| Definitions | | nihilartikel |
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noun
- (context, borrowed) A deliberately fictitious entry in an encyclopedia or academic work, generally identifiable as false, usually included to brand the intellectual property so copies can be identified.
- 2005 May 1, Eve Maler, "The Language Log", Pushing String, at <tt>www.xmlgrrl.com</tt> http://www.xmlgrrl.com/blog/archives/2005/05/01/the-language-log/
- :The post never does find the word it"s looking for, but it eventually alights on a discussion of the Nihilartikel, a fake dictionary or encyclopedia entry created for playful or copyright-trap reasons.
- 2005 December 18, Marc Goodman, "Interesting slam on Wikipedia", <tt>alt.religion.kibology</tt>, Usenet
- : A was once inserted into Wikipedia that lasted for five months.
- 2005 December 18, Tom Anderson, "Putney Green", <tt>uk.transport.london</tt>, Usenet
- : There are also fake entries in dictionaries and encyclopedias, known as nihilartikels, which serve the same purpose. At least, according to Wikipedia they do:
Etymology: Considered a loan word from ; nihil- nothing and artikel article; from a fictitious March 2004 English-language Wikipedia article, referencing a September 2003 article in the German-language Wikipedia now titled http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nihilartikel&oldid=369577 Fingierter Lexikonartikel
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