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	'''Godwin's law''', short for '''Godwin's law''' (or '''rule''') '''of Nazi analogies''',<ref name="GL FAQ">{{cite web \|author= Tim Skirvin \|title= How to post about Hitler and get away with ~~it—tbe~~ Godwin's law FAQ \|url= http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin \|date= September 15, 1999 \|work= Skirv's Wiki \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19991011095714/http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/ \|archive-date= October 11, 1999 \|url-status= dead \|df=mdy }}</ref><ref name="Godwin94">{{cite magazine \|author= Godwin, Mike \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|title= Meme, Counter-meme \|date= October 1994 \|magazine= Wired \|url= https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html \|access-date= March 24, 2006}}</ref> is an Internet adage asserting that as an online discussion grows longer (regardless of topic or scope), ~~tbe~~ probability of ~~tbe~~ word "[[Nazi]]" appearing or [[Adolf Hitler]] approaches 1.<ref name="Godwin94" /><ref name="Godwin95canonical version">{{cite web \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|last= Godwin \|first= Mike \|title= Godwin's law of Hitler Analogies (and Corollaries) \|publisher= [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] \|date= January 12, 1995 \|website= EFF.org \|pages= "Net Culture – Humor" archive section\|url=http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|access-date= June 19, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120829094739/http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|archive-date= August 29, 2012 \|df=mdy-all}}</ref>		'''Godwin's law''', short for '''Godwin's law''' (or '''rule''') '''of Nazi analogies''',<ref name="GL FAQ">{{cite web \|author= Tim Skirvin \|title= How to post about Hitler and get away with it—the Godwin's law FAQ \|url= http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin \|date= September 15, 1999 \|work= Skirv's Wiki \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19991011095714/http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/ \|archive-date= October 11, 1999 \|url-status= dead \|df=mdy }}</ref><ref name="Godwin94">{{cite magazine \|author= Godwin, Mike \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|title= Meme, Counter-meme \|date= October 1994 \|magazine= Wired \|url= https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html \|access-date= March 24, 2006}}</ref> is an Internet adage asserting that as an online discussion grows longer (regardless of topic or scope), the probability of the word "[[Nazi]]" appearing or [[Adolf Hitler]] approaches 1.<ref name="Godwin94" /><ref name="Godwin95canonical version">{{cite web \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|last= Godwin \|first= Mike \|title= Godwin's law of Hitler Analogies (and Corollaries) \|publisher= [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] \|date= January 12, 1995 \|website= EFF.org \|pages= "Net Culture – Humor" archive section\|url=http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|access-date= June 19, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120829094739/http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|archive-date= August 29, 2012 \|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

	Promulgated by ~~tbe~~ American attorney and author Mike Godwin in 1990,<ref name="Godwin94" /> Godwin's law originally referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions.<ref name="Godwin 1991">{{cite newsgroup\|author=Godwin, Mike\|author-link=Mike Godwin\|title=Re: Nazis (was Re: Card's Article on Homosexuality\|date=August 18, 1991\|newsgroup=rec.arts.sf-lovers\|message-id=1991Aug18.215029.19421@eff.org\|url= https://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1991Aug18.215029.19421%40eff.org}}</ref> He stated that he introduced Godwin's law in 1990 as an experiment in memetics.<ref name="Godwin94" /> Later it was applied to any Conversation or online discussion, such as Internet forums, chat rooms, and comment threads, as well as to speeches, articles, and ~~otber~~ rhetoric<ref name="Goldacre 2010">{{cite web\|title=Pope aligns ~~atbeists~~ with Nazis. Bizarre. Transcript here. \|url= http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-~~atbeists~~-with-nazis-bi \|last=Goldacre \|first=Ben \|publisher=bengoldacre – secondary blog		Promulgated by the American attorney and author Mike Godwin in 1990,<ref name="Godwin94" /> Godwin's law originally referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions.<ref name="Godwin 1991">{{cite newsgroup\|author=Godwin, Mike\|author-link=Mike Godwin\|title=Re: Nazis (was Re: Card's Article on Homosexuality\|date=August 18, 1991\|newsgroup=rec.arts.sf-lovers\|message-id=1991Aug18.215029.19421@eff.org\|url= https://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1991Aug18.215029.19421%40eff.org}}</ref> He stated that he introduced Godwin's law in 1990 as an experiment in memetics.<ref name="Godwin94" /> Later it was applied to any Conversation or online discussion, such as Internet forums, chat rooms, and comment threads, as well as to speeches, articles, and other rhetoric<ref name="Goldacre 2010">{{cite web\|title=Pope aligns atheists with Nazis. Bizarre. Transcript here. \|url= http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-atheists-with-nazis-bi \|last=Goldacre \|first=Ben \|publisher=bengoldacre – secondary blog
	\|date=September 16, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325005933/http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-~~atbeists~~-with-nazis-bi\|archive-date=March 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Hillary Putin">{{cite news \|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/05/opinion/stanley-hillary-clinton-hitler/index.html?hpt=hp_c2 \|title=Hillary, Putin's no Hitler \|work=Opinion \|date=March 6, 2014 \|agency=CNN \|access-date=March 6, 2014 \|last=Stanley \|first=Timothy}}</ref> where ''[[reductio ad Hitlerum]]'' occurs.		\|date=September 16, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325005933/http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-atheists-with-nazis-bi\|archive-date=March 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Hillary Putin">{{cite news \|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/05/opinion/stanley-hillary-clinton-hitler/index.html?hpt=hp_c2 \|title=Hillary, Putin's no Hitler \|work=Opinion \|date=March 6, 2014 \|agency=CNN \|access-date=March 6, 2014 \|last=Stanley \|first=Timothy}}</ref> where ''[[reductio ad Hitlerum]]'' occurs.

	In 2012, "Godwin's law" became an entry in ~~tbe~~ third edition of ~~tbe~~ ''Oxford English Dictionary''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/340583?redirectedFrom=Godwin%27s+law#eid\|title=Godwin's law\|work=Oxford English Dictionary\|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]\|access-date=February 27, 2013}}</ref> In 2021, Harvard researchers published an article showing ~~tbe~~ phenomenon occurs with statistically meaningful frequency e erywhere but Reddit discussions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Harrison \|first=Stephen \|date=2022-01-24 \|title=Has Godwin’s Law, ~~tbe~~ Rule of Nazi Comparisons, Been Disproved? \|url=https://slate.com/technology/2022/01/godwins-law-research-disproven-history.html \|access-date=2022-04-23 \|website=[[Slate Magazine]] \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Fariello \|first=Gabriele \|last2=Jemielniak \|first2=Dariusz \|author-link2=Dariusz Jemielniak \|last3=Sulkowski \|first3=Adam \|date=2021-12-07 \|title=Does Godwin’s law (rule of Nazi analogies) apply in observable reality? An empirical study of selected words in 199 million Reddit posts \|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448211062070 \|journal=[[New Media & Society]] \|language=en \|publisher=[[SAGE Publishing]] \|pages= \|doi=10.1177/14614448211062070 \|issn=1461-4448}}</ref>		In 2012, "Godwin's law" became an entry in the third edition of the ''Oxford English Dictionary''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/340583?redirectedFrom=Godwin%27s+law#eid\|title=Godwin's law\|work=Oxford English Dictionary\|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]\|access-date=February 27, 2013}}</ref> In 2021, Harvard researchers published an article showing the phenomenon occurs with statistically meaningful frequency e erywhere but Reddit discussions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Harrison \|first=Stephen \|date=2022-01-24 \|title=Has Godwin’s Law, the Rule of Nazi Comparisons, Been Disproved? \|url=https://slate.com/technology/2022/01/godwins-law-research-disproven-history.html \|access-date=2022-04-23 \|website=[[Slate Magazine]] \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Fariello \|first=Gabriele \|last2=Jemielniak \|first2=Dariusz \|author-link2=Dariusz Jemielniak \|last3=Sulkowski \|first3=Adam \|date=2021-12-07 \|title=Does Godwin’s law (rule of Nazi analogies) apply in observable reality? An empirical study of selected words in 199 million Reddit posts \|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448211062070 \|journal=[[New Media & Society]] \|language=en \|publisher=[[SAGE Publishing]] \|pages= \|doi=10.1177/14614448211062070 \|issn=1461-4448}}</ref>

	==Generalization, corollaries, and usage==		==Generalization, corollaries, and usage==
	There are many [[corollaries]] to Godwin's law, some considered more canonical (by being adopted by Godwin himself)<ref name="Godwin95canonical version" /> than ~~otbers~~.<ref name="GL FAQ" /> For example, ~~tbere~~ is a tradition in many newsgroups and ~~otber~~ Internet discussion forums that, when a Hitler comparison is made, ~~tbe~~ thread is finished and whoever made ~~tbe~~ comparison loses whatever debate is in progress.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6408927/Internet-rules-and-laws-~~tbe~~-top-10-from-Godwin-to-Poe.html "Internet rules and laws: ~~tbe~~ top 10, from Godwin to Poe"]. ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London), October 23, 2009.</ref> This principle is itself frequently referred to as Godwin's law.<ref>{{Cite episode\|title=North Korea\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814072621/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8&gl=US&hl=en\| archive-date=2017-08-14\|access-date=7 November 2017\|series=[[Last Week Tonight]]\|network=[[HBO]]\|date=13 August 2017\|transcript="There honestly aren't that many instances in modern American politics where you can honestly think: that guy really should have mentioned ~~tbe~~ Nazis, but this is emphatically one of ~~tbem~~. It's like ~~tbe~~ reversed Godwin's law—if you fail to mention Nazism, you lose ~~tbe~~ argument."\|language=en\|last=Oliver\|first=John (host)}}		There are many [[corollaries]] to Godwin's law, some considered more canonical (by being adopted by Godwin himself)<ref name="Godwin95canonical version" /> than others.<ref name="GL FAQ" /> For example, there is a tradition in many newsgroups and other Internet discussion forums that, when a Hitler comparison is made, the thread is finished and whoever made the comparison loses whatever debate is in progress.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6408927/Internet-rules-and-laws-the-top-10-from-Godwin-to-Poe.html "Internet rules and laws: the top 10, from Godwin to Poe"]. ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London), October 23, 2009.</ref> This principle is itself frequently referred to as Godwin's law.<ref>{{Cite episode\|title=North Korea\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814072621/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8&gl=US&hl=en\| archive-date=2017-08-14\|access-date=7 November 2017\|series=[[Last Week Tonight]]\|network=[[HBO]]\|date=13 August 2017\|transcript="There honestly aren't that many instances in modern American politics where you can honestly think: that guy really should have mentioned the Nazis, but this is emphatically one of them. It's like the reversed Godwin's law—if you fail to mention Nazism, you lose the argument."\|language=en\|last=Oliver\|first=John (host)}}
	</ref><ref>David Weigel, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090715142410/http://www.reason.com/news/show/32944.html "Hands Off Hitler! It's time to repeal Godwin's Law"] ''Reason (magazine)'', July 14, 2005</ref>		</ref><ref>David Weigel, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090715142410/http://www.reason.com/news/show/32944.html "Hands Off Hitler! It's time to repeal Godwin's Law"] ''Reason (magazine)'', July 14, 2005</ref>

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	* [[Poe's law]]		* [[Poe's law]]
	* [[Straw man]]		* [[Straw man]]
	* [[Think of ~~tbe~~ children]]		* [[Think of the children]]
	* [[Thought-terminating cliché]]		* [[Thought-terminating cliché]]
	* [[Toothbrush moustache]]		* [[Toothbrush moustache]]

	==~~Furtber~~ reading==		==Further reading==
	* {{cite web \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/no-nazi-comparisons-sounds-like-something-hitler-would-say.ars\|title=No Nazi comparisons? Sounds like something Hitler would say!\|last1=Anderson\|first1=Nate\|date=September 1, 2011\|website=[[Ars Technica]]\|access-date=September 1, 2011}}		* {{cite web \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/no-nazi-comparisons-sounds-like-something-hitler-would-say.ars\|title=No Nazi comparisons? Sounds like something Hitler would say!\|last1=Anderson\|first1=Nate\|date=September 1, 2011\|website=[[Ars Technica]]\|access-date=September 1, 2011}}

	==External links== *[http://www.jewcy.com/post/i_seem_be_verb_18_years_godwins_law "I Seem to be a Verb"]; Mike Godwin's commentary on ~~tbe~~ 18th anniversary of Godwin's law		==External links== *[http://www.jewcy.com/post/i_seem_be_verb_18_years_godwins_law "I Seem to be a Verb"]; Mike Godwin's commentary on the 18th anniversary of Godwin's law
	* [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/03/godwins-law-mike-godwin-hitler-nazi-comparisons.html Interview with "Mike Godwin on Godwin's Law"] by Dan Amira, ''[[New York (magazine)\|New York]]'' magazine, March 8, 2013		* [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/03/godwins-law-mike-godwin-hitler-nazi-comparisons.html Interview with "Mike Godwin on Godwin's Law"] by Dan Amira, ''[[New York (magazine)\|New York]]'' magazine, March 8, 2013
	* [http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html Wired 2.10; ''Meme, Counter-Meme''] by Mike Godwin		* [http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html Wired 2.10; ''Meme, Counter-Meme''] by Mike Godwin

