Timeline for Is profanity allowed on RPG.SE?
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| May 29, 2019 at 15:13 | comment | added | SPArcheon - on strike | Give me some time to research this and I should be able to provide more insight but I think that this actually falls under the "Be Nice" section of the actual network wide Code of Conduct that every user has to comply with. So, while I do agree that retroactively search for all profanities "just to edit them out" could be something a community should be able to avoid - for example because it is to much work (and none will blame them for that) this does not mean that a site culture may tolerate profanities, since the higher level network policy (afaik) does not tolerate them. | |
| May 16, 2014 at 17:33 | comment | added | Chuck Dee | IMO, profanity in general can be part of the problem, especially in relation to work filters and minors on the site. I also really don't see the point in it, but even without that regard, there really doesn't seem to be a community consensus to make a change from the standard policy behind. Which is the reason for the phrasing of the question- what is the community consensus, and how do we come to such. | |
| May 15, 2014 at 17:52 | comment | added | wax eagle | @Travis exactly. Using English.SE as an example, they have a great series of questions about swear words. They recently had a meta post indicating that they shouldn't use them. The response was incredulous, because treating a subject academically without mentioning the word is stupid. I'm not exactly advocating for us to pepper our posts with profanities here, but I am saying a blanket no swearing rule isn't necessarily the best thing here. And I'll certainly argue that mass edits to simply remove profanity is wrong. | |
| May 15, 2014 at 17:50 | comment | added | Travis | I think the "we are not bound by SE's general policy" point is the strongest part of this answer. Each SE site is meant to operate relatively independently of the rest of them, and develop their own unique cultures. If we don't want to allow swearing, then fine, but we shouldn't disallow it just because that's the default SE policy and we don't want to make a decision on it. It's entirely possible to use some words in a respectful manner, and without being offensive. Offensive profanity is really the problem, IMO. | |
| May 15, 2014 at 17:17 | comment | added | Alex P | Relevant: meta.stackexchange.com/q/110682/248443 | |
| May 15, 2014 at 12:48 | history | edited | wax eagle | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 15, 2014 at 12:24 | history | answered | wax eagle | CC BY-SA 3.0 |