Lurkmore.ru or Lurkomorye  is a Russian-language

Russian language

Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...

 MediaWiki

MediaWiki

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-powered online encyclopedia focused on Internet subcultures, folklore, and memes

Internet meme

The term Internet meme is used to describe a concept that spreads via the Internet. The term is a reference to the concept of memes, although the latter concept refers to a much broader category of cultural information.-Description:...

. As of July 31, 2011, Lurkomorye contains 5552 articles. It is one of the most popular humor websites of the Russian Internet. Lurkmore is generally very similar to Encyclopedia Dramatica

Encyclopedia Dramatica

Encyclopædia Dramatica was a satirical open wiki that used MediaWiki software. Launched on December 10, 2004, it lampooned both encyclopedic topics and current events, especially those related or relevant to contemporary internet culture. It was frequently utilized by a socially fluid and dynamic...

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Content

Lurkmore.ru was started as a knowledge base of internet meme

Internet meme

The term Internet meme is used to describe a concept that spreads via the Internet. The term is a reference to the concept of memes, although the latter concept refers to a much broader category of cultural information.-Description:...

s centered on 2ch.ru, the first popular Russian-language imageboard

Imageboard

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. With time, the project evolved to encompass the broader runet

Runet

Currently Internet access in Russia is available to businesses and home users in various forms, including dial-up, cable, DSL, FTTH, mobile, wireless and satellite...

 subculture. It was called an "informal encyclopedia" about everything. Currently, Lurkmore contents a wide range of articles, but still most of them are about the Internet culture.

Rules and policies

Awards

• Finalist of the 2008 ROTOR competition in the humor site of the year category.
• Winner of the 2009 ROTOR competition in the humor site of the year category.

External links

• Lurkmore.ru
• [irc://utf.rusnet.org.ru:7770/lurkmore #lurkmore@rusnet] — IRC channel.