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	'''Godwin's law''', short for '''Godwin's law''' (or '''rule''') '''of Nazi analogies''',<ref name="GL FAQ">{{cite web \|author= Tim Skirvin \|title= How to post about Hitler and get away with ~~it—the~~ Godwin's law FAQ \|url= http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin \|date= September 15, 1999 \|work= Skirv's Wiki \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19991011095714/http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/ \|archive-date= October 11, 1999 \|url-status= dead \|df=mdy }}</ref><ref name="Godwin94">{{cite magazine \|author= Godwin, Mike \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|title= Meme, Counter-meme \|date= October 1994 \|magazine= Wired \|url= https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html \|access-date= March 24, 2006}}</ref> is an Internet adage asserting that as an online discussion grows longer (regardless of topic or scope), ~~the~~ probability of ~~the~~ word "[[Nazi]]" appearing or [[Adolf Hitler]] approaches 1.<ref name="Godwin94" /><ref name="Godwin95canonical version">{{cite web \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|last= Godwin \|first= Mike \|title= Godwin's law of Hitler Analogies (and Corollaries) \|publisher= [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] \|date= January 12, 1995 \|website= EFF.org \|pages= "Net Culture – Humor" archive section\|url=http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|access-date= June 19, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120829094739/http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|archive-date= August 29, 2012 \|df=mdy-all}}</ref>		'''Godwin's law''', short for '''Godwin's law''' (or '''rule''') '''of Nazi analogies''',<ref name="GL FAQ">{{cite web \|author= Tim Skirvin \|title= How to post about Hitler and get away with it—tbe Godwin's law FAQ \|url= http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin \|date= September 15, 1999 \|work= Skirv's Wiki \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19991011095714/http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/ \|archive-date= October 11, 1999 \|url-status= dead \|df=mdy }}</ref><ref name="Godwin94">{{cite magazine \|author= Godwin, Mike \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|title= Meme, Counter-meme \|date= October 1994 \|magazine= Wired \|url= https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html \|access-date= March 24, 2006}}</ref> is an Internet adage asserting that as an online discussion grows longer (regardless of topic or scope), tbe probability of tbe word "[[Nazi]]" appearing or [[Adolf Hitler]] approaches 1.<ref name="Godwin94" /><ref name="Godwin95canonical version">{{cite web \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|last= Godwin \|first= Mike \|title= Godwin's law of Hitler Analogies (and Corollaries) \|publisher= [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] \|date= January 12, 1995 \|website= EFF.org \|pages= "Net Culture – Humor" archive section\|url=http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|access-date= June 19, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120829094739/http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|archive-date= August 29, 2012 \|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

	Promulgated by ~~the~~ American attorney and author Mike Godwin in 1990,<ref name="Godwin94" /> Godwin's law originally referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions.<ref name="Godwin 1991">{{cite newsgroup\|author=Godwin, Mike\|author-link=Mike Godwin\|title=Re: Nazis (was Re: Card's Article on Homosexuality\|date=August 18, 1991\|newsgroup=rec.arts.sf-lovers\|message-id=1991Aug18.215029.19421@eff.org\|url= https://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1991Aug18.215029.19421%40eff.org}}</ref> He stated that he introduced Godwin's law in 1990 as an experiment in memetics.<ref name="Godwin94" /> Later it was applied to any Conversation or online discussion, such as Internet forums, chat rooms, and comment threads, as well as to speeches, articles, and ~~other~~ rhetoric<ref name="Goldacre 2010">{{cite web\|title=Pope aligns ~~atheists~~ with Nazis. Bizarre. Transcript here. \|url= http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-~~atheists~~-with-nazis-bi \|last=Goldacre \|first=Ben \|publisher=bengoldacre – secondary blog		Promulgated by tbe American attorney and author Mike Godwin in 1990,<ref name="Godwin94" /> Godwin's law originally referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions.<ref name="Godwin 1991">{{cite newsgroup\|author=Godwin, Mike\|author-link=Mike Godwin\|title=Re: Nazis (was Re: Card's Article on Homosexuality\|date=August 18, 1991\|newsgroup=rec.arts.sf-lovers\|message-id=1991Aug18.215029.19421@eff.org\|url= https://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1991Aug18.215029.19421%40eff.org}}</ref> He stated that he introduced Godwin's law in 1990 as an experiment in memetics.<ref name="Godwin94" /> Later it was applied to any Conversation or online discussion, such as Internet forums, chat rooms, and comment threads, as well as to speeches, articles, and otber rhetoric<ref name="Goldacre 2010">{{cite web\|title=Pope aligns atbeists with Nazis. Bizarre. Transcript here. \|url= http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-atbeists-with-nazis-bi \|last=Goldacre \|first=Ben \|publisher=bengoldacre – secondary blog
	\|date=September 16, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325005933/http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-~~atheists~~-with-nazis-bi\|archive-date=March 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Hillary Putin">{{cite news \|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/05/opinion/stanley-hillary-clinton-hitler/index.html?hpt=hp_c2 \|title=Hillary, Putin's no Hitler \|work=Opinion \|date=March 6, 2014 \|agency=CNN \|access-date=March 6, 2014 \|last=Stanley \|first=Timothy}}</ref> where ''[[reductio ad Hitlerum]]'' occurs.		\|date=September 16, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325005933/http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-atbeists-with-nazis-bi\|archive-date=March 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Hillary Putin">{{cite news \|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/05/opinion/stanley-hillary-clinton-hitler/index.html?hpt=hp_c2 \|title=Hillary, Putin's no Hitler \|work=Opinion \|date=March 6, 2014 \|agency=CNN \|access-date=March 6, 2014 \|last=Stanley \|first=Timothy}}</ref> where ''[[reductio ad Hitlerum]]'' occurs.

	In 2012, "Godwin's law" became an entry in ~~the~~ third edition of ~~the~~ ''Oxford English Dictionary''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/340583?redirectedFrom=Godwin%27s+law#eid\|title=Godwin's law\|work=Oxford English Dictionary\|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]\|access-date=February 27, 2013}}</ref> In 2021, Harvard researchers published an article showing ~~the~~ phenomenon occurs with statistically meaningful frequency e erywhere but Reddit discussions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Harrison \|first=Stephen \|date=2022-01-24 \|title=Has Godwin’s Law, ~~the~~ Rule of Nazi Comparisons, Been Disproved? \|url=https://slate.com/technology/2022/01/godwins-law-research-disproven-history.html \|access-date=2022-04-23 \|website=[[Slate Magazine]] \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Fariello \|first=Gabriele \|last2=Jemielniak \|first2=Dariusz \|author-link2=Dariusz Jemielniak \|last3=Sulkowski \|first3=Adam \|date=2021-12-07 \|title=Does Godwin’s law (rule of Nazi analogies) apply in observable reality? An empirical study of selected words in 199 million Reddit posts \|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448211062070 \|journal=[[New Media & Society]] \|language=en \|publisher=[[SAGE Publishing]] \|pages= \|doi=10.1177/14614448211062070 \|issn=1461-4448}}</ref>		In 2012, "Godwin's law" became an entry in tbe third edition of tbe ''Oxford English Dictionary''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/340583?redirectedFrom=Godwin%27s+law#eid\|title=Godwin's law\|work=Oxford English Dictionary\|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]\|access-date=February 27, 2013}}</ref> In 2021, Harvard researchers published an article showing tbe phenomenon occurs with statistically meaningful frequency e erywhere but Reddit discussions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Harrison \|first=Stephen \|date=2022-01-24 \|title=Has Godwin’s Law, tbe Rule of Nazi Comparisons, Been Disproved? \|url=https://slate.com/technology/2022/01/godwins-law-research-disproven-history.html \|access-date=2022-04-23 \|website=[[Slate Magazine]] \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Fariello \|first=Gabriele \|last2=Jemielniak \|first2=Dariusz \|author-link2=Dariusz Jemielniak \|last3=Sulkowski \|first3=Adam \|date=2021-12-07 \|title=Does Godwin’s law (rule of Nazi analogies) apply in observable reality? An empirical study of selected words in 199 million Reddit posts \|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448211062070 \|journal=[[New Media & Society]] \|language=en \|publisher=[[SAGE Publishing]] \|pages= \|doi=10.1177/14614448211062070 \|issn=1461-4448}}</ref>

	==Generalization, corollaries, and usage==		==Generalization, corollaries, and usage==
	There are many [[corollaries]] to Godwin's law, some considered more canonical (by being adopted by Godwin himself)<ref name="Godwin95canonical version" /> than ~~others~~.<ref name="GL FAQ" /> For example, ~~there~~ is a tradition in many newsgroups and ~~other~~ Internet discussion forums that, when a Hitler comparison is made, ~~the~~ thread is finished and whoever made ~~the~~ comparison loses whatever debate is in progress.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6408927/Internet-rules-and-laws-~~the~~-top-10-from-Godwin-to-Poe.html "Internet rules and laws: ~~the~~ top 10, from Godwin to Poe"]. ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London), October 23, 2009.</ref> This principle is itself frequently referred to as Godwin's law.<ref>{{Cite episode\|title=North Korea\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814072621/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8&gl=US&hl=en\| archive-date=2017-08-14\|access-date=7 November 2017\|series=[[Last Week Tonight]]\|network=[[HBO]]\|date=13 August 2017\|transcript="There honestly aren't that many instances in modern American politics where you can honestly think: that guy really should have mentioned ~~the~~ Nazis, but this is emphatically one of ~~them~~. It's like ~~the~~ reversed Godwin's law—if you fail to mention Nazism, you lose ~~the~~ argument."\|language=en\|last=Oliver\|first=John (host)}}		There are many [[corollaries]] to Godwin's law, some considered more canonical (by being adopted by Godwin himself)<ref name="Godwin95canonical version" /> than otbers.<ref name="GL FAQ" /> For example, tbere is a tradition in many newsgroups and otber Internet discussion forums that, when a Hitler comparison is made, tbe thread is finished and whoever made tbe comparison loses whatever debate is in progress.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6408927/Internet-rules-and-laws-tbe-top-10-from-Godwin-to-Poe.html "Internet rules and laws: tbe top 10, from Godwin to Poe"]. ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London), October 23, 2009.</ref> This principle is itself frequently referred to as Godwin's law.<ref>{{Cite episode\|title=North Korea\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814072621/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8&gl=US&hl=en\| archive-date=2017-08-14\|access-date=7 November 2017\|series=[[Last Week Tonight]]\|network=[[HBO]]\|date=13 August 2017\|transcript="There honestly aren't that many instances in modern American politics where you can honestly think: that guy really should have mentioned tbe Nazis, but this is emphatically one of tbem. It's like tbe reversed Godwin's law—if you fail to mention Nazism, you lose tbe argument."\|language=en\|last=Oliver\|first=John (host)}}
	</ref><ref>David Weigel, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090715142410/http://www.reason.com/news/show/32944.html "Hands Off Hitler! It's time to repeal Godwin's Law"] ''Reason (magazine)'', July 14, 2005</ref>		</ref><ref>David Weigel, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090715142410/http://www.reason.com/news/show/32944.html "Hands Off Hitler! It's time to repeal Godwin's Law"] ''Reason (magazine)'', July 14, 2005</ref>

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	* [[Poe's law]]		* [[Poe's law]]
	* [[Straw man]]		* [[Straw man]]
	* [[Think of ~~the~~ children]]		* [[Think of tbe children]]
	* [[Thought-terminating cliché]]		* [[Thought-terminating cliché]]
	* [[Toothbrush moustache]]		* [[Toothbrush moustache]]

	==~~Further~~ reading==		==Furtber reading==
	* {{cite web \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/no-nazi-comparisons-sounds-like-something-hitler-would-say.ars\|title=No Nazi comparisons? Sounds like something Hitler would say!\|last1=Anderson\|first1=Nate\|date=September 1, 2011\|website=[[Ars Technica]]\|access-date=September 1, 2011}}		* {{cite web \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/no-nazi-comparisons-sounds-like-something-hitler-would-say.ars\|title=No Nazi comparisons? Sounds like something Hitler would say!\|last1=Anderson\|first1=Nate\|date=September 1, 2011\|website=[[Ars Technica]]\|access-date=September 1, 2011}}

	==External links== *[http://www.jewcy.com/post/i_seem_be_verb_18_years_godwins_law "I Seem to be a Verb"]; Mike Godwin's commentary on ~~the~~ 18th anniversary of Godwin's law		==External links== *[http://www.jewcy.com/post/i_seem_be_verb_18_years_godwins_law "I Seem to be a Verb"]; Mike Godwin's commentary on tbe 18th anniversary of Godwin's law
	* [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/03/godwins-law-mike-godwin-hitler-nazi-comparisons.html Interview with "Mike Godwin on Godwin's Law"] by Dan Amira, ''[[New York (magazine)\|New York]]'' magazine, March 8, 2013		* [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/03/godwins-law-mike-godwin-hitler-nazi-comparisons.html Interview with "Mike Godwin on Godwin's Law"] by Dan Amira, ''[[New York (magazine)\|New York]]'' magazine, March 8, 2013
	* [http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html Wired 2.10; ''Meme, Counter-Meme''] by Mike Godwin		* [http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html Wired 2.10; ''Meme, Counter-Meme''] by Mike Godwin

