Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-8988338-20150102084048/@comment-4816710-20150103201634

Note: This is a reply to Sci's last message, but "Quote" is acting up, so...

I like being able to emphasize when I'm making a joke or something. In my writing, it would be incredible for me to be able to use profanity for character development purposes along with emphasis. In Chat, I haven't noticed any problems yet and I have yet to hear any stories about the issue of abuse. I think it would be a little extreme to totally ban profanity from anywhere, but especially Fictions. I think that Chaturn should be moderated and if someone abuses the profanity privilege then they should have a consequence aside from just being kicked from Chat.

Obviously, we should wait until the end of the 21 day trial before any final decisions are made. I think what happened was that people were excited to be able to curse and they abused the right because it was the first day. Now this isn't a good excuse, but I believe that it is the reason.

My thought is that the abuse will die down as the month goes on and we won't have to worry about it. I'm already seeing changes from what people have told me about what happened on the first day to yesterday, which tells me that it's already getting old.

Admins/Chat Mods (idk if Mods have any say in the matter, but I want to include y'all), I encourage you to hold any thoughts about this until the trial ends, then meet up and discuss. I don't what my privilege revoked because of the actions of those who we know are not of age to be on this wiki, but say they are, or  those who are of age but are simply abusing their new-found privilege because they all of the sudden have it.

The old "replacement" words are fine for Chaturn, I guess, but I prefer to use the real words. I'm (old enough to drive) It feels childish for me to have to use replacements. And honestly, I noticed people overusing the replacements when we had them. It's sort of a no-win situation, and that sucks. The "best' solution is probably to completely remove all curses, but that is unsatisfactory for many users, such as myself.

My "best-case scenario" is keep whatever language we want in Fictions, with the addition of a Profanity Template, but limit it in Chat. I don't think eliminating profanity totally from Chat will work, because there are people to use it appropriately. If it must be removed somewhere, I vote Chaturn and we use the replacements in there. But Fictions should be open season, so to speak.

Again, and this is my final word, wait to see how this progresses through the trial and then, when it is over, have a meeting with some respected normal users along with Admins and Chat Mods to decide what would be best for the wiki.

Our wiki is in capable hands and I trust y'all to make the right decision, but I plead you to consider what I've said greatly.

Thank you, and good afternoon.