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- Administratium abstract "Administratium is a well-known in-joke in scientific circles, and is a parody both on the bureaucracy of scientific establishments and on descriptions of newly discovered chemical elements. In 1991, Thomas Kyle (the supposed discoverer of this element) was awarded an Ig Nobel Prize for physics, making him one of only three fictional people to have won the award.A spoof article was written by William DeBuvitz in 1988 and first appeared in print in the January 1989 issue of The Physics Teacher. It spread rapidly among university campuses and research centers; many versions surfaced, often customized to the contributor's situation.A similar joke concerns Administrontium which was referenced in print in 1993.Another variation on the same joke is \"Bureaucratium\". A commonly heard description describes it as \"having a negative half-life\", in other words the more time passes, the more massive \"Bureaucratium\" becomes; it only grows larger and more sluggish. This obviously refers to the bureaucratic system, which is generally perceived as a system in which bureaucratic procedures accumulate and whatever needs to get done takes increasingly longer to get done as soon as it touches the bureaucracy.".
- Administratium wikiPageID "355882".
- Administratium wikiPageLength "2450".
- Administratium wikiPageOutDegree "22".
- Administratium wikiPageRevisionID "692996653".
- Administratium wikiPageWikiLink Academia.
- Administratium wikiPageWikiLink Bureaucracy.
- Administratium wikiPageWikiLink Category:1989_introductions.
- Administratium wikiPageWikiLink Category:Academic_administration.
- Administratium wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fictional_materials.
- Administratium wikiPageWikiLink Category:Hypothetical_chemical_elements.
- Administratium wikiPageWikiLink Category:In-jokes.
- Administratium wikiPageWikiLink Category:Parodies.
- Administratium wikiPageWikiLink Category:Political_satire.
- Administratium wikiPageWikiLink Category:Satirical_works.
- Administratium wikiPageWikiLink Category:Science_and_culture.
- Administratium wikiPageWikiLink Category:Science_writing.
- Administratium wikiPageWikiLink Chemical_element.
- Administratium wikiPageWikiLink Half-life.
- Administratium wikiPageWikiLink Ig_Nobel_Prize.
- Administratium wikiPageWikiLink In-joke.
- Administratium wikiPageWikiLink List_of_fictional_elements,_materials,_isotopes_and_atomic_particles.
- Administratium wikiPageWikiLink Parody.
- Administratium wikiPageWikiLink Physics.
- Administratium wikiPageWikiLink Science.
- Administratium wikiPageWikiLink Unobtainium.
- Administratium wikiPageWikiLinkText "Administratium".
- Administratium wikiPageWikiLinkText "Bureaucratium".
- Administratium wikiPageWikiLinkText "Thomas Kyle".
- Administratium wikiPageWikiLinkText "bureaucratese".
- Administratium wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Administratium subject Category:1989_introductions.
- Administratium subject Category:Academic_administration.
- Administratium subject Category:Fictional_materials.
- Administratium subject Category:Hypothetical_chemical_elements.
- Administratium subject Category:In-jokes.
- Administratium subject Category:Parodies.
- Administratium subject Category:Political_satire.
- Administratium subject Category:Satirical_works.
- Administratium subject Category:Science_and_culture.
- Administratium subject Category:Science_writing.
- Administratium hypernym Parody.
- Administratium type Work.
- Administratium type Winner.
- Administratium comment "Administratium is a well-known in-joke in scientific circles, and is a parody both on the bureaucracy of scientific establishments and on descriptions of newly discovered chemical elements. In 1991, Thomas Kyle (the supposed discoverer of this element) was awarded an Ig Nobel Prize for physics, making him one of only three fictional people to have won the award.A spoof article was written by William DeBuvitz in 1988 and first appeared in print in the January 1989 issue of The Physics Teacher.".
- Administratium label "Administratium".
- Administratium sameAs Q4683448.
- Administratium sameAs Administratium.
- Administratium sameAs m.01zw52.
- Administratium sameAs Q4683448.
- Administratium wasDerivedFrom Administratium?oldid=692996653.
- Administratium isPrimaryTopicOf Administratium.