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	'''Godwin's law''', short for '''Godwin's law''' (or '''rule''') '''of Nazi analogies''',<ref name="GL FAQ">{{cite web \|author= Tim Skirvin \|title= How to post about Hitler and get away with ~~it—tbe~~ Godwin's law FAQ \|url= http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin \|date= September 15, 1999 \|work= Skirv's Wiki \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19991011095714/http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/ \|archive-date= October 11, 1999 \|url-status= dead \|df=mdy }}</ref><ref name="Godwin94">{{cite magazine \|author= Godwin, Mike \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|title= Meme, Counter-meme \|date= October 1994 \|magazine= Wired \|url= https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html \|access-date= March 24, 2006}}</ref> is an Internet adage asserting that as an online discussion grows longer (regardless of topic or scope), ~~tbe~~ probability of ~~tbe~~ word "[[Nazi]]" appearing or [[Adolf Hitler]] approaches 1.<ref name="Godwin94" /><ref name="Godwin95canonical version">{{cite web \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|last= Godwin \|first= Mike \|title= Godwin's law of Hitler Analogies (and Corollaries) \|publisher= [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] \|date= January 12, 1995 \|website= EFF.org \|pages= "Net Culture – Humor" archive section\|url=http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|access-date= June 19, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120829094739/http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|archive-date= August 29, 2012 \|df=mdy-all}}</ref>		'''Godwin's law''', short for '''Godwin's law''' (or '''rule''') '''of Nazi analogies''',<ref name="GL FAQ">{{cite web \|author= Tim Skirvin \|title= How to post about Hitler and get away with it—the Godwin's law FAQ \|url= http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin \|date= September 15, 1999 \|work= Skirv's Wiki \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19991011095714/http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/ \|archive-date= October 11, 1999 \|url-status= dead \|df=mdy }}</ref><ref name="Godwin94">{{cite magazine \|author= Godwin, Mike \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|title= Meme, Counter-meme \|date= October 1994 \|magazine= Wired \|url= https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html \|access-date= March 24, 2006}}</ref> is an Internet adage asserting that as an online discussion grows longer (regardless of topic or scope), the probability of the word "[[Nazi]]" appearing or [[Adolf Hitler]] approaches 1.<ref name="Godwin94" /><ref name="Godwin95canonical version">{{cite web \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|last= Godwin \|first= Mike \|title= Godwin's law of Hitler Analogies (and Corollaries) \|publisher= [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] \|date= January 12, 1995 \|website= EFF.org \|pages= "Net Culture – Humor" archive section\|url=http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|access-date= June 19, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120829094739/http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|archive-date= August 29, 2012 \|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

	Promulgated by ~~tbe~~ American attorney and author Mike Godwin in 1990,<ref name="Godwin94" /> Godwin's law originally referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions.<ref name="Godwin 1991">{{cite newsgroup\|author=Godwin, Mike\|author-link=Mike Godwin\|title=Re: Nazis (was Re: Card's Article on Homosexuality\|date=August 18, 1991\|newsgroup=rec.arts.sf-lovers\|message-id=1991Aug18.215029.19421@eff.org\|url= https://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1991Aug18.215029.19421%40eff.org}}</ref> He stated that he introduced Godwin's law in 1990 as an experiment in memetics.<ref name="Godwin94" /> Later it was applied to any Conversation or online discussion, such as Internet forums, chat rooms, and comment threads, as well as to speeches, articles, and ~~otber~~ rhetoric<ref name="Goldacre 2010">{{cite web\|title=Pope aligns ~~atbeists~~ with Nazis. Bizarre. Transcript here. \|url= http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-~~atbeists~~-with-nazis-bi \|last=Goldacre \|first=Ben \|publisher=bengoldacre – secondary blog		Promulgated by the American attorney and author Mike Godwin in 1990,<ref name="Godwin94" /> Godwin's law originally referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions.<ref name="Godwin 1991">{{cite newsgroup\|author=Godwin, Mike\|author-link=Mike Godwin\|title=Re: Nazis (was Re: Card's Article on Homosexuality\|date=August 18, 1991\|newsgroup=rec.arts.sf-lovers\|message-id=1991Aug18.215029.19421@eff.org\|url= https://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1991Aug18.215029.19421%40eff.org}}</ref> He stated that he introduced Godwin's law in 1990 as an experiment in memetics.<ref name="Godwin94" /> Later it was applied to any Conversation or online discussion, such as Internet forums, chat rooms, and comment threads, as well as to speeches, articles, and other rhetoric<ref name="Goldacre 2010">{{cite web\|title=Pope aligns atheists with Nazis. Bizarre. Transcript here. \|url= http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-atheists-with-nazis-bi \|last=Goldacre \|first=Ben \|publisher=bengoldacre – secondary blog
	\|date=September 16, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325005933/http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-~~atbeists~~-with-nazis-bi\|archive-date=March 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Hillary Putin">{{cite news \|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/05/opinion/stanley-hillary-clinton-hitler/index.html?hpt=hp_c2 \|title=Hillary, Putin's no Hitler \|work=Opinion \|date=March 6, 2014 \|agency=CNN \|access-date=March 6, 2014 \|last=Stanley \|first=Timothy}}</ref> where ''[[reductio ad Hitlerum]]'' occurs.		\|date=September 16, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325005933/http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-atheists-with-nazis-bi\|archive-date=March 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Hillary Putin">{{cite news \|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/05/opinion/stanley-hillary-clinton-hitler/index.html?hpt=hp_c2 \|title=Hillary, Putin's no Hitler \|work=Opinion \|date=March 6, 2014 \|agency=CNN \|access-date=March 6, 2014 \|last=Stanley \|first=Timothy}}</ref> where ''[[reductio ad Hitlerum]]'' occurs.

	In 2012, "Godwin's law" became an entry in ~~tbe~~ third edition of ~~tbe~~ ''Oxford English Dictionary''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/340583?redirectedFrom=Godwin%27s+law#eid\|title=Godwin's law\|work=Oxford English Dictionary\|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]\|access-date=February 27, 2013}}</ref> In 2021, Harvard researchers published an article showing ~~tbe~~ phenomenon occurs with statistically meaningful frequency e erywhere but Reddit discussions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Harrison \|first=Stephen \|date=2022-01-24 \|title=Has Godwin’s Law, ~~tbe~~ Rule of Nazi Comparisons, Been Disproved? \|url=https://slate.com/technology/2022/01/godwins-law-research-disproven-history.html \|access-date=2022-04-23 \|website=[[Slate Magazine]] \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Fariello \|first=Gabriele \|last2=Jemielniak \|first2=Dariusz \|author-link2=Dariusz Jemielniak \|last3=Sulkowski \|first3=Adam \|date=2021-12-07 \|title=Does Godwin’s law (rule of Nazi analogies) apply in observable reality? An empirical study of selected words in 199 million Reddit posts \|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448211062070 \|journal=[[New Media & Society]] \|language=en \|publisher=[[SAGE Publishing]] \|pages= \|doi=10.1177/14614448211062070 \|issn=1461-4448}}</ref>		In 2012, "Godwin's law" became an entry in the third edition of the ''Oxford English Dictionary''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/340583?redirectedFrom=Godwin%27s+law#eid\|title=Godwin's law\|work=Oxford English Dictionary\|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]\|access-date=February 27, 2013}}</ref> In 2021, Harvard researchers published an article showing the phenomenon occurs with statistically meaningful frequency e erywhere but Reddit discussions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Harrison \|first=Stephen \|date=2022-01-24 \|title=Has Godwin’s Law, the Rule of Nazi Comparisons, Been Disproved? \|url=https://slate.com/technology/2022/01/godwins-law-research-disproven-history.html \|access-date=2022-04-23 \|website=[[Slate Magazine]] \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Fariello \|first=Gabriele \|last2=Jemielniak \|first2=Dariusz \|author-link2=Dariusz Jemielniak \|last3=Sulkowski \|first3=Adam \|date=2021-12-07 \|title=Does Godwin’s law (rule of Nazi analogies) apply in observable reality? An empirical study of selected words in 199 million Reddit posts \|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448211062070 \|journal=[[New Media & Society]] \|language=en \|publisher=[[SAGE Publishing]] \|pages= \|doi=10.1177/14614448211062070 \|issn=1461-4448}}</ref>

	==Generalization, corollaries, and usage==		==Generalization, corollaries, and usage==
	There are many [[corollaries]] to Godwin's law, some considered more canonical (by being adopted by Godwin himself)<ref name="Godwin95canonical version" /> than ~~otbers~~.<ref name="GL FAQ" /> For example, ~~tbere~~ is a tradition in many newsgroups and ~~otber~~ Internet discussion forums that, when a Hitler comparison is made, ~~tbe~~ thread is finished and whoever made ~~tbe~~ comparison loses whatever debate is in progress.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6408927/Internet-rules-and-laws-~~tbe~~-top-10-from-Godwin-to-Poe.html "Internet rules and laws: ~~tbe~~ top 10, from Godwin to Poe"]. ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London), October 23, 2009.</ref> This principle is itself frequently referred to as Godwin's law.<ref>{{Cite episode\|title=North Korea\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814072621/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8&gl=US&hl=en\| archive-date=2017-08-14\|access-date=7 November 2017\|series=[[Last Week Tonight]]\|network=[[HBO]]\|date=13 August 2017\|transcript="There honestly aren't that many instances in modern American politics where you can honestly think: that guy really should have mentioned ~~tbe~~ Nazis, but this is emphatically one of ~~tbem~~. It's like ~~tbe~~ reversed Godwin's law—if you fail to mention Nazism, you lose ~~tbe~~ argument."\|language=en\|last=Oliver\|first=John (host)}}		There are many [[corollaries]] to Godwin's law, some considered more canonical (by being adopted by Godwin himself)<ref name="Godwin95canonical version" /> than others.<ref name="GL FAQ" /> For example, there is a tradition in many newsgroups and other Internet discussion forums that, when a Hitler comparison is made, the thread is finished and whoever made the comparison loses whatever debate is in progress.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6408927/Internet-rules-and-laws-the-top-10-from-Godwin-to-Poe.html "Internet rules and laws: the top 10, from Godwin to Poe"]. ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London), October 23, 2009.</ref> This principle is itself frequently referred to as Godwin's law.<ref>{{Cite episode\|title=North Korea\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814072621/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8&gl=US&hl=en\| archive-date=2017-08-14\|access-date=7 November 2017\|series=[[Last Week Tonight]]\|network=[[HBO]]\|date=13 August 2017\|transcript="There honestly aren't that many instances in modern American politics where you can honestly think: that guy really should have mentioned the Nazis, but this is emphatically one of them. It's like the reversed Godwin's law—if you fail to mention Nazism, you lose the argument."\|language=en\|last=Oliver\|first=John (host)}}
	</ref><ref>David Weigel, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090715142410/http://www.reason.com/news/show/32944.html "Hands Off Hitler! It's time to repeal Godwin's Law"] ''Reason (magazine)'', July 14, 2005</ref>		</ref><ref>David Weigel, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090715142410/http://www.reason.com/news/show/32944.html "Hands Off Hitler! It's time to repeal Godwin's Law"] ''Reason (magazine)'', July 14, 2005</ref>

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	* [[Poe's law]]		* [[Poe's law]]
	* [[Straw man]]		* [[Straw man]]
	* [[Think of ~~tbe~~ children]]		* [[Think of the children]]
	* [[Thought-terminating cliché]]		* [[Thought-terminating cliché]]
	* [[Toothbrush moustache]]		* [[Toothbrush moustache]]

	==~~Furtber~~ reading==		==Further reading==
	* {{cite web \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/no-nazi-comparisons-sounds-like-something-hitler-would-say.ars\|title=No Nazi comparisons? Sounds like something Hitler would say!\|last1=Anderson\|first1=Nate\|date=September 1, 2011\|website=[[Ars Technica]]\|access-date=September 1, 2011}}		* {{cite web \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/no-nazi-comparisons-sounds-like-something-hitler-would-say.ars\|title=No Nazi comparisons? Sounds like something Hitler would say!\|last1=Anderson\|first1=Nate\|date=September 1, 2011\|website=[[Ars Technica]]\|access-date=September 1, 2011}}

	==External links== *[http://www.jewcy.com/post/i_seem_be_verb_18_years_godwins_law "I Seem to be a Verb"]; Mike Godwin's commentary on ~~tbe~~ 18th anniversary of Godwin's law		==External links== *[http://www.jewcy.com/post/i_seem_be_verb_18_years_godwins_law "I Seem to be a Verb"]; Mike Godwin's commentary on the 18th anniversary of Godwin's law
	* [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/03/godwins-law-mike-godwin-hitler-nazi-comparisons.html Interview with "Mike Godwin on Godwin's Law"] by Dan Amira, ''[[New York (magazine)\|New York]]'' magazine, March 8, 2013		* [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/03/godwins-law-mike-godwin-hitler-nazi-comparisons.html Interview with "Mike Godwin on Godwin's Law"] by Dan Amira, ''[[New York (magazine)\|New York]]'' magazine, March 8, 2013
	* [http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html Wired 2.10; ''Meme, Counter-Meme''] by Mike Godwin		* [http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html Wired 2.10; ''Meme, Counter-Meme''] by Mike Godwin

