www.stupidedia.org (~ 13.975 articles) is the most popular, kamelopedia.mormo.org/ smaller (~ 9.909 articles) and de.uncyclopedia.org/ (~ 3.086 articles) the smallest. --Agent00 05:33, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I know the British version sucks terribly.. --THINKER 19:19, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

For Christ sake, lets not go in to that one.. --Vosnul 19:26, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Great Britian? I KNOW! Who the hell would ever want to go there?!

PS - THINKER loves the Brits, learn to take a joke Frenchie. ;) --THINKER 19:52, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Yeaaaah that's right!!! Stupid Brits!!! Why don't they all just go back to sipping tea and bowing to the Queen, the stupid bunch of - oh wait, I'm British. --Cp833 22:24, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

On another note, I fear you're right - things that are funny in English very rarely translate well into funny things in foreign (not sure exactly how I know that).. and this could damage Uncyclopaedia's 'reputation' maybe..

I'm just amazed they've managed to organize Uncyclopaedia (a seemingly small and harmless bit of fun) into some kind of global megasite where even Suomians (?) can get a piece of the action.. :S --Cp833 22:24, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm not a racist or anything, but everything my culture produces is infinitely superior to anything another culture makes, and the only proof I have to back it up is my obnoxious opinion. I will therefore lean heavily on my sheer obnoxiousness until such point that it countermands any and all other arguments. (sorry, all my friends watch FOX News, so I've become used to this brand of argument).--<<>> 23:59, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

/me gives Brad giant brass State of Texas belt buckle and a six-pack of generic beer. Sir Modusoperandi ^Boinc! 00:04, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Yip. /me puts on the beer and cracks open the belt buckle.--<<>> 02:19, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

I administrate two foriegn Uncyclopedias - Gothic, and Latin. They're about as funny as the languages are dead for the most part. They try to be funny, but they don't have the people to do it. ~

Jacques Pirat, Esq. Converse : Benefactions : U.w.p.

10/01/2008 @ 00:17

"They're about as funny as the languages are dead"? They must be hilarious, then. – Sir Skullthumper, MD (criticize • writings • critchat) 02:44 Jan 10, 2008

Actually, it's a different language, so you have to read the prepositional phrases sideways. Then you'll see what he really meant. - P.M., WotM, & GUN, Sir Led Balloon (Tick Tock) (Contribs) 02:49, Jan 10

My mom what your what? – Sir Skullthumper, MD (criticize • writings • critchat) 02:50 Jan 10, 2008

Well, the first thing was grammatical, I guess this is a cultural thing.... - P.M., WotM, & GUN, Sir Led Balloon (Tick Tock) (Contribs) 03:08, Jan 10

Cultural like your mom. Or dads. Whatever. Unsolicited conversation Extravagant beauty PEEING 03:11, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

I have two da-- oh. ... - P.M., WotM, & GUN, Sir Led Balloon (Tick Tock) (Contribs) 03:14, Jan 10

The Japanese article on Mcdonalds was pretty funny, and it was featured too.--Witt, of UNion Entertain me* 07:08, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

What about Xhosa or Zulu? --Gangstah fo shizzle • MUN • Talk • Contributions • Article • Forum 11:07, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

They're Not

<no message body> -- Kaizer the Bjorn takkun (nya nya) (1961 model!) Check out T61! 04:52, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't care about foreign languages. Je parle seulement l'anglais. -- The fatgoat Talk (to me, obviously) The Crap I've Done 05:30, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I just wonder if they have decently active core communities or not. I'd tend to doubt it. --THINKER 05:32, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Some of them are indeed very active; pt: has brazillions of users if these numbers are to be believed. --Carlb 17:40, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I C WUT U DID THUR -- » Sir Savethemooses Grand Commanding Officer ... holla atcha boy» 21:35, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

This is quite a good page, once translated. Also, it's the only article I've ever made that was translated. I think it improved slightly during transit. Kind of like cheese, but without the smell. --SPY Administrator (Complain|I rock|In memoriam) HMRFRA WH 01:32, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Italian version

Hello, this is a Nonciclopedia (italian version) user.

Ours is much smaller (~5500 articles) so no comparison with yours (we are as well less "organized" than you, no Grand Most Excellent Order or such), also in terms of quality; but actually we don't base much on Uncy' (ok, ok we just steal some templates :D), just few articles are translated, the most part is made by ourselves, mostly about Italy-related stuff.

Average articles quality is indeed lower, but I'm optimistic :)

--QuertUiopps19:14, 12 January 2008 (UTC)~

I also here that you Italians have been able to make your trains run on time. -- The Zombiebaron 19:18, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

I here that too, and I'm all the way over hear. - P.M., WotM, & GUN, Sir Led Balloon (Tick Tock) (Contribs) 19:21, Jan 12

Ooof course! Trains are our best thing. (In other words, we're screwed :D) --QuertUiopps19:29, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Era un' referenza a Il Duce! Treni partano ed arrivano in tempo. Son' stato la, ma oramai son Urlandese. Eh bene, these things succedano. -- di Mario 19:06, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

No habla espanol. Unsolicited conversation Extravagant beauty PEEING 00:36, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Spanish

