Can We Loosen Up On The Swearing Rules?

So can I use "bastard" if I refer to someone who's not a member?

"I hate that Santa Claus playa and his whole reindeer crew, I'm done with that rat-bastard messing up my chimney every year."

 

While acknowledging the unofficial nature of your response, I will say that this makes complete sense to me, that it's very clearly expressed, and that I think it would make totally solid policy. If it isn't the official position of the administration, it should become so.

-Paul

 

Yeah, just look at me.

 

If being able to swear is that important to you then I think you should go home and rethink your life.

 

i agree that the current swear rules are fine (besides the ackronym swear words which are a joke) however i do think it's probably unnecesary 95% of the time for someone who is a regular contributor to the forums and is generally not regarded as a troll or a serial swearer to be banned for posting one or two of the weaker swear words on the odd occasion.

 

QFT.

 

I want to go home... and rethink my life...

 

leave the swearing rules where they are

only if they couldn't tell the difference between irony and coincidence

 

malkie has a true or false irony detector on his toolbar

 

Is that a Google download?


On the swearing subject: I swear like a trooper at home. I don't at work. I tend to put my brain into 'work' mode when I'm here so I don't even miss the cursing. It's something I think most people do, once they hit the workforce and realise that you don't need to swear to get your point across.

And in the case of being banned for 'occassional' cursing? If you rack up a fairly regular editing list, and ignore warnings, then you're going to get done for it, eventually

 

Heh, yeah.

I think that's basically it and what we're trying to say. Typically, minor cursing will get edits and warnings with promises of bans in the future, however major infractions will get you banned earlier. I don't think there's any reason for the list to be changed. It took a while to get it to where it's at now and I'm comfortable with it.

 

This is one of those areas that certain sections of our membership have never been happy about. I think our rules on swearing are fine. Nobody needs to swear to post here and actually you can usually say what you want to say using much more evocative language than swear words.

People forget that primarily this is a Star Wars site and Star Wars has always been family friendly. We have a duty to ensure children can post here (though we say under 13's can't post) and that as far as possible its a safe and friendly enviroment.

 

It's really just the abbreviation thing we don't like.

 

meh.

the abbreviation thing might be a little over the top, but when you have *un with it, you stop caring.

 

PS, I just have fun with being creative with the pretty stars.

 

I agree. Since this was one of those things (like Jesus Christ being considered a swear when used as an exclamation) that the owner specifically decreed, we do it.

It took a while to get the list where it's at today, and beyond clarifying a couple words we have up there, I don't think we need to add anything to it or take anything away.

Since we're talking about words to clarify here, I'm going to lock this and we can continue that line of discussion there.