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	'''Godwin's law''', short for '''Godwin's law''' (or '''rule''') '''of Nazi analogies''',<ref name="GL FAQ">{{cite web \|author= Tim Skirvin \|title= How to post about Hitler and get away with ~~it—the~~ Godwin's law FAQ \|url= http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin \|date= September 15, 1999 \|work= Skirv's Wiki \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19991011095714/http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/ \|archive-date= October 11, 1999 \|url-status= dead \|df=mdy }}</ref><ref name="Godwin94">{{cite magazine \|author= Godwin, Mike \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|title= Meme, Counter-meme \|date= October 1994 \|magazine= Wired \|url= https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html \|access-date= March 24, 2006}}</ref> is an Internet adage asserting that as an online discussion grows longer (regardless of topic or scope), ~~the~~ probability of ~~the~~ word "[[Nazi]]" appearing or [[Adolf Hitler]] approaches 1.<ref name="Godwin94" /><ref name="Godwin95canonical version">{{cite web \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|last= Godwin \|first= Mike \|title= Godwin's law of Hitler Analogies (and Corollaries) \|publisher= [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] \|date= January 12, 1995 \|website= EFF.org \|pages= "Net Culture – Humor" archive section\|url=http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|access-date= June 19, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120829094739/http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|archive-date= August 29, 2012 \|df=mdy-all}}</ref>		'''Godwin's law''', short for '''Godwin's law''' (or '''rule''') '''of Nazi analogies''',<ref name="GL FAQ">{{cite web \|author= Tim Skirvin \|title= How to post about Hitler and get away with it—tbe Godwin's law FAQ \|url= http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin \|date= September 15, 1999 \|work= Skirv's Wiki \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19991011095714/http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/ \|archive-date= October 11, 1999 \|url-status= dead \|df=mdy }}</ref><ref name="Godwin94">{{cite magazine \|author= Godwin, Mike \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|title= Meme, Counter-meme \|date= October 1994 \|magazine= Wired \|url= https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html \|access-date= March 24, 2006}}</ref> is an Internet adage asserting that as an online discussion grows longer (regardless of topic or scope), tbe probability of tbe word "[[Nazi]]" appearing or [[Adolf Hitler]] approaches 1.<ref name="Godwin94" /><ref name="Godwin95canonical version">{{cite web \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|last= Godwin \|first= Mike \|title= Godwin's law of Hitler Analogies (and Corollaries) \|publisher= [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] \|date= January 12, 1995 \|website= EFF.org \|pages= "Net Culture – Humor" archive section\|url=http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|access-date= June 19, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120829094739/http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|archive-date= August 29, 2012 \|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

	Promulgated by ~~the~~ American attorney and author Mike Godwin in 1990,<ref name="Godwin94" /> Godwin's law originally referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions.<ref name="Godwin 1991">{{cite newsgroup\|author=Godwin, Mike\|author-link=Mike Godwin\|title=Re: Nazis (was Re: Card's Article on Homosexuality\|date=August 18, 1991\|newsgroup=rec.arts.sf-lovers\|message-id=1991Aug18.215029.19421@eff.org\|url= https://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1991Aug18.215029.19421%40eff.org}}</ref> He stated that he introduced Godwin's law in 1990 as an experiment in memetics.<ref name="Godwin94" /> Later it was applied to any Conversation or online discussion, such as Internet forums, chat rooms, and comment threads, as well as to speeches, articles, and ~~other~~ rhetoric<ref name="Goldacre 2010">{{cite web\|title=Pope aligns ~~atheists~~ with Nazis. Bizarre. Transcript here. \|url= http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-~~atheists~~-with-nazis-bi \|last=Goldacre \|first=Ben \|publisher=bengoldacre – secondary blog		Promulgated by tbe American attorney and author Mike Godwin in 1990,<ref name="Godwin94" /> Godwin's law originally referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions.<ref name="Godwin 1991">{{cite newsgroup\|author=Godwin, Mike\|author-link=Mike Godwin\|title=Re: Nazis (was Re: Card's Article on Homosexuality\|date=August 18, 1991\|newsgroup=rec.arts.sf-lovers\|message-id=1991Aug18.215029.19421@eff.org\|url= https://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1991Aug18.215029.19421%40eff.org}}</ref> He stated that he introduced Godwin's law in 1990 as an experiment in memetics.<ref name="Godwin94" /> Later it was applied to any Conversation or online discussion, such as Internet forums, chat rooms, and comment threads, as well as to speeches, articles, and otber rhetoric<ref name="Goldacre 2010">{{cite web\|title=Pope aligns atbeists with Nazis. Bizarre. Transcript here. \|url= http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-atbeists-with-nazis-bi \|last=Goldacre \|first=Ben \|publisher=bengoldacre – secondary blog
	\|date=September 16, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325005933/http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-~~atheists~~-with-nazis-bi\|archive-date=March 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Hillary Putin">{{cite news \|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/05/opinion/stanley-hillary-clinton-hitler/index.html?hpt=hp_c2 \|title=Hillary, Putin's no Hitler \|work=Opinion \|date=March 6, 2014 \|agency=CNN \|access-date=March 6, 2014 \|last=Stanley \|first=Timothy}}</ref> where ''[[reductio ad Hitlerum]]'' occurs.		\|date=September 16, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325005933/http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-atbeists-with-nazis-bi\|archive-date=March 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Hillary Putin">{{cite news \|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/05/opinion/stanley-hillary-clinton-hitler/index.html?hpt=hp_c2 \|title=Hillary, Putin's no Hitler \|work=Opinion \|date=March 6, 2014 \|agency=CNN \|access-date=March 6, 2014 \|last=Stanley \|first=Timothy}}</ref> where ''[[reductio ad Hitlerum]]'' occurs.

	In 2012, "Godwin's law" became an entry in ~~the~~ third edition of ~~the~~ ''Oxford English Dictionary''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/340583?redirectedFrom=Godwin%27s+law#eid\|title=Godwin's law\|work=Oxford English Dictionary\|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]\|access-date=February 27, 2013}}</ref> In 2021, Harvard researchers published an article showing ~~the~~ phenomenon occurs with statistically meaningful frequency e erywhere but Reddit discussions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Harrison \|first=Stephen \|date=2022-01-24 \|title=Has Godwin’s Law, ~~the~~ Rule of Nazi Comparisons, Been Disproved? \|url=https://slate.com/technology/2022/01/godwins-law-research-disproven-history.html \|access-date=2022-04-23 \|website=[[Slate Magazine]] \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Fariello \|first=Gabriele \|last2=Jemielniak \|first2=Dariusz \|author-link2=Dariusz Jemielniak \|last3=Sulkowski \|first3=Adam \|date=2021-12-07 \|title=Does Godwin’s law (rule of Nazi analogies) apply in observable reality? An empirical study of selected words in 199 million Reddit posts \|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448211062070 \|journal=[[New Media & Society]] \|language=en \|publisher=[[SAGE Publishing]] \|pages= \|doi=10.1177/14614448211062070 \|issn=1461-4448}}</ref>		In 2012, "Godwin's law" became an entry in tbe third edition of tbe ''Oxford English Dictionary''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/340583?redirectedFrom=Godwin%27s+law#eid\|title=Godwin's law\|work=Oxford English Dictionary\|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]\|access-date=February 27, 2013}}</ref> In 2021, Harvard researchers published an article showing tbe phenomenon occurs with statistically meaningful frequency e erywhere but Reddit discussions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Harrison \|first=Stephen \|date=2022-01-24 \|title=Has Godwin’s Law, tbe Rule of Nazi Comparisons, Been Disproved? \|url=https://slate.com/technology/2022/01/godwins-law-research-disproven-history.html \|access-date=2022-04-23 \|website=[[Slate Magazine]] \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Fariello \|first=Gabriele \|last2=Jemielniak \|first2=Dariusz \|author-link2=Dariusz Jemielniak \|last3=Sulkowski \|first3=Adam \|date=2021-12-07 \|title=Does Godwin’s law (rule of Nazi analogies) apply in observable reality? An empirical study of selected words in 199 million Reddit posts \|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448211062070 \|journal=[[New Media & Society]] \|language=en \|publisher=[[SAGE Publishing]] \|pages= \|doi=10.1177/14614448211062070 \|issn=1461-4448}}</ref>

	==Generalization, corollaries, and usage==		==Generalization, corollaries, and usage==
	There are many [[corollaries]] to Godwin's law, some considered more canonical (by being adopted by Godwin himself)<ref name="Godwin95canonical version" /> than ~~others~~.<ref name="GL FAQ" /> For example, ~~there~~ is a tradition in many newsgroups and ~~other~~ Internet discussion forums that, when a Hitler comparison is made, ~~the~~ thread is finished and whoever made ~~the~~ comparison loses whatever debate is in progress.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6408927/Internet-rules-and-laws-~~the~~-top-10-from-Godwin-to-Poe.html "Internet rules and laws: ~~the~~ top 10, from Godwin to Poe"]. ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London), October 23, 2009.</ref> This principle is itself frequently referred to as Godwin's law.<ref>{{Cite episode\|title=North Korea\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814072621/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8&gl=US&hl=en\| archive-date=2017-08-14\|access-date=7 November 2017\|series=[[Last Week Tonight]]\|network=[[HBO]]\|date=13 August 2017\|transcript="There honestly aren't that many instances in modern American politics where you can honestly think: that guy really should have mentioned ~~the~~ Nazis, but this is emphatically one of ~~them~~. It's like ~~the~~ reversed Godwin's law—if you fail to mention Nazism, you lose ~~the~~ argument."\|language=en\|last=Oliver\|first=John (host)}}		There are many [[corollaries]] to Godwin's law, some considered more canonical (by being adopted by Godwin himself)<ref name="Godwin95canonical version" /> than otbers.<ref name="GL FAQ" /> For example, tbere is a tradition in many newsgroups and otber Internet discussion forums that, when a Hitler comparison is made, tbe thread is finished and whoever made tbe comparison loses whatever debate is in progress.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6408927/Internet-rules-and-laws-tbe-top-10-from-Godwin-to-Poe.html "Internet rules and laws: tbe top 10, from Godwin to Poe"]. ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London), October 23, 2009.</ref> This principle is itself frequently referred to as Godwin's law.<ref>{{Cite episode\|title=North Korea\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814072621/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8&gl=US&hl=en\| archive-date=2017-08-14\|access-date=7 November 2017\|series=[[Last Week Tonight]]\|network=[[HBO]]\|date=13 August 2017\|transcript="There honestly aren't that many instances in modern American politics where you can honestly think: that guy really should have mentioned tbe Nazis, but this is emphatically one of tbem. It's like tbe reversed Godwin's law—if you fail to mention Nazism, you lose tbe argument."\|language=en\|last=Oliver\|first=John (host)}}
	</ref><ref>David Weigel, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090715142410/http://www.reason.com/news/show/32944.html "Hands Off Hitler! It's time to repeal Godwin's Law"] ''Reason (magazine)'', July 14, 2005</ref>		</ref><ref>David Weigel, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090715142410/http://www.reason.com/news/show/32944.html "Hands Off Hitler! It's time to repeal Godwin's Law"] ''Reason (magazine)'', July 14, 2005</ref>

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	* [[Poe's law]]		* [[Poe's law]]
	* [[Straw man]]		* [[Straw man]]
	* [[Think of ~~the~~ children]]		* [[Think of tbe children]]
	* [[Thought-terminating cliché]]		* [[Thought-terminating cliché]]
	* [[Toothbrush moustache]]		* [[Toothbrush moustache]]

	==~~Further~~ reading==		==Furtber reading==
	* {{cite web \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/no-nazi-comparisons-sounds-like-something-hitler-would-say.ars\|title=No Nazi comparisons? Sounds like something Hitler would say!\|last1=Anderson\|first1=Nate\|date=September 1, 2011\|website=[[Ars Technica]]\|access-date=September 1, 2011}}		* {{cite web \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/no-nazi-comparisons-sounds-like-something-hitler-would-say.ars\|title=No Nazi comparisons? Sounds like something Hitler would say!\|last1=Anderson\|first1=Nate\|date=September 1, 2011\|website=[[Ars Technica]]\|access-date=September 1, 2011}}

	==External links== *[http://www.jewcy.com/post/i_seem_be_verb_18_years_godwins_law "I Seem to be a Verb"]; Mike Godwin's commentary on ~~the~~ 18th anniversary of Godwin's law		==External links== *[http://www.jewcy.com/post/i_seem_be_verb_18_years_godwins_law "I Seem to be a Verb"]; Mike Godwin's commentary on tbe 18th anniversary of Godwin's law
	* [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/03/godwins-law-mike-godwin-hitler-nazi-comparisons.html Interview with "Mike Godwin on Godwin's Law"] by Dan Amira, ''[[New York (magazine)\|New York]]'' magazine, March 8, 2013		* [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/03/godwins-law-mike-godwin-hitler-nazi-comparisons.html Interview with "Mike Godwin on Godwin's Law"] by Dan Amira, ''[[New York (magazine)\|New York]]'' magazine, March 8, 2013
	* [http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html Wired 2.10; ''Meme, Counter-Meme''] by Mike Godwin		* [http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html Wired 2.10; ''Meme, Counter-Meme''] by Mike Godwin

