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Godwin's law

Godwin's Law is known to be the oldest meme on the Internet, made by Mike Godwin. The memes meaning is to say: The longer an online conversation continues, The more of a chance there is to mention Hitler.
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Summary

Godwin's law is an internet meme[1]. It draws 6,614 Wikipedia views per month (internet meme category, ranking #27 of 188).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Mike Godwin[3]
  • Instance of: principle[4], Epigrammatic law[5]
  • Named after: Mike Godwin[6]
  • Commons category: Godwin's law[7]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1990[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Godwin's law[9]
  • Main subject: reductio ad Hitlerum[10]
  • Different from: reductio ad Hitlerum[11]

Why It Matters

Godwin's law has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Mike Godwin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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