UPDATE: The new and improved Topics Page section has been launched. You no longer have to request pages here, or at all. All you have to do is go to our Topics Page index page HERE, and either pick up topics from the Most Wanted list, or search the topic you want in the search box and follow the prompts.

Three other things that have changed, or become automated:

1. You can own only one unpublished topics page at a time.

2. Once you become the owner of a topic, you have 7 days to complete and publish it. If you do not meet the requirements and publish the page, it will become available for other editors to claim.

3. We understand that sometimes you may need a little more time. If you'd like to give yourself a second chance, you are allowed to become the editor of the same topic but the deadline will be 3 days. If you do not publish it within 3 days, you will not be able to be the editor of the topic again. Ever. The worst thing that can happen to this project is people snap up prime topics and then sit on empty pages forever.

One note for people with pending pages: Through our manual process, we have allowed users to own more than one page.  If these users try to adopt or create another page, they will have to give up all of their pending pages. 

What is a Cracked Topic Page?

Well, it's sort of a more entertaining and readable and Cracked-ish Wikipedia. Here's an example of a fully fleshed out topics page:

http://www.cracked.com/topic/45-steven-seagal/

Here's an example of the bare minimum:

http://www.cracked.com/topic/116-david-caruso/

Both of those articles are perfectly acceptable Topics Pages, and in fact are our two most popular pages.

The minimum we require is that your page have at least 1 image that sums up the topic, 3 facts (humorous observations in bullet point form),  1 link to something about the subject and a summary paragraph. We're still in Beta right now, but we've instituted a weekly contest that you can read about here.

We have a private forum for Topic Page editors to exchange tips and such. Going forward we will be featuring our favorite topic page of the week on the front page of the site directly beside Dan O'Brien's weekly column, and you will be paid $50 for your trouble.

Got an idea for a Cracked Topics Page? Want to be the editor of one? Reply here and explain why you're the man/woman for the job. It can be on any subject. If you have the requirements listed above filled in within 14 days, the page is yours.

Here's a list of the ones that are already taken and up on the site:

http://www.cracked.com/topic/255-cracked-topics-pages/

And here's a list of the up for grabs pages, as well as the pending pages that need to be completed within the next 7 days.

http://www.cracked.com/funny-253-cracked-topics-page-contest/

If possible, I would like to be the editor for a Cracked Topics page on Steven Seagal.  I wrote about Seagal in my first two Cracked articles, and I've seen every one of his films.  I'm also up on the latest in Seagal news.  For example, he's going to play a Russian novelist in his next movie, he has a role in an upcoming horror film where he'll be fighting vampires, and A&E is working on a reality TV show about his secondary career in law enforcement.   Seriously. 

I am over qualified to write about the Wheel of Time series. If you decide to create one, I'll write it for you. There's 11 million readers in the US alone, so that's a pretty sizable base of potential readers.

I would also be interested in Battlestar Galactica or Heroes.

Is there a list of which topics have already been claimed?

Well anyways, I'd be interested if doing one on Webcomics if the subject isn't taken.

I follow Lost with an unhealthy voracity; I would enjoy writing a topic page on that.

I would like to see a law topics page. UK, US, Canadian, Aussie, elsewhere--whatever. Just a place to go to read about new, old, and forthcoming legal issues. I have a bit of a background in pre-law studies and a fair amount of free time--as well as an unhealthy fixation on stupidity in law--but really I'd just like the page to exist. On the very remote chance there's no one more qualified or interested in such a topic, I'd like to edit it.

If there were some need for a Topic page on Computer Security or Governmental/Private Intelligence Collection (although I can't imagine why there would be) I have 16+ years of experience in these areas and have written about them already.

Those are pretty niche topics but there really is no end to my ability to blather on about abundance issues, U.S. Title Code, oversight, and the differences between U.S. persons vice U.S. citizens etc...

Would it be funny? Not a chance. I can bore the shit out of people for months with it though.

I have massive quantities of time, a permissive work environment, the ability to hit the spell check button at least 50% of the time prior to posting, and the resources to do the research required.

Additionally if any cares about North Korea at all I have spent a very long time peering over that border and into their culture/politics.

I would like to do a topic page on the bizarre career of Warrior (formerly known as the Ultimate Warrior of WWF reknowned).

Well wrestling isn't a popular topic around the forums, the crazy lives of pseudo-famous people has been well documented time and time again. I think Warrior's career is definitely up there for nuttiness, and would love an opportunity to write something about this childhood idol of mine.

Edited into opening post.

I'm not sure if this would be too broad a topic, but I'd be interested in editing a topic page on music videos.  I could link to upcoming videos and maybe write some commentary on ridiculous or awesome classic videos.  I could also follow the direction videos take as the music industry grapples for a foothold in the digital world, like the music video contests bands like The Decemberists and Radiohead have done.