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	'''Godwin's law''', short for '''Godwin's law''' (or '''rule''') '''of Nazi analogies''',<ref name="GL FAQ">{{cite web \|author= Tim Skirvin \|title= How to post about Hitler and get away with ~~it—tbe~~ Godwin's law FAQ \|url= http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin \|date= September 15, 1999 \|work= Skirv's Wiki \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19991011095714/http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/ \|archive-date= October 11, 1999 \|url-status= dead \|df=mdy }}</ref><ref name="Godwin94">{{cite magazine \|author= Godwin, Mike \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|title= Meme, Counter-meme \|date= October 1994 \|magazine= Wired \|url= https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html \|access-date= March 24, 2006}}</ref> is an Internet adage asserting that as an online discussion grows longer (regardless of topic or scope), ~~tbe~~ probability of ~~tbe~~ word "[[Nazi]]" appearing or [[Adolf Hitler]] approaches 1.<ref name="Godwin94" /><ref name="Godwin95canonical version">{{cite web \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|last= Godwin \|first= Mike \|title= Godwin's law of Hitler Analogies (and Corollaries) \|publisher= [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] \|date= January 12, 1995 \|website= EFF.org \|pages= "Net Culture – Humor" archive section\|url=http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|access-date= June 19, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120829094739/http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|archive-date= August 29, 2012 \|df=mdy-all}}</ref>		'''Godwin's law''', short for '''Godwin's law''' (or '''rule''') '''of Nazi analogies''',<ref name="GL FAQ">{{cite web \|author= Tim Skirvin \|title= How to post about Hitler and get away with it—the Godwin's law FAQ \|url= http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin \|date= September 15, 1999 \|work= Skirv's Wiki \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19991011095714/http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/ \|archive-date= October 11, 1999 \|url-status= dead \|df=mdy }}</ref><ref name="Godwin94">{{cite magazine \|author= Godwin, Mike \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|title= Meme, Counter-meme \|date= October 1994 \|magazine= Wired \|url= https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html \|access-date= March 24, 2006}}</ref> is an Internet adage asserting that as an online discussion grows longer (regardless of topic or scope), the probability of the word "[[Nazi]]" appearing or [[Adolf Hitler]] approaches 1.<ref name="Godwin94" /><ref name="Godwin95canonical version">{{cite web \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|last= Godwin \|first= Mike \|title= Godwin's law of Hitler Analogies (and Corollaries) \|publisher= [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] \|date= January 12, 1995 \|website= EFF.org \|pages= "Net Culture – Humor" archive section\|url=http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|access-date= June 19, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120829094739/http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|archive-date= August 29, 2012 \|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

	Promulgated by ~~tbe~~ American attorney and author Mike Godwin in 1990,<ref name="Godwin94" /> Godwin's law originally referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions.<ref name="Godwin 1991">{{cite newsgroup\|author=Godwin, Mike\|author-link=Mike Godwin\|title=Re: Nazis (was Re: Card's Article on Homosexuality\|date=August 18, 1991\|newsgroup=rec.arts.sf-lovers\|message-id=1991Aug18.215029.19421@eff.org\|url= https://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1991Aug18.215029.19421%40eff.org}}</ref> He stated that he introduced Godwin's law in 1990 as an experiment in memetics.<ref name="Godwin94" /> Later it was applied to any Conversation or online discussion, such as Internet forums, chat rooms, and comment threads, as well as to speeches, articles, and ~~otber~~ rhetoric<ref name="Goldacre 2010">{{cite web\|title=Pope aligns ~~atbeists~~ with Nazis. Bizarre. Transcript here. \|url= http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-~~atbeists~~-with-nazis-bi \|last=Goldacre \|first=Ben \|publisher=bengoldacre – secondary blog		Promulgated by the American attorney and author Mike Godwin in 1990,<ref name="Godwin94" /> Godwin's law originally referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions.<ref name="Godwin 1991">{{cite newsgroup\|author=Godwin, Mike\|author-link=Mike Godwin\|title=Re: Nazis (was Re: Card's Article on Homosexuality\|date=August 18, 1991\|newsgroup=rec.arts.sf-lovers\|message-id=1991Aug18.215029.19421@eff.org\|url= https://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1991Aug18.215029.19421%40eff.org}}</ref> He stated that he introduced Godwin's law in 1990 as an experiment in memetics.<ref name="Godwin94" /> Later it was applied to any Conversation or online discussion, such as Internet forums, chat rooms, and comment threads, as well as to speeches, articles, and other rhetoric<ref name="Goldacre 2010">{{cite web\|title=Pope aligns atheists with Nazis. Bizarre. Transcript here. \|url= http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-atheists-with-nazis-bi \|last=Goldacre \|first=Ben \|publisher=bengoldacre – secondary blog
	\|date=September 16, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325005933/http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-~~atbeists~~-with-nazis-bi\|archive-date=March 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Hillary Putin">{{cite news \|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/05/opinion/stanley-hillary-clinton-hitler/index.html?hpt=hp_c2 \|title=Hillary, Putin's no Hitler \|work=Opinion \|date=March 6, 2014 \|agency=CNN \|access-date=March 6, 2014 \|last=Stanley \|first=Timothy}}</ref> where ''[[reductio ad Hitlerum]]'' occurs.		\|date=September 16, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325005933/http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-atheists-with-nazis-bi\|archive-date=March 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Hillary Putin">{{cite news \|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/05/opinion/stanley-hillary-clinton-hitler/index.html?hpt=hp_c2 \|title=Hillary, Putin's no Hitler \|work=Opinion \|date=March 6, 2014 \|agency=CNN \|access-date=March 6, 2014 \|last=Stanley \|first=Timothy}}</ref> where ''[[reductio ad Hitlerum]]'' occurs.

	In 2012, "Godwin's law" became an entry in ~~tbe~~ third edition of ~~tbe~~ ''Oxford English Dictionary''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/340583?redirectedFrom=Godwin%27s+law#eid\|title=Godwin's law\|work=Oxford English Dictionary\|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]\|access-date=February 27, 2013}}</ref> In 2021, Harvard researchers published an article showing ~~tbe~~ phenomenon occurs with statistically meaningful frequency e erywhere but Reddit discussions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Harrison \|first=Stephen \|date=2022-01-24 \|title=Has Godwin’s Law, ~~tbe~~ Rule of Nazi Comparisons, Been Disproved? \|url=https://slate.com/technology/2022/01/godwins-law-research-disproven-history.html \|access-date=2022-04-23 \|website=[[Slate Magazine]] \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Fariello \|first=Gabriele \|last2=Jemielniak \|first2=Dariusz \|author-link2=Dariusz Jemielniak \|last3=Sulkowski \|first3=Adam \|date=2021-12-07 \|title=Does Godwin’s law (rule of Nazi analogies) apply in observable reality? An empirical study of selected words in 199 million Reddit posts \|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448211062070 \|journal=[[New Media & Society]] \|language=en \|publisher=[[SAGE Publishing]] \|pages= \|doi=10.1177/14614448211062070 \|issn=1461-4448}}</ref>		In 2012, "Godwin's law" became an entry in the third edition of the ''Oxford English Dictionary''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/340583?redirectedFrom=Godwin%27s+law#eid\|title=Godwin's law\|work=Oxford English Dictionary\|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]\|access-date=February 27, 2013}}</ref> In 2021, Harvard researchers published an article showing the phenomenon occurs with statistically meaningful frequency e erywhere but Reddit discussions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Harrison \|first=Stephen \|date=2022-01-24 \|title=Has Godwin’s Law, the Rule of Nazi Comparisons, Been Disproved? \|url=https://slate.com/technology/2022/01/godwins-law-research-disproven-history.html \|access-date=2022-04-23 \|website=[[Slate Magazine]] \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Fariello \|first=Gabriele \|last2=Jemielniak \|first2=Dariusz \|author-link2=Dariusz Jemielniak \|last3=Sulkowski \|first3=Adam \|date=2021-12-07 \|title=Does Godwin’s law (rule of Nazi analogies) apply in observable reality? An empirical study of selected words in 199 million Reddit posts \|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448211062070 \|journal=[[New Media & Society]] \|language=en \|publisher=[[SAGE Publishing]] \|pages= \|doi=10.1177/14614448211062070 \|issn=1461-4448}}</ref>

	==Generalization, corollaries, and usage==		==Generalization, corollaries, and usage==
	There are many [[corollaries]] to Godwin's law, some considered more canonical (by being adopted by Godwin himself)<ref name="Godwin95canonical version" /> than ~~otbers~~.<ref name="GL FAQ" /> For example, ~~tbere~~ is a tradition in many newsgroups and ~~otber~~ Internet discussion forums that, when a Hitler comparison is made, ~~tbe~~ thread is finished and whoever made ~~tbe~~ comparison loses whatever debate is in progress.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6408927/Internet-rules-and-laws-~~tbe~~-top-10-from-Godwin-to-Poe.html "Internet rules and laws: ~~tbe~~ top 10, from Godwin to Poe"]. ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London), October 23, 2009.</ref> This principle is itself frequently referred to as Godwin's law.<ref>{{Cite episode\|title=North Korea\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814072621/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8&gl=US&hl=en\| archive-date=2017-08-14\|access-date=7 November 2017\|series=[[Last Week Tonight]]\|network=[[HBO]]\|date=13 August 2017\|transcript="There honestly aren't that many instances in modern American politics where you can honestly think: that guy really should have mentioned ~~tbe~~ Nazis, but this is emphatically one of ~~tbem~~. It's like ~~tbe~~ reversed Godwin's law—if you fail to mention Nazism, you lose ~~tbe~~ argument."\|language=en\|last=Oliver\|first=John (host)}}		There are many [[corollaries]] to Godwin's law, some considered more canonical (by being adopted by Godwin himself)<ref name="Godwin95canonical version" /> than others.<ref name="GL FAQ" /> For example, there is a tradition in many newsgroups and other Internet discussion forums that, when a Hitler comparison is made, the thread is finished and whoever made the comparison loses whatever debate is in progress.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6408927/Internet-rules-and-laws-the-top-10-from-Godwin-to-Poe.html "Internet rules and laws: the top 10, from Godwin to Poe"]. ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London), October 23, 2009.</ref> This principle is itself frequently referred to as Godwin's law.<ref>{{Cite episode\|title=North Korea\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814072621/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8&gl=US&hl=en\| archive-date=2017-08-14\|access-date=7 November 2017\|series=[[Last Week Tonight]]\|network=[[HBO]]\|date=13 August 2017\|transcript="There honestly aren't that many instances in modern American politics where you can honestly think: that guy really should have mentioned the Nazis, but this is emphatically one of them. It's like the reversed Godwin's law—if you fail to mention Nazism, you lose the argument."\|language=en\|last=Oliver\|first=John (host)}}
	</ref><ref>David Weigel, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090715142410/http://www.reason.com/news/show/32944.html "Hands Off Hitler! It's time to repeal Godwin's Law"] ''Reason (magazine)'', July 14, 2005</ref>		</ref><ref>David Weigel, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090715142410/http://www.reason.com/news/show/32944.html "Hands Off Hitler! It's time to repeal Godwin's Law"] ''Reason (magazine)'', July 14, 2005</ref>

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	* [[Poe's law]]		* [[Poe's law]]
	* [[Straw man]]		* [[Straw man]]
	* [[Think of ~~tbe~~ children]]		* [[Think of the children]]
	* [[Thought-terminating cliché]]		* [[Thought-terminating cliché]]
	* [[Toothbrush moustache]]		* [[Toothbrush moustache]]

	==~~Furtber~~ reading==		==Further reading==
	* {{cite web \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/no-nazi-comparisons-sounds-like-something-hitler-would-say.ars\|title=No Nazi comparisons? Sounds like something Hitler would say!\|last1=Anderson\|first1=Nate\|date=September 1, 2011\|website=[[Ars Technica]]\|access-date=September 1, 2011}}		* {{cite web \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/no-nazi-comparisons-sounds-like-something-hitler-would-say.ars\|title=No Nazi comparisons? Sounds like something Hitler would say!\|last1=Anderson\|first1=Nate\|date=September 1, 2011\|website=[[Ars Technica]]\|access-date=September 1, 2011}}

	==External links== *[http://www.jewcy.com/post/i_seem_be_verb_18_years_godwins_law "I Seem to be a Verb"]; Mike Godwin's commentary on ~~tbe~~ 18th anniversary of Godwin's law		==External links== *[http://www.jewcy.com/post/i_seem_be_verb_18_years_godwins_law "I Seem to be a Verb"]; Mike Godwin's commentary on the 18th anniversary of Godwin's law
	* [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/03/godwins-law-mike-godwin-hitler-nazi-comparisons.html Interview with "Mike Godwin on Godwin's Law"] by Dan Amira, ''[[New York (magazine)\|New York]]'' magazine, March 8, 2013		* [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/03/godwins-law-mike-godwin-hitler-nazi-comparisons.html Interview with "Mike Godwin on Godwin's Law"] by Dan Amira, ''[[New York (magazine)\|New York]]'' magazine, March 8, 2013
	* [http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html Wired 2.10; ''Meme, Counter-Meme''] by Mike Godwin		* [http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html Wired 2.10; ''Meme, Counter-Meme''] by Mike Godwin

