Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4224349-20141204232756/@comment-24163511-20141207073754

Jay T. Dawgzone wrote: Listen I know you're an admin, but take some notice that there are kids on here.

I understand and appreciate your worry about vulgarity, but also understand that I am fully capable of maintaining a fully acceptable dialogue for all ages eligible for being a WC on our wiki. The use of "hell" "freaking" and various other forms of non-vulgar swearing is absolutely acceptable on this wiki, as per regulation, some "adult" language is condoned and action will only be used if it is used in excess.

I do not want to treat our WC's like children that can't handle a little "adult" language as I feel that not having that freedom makes the community feel a bit too repressive, please note that this does not mean that I condone any excessive use of foul language or even blatant cursing (use of F Word, S word, etc.) But I fully believe that we can use PG-13 language or else it will feel just a bit too strict like some kind of "afraid of the parents suing our asses" kind of sites where they have language filters and all of that horrible mess.

"Cursing" and "Excessive adult language" is loosely defined for a reason because it gives us admins some breathing room for what we should and shouldn't accept. I believe that everyone here, every last member, is fully capable of using "crude" words like "crap" etc. in a mature way that is not excessive (as in VERY sparingly), and if a user doesn't do that, punishment may follow. A general rule of thumb to follow is: Keep it PG-13 or don't say it at all.

But I understand where you're coming from. There are a lot of young viewers out there and even if our main demographic scores in the teens, even a hand full of younger WC's deserve to not scroll through a lot of tasteless swearing and vulgarity. Part of my duty as an Admin is finding the line between "protective" and "repressive" in regards to interpreting vague policy. The more relaxed and free I can make this place feel while protecting the more sensitive WC's, the better. Anyways, I hope this post can be used as a precedent to understanding what is and what isn't the kinds of language that can be used on this wiki safely for everyone. Peace!

(I guess it kinda got rant-ishly long huh? sorry about that, lol)