Lurkmore

Lurkmore
Type of site
Internet subculture and meme wiki
Available inRussian
OwnerDavid Homak
URLlurkmore.to
RegistrationNot required
LaunchedJuly 30, 2007[1][2]
Current statusOffline (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]

  1. ^ oal (2007-07-30). "Log in" Если Вы ещё не в курсе… [If you are still not up to date…] (in Russian). Livejournal. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
  2. ^ aalien (2007-07-31). "lurk moar, Luke!" (in Russian). Livejournal. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
  3. ^ "Lurkmore: Описание" [Lurkmore: Description] (in Russian). Lurkmore.ru. Archived from the original on 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  4. ^ "Statistics" (in Russian). lurkmore.ru. Archived from the original on 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
  5. ^ "RE: lurkmour.ru" (in Russian). PC Magazine. 3 November 2008. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  6. ^ "Front page is down". Archived from the original on January 25, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2011.