Wikipedia:1984

This is a comparison of Wikipedia to Nineteen Eighty-Four.

1984	Wikipedia
Ingsoc	Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines
Proles	Users
Outer party	Admins
Inner party	Bureaucrats, Arbitration Committee, Stewards
Big Brother	Jimbo Wales
Emmanuel Goldstein	Larry Sanger
Doublethink	Ignore all rules When convenient
Miniplenty	Assessment
Miniluv	Requests for arbitration
Minitrue	The Signpost
Minipax	AIAV
Eastasia	Uncyclopedia
Eurasia	Encyclopædia Dramatica
Memory hole	Oversight
Thought Police	CheckUsers
Hate week	Requests for adminship
Newspeak	Shortcuts
Groupthink	Consensus
Unpersons	Banned users
Two Minutes Hate	User conduct disputes
Telescreen	Recent changes

Did you know... ...that Oceania is at war with Eurasia Eastasia? ...that Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia Eastasia? ...that war is peace? ...that freedom is slavery? ...that ignorance is strength? ...that life is death? ...that Larry Sanger did not co-found Wikipedia? Proof that 2 and 2 make 5 Let a and b be equal non-zero quantities $a = b$ Multiply through by a $a^2 = ab$ Subtract $b^2$ $a^2 - b^2 = ab - b^2$ Factor both sides $(a - b)(a + b) = b(a - b)$ Divide out $(a - b)$ $a + b = b$ Observing that $a = b$ $b + b = b$ Combine like terms on the left $2b = b$ Divide by the non-zero b $2 = 1$ Add 3 to each side $5 = 4$ $4 = 5$ $2 + 2 = 5$ You know it's true (as long as you don't have any qualms against division by zero, and I hear Jimbo doesn't). Enemies of the state Trolls Vandals Sockpuppets Attack sites Notes See also Authoritarianism Nazi Germany Police state Dictatorship Group think Martial Law Newspeak Nineteen Eighty-Four Stalinism Totalitarianism George Orwell