You should all learn Spanish and go read my articles. It is not true that all other languages look like ED, at Spanish uncy we are very concerned with our quality standards, we make Zomiebaron, Gwax and the other deletionists at en.uncyclopedia look like harmless puppies.---Asteroid B612 (aka Rataube) - Ñ22:33, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Nadie tiene interés en eso. -- Kip the Egg Talk Works 14:50, Jan. 14, 2008

Simple English

Wikipedia recently opened up a new Simple English version for those who speak English as a second language, but just don't care enough to find Wikipedia in their native tongue. So this raises the question. Why don't we have a Simple version? Oh, and check out our article over there: http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncyclopedia -- Sir FS Doovad Read You got somethin to say? 05:19, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Nothing new, it has existed for years, as has Babel:Simple here. --08:39, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

We got the simple English version covered, lets try and make the elaborate English issue. --Vosnul 22:00, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Whoa. Is the simple English version meant for non-native speakers or for retards? --_CUN RA ^{Talk to me} _ 10:47, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

I personally think it'd be funny if we wrote a simple English version that was condescending (that means mean) and elitist (that means smart). But that's just me.--<<>> 13:28, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Hebrew

Is very bad indeed. I hop over every now and then and could never found something that would even raise a giggle. Och. ~ Mordillo where is my BASTARD? 10:57, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

As resident speaker of the Heb, maybe you could spearhead a revitalization effort? Supposedly Jews are funny.. --THINKER 14:28, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, but you forget that these are not just Jews who write there, it's Israelis. And they don't have a clue. They just bomb stuff. ~ Mordillo where is my BASTARD? 14:29, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Damn, you're right.. Between the smoking hot embers of a recently exploded building and the smoking hot bodies of the local women, its amazing anything gets done at all over there.. --THINKER 14:39, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

That line...brought a tear to my eyes. Bravo *golf clap* --Nytrospawn 02:34, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

And that's something really special, because Nytrospawn is even more of a lurking admin than Bradaphraser. -- The Zombiebaron 02:38, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Visit THINKER's House of Monstrosities for a TON more bullshit just like it! --THINKER 02:40, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

More importantly, join the Help set the Thinker with hot Israeli women fund. ~ Mordillo where is my BASTARD? 06:28, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Woody Allen is Jewish????? Come on. You guys and your horse play. Why didn't he make more of it in his work then ? We're not all gullible you know. What next ? Some bullshit like he fell in love with an Asian stepdaughter and left his wife. It's as unbelieveable as that Apollo 13 rubbish. Men, trapped in a spaceship on the way back from the Moon ! Laughable. The Mandarin stuff is pretty funny though. If you look very very carefully they've actually used tiny little pictograms instead of writing. Those guys! I would never have thought of doing that. Pure genius! Sean.hoyland - tak() 07:09, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

/me looks for the people in the white robes ~ Mordillo where is my BASTARD? 07:54, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

No need to be worried as the [KKK have rebranded] in recent years, broadened their recruitment and tried to go for a softer look. I think you'll agree, it's more debonair, suave and perhaps even a little daring. Sean.hoyland - tak() 09:59, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Talking of racist fuckers and going somewhat off topic, I noticed with some glee that User:Bhumimustdie and his army of the ignorant asshats have been nominated for Sockpuppet of the month. How many votes do you need to make sure he's gone or preferably deported over here so that I can try to arrange for him to have a nice stay in a Thai prison ? Sean.hoyland - tak() 10:23, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Odd gaps in languages used

I can’t seem to find pages in Esperanto or Klingon. I could write pages in Grodean Lutrine or Kitsune, but no one on this world speaks Grodean Lutrine (other than me) and Kitsune has too much in common with Sanskrit and Proto-Japanese and they don’t want you round pupils figuring out the rude things they say about you.Verp 01:38, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

You can't find pages in those languages because we are not nerds. At least, I'm not. I'm not so certain about the others. You, however, most certainly are, you silly linguist. -- The fatgoat Talk (to me, obviously) The Crap I've Done 06:40, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh! You been told! Unsolicited conversation Extravagant beauty PEEING 06:52, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Um. We're all nerds, here. Even you and your damn blue Vulcan blood. Sir Modusoperandi ^Boinc! 07:10, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Even though pointing this out re enforces any impression I am a nerd, Vulcans have green blood. I don't eat critters from Vulcan, as the copper in the blood makes them taste like the sweat on a brass doorknob.Verp 19:52, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

There is an Esperanto Uncyclopedia. I made the logo and fixed the front page. It needs a little love. Unlike the stoic Gothic scholars that would rather study spangenhelms than write satire, there must be some people that give a good laugh in the international language. ~

Jacques Pirat, Esq. Converse : Benefactions : U.w.p.

21/01/2008 @ 07:05

There is a Bangladesh Uncyclopedia. I still think we need one in the Georgian language, it could be all about Coca-Cola, Home Depôt and be colourized by Ted Turner. We could pay Jimmy Carter peanuts to write the stuff...

Martin Luther King, Jr. might speak Georgian. Of course, we'd have to hire him posthumously, and I don't know his fee... -- The fatgoat Talk (to me, obviously) The Crap I've Done 04:25, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Your soul. (The "fee" is more of an exchange.) --Satan 05:42, 24 January 2008 (UTC)