Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27317252-20170523174402/@comment-29648466-20170524214904

Always happy to engage in a dialogue, but the point is you were able to perfectly articulate your position just now in your recent post without the use of any profanity. Though it may be a slight limit of your expression, you should still be able to convey your thoughts without the use of profanity.

For this to be the one website where profanity is monitored, discouraged, and edited shouldn't really cause that much of an issue. Especially when the intention behind the rule is to help foster a safe and respectful environment.

I misspoke when I said it is bull skit that it is even an issue. What I meant to say was something more along the lines of the fact that this would hinder anyone from participating on the Wikia, especially when most contributions are uploading content and cards (none of which contain contain derogatory language, with the exception to my knowledge of "Hell" on a translation of STR Cell when he came out in JP).

It sounds to me like this is more of a discussion around the principle itself rather than the rule, and that is what most people are getting hung up on. I am far more sympathetic to that discussion than actually discussing whether or not profanity should be censored. For me the latter is a no-brainer and I am happy to support the policy. For the former, I think more dialogue around the decision-making processes and overall culture of the Wikia should be encouraged and should evolve.

So again, the issue of using profanity seems to be a little silly that it is still a hot button issue. The other issue around the principles are a different discussion entirely.