Comment by edgineer
14 hours ago
The page is protected, the general public can't edit it.
There was already discussion on the talk page, "Should Nex's given name be included?" with consensus of "no." That discussion was archived, but you can see it here [0].
From what I can see, the word "Dagny" has been retroactively redacted from all history of the page and its talk page.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Death_of_Nex...
> From what I can see, the word "Dagny" has been retroactively redacted from all history of the page and its talk page.
If this doesn't sound 1984-esque I don't know what does.
This fact per se is not enough 1984, but the reason of that, end especially the power standing at the very beginning of that reasoning is certainly like that.
1984 describes an insurmountably established Soviet-esque state with omniscient surveillance and omnipotent monopoly on violence.
We're discussing a FOSS website that many people use.
There's quite literally nothing stopping you from making "unwoke" Wikipedia or whatever. You probably could even get Elon Musk to signal boost it.
> 1984 describes
1984 describes the practice of retroactively editing publication to erase facts from history.
Wikipedia is retroactively scrubbing not only articles but also their discussion and their editing history to erase facts that are thought to be inconvenient.