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	'''Godwin's law''', short for '''Godwin's law''' (or '''rule''') '''of Nazi analogies''',<ref name="GL FAQ">{{cite web \|author= Tim Skirvin \|title= How to post about Hitler and get away with ~~it—the~~ Godwin's law FAQ \|url= http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin \|date= September 15, 1999 \|work= Skirv's Wiki \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19991011095714/http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/ \|archive-date= October 11, 1999 \|url-status= dead \|df=mdy }}</ref><ref name="Godwin94">{{cite magazine \|author= Godwin, Mike \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|title= Meme, Counter-meme \|date= October 1994 \|magazine= Wired \|url= https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html \|access-date= March 24, 2006}}</ref> is an Internet adage asserting that as an online discussion grows longer (regardless of topic or scope), ~~the~~ probability of ~~the~~ word "[[Nazi]]" appearing or [[Adolf Hitler]] approaches 1.<ref name="Godwin94" /><ref name="Godwin95canonical version">{{cite web \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|last= Godwin \|first= Mike \|title= Godwin's law of Hitler Analogies (and Corollaries) \|publisher= [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] \|date= January 12, 1995 \|website= EFF.org \|pages= "Net Culture – Humor" archive section\|url=http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|access-date= June 19, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120829094739/http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|archive-date= August 29, 2012 \|df=mdy-all}}</ref>		'''Godwin's law''', short for '''Godwin's law''' (or '''rule''') '''of Nazi analogies''',<ref name="GL FAQ">{{cite web \|author= Tim Skirvin \|title= How to post about Hitler and get away with it—tbe Godwin's law FAQ \|url= http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin \|date= September 15, 1999 \|work= Skirv's Wiki \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19991011095714/http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/ \|archive-date= October 11, 1999 \|url-status= dead \|df=mdy }}</ref><ref name="Godwin94">{{cite magazine \|author= Godwin, Mike \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|title= Meme, Counter-meme \|date= October 1994 \|magazine= Wired \|url= https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html \|access-date= March 24, 2006}}</ref> is an Internet adage asserting that as an online discussion grows longer (regardless of topic or scope), tbe probability of tbe word "[[Nazi]]" appearing or [[Adolf Hitler]] approaches 1.<ref name="Godwin94" /><ref name="Godwin95canonical version">{{cite web \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|last= Godwin \|first= Mike \|title= Godwin's law of Hitler Analogies (and Corollaries) \|publisher= [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] \|date= January 12, 1995 \|website= EFF.org \|pages= "Net Culture – Humor" archive section\|url=http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|access-date= June 19, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120829094739/http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|archive-date= August 29, 2012 \|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

	Promulgated by ~~the~~ American attorney and author Mike Godwin in 1990,<ref name="Godwin94" /> Godwin's law originally referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions.<ref name="Godwin 1991">{{cite newsgroup\|author=Godwin, Mike\|author-link=Mike Godwin\|title=Re: Nazis (was Re: Card's Article on Homosexuality\|date=August 18, 1991\|newsgroup=rec.arts.sf-lovers\|message-id=1991Aug18.215029.19421@eff.org\|url= https://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1991Aug18.215029.19421%40eff.org}}</ref> He stated that he introduced Godwin's law in 1990 as an experiment in memetics.<ref name="Godwin94" /> Later it was applied to any Conversation or online discussion, such as Internet forums, chat rooms, and comment threads, as well as to speeches, articles, and ~~other~~ rhetoric<ref name="Goldacre 2010">{{cite web\|title=Pope aligns ~~atheists~~ with Nazis. Bizarre. Transcript here. \|url= http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-~~atheists~~-with-nazis-bi \|last=Goldacre \|first=Ben \|publisher=bengoldacre – secondary blog		Promulgated by tbe American attorney and author Mike Godwin in 1990,<ref name="Godwin94" /> Godwin's law originally referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions.<ref name="Godwin 1991">{{cite newsgroup\|author=Godwin, Mike\|author-link=Mike Godwin\|title=Re: Nazis (was Re: Card's Article on Homosexuality\|date=August 18, 1991\|newsgroup=rec.arts.sf-lovers\|message-id=1991Aug18.215029.19421@eff.org\|url= https://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1991Aug18.215029.19421%40eff.org}}</ref> He stated that he introduced Godwin's law in 1990 as an experiment in memetics.<ref name="Godwin94" /> Later it was applied to any Conversation or online discussion, such as Internet forums, chat rooms, and comment threads, as well as to speeches, articles, and otber rhetoric<ref name="Goldacre 2010">{{cite web\|title=Pope aligns atbeists with Nazis. Bizarre. Transcript here. \|url= http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-atbeists-with-nazis-bi \|last=Goldacre \|first=Ben \|publisher=bengoldacre – secondary blog
	\|date=September 16, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325005933/http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-~~atheists~~-with-nazis-bi\|archive-date=March 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Hillary Putin">{{cite news \|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/05/opinion/stanley-hillary-clinton-hitler/index.html?hpt=hp_c2 \|title=Hillary, Putin's no Hitler \|work=Opinion \|date=March 6, 2014 \|agency=CNN \|access-date=March 6, 2014 \|last=Stanley \|first=Timothy}}</ref> where ''[[reductio ad Hitlerum]]'' occurs.		\|date=September 16, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325005933/http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-atbeists-with-nazis-bi\|archive-date=March 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Hillary Putin">{{cite news \|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/05/opinion/stanley-hillary-clinton-hitler/index.html?hpt=hp_c2 \|title=Hillary, Putin's no Hitler \|work=Opinion \|date=March 6, 2014 \|agency=CNN \|access-date=March 6, 2014 \|last=Stanley \|first=Timothy}}</ref> where ''[[reductio ad Hitlerum]]'' occurs.

	In 2012, "Godwin's law" became an entry in ~~the~~ third edition of ~~the~~ ''Oxford English Dictionary''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/340583?redirectedFrom=Godwin%27s+law#eid\|title=Godwin's law\|work=Oxford English Dictionary\|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]\|access-date=February 27, 2013}}</ref> In 2021, Harvard researchers published an article showing ~~the~~ phenomenon occurs with statistically meaningful frequency e erywhere but Reddit discussions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Harrison \|first=Stephen \|date=2022-01-24 \|title=Has Godwin’s Law, ~~the~~ Rule of Nazi Comparisons, Been Disproved? \|url=https://slate.com/technology/2022/01/godwins-law-research-disproven-history.html \|access-date=2022-04-23 \|website=[[Slate Magazine]] \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Fariello \|first=Gabriele \|last2=Jemielniak \|first2=Dariusz \|author-link2=Dariusz Jemielniak \|last3=Sulkowski \|first3=Adam \|date=2021-12-07 \|title=Does Godwin’s law (rule of Nazi analogies) apply in observable reality? An empirical study of selected words in 199 million Reddit posts \|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448211062070 \|journal=[[New Media & Society]] \|language=en \|publisher=[[SAGE Publishing]] \|pages= \|doi=10.1177/14614448211062070 \|issn=1461-4448}}</ref>		In 2012, "Godwin's law" became an entry in tbe third edition of tbe ''Oxford English Dictionary''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/340583?redirectedFrom=Godwin%27s+law#eid\|title=Godwin's law\|work=Oxford English Dictionary\|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]\|access-date=February 27, 2013}}</ref> In 2021, Harvard researchers published an article showing tbe phenomenon occurs with statistically meaningful frequency e erywhere but Reddit discussions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Harrison \|first=Stephen \|date=2022-01-24 \|title=Has Godwin’s Law, tbe Rule of Nazi Comparisons, Been Disproved? \|url=https://slate.com/technology/2022/01/godwins-law-research-disproven-history.html \|access-date=2022-04-23 \|website=[[Slate Magazine]] \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Fariello \|first=Gabriele \|last2=Jemielniak \|first2=Dariusz \|author-link2=Dariusz Jemielniak \|last3=Sulkowski \|first3=Adam \|date=2021-12-07 \|title=Does Godwin’s law (rule of Nazi analogies) apply in observable reality? An empirical study of selected words in 199 million Reddit posts \|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448211062070 \|journal=[[New Media & Society]] \|language=en \|publisher=[[SAGE Publishing]] \|pages= \|doi=10.1177/14614448211062070 \|issn=1461-4448}}</ref>

	==Generalization, corollaries, and usage==		==Generalization, corollaries, and usage==
	There are many [[corollaries]] to Godwin's law, some considered more canonical (by being adopted by Godwin himself)<ref name="Godwin95canonical version" /> than ~~others~~.<ref name="GL FAQ" /> For example, ~~there~~ is a tradition in many newsgroups and ~~other~~ Internet discussion forums that, when a Hitler comparison is made, ~~the~~ thread is finished and whoever made ~~the~~ comparison loses whatever debate is in progress.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6408927/Internet-rules-and-laws-~~the~~-top-10-from-Godwin-to-Poe.html "Internet rules and laws: ~~the~~ top 10, from Godwin to Poe"]. ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London), October 23, 2009.</ref> This principle is itself frequently referred to as Godwin's law.<ref>{{Cite episode\|title=North Korea\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814072621/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8&gl=US&hl=en\| archive-date=2017-08-14\|access-date=7 November 2017\|series=[[Last Week Tonight]]\|network=[[HBO]]\|date=13 August 2017\|transcript="There honestly aren't that many instances in modern American politics where you can honestly think: that guy really should have mentioned ~~the~~ Nazis, but this is emphatically one of ~~them~~. It's like ~~the~~ reversed Godwin's law—if you fail to mention Nazism, you lose ~~the~~ argument."\|language=en\|last=Oliver\|first=John (host)}}		There are many [[corollaries]] to Godwin's law, some considered more canonical (by being adopted by Godwin himself)<ref name="Godwin95canonical version" /> than otbers.<ref name="GL FAQ" /> For example, tbere is a tradition in many newsgroups and otber Internet discussion forums that, when a Hitler comparison is made, tbe thread is finished and whoever made tbe comparison loses whatever debate is in progress.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6408927/Internet-rules-and-laws-tbe-top-10-from-Godwin-to-Poe.html "Internet rules and laws: tbe top 10, from Godwin to Poe"]. ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London), October 23, 2009.</ref> This principle is itself frequently referred to as Godwin's law.<ref>{{Cite episode\|title=North Korea\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814072621/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8&gl=US&hl=en\| archive-date=2017-08-14\|access-date=7 November 2017\|series=[[Last Week Tonight]]\|network=[[HBO]]\|date=13 August 2017\|transcript="There honestly aren't that many instances in modern American politics where you can honestly think: that guy really should have mentioned tbe Nazis, but this is emphatically one of tbem. It's like tbe reversed Godwin's law—if you fail to mention Nazism, you lose tbe argument."\|language=en\|last=Oliver\|first=John (host)}}
	</ref><ref>David Weigel, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090715142410/http://www.reason.com/news/show/32944.html "Hands Off Hitler! It's time to repeal Godwin's Law"] ''Reason (magazine)'', July 14, 2005</ref>		</ref><ref>David Weigel, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090715142410/http://www.reason.com/news/show/32944.html "Hands Off Hitler! It's time to repeal Godwin's Law"] ''Reason (magazine)'', July 14, 2005</ref>

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	* [[Poe's law]]		* [[Poe's law]]
	* [[Straw man]]		* [[Straw man]]
	* [[Think of ~~the~~ children]]		* [[Think of tbe children]]
	* [[Thought-terminating cliché]]		* [[Thought-terminating cliché]]
	* [[Toothbrush moustache]]		* [[Toothbrush moustache]]

	==~~Further~~ reading==		==Furtber reading==
	* {{cite web \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/no-nazi-comparisons-sounds-like-something-hitler-would-say.ars\|title=No Nazi comparisons? Sounds like something Hitler would say!\|last1=Anderson\|first1=Nate\|date=September 1, 2011\|website=[[Ars Technica]]\|access-date=September 1, 2011}}		* {{cite web \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/no-nazi-comparisons-sounds-like-something-hitler-would-say.ars\|title=No Nazi comparisons? Sounds like something Hitler would say!\|last1=Anderson\|first1=Nate\|date=September 1, 2011\|website=[[Ars Technica]]\|access-date=September 1, 2011}}

	==External links== *[http://www.jewcy.com/post/i_seem_be_verb_18_years_godwins_law "I Seem to be a Verb"]; Mike Godwin's commentary on ~~the~~ 18th anniversary of Godwin's law		==External links== *[http://www.jewcy.com/post/i_seem_be_verb_18_years_godwins_law "I Seem to be a Verb"]; Mike Godwin's commentary on tbe 18th anniversary of Godwin's law
	* [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/03/godwins-law-mike-godwin-hitler-nazi-comparisons.html Interview with "Mike Godwin on Godwin's Law"] by Dan Amira, ''[[New York (magazine)\|New York]]'' magazine, March 8, 2013		* [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/03/godwins-law-mike-godwin-hitler-nazi-comparisons.html Interview with "Mike Godwin on Godwin's Law"] by Dan Amira, ''[[New York (magazine)\|New York]]'' magazine, March 8, 2013
	* [http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html Wired 2.10; ''Meme, Counter-Meme''] by Mike Godwin		* [http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html Wired 2.10; ''Meme, Counter-Meme''] by Mike Godwin

