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| − | '''Wikipedia Newspeak''' is the increasingly biased and limited vocabulary of [[Wikipedia]]. | + | '''Wikipedia Newspeak''' is the increasingly biased and limited vocabulary of [[Wikipedia]]. "Newspeak" is a term coined in [[George Orwell]]'s ''1984''<ref>http://www.msxnet.org/orwell/1984</ref> to describe the vocabulary in a totalitarian society, in which words are crafted to control the mind. |
| − | For example, the term "theory of evolution" exists on about 1.8 million sites, according to [[Google]], but is censored as a legitimate term on [[Wikipedia]].<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_evolution</ref> | + | For example, the term "theory of evolution" exists on about 1.8 million sites, according to [[Google]], but is censored as a legitimate term on [[Wikipedia]].<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_evolution</ref> The [[Wikipedia police]] do not want anyone to think that evolution is a theory rather than fact. |
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Revision as of 19:20, March 6, 2008
Wikipedia Newspeak is the increasingly biased and limited vocabulary of Wikipedia. "Newspeak" is a term coined in George Orwell's 1984[1] to describe the vocabulary in a totalitarian society, in which words are crafted to control the mind.
For example, the term "theory of evolution" exists on about 1.8 million sites, according to Google, but is censored as a legitimate term on Wikipedia.[2] The Wikipedia police do not want anyone to think that evolution is a theory rather than fact.