Kamelopedia is a parody of Wikipedia, which started from a private MediaWiki installation and gained popularity in 2004. Like Wikipedia, Kamelopedia is also a Wiki-style collection of web pages. It is currently available in both German language, its original language, and English language, introduced in September 2004. As of 15 May 2005), there over 7900 articles in German and over 220 in English.
There are no guidelines in Kamelopedia, however, predominant types of humour include:
Fake homonyms. A familiar word is orthographically rewritten and re-interpreted through the meaning Phonetics similar words. E.g. Europawahl ( European elections ) becomes Europawal (without h ) in Kamelopedia. Wal means whale , which opens the door to jokes on the contradiction between size and importance.
Connections to camels. Kamelopedia users ( Kamelopedians ) sometimes refer to themselves as Kamele ( camels ), and try to relate everyday words to the world of camels by rewriting them to include Kamel . Examples are Kameleon or Kamelasagne , or Hasta la camela, baby , a famous one-liner by Arnold Schwarzenhöcker ( Arnold Black-Hunch ), governor of Kamelfornien . Related references are those to the (assumed) world of camels, that is, Egypt, pyramids and palm trees.
Explaining familiar words and names in a deliberately nonsensensical way, preferably with parallels to the real meaning (for example, the career of Arnold Schwarzenhöcker ).
= See also =
Uncyclopedia
Encyclopædia Dramatica
= External links =
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http://kamelopedia.mormo.org/index.php/Hauptseite German Kamelopedia]
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http://en.kamelopedia.mormo.org/index.php/Main_Page English Kamelopedia]
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http://kamelopedia.mormo.org/index.php/Arnold_Schwarzenhöcker Link to Arnold Schwarzenhöcker s biography in Kamelopedia (German)]