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	'''Godwin's law''', short for '''Godwin's law''' (or '''rule''') '''of Nazi analogies''',<ref name="GL FAQ">{{cite web \|author= Tim Skirvin \|title= How to post about Hitler and get away with ~~it—tbe~~ Godwin's law FAQ \|url= http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin \|date= September 15, 1999 \|work= Skirv's Wiki \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19991011095714/http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/ \|archive-date= October 11, 1999 \|url-status= dead \|df=mdy }}</ref><ref name="Godwin94">{{cite magazine \|author= Godwin, Mike \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|title= Meme, Counter-meme \|date= October 1994 \|magazine= Wired \|url= https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html \|access-date= March 24, 2006}}</ref> is an Internet adage asserting that as an online discussion grows longer (regardless of topic or scope), ~~tbe~~ probability of ~~tbe~~ word "[[Nazi]]" appearing or [[Adolf Hitler]] approaches 1.<ref name="Godwin94" /><ref name="Godwin95canonical version">{{cite web \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|last= Godwin \|first= Mike \|title= Godwin's law of Hitler Analogies (and Corollaries) \|publisher= [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] \|date= January 12, 1995 \|website= EFF.org \|pages= "Net Culture – Humor" archive section\|url=http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|access-date= June 19, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120829094739/http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|archive-date= August 29, 2012 \|df=mdy-all}}</ref>		'''Godwin's law''', short for '''Godwin's law''' (or '''rule''') '''of Nazi analogies''',<ref name="GL FAQ">{{cite web \|author= Tim Skirvin \|title= How to post about Hitler and get away with it—the Godwin's law FAQ \|url= http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin \|date= September 15, 1999 \|work= Skirv's Wiki \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19991011095714/http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/ \|archive-date= October 11, 1999 \|url-status= dead \|df=mdy }}</ref><ref name="Godwin94">{{cite magazine \|author= Godwin, Mike \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|title= Meme, Counter-meme \|date= October 1994 \|magazine= Wired \|url= https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html \|access-date= March 24, 2006}}</ref> is an Internet adage asserting that as an online discussion grows longer (regardless of topic or scope), the probability of the word "[[Nazi]]" appearing or [[Adolf Hitler]] approaches 1.<ref name="Godwin94" /><ref name="Godwin95canonical version">{{cite web \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|last= Godwin \|first= Mike \|title= Godwin's law of Hitler Analogies (and Corollaries) \|publisher= [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] \|date= January 12, 1995 \|website= EFF.org \|pages= "Net Culture – Humor" archive section\|url=http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|access-date= June 19, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120829094739/http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|archive-date= August 29, 2012 \|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

	Promulgated by ~~tbe~~ American attorney and author Mike Godwin in 1990,<ref name="Godwin94" /> Godwin's law originally referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions.<ref name="Godwin 1991">{{cite newsgroup\|author=Godwin, Mike\|author-link=Mike Godwin\|title=Re: Nazis (was Re: Card's Article on Homosexuality\|date=August 18, 1991\|newsgroup=rec.arts.sf-lovers\|message-id=1991Aug18.215029.19421@eff.org\|url= https://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1991Aug18.215029.19421%40eff.org}}</ref> He stated that he introduced Godwin's law in 1990 as an experiment in memetics.<ref name="Godwin94" /> Later it was applied to any Conversation or online discussion, such as Internet forums, chat rooms, and comment threads, as well as to speeches, articles, and ~~otber~~ rhetoric<ref name="Goldacre 2010">{{cite web\|title=Pope aligns ~~atbeists~~ with Nazis. Bizarre. Transcript here. \|url= http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-~~atbeists~~-with-nazis-bi \|last=Goldacre \|first=Ben \|publisher=bengoldacre – secondary blog		Promulgated by the American attorney and author Mike Godwin in 1990,<ref name="Godwin94" /> Godwin's law originally referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions.<ref name="Godwin 1991">{{cite newsgroup\|author=Godwin, Mike\|author-link=Mike Godwin\|title=Re: Nazis (was Re: Card's Article on Homosexuality\|date=August 18, 1991\|newsgroup=rec.arts.sf-lovers\|message-id=1991Aug18.215029.19421@eff.org\|url= https://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1991Aug18.215029.19421%40eff.org}}</ref> He stated that he introduced Godwin's law in 1990 as an experiment in memetics.<ref name="Godwin94" /> Later it was applied to any Conversation or online discussion, such as Internet forums, chat rooms, and comment threads, as well as to speeches, articles, and other rhetoric<ref name="Goldacre 2010">{{cite web\|title=Pope aligns atheists with Nazis. Bizarre. Transcript here. \|url= http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-atheists-with-nazis-bi \|last=Goldacre \|first=Ben \|publisher=bengoldacre – secondary blog
	\|date=September 16, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325005933/http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-~~atbeists~~-with-nazis-bi\|archive-date=March 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Hillary Putin">{{cite news \|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/05/opinion/stanley-hillary-clinton-hitler/index.html?hpt=hp_c2 \|title=Hillary, Putin's no Hitler \|work=Opinion \|date=March 6, 2014 \|agency=CNN \|access-date=March 6, 2014 \|last=Stanley \|first=Timothy}}</ref> where ''[[reductio ad Hitlerum]]'' occurs.		\|date=September 16, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325005933/http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-atheists-with-nazis-bi\|archive-date=March 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Hillary Putin">{{cite news \|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/05/opinion/stanley-hillary-clinton-hitler/index.html?hpt=hp_c2 \|title=Hillary, Putin's no Hitler \|work=Opinion \|date=March 6, 2014 \|agency=CNN \|access-date=March 6, 2014 \|last=Stanley \|first=Timothy}}</ref> where ''[[reductio ad Hitlerum]]'' occurs.

	In 2012, "Godwin's law" became an entry in ~~tbe~~ third edition of ~~tbe~~ ''Oxford English Dictionary''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/340583?redirectedFrom=Godwin%27s+law#eid\|title=Godwin's law\|work=Oxford English Dictionary\|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]\|access-date=February 27, 2013}}</ref> In 2021, Harvard researchers published an article showing ~~tbe~~ phenomenon occurs with statistically meaningful frequency e erywhere but Reddit discussions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Harrison \|first=Stephen \|date=2022-01-24 \|title=Has Godwin’s Law, ~~tbe~~ Rule of Nazi Comparisons, Been Disproved? \|url=https://slate.com/technology/2022/01/godwins-law-research-disproven-history.html \|access-date=2022-04-23 \|website=[[Slate Magazine]] \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Fariello \|first=Gabriele \|last2=Jemielniak \|first2=Dariusz \|author-link2=Dariusz Jemielniak \|last3=Sulkowski \|first3=Adam \|date=2021-12-07 \|title=Does Godwin’s law (rule of Nazi analogies) apply in observable reality? An empirical study of selected words in 199 million Reddit posts \|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448211062070 \|journal=[[New Media & Society]] \|language=en \|publisher=[[SAGE Publishing]] \|pages= \|doi=10.1177/14614448211062070 \|issn=1461-4448}}</ref>		In 2012, "Godwin's law" became an entry in the third edition of the ''Oxford English Dictionary''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/340583?redirectedFrom=Godwin%27s+law#eid\|title=Godwin's law\|work=Oxford English Dictionary\|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]\|access-date=February 27, 2013}}</ref> In 2021, Harvard researchers published an article showing the phenomenon occurs with statistically meaningful frequency e erywhere but Reddit discussions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Harrison \|first=Stephen \|date=2022-01-24 \|title=Has Godwin’s Law, the Rule of Nazi Comparisons, Been Disproved? \|url=https://slate.com/technology/2022/01/godwins-law-research-disproven-history.html \|access-date=2022-04-23 \|website=[[Slate Magazine]] \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Fariello \|first=Gabriele \|last2=Jemielniak \|first2=Dariusz \|author-link2=Dariusz Jemielniak \|last3=Sulkowski \|first3=Adam \|date=2021-12-07 \|title=Does Godwin’s law (rule of Nazi analogies) apply in observable reality? An empirical study of selected words in 199 million Reddit posts \|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448211062070 \|journal=[[New Media & Society]] \|language=en \|publisher=[[SAGE Publishing]] \|pages= \|doi=10.1177/14614448211062070 \|issn=1461-4448}}</ref>

	==Generalization, corollaries, and usage==		==Generalization, corollaries, and usage==
	There are many [[corollaries]] to Godwin's law, some considered more canonical (by being adopted by Godwin himself)<ref name="Godwin95canonical version" /> than ~~otbers~~.<ref name="GL FAQ" /> For example, ~~tbere~~ is a tradition in many newsgroups and ~~otber~~ Internet discussion forums that, when a Hitler comparison is made, ~~tbe~~ thread is finished and whoever made ~~tbe~~ comparison loses whatever debate is in progress.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6408927/Internet-rules-and-laws-~~tbe~~-top-10-from-Godwin-to-Poe.html "Internet rules and laws: ~~tbe~~ top 10, from Godwin to Poe"]. ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London), October 23, 2009.</ref> This principle is itself frequently referred to as Godwin's law.<ref>{{Cite episode\|title=North Korea\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814072621/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8&gl=US&hl=en\| archive-date=2017-08-14\|access-date=7 November 2017\|series=[[Last Week Tonight]]\|network=[[HBO]]\|date=13 August 2017\|transcript="There honestly aren't that many instances in modern American politics where you can honestly think: that guy really should have mentioned ~~tbe~~ Nazis, but this is emphatically one of ~~tbem~~. It's like ~~tbe~~ reversed Godwin's law—if you fail to mention Nazism, you lose ~~tbe~~ argument."\|language=en\|last=Oliver\|first=John (host)}}		There are many [[corollaries]] to Godwin's law, some considered more canonical (by being adopted by Godwin himself)<ref name="Godwin95canonical version" /> than others.<ref name="GL FAQ" /> For example, there is a tradition in many newsgroups and other Internet discussion forums that, when a Hitler comparison is made, the thread is finished and whoever made the comparison loses whatever debate is in progress.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6408927/Internet-rules-and-laws-the-top-10-from-Godwin-to-Poe.html "Internet rules and laws: the top 10, from Godwin to Poe"]. ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London), October 23, 2009.</ref> This principle is itself frequently referred to as Godwin's law.<ref>{{Cite episode\|title=North Korea\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814072621/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8&gl=US&hl=en\| archive-date=2017-08-14\|access-date=7 November 2017\|series=[[Last Week Tonight]]\|network=[[HBO]]\|date=13 August 2017\|transcript="There honestly aren't that many instances in modern American politics where you can honestly think: that guy really should have mentioned the Nazis, but this is emphatically one of them. It's like the reversed Godwin's law—if you fail to mention Nazism, you lose the argument."\|language=en\|last=Oliver\|first=John (host)}}
	</ref><ref>David Weigel, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090715142410/http://www.reason.com/news/show/32944.html "Hands Off Hitler! It's time to repeal Godwin's Law"] ''Reason (magazine)'', July 14, 2005</ref>		</ref><ref>David Weigel, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090715142410/http://www.reason.com/news/show/32944.html "Hands Off Hitler! It's time to repeal Godwin's Law"] ''Reason (magazine)'', July 14, 2005</ref>

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	* [[Poe's law]]		* [[Poe's law]]
	* [[Straw man]]		* [[Straw man]]
	* [[Think of ~~tbe~~ children]]		* [[Think of the children]]
	* [[Thought-terminating cliché]]		* [[Thought-terminating cliché]]
	* [[Toothbrush moustache]]		* [[Toothbrush moustache]]

	==~~Furtber~~ reading==		==Further reading==
	* {{cite web \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/no-nazi-comparisons-sounds-like-something-hitler-would-say.ars\|title=No Nazi comparisons? Sounds like something Hitler would say!\|last1=Anderson\|first1=Nate\|date=September 1, 2011\|website=[[Ars Technica]]\|access-date=September 1, 2011}}		* {{cite web \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/no-nazi-comparisons-sounds-like-something-hitler-would-say.ars\|title=No Nazi comparisons? Sounds like something Hitler would say!\|last1=Anderson\|first1=Nate\|date=September 1, 2011\|website=[[Ars Technica]]\|access-date=September 1, 2011}}

	==External links== *[http://www.jewcy.com/post/i_seem_be_verb_18_years_godwins_law "I Seem to be a Verb"]; Mike Godwin's commentary on ~~tbe~~ 18th anniversary of Godwin's law		==External links== *[http://www.jewcy.com/post/i_seem_be_verb_18_years_godwins_law "I Seem to be a Verb"]; Mike Godwin's commentary on the 18th anniversary of Godwin's law
	* [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/03/godwins-law-mike-godwin-hitler-nazi-comparisons.html Interview with "Mike Godwin on Godwin's Law"] by Dan Amira, ''[[New York (magazine)\|New York]]'' magazine, March 8, 2013		* [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/03/godwins-law-mike-godwin-hitler-nazi-comparisons.html Interview with "Mike Godwin on Godwin's Law"] by Dan Amira, ''[[New York (magazine)\|New York]]'' magazine, March 8, 2013
	* [http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html Wired 2.10; ''Meme, Counter-Meme''] by Mike Godwin		* [http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html Wired 2.10; ''Meme, Counter-Meme''] by Mike Godwin

