Board Thread:Wiki management/@comment-25648422-20150830011238/@comment-25825221-20150902002518


 * Note: When you see something like 20-8-9-19, I'm obfuscating a word I don't want to say openly. Each number is the letter's position in the alphabet (A=1), so 20-8-9-19 = THIS.

The true logical answer is this:
 * If the word in and of itself is offensive (like the f-word) then ban it altogether.
 * If the word is only offensive when used (like "stupid") then it's only banned if it's used to offend someone. (Saying something like "MrTheBobOfEpicness is stupid" would be banned, but how I used it in the previous sentence is ok.)

There's really no other logical answer. If this (or something isomorphic to it) isn't the final ruling, then it shows this wiki is in an awful state and needs a makeover. However, if it IS the final ruling, then it shows that our wiki is starting to value logic and critical thinking.

Well, actually, if Oppose wins we'd still have the rule that insults are banned. So that means I vote...

Oh, and about all those people who say certain curse words are ok if they have a dictionary meaning: Word meanings change over time. Yeah, your dictionary from 1950, or even 1980, might say 2-9-20-3-8 is legitimate, but this is 2015, and that word is now offensive language, and the "legitimate" meaning is pretty much retired.