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{{also|Nihilartikel}}
==English==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|en|de|Nihilartikel}}, apparently coined as a hoax in the German-language Wikipedia in 2003 and later picked up by the English Wikipedia, from where it spread to blogs,<ref name="www">{{R:World Wide Words|url=weirdwords/ww-nih1}}</ref> books,<ref>{{cite-book|year=2006|author=David C. Hay|title=Data Model Patterns: A Metadata Map|section=glossary|page=370|publisher=Morgan Kaufmann|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=YxDBaWj9itkC&printsec=frontcover&hl=&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=nihilartikel&f=false}}</ref> etc., which are now used again as references for these sites, leading to a form of [[citogenesis]].

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈnaɪ.(h)ɪlˌɑɹt.ɪkl̩/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈniː.hiːl.ɑːɹtˌiː.kəl/|a=copying Latin and German}}
* {{hyphenation|en|ni|hil|art|i|kel}}

===Noun===
{{examples|
* [[esquivalience]]
* [[Citations:jungftak|jungftak]]
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{{en-noun}}

# 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.
#: {{syn|en|Mountweazel}}
#* '''2005''' May 1, Eve Maler, “The Language Log”, ''Pushing String'', at {{monospace|www.xmlgrrl.com}} [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.
#* {{quote-newsgroup|en |url=https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.religion.kibology/TUB64tEJyQI/vc-lgc9fcZUJ |date=2005-12-17 |author=Marc Goodman |title=Interesting slam on Wikipedia |newsgroup=alt.religion.kibology |id=aYqdnU-48IgKJznenZ2dnUVZ_sydnZ2d@newedgenetworks.com |text=A '''nihilartikel''' was once inserted into Wikipedia that lasted for five months.}}
#* {{quote-newsgroup|en|date=December 18 2005|author=Tom Anderson|title=Putney Green|newsgroup=uk.transport.london
|brackets=on|passage=There are also fake entries in dictionaries and encyclopedias, known as '''nihilartikels''', which serve the same purpose.}}

====Hypernyms====
* {{l|en|copyright trap}}

===See also===
* {{l|en|trap street}}

===References===
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===Further reading===
* {{pedia|fictitious entry}}