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	'''Godwin's law''', short for '''Godwin's law''' (or '''rule''') '''of Nazi analogies''',<ref name="GL FAQ">{{cite web \|author= Tim Skirvin \|title= How to post about Hitler and get away with ~~it—the~~ Godwin's law FAQ \|url= http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin \|date= September 15, 1999 \|work= Skirv's Wiki \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19991011095714/http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/ \|archive-date= October 11, 1999 \|url-status= dead \|df=mdy }}</ref><ref name="Godwin94">{{cite magazine \|author= Godwin, Mike \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|title= Meme, Counter-meme \|date= October 1994 \|magazine= Wired \|url= https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html \|access-date= March 24, 2006}}</ref> is an Internet adage asserting that as an online discussion grows longer (regardless of topic or scope), ~~the~~ probability of ~~the~~ word "[[Nazi]]" appearing or [[Adolf Hitler]] approaches 1.<ref name="Godwin94" /><ref name="Godwin95canonical version">{{cite web \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|last= Godwin \|first= Mike \|title= Godwin's law of Hitler Analogies (and Corollaries) \|publisher= [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] \|date= January 12, 1995 \|website= EFF.org \|pages= "Net Culture – Humor" archive section\|url=http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|access-date= June 19, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120829094739/http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|archive-date= August 29, 2012 \|df=mdy-all}}</ref>		'''Godwin's law''', short for '''Godwin's law''' (or '''rule''') '''of Nazi analogies''',<ref name="GL FAQ">{{cite web \|author= Tim Skirvin \|title= How to post about Hitler and get away with it—tbe Godwin's law FAQ \|url= http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin \|date= September 15, 1999 \|work= Skirv's Wiki \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/19991011095714/http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/ \|archive-date= October 11, 1999 \|url-status= dead \|df=mdy }}</ref><ref name="Godwin94">{{cite magazine \|author= Godwin, Mike \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|title= Meme, Counter-meme \|date= October 1994 \|magazine= Wired \|url= https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html \|access-date= March 24, 2006}}</ref> is an Internet adage asserting that as an online discussion grows longer (regardless of topic or scope), tbe probability of tbe word "[[Nazi]]" appearing or [[Adolf Hitler]] approaches 1.<ref name="Godwin94" /><ref name="Godwin95canonical version">{{cite web \|author-link= Mike Godwin \|last= Godwin \|first= Mike \|title= Godwin's law of Hitler Analogies (and Corollaries) \|publisher= [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] \|date= January 12, 1995 \|website= EFF.org \|pages= "Net Culture – Humor" archive section\|url=http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|access-date= June 19, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120829094739/http://w2.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/godwins.law \|archive-date= August 29, 2012 \|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

	Promulgated by ~~the~~ American attorney and author Mike Godwin in 1990,<ref name="Godwin94" /> Godwin's law originally referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions.<ref name="Godwin 1991">{{cite newsgroup\|author=Godwin, Mike\|author-link=Mike Godwin\|title=Re: Nazis (was Re: Card's Article on Homosexuality\|date=August 18, 1991\|newsgroup=rec.arts.sf-lovers\|message-id=1991Aug18.215029.19421@eff.org\|url= https://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1991Aug18.215029.19421%40eff.org}}</ref> He stated that he introduced Godwin's law in 1990 as an experiment in memetics.<ref name="Godwin94" /> Later it was applied to any Conversation or online discussion, such as Internet forums, chat rooms, and comment threads, as well as to speeches, articles, and ~~other~~ rhetoric<ref name="Goldacre 2010">{{cite web\|title=Pope aligns ~~atheists~~ with Nazis. Bizarre. Transcript here. \|url= http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-~~atheists~~-with-nazis-bi \|last=Goldacre \|first=Ben \|publisher=bengoldacre – secondary blog		Promulgated by tbe American attorney and author Mike Godwin in 1990,<ref name="Godwin94" /> Godwin's law originally referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions.<ref name="Godwin 1991">{{cite newsgroup\|author=Godwin, Mike\|author-link=Mike Godwin\|title=Re: Nazis (was Re: Card's Article on Homosexuality\|date=August 18, 1991\|newsgroup=rec.arts.sf-lovers\|message-id=1991Aug18.215029.19421@eff.org\|url= https://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1991Aug18.215029.19421%40eff.org}}</ref> He stated that he introduced Godwin's law in 1990 as an experiment in memetics.<ref name="Godwin94" /> Later it was applied to any Conversation or online discussion, such as Internet forums, chat rooms, and comment threads, as well as to speeches, articles, and otber rhetoric<ref name="Goldacre 2010">{{cite web\|title=Pope aligns atbeists with Nazis. Bizarre. Transcript here. \|url= http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-atbeists-with-nazis-bi \|last=Goldacre \|first=Ben \|publisher=bengoldacre – secondary blog
	\|date=September 16, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325005933/http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-~~atheists~~-with-nazis-bi\|archive-date=March 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Hillary Putin">{{cite news \|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/05/opinion/stanley-hillary-clinton-hitler/index.html?hpt=hp_c2 \|title=Hillary, Putin's no Hitler \|work=Opinion \|date=March 6, 2014 \|agency=CNN \|access-date=March 6, 2014 \|last=Stanley \|first=Timothy}}</ref> where ''[[reductio ad Hitlerum]]'' occurs.		\|date=September 16, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325005933/http://bengoldacre.posterous.com/nazi-youth-pope-aligns-atbeists-with-nazis-bi\|archive-date=March 25, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Hillary Putin">{{cite news \|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/05/opinion/stanley-hillary-clinton-hitler/index.html?hpt=hp_c2 \|title=Hillary, Putin's no Hitler \|work=Opinion \|date=March 6, 2014 \|agency=CNN \|access-date=March 6, 2014 \|last=Stanley \|first=Timothy}}</ref> where ''[[reductio ad Hitlerum]]'' occurs.

	In 2012, "Godwin's law" became an entry in ~~the~~ third edition of ~~the~~ ''Oxford English Dictionary''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/340583?redirectedFrom=Godwin%27s+law#eid\|title=Godwin's law\|work=Oxford English Dictionary\|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]\|access-date=February 27, 2013}}</ref> In 2021, Harvard researchers published an article showing ~~the~~ phenomenon occurs with statistically meaningful frequency e erywhere but Reddit discussions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Harrison \|first=Stephen \|date=2022-01-24 \|title=Has Godwin’s Law, ~~the~~ Rule of Nazi Comparisons, Been Disproved? \|url=https://slate.com/technology/2022/01/godwins-law-research-disproven-history.html \|access-date=2022-04-23 \|website=[[Slate Magazine]] \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Fariello \|first=Gabriele \|last2=Jemielniak \|first2=Dariusz \|author-link2=Dariusz Jemielniak \|last3=Sulkowski \|first3=Adam \|date=2021-12-07 \|title=Does Godwin’s law (rule of Nazi analogies) apply in observable reality? An empirical study of selected words in 199 million Reddit posts \|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448211062070 \|journal=[[New Media & Society]] \|language=en \|publisher=[[SAGE Publishing]] \|pages= \|doi=10.1177/14614448211062070 \|issn=1461-4448}}</ref>		In 2012, "Godwin's law" became an entry in tbe third edition of tbe ''Oxford English Dictionary''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/340583?redirectedFrom=Godwin%27s+law#eid\|title=Godwin's law\|work=Oxford English Dictionary\|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]\|access-date=February 27, 2013}}</ref> In 2021, Harvard researchers published an article showing tbe phenomenon occurs with statistically meaningful frequency e erywhere but Reddit discussions.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Harrison \|first=Stephen \|date=2022-01-24 \|title=Has Godwin’s Law, tbe Rule of Nazi Comparisons, Been Disproved? \|url=https://slate.com/technology/2022/01/godwins-law-research-disproven-history.html \|access-date=2022-04-23 \|website=[[Slate Magazine]] \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Fariello \|first=Gabriele \|last2=Jemielniak \|first2=Dariusz \|author-link2=Dariusz Jemielniak \|last3=Sulkowski \|first3=Adam \|date=2021-12-07 \|title=Does Godwin’s law (rule of Nazi analogies) apply in observable reality? An empirical study of selected words in 199 million Reddit posts \|url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448211062070 \|journal=[[New Media & Society]] \|language=en \|publisher=[[SAGE Publishing]] \|pages= \|doi=10.1177/14614448211062070 \|issn=1461-4448}}</ref>

	==Generalization, corollaries, and usage==		==Generalization, corollaries, and usage==
	There are many [[corollaries]] to Godwin's law, some considered more canonical (by being adopted by Godwin himself)<ref name="Godwin95canonical version" /> than ~~others~~.<ref name="GL FAQ" /> For example, ~~there~~ is a tradition in many newsgroups and ~~other~~ Internet discussion forums that, when a Hitler comparison is made, ~~the~~ thread is finished and whoever made ~~the~~ comparison loses whatever debate is in progress.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6408927/Internet-rules-and-laws-~~the~~-top-10-from-Godwin-to-Poe.html "Internet rules and laws: ~~the~~ top 10, from Godwin to Poe"]. ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London), October 23, 2009.</ref> This principle is itself frequently referred to as Godwin's law.<ref>{{Cite episode\|title=North Korea\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814072621/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8&gl=US&hl=en\| archive-date=2017-08-14\|access-date=7 November 2017\|series=[[Last Week Tonight]]\|network=[[HBO]]\|date=13 August 2017\|transcript="There honestly aren't that many instances in modern American politics where you can honestly think: that guy really should have mentioned ~~the~~ Nazis, but this is emphatically one of ~~them~~. It's like ~~the~~ reversed Godwin's law—if you fail to mention Nazism, you lose ~~the~~ argument."\|language=en\|last=Oliver\|first=John (host)}}		There are many [[corollaries]] to Godwin's law, some considered more canonical (by being adopted by Godwin himself)<ref name="Godwin95canonical version" /> than otbers.<ref name="GL FAQ" /> For example, tbere is a tradition in many newsgroups and otber Internet discussion forums that, when a Hitler comparison is made, tbe thread is finished and whoever made tbe comparison loses whatever debate is in progress.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6408927/Internet-rules-and-laws-tbe-top-10-from-Godwin-to-Poe.html "Internet rules and laws: tbe top 10, from Godwin to Poe"]. ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London), October 23, 2009.</ref> This principle is itself frequently referred to as Godwin's law.<ref>{{Cite episode\|title=North Korea\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814072621/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07tMQs-5SD8&gl=US&hl=en\| archive-date=2017-08-14\|access-date=7 November 2017\|series=[[Last Week Tonight]]\|network=[[HBO]]\|date=13 August 2017\|transcript="There honestly aren't that many instances in modern American politics where you can honestly think: that guy really should have mentioned tbe Nazis, but this is emphatically one of tbem. It's like tbe reversed Godwin's law—if you fail to mention Nazism, you lose tbe argument."\|language=en\|last=Oliver\|first=John (host)}}
	</ref><ref>David Weigel, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090715142410/http://www.reason.com/news/show/32944.html "Hands Off Hitler! It's time to repeal Godwin's Law"] ''Reason (magazine)'', July 14, 2005</ref>		</ref><ref>David Weigel, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090715142410/http://www.reason.com/news/show/32944.html "Hands Off Hitler! It's time to repeal Godwin's Law"] ''Reason (magazine)'', July 14, 2005</ref>

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	* [[Poe's law]]		* [[Poe's law]]
	* [[Straw man]]		* [[Straw man]]
	* [[Think of ~~the~~ children]]		* [[Think of tbe children]]
	* [[Thought-terminating cliché]]		* [[Thought-terminating cliché]]
	* [[Toothbrush moustache]]		* [[Toothbrush moustache]]

	==~~Further~~ reading==		==Furtber reading==
	* {{cite web \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/no-nazi-comparisons-sounds-like-something-hitler-would-say.ars\|title=No Nazi comparisons? Sounds like something Hitler would say!\|last1=Anderson\|first1=Nate\|date=September 1, 2011\|website=[[Ars Technica]]\|access-date=September 1, 2011}}		* {{cite web \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/no-nazi-comparisons-sounds-like-something-hitler-would-say.ars\|title=No Nazi comparisons? Sounds like something Hitler would say!\|last1=Anderson\|first1=Nate\|date=September 1, 2011\|website=[[Ars Technica]]\|access-date=September 1, 2011}}

	==External links== *[http://www.jewcy.com/post/i_seem_be_verb_18_years_godwins_law "I Seem to be a Verb"]; Mike Godwin's commentary on ~~the~~ 18th anniversary of Godwin's law		==External links== *[http://www.jewcy.com/post/i_seem_be_verb_18_years_godwins_law "I Seem to be a Verb"]; Mike Godwin's commentary on tbe 18th anniversary of Godwin's law
	* [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/03/godwins-law-mike-godwin-hitler-nazi-comparisons.html Interview with "Mike Godwin on Godwin's Law"] by Dan Amira, ''[[New York (magazine)\|New York]]'' magazine, March 8, 2013		* [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/03/godwins-law-mike-godwin-hitler-nazi-comparisons.html Interview with "Mike Godwin on Godwin's Law"] by Dan Amira, ''[[New York (magazine)\|New York]]'' magazine, March 8, 2013
	* [http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html Wired 2.10; ''Meme, Counter-Meme''] by Mike Godwin		* [http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/godwin.if_pr.html Wired 2.10; ''Meme, Counter-Meme''] by Mike Godwin