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Posted by tobby on September 29, at 6:26pm

Godwin's Law states

As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.

Often, this is interpreted as

In any given discussion, once such a comparison is made, the discussion is automatically over and the one who made the comparison has lost the debate by default.

This module allows the first comment that invokes Godwin's Law to automatically close the discussion for a given node. This is intended to prevent the discussion from devolving further.

This module doesn't intend to censor the discussion, only close it when certain keywords are found. Note that this leads to the possibility of abuse by trolls, so use with caution. Perhaps future versions can trigger other actions, such as user bans or admin alerts.

The Godwin's Law module also allows for other keywords to trigger an automatic comment thread closure, so other offensive terms can also be used. This means that other corollaries to Godwin's Law can be instituted.