Lurkmore Explained

Url:lurkmore.to
Type:Internet subculture and meme wiki
Registration:Not required
Language:Russian
Owner:David Homak
Lurkmore
Launch Date:July 30, 2007[1] [2]
Current Status:Offline (purposely)

Lurkmore or Lurkomorye (Russian: Луркоморье, a portmanteau of Lukomorye and the English online slang "lurk moar") was an informal Russian-language MediaWiki-powered online encyclopedia, based on the English-wiki website lurkmore.com, focusing on Internet subcultures, folklore, and memes.[3] As of December 17, 2019, Lurkmore contained over 9000 articles.[4] It was one of the most popular humor and internet meme-related websites of the Russian internet.[5]

As of February 24, 2022 (the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine), the website's content is no longer available, with only a black screen covering all its pages. Recently, the phrase "остановить войну", which translates to "stop war" in Russian, written in blue and yellow (the colours of Ukraine's national flag), was added to the top of the black screen.[6]

Content and style

Lurkmore was started as a knowledge base of Internet memes centered on 2ch.ru, the first popular Russian-language imageboard. With time, the project evolved to encompass the broader Runet subculture. It has been called an "informal encyclopedia" about everything.[7] Currently, Lurkmore comprises a wide range of articles, but a considerable share of them are still about Russian internet culture.

Lurkmore articles use a distinctive style, distinguishing themselves with a general informality, semiseriousness, sarcasm, the free use of foul language, and impudence, as well as by sharp criticism of the shortcomings of the considered phenomena. The articles are also characterized by a specific slang—"lurkoyaz" (луркояз)—consisting of Internet slang, assorted words used by padonki and Kashchenists, and Lurkmore's own neologisms.

Rules and policies

The entire text of the Lurkmore policies page read as follows:

Audience

A remarkable feature of the project is the concealment of IP addresses of anonymous participants in the editing history of articles for all users except administrators. The inscription of "Anonimus" is displayed instead of an IP address. The registered participants having a flag of the autoconfirmed participant also have an opportunity to leave any editing not under the name, and anonymously.

Fleeting block in Russia

See also: Internet censorship in Russia.

On 11 November 2012, the IP address of Lurkmore.to was added to the Russian Internet blacklist by decision of the Russian Federal Surveillance Service for Mass Media and Communications, making it inaccessible from most Russian ISPs.[8] [9] [10] A Lurkmore.to owner told journalists that he had not received any communication from Roskomnadzor or the Federal Drug Control Service of Russia before the IP address was blacklisted.[9] [11] Lurkmore.to was removed from the blacklist on 13 November 2012 after the website administrators deleted two marijuana-related articles.[12] In 2015 Homak declared on his Facebook profile that the project will be frozen and become a "culture memorial" due to increasing pressure from Roskomnadzor and other law enforcement agencies,[13] and he left Russia due to general development of situation in the country.[14]

Awards

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: oal . Log in . 2007-07-30 . ru:Если Вы ещё не в курсе… . . 2009-04-28 . If you are still not up to date… . Russian.
  2. Web site: aalien . 2007-07-31 . lurk moar, Luke! . https://archive.today/20110721163843/http://aalien.livejournal.com/475336.html . dead . 2011-07-21 . . 2009-04-28 . Russian .
  3. Web site: Lurkmore: Описание . Lurkmore: Description . Lurkmore.ru . 2009-04-18 . Russian . 2009-04-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090416011110/http://lurkmore.ru/Lurkmore:%D0%9E%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5 . dead .
  4. Web site: Statistics . lurkmore.ru . 2010-12-09 . Russian . 2010-02-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100204051033/http://lurkmore.ru/%D0%A1%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F:Statistics . dead .
  5. Web site: 3 November 2008 . RE: lurkmour.ru . . 2010-02-11 . Russian.
  6. Web site: Front page is down . https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120125005457/http://lurkmore.to/ . dead . January 25, 2012 . December 7, 2011 .
  7. Web site: http://yaca.yandex.ru/yca/cat/Reference/Encyclopedias/ . ru:Яндекс:Каталог: Энциклопедии . Yandex Catalog: Encyclopedias . Russian . Яндекс.Каталог . 2010-12-09.
  8. Web site: Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI) . Russian Internet encyclopedia blacklisted . 12 November 2014 . 20 November 2014.
  9. News: ru:Интернет-энциклопедию «Луркоморье» внесли в реестр запрещенных сайтов . http://lenta.ru/news/2012/11/12/lurk/ . . 11 November 2012 . 11 November 2012 . Russian . The "Lurkmore" Internet encyclopedia has been added to the register of prohibited websites.
  10. Web site: ru:Черные списки не работают: «Луркморье» уехало на острова королевства Тонга . Blacklists don't work: Lurkmore has moved to the Tonga islands . 12 November 2012 . 20 November 2014 . http://tvrain.ru/articles/chernye_spiski_ne_rabotajut_lurkmore_uehalo_na_ostrova_korolevstva_tongo_-332786/ . Russian.
  11. Web site: "Закрыть можно что угодно по произвольному набору критериев" Владелец Lurkmore о блокировке сайта . Afisha . 13 November 2012 . Russian . 12 November 2012 . Anything can be banned using an arbitrary set of criteria. The owner of Lurkmore talks about the website being blocked . dead . https://archive.today/20130109034940/http://www.afisha.ru/article/lurkmoreout/ . 9 January 2013 .
  12. Web site: ru:Луркоморье исключили из реестра запрещенных сайтов. http://lenta.ru/news/2012/11/13/lurk/ . . 13 November 2012 . Russian . 13 November 2012 . Lurkmore has been removed from the register of prohibited websites.
  13. Web site: Онлайн-энциклопедию "Луркоморье" перевели "в режим консервации" из-за давления властей РФ. 2015-06-22.
  14. Web site: Хомак: "Проекту просто не дают умереть спокойно". tvrain.ru. 22 June 2015. 2015-06-22.
  15. Web site: РОТОР 2008: 21. Юмористический сайт года . EzhE Movement . 2009-04-18 .
  16. Web site: РОТОР 2009: 21. Юмористический сайт года . EzhE Movement . 2009-05-28 .
  17. Web site: http://ezhe.ru/POTOP/index.2012.html . ru:РОТОР 2012 . 2012-12-05. Russian .
  18. Web site: The full list (in Russian) . Maximonline.ru . 2013-09-18.

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