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ALL POSTSThoughts on swearing on the wiki
<p>I was recently approached by a user who asked me to remove and ban all swearing from the wiki.
</p><p>In the past, I have only ever removed profanity from the wiki when it violates our policies. I've never had a problem with casual swearing in the comment section, so long as it remained respectful. If someone comments something like "damn, that sucks" in reference to Alyss' fate, that, to me, is perfectly acceptable. I went through the wiki's activity, and, from what I could find, there were only two recent comments that contained swearing. You can read them here and here.
</p><p>In both cases, neither comment was attacking anyone nor being purposely inflammatory. Most of the issue seemed to come from other users telling off the commenters for swearing.
</p><p>However, regardless of my feelings in the matter, I am not the sole user of the wiki. As such, I'd like to hear the thoughts of the wiki's users. Do you think casual swearing should be allowed, so long as they remain respectful? Or do you feel that all swearing should be removed, regardless of context?
</p><p>(Please note that swearing is restricted to comment sections; they are <i>not</i> allowed in the articles themselves.)
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<p>THANKS SO MUCH!
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<p>Would you please remove all comments and such that aren't allowed now in the new policy?
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<p>I've only just updated the policies today; I wanted to leave the thread open a little while longer just to make sure anyone who wanted to comment had an opportunity to do so. The comments I linked to as well as the replies to them will be removed accordingly.
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<p>Thank you!
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<p>Just do it like most wikis.
</p><p>They usually only allow minor to medium swearing, and if it is not continous or with harmful intent.
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<p>2600:1:C72E:8671:90B9:24CB:D0CA:645F wrote:
Though I personally still think those words are wrong, this is a great step in the right direction. I totally agree with Starspeaker27’s final remark. Thanks for taking my request seriously, Ink. Any swear words not used in the books should be removed as soon as possible. I find any swearing offensive, even if it’s not directed at me.
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<p>Totally agree with you there.?? </p>
<p>Totally agree with you there.?? </p>
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<p>What about s**t?
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<p>2607:FB90:A238:B869:4CB3:A92C:8282:E913 wrote:
What about s**t?
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<p>Nah, abit too, severe, in my opinion, dare I say. </p>
<p>Nah, abit too, severe, in my opinion, dare I say. </p>
(Edited by RangerAlice.S.C)
I say ban it. And remove all mention of it.
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