The website Antipope.org traces its unusual name back to a drunken typo made during the early days of internet connectivity in the UK. In 1991, obtaining a Usenet feed required either paying a substantial sum comparable to a car's price or bribing a sysadmin with alcohol. The author, posting under the alias "AutoPope," sought to establish their online presence during this primitive era of networking.

When discussing a UUCP feed with an intoxicated sysadmin, the author requested "autopope.uucp" as their site name. The sysadmin's impaired state led to the name being recorded as antipope.uucp instead. This error created a lasting digital identity. The author connected to their new site using a 286 PC running at 12MHz and a 2400 baud modem, experiencing an internet era without spam.

The Antipope tag followed the author through multiple internet transitions. After obtaining a Demon dial-up TCP/IP connection around 1993, the site became antipope.demon.co.uk. By 1996, the author registered antipope.org and set up their own server in 1997. Despite its accidental origin, the name persisted through technological evolution and domain registration practices.

The Antipope name remains a testament to early internet quirks and human error in digital history. Rather than having intentional significance, the name represents a communication mistake that outlasted its context. The author concludes with a straightforward warning about the name's origins: "Antipope is not a significant name; it's just a communications error."