Board Thread:The Seven Seas Court/@comment-4093783-20150529021648/@comment-1279322-20150529051411

Per G and Marrace. As I've said (and seen others say) in previous requests for this, I have no problem with cursing&mdash;I curse like a sailor in real life, even (of course, that's more verbal than in writing/typing, giving actual emphasis instead of the random f-bombs I see us dropping everywhere else). Do I think it should be legalized here? Yes, eventually. Now? No.

That is correct; if a warning is provided, users may post links with otherwise prohibited language, but that's the kicker&mdash;people in chat can choose to be exposed to it. Sure, upon joining, you're confirming you're both 13+ and willingly exposing yourself to whatever is on that specific wiki, but chat is a place for socializing and discussing; why do you need to curse in the first place? Why not relax and have a nice, civil conversation? Chat's a place for us to all group up and talk with each other (even if we're a tad awkward with it); you don't have to have profanity because, like G said, pages and chat have a different environment.

Same thing above, not to mention that I really don't think we can handle it. When we started allowing all forms of language on mainspace pages (stories, biographies, etc.), words otherwise meant for emphasis were being used every other line (hate to point fingers Ned, but you're a prominent example o_o. I'd also like to direct you to our adventures on other chats, Minecraft, Cards Against Humanity, etc., where literally every sentence contained the f-bomb or other form of profanity). Yes, users who abuse it in chat can simply be punished, but why have it in the first place? Why do you need to curse?

New users may be turned away if they're constantly seeing profanity in every discussion; they came to socialize, not watch us&mdash;as part of me perceives it, and if I'm wrong, I apologize for the misinterpretation&mdash;try to act "cool" with our new curse words (and before anyone says "that's their fault", that would be awfully dismissive, considering how badly most of us want to expand our community. If we were bigger, I'd probably be more fine with it, but not now when our circle is this small). Users who don't wish to be exposed to it will misinterpret and get upset, and subsequently the conversation will find itself going off-topic and&mdash;true to our nature&mdash;become heated. Drama drama dramaaaaaa. In this case, it doesn't matter that it wasn't the intended effect because of how easy it would be to avoid it.

Those be the reasons that I can think of at the moment&mdash;more may come to mind later. But the point is, when one considers this, they need to acknowledge why profanity is so limited in the first place. Not some irrational fear of cursing (because&mdash;as we have proven time and time again&mdash;we use vulgar language constantly in an uncensored environment), but because of the reasons above: at the present time, not only can we handle it, but we also don't need it. We don't need to disregard everything above all for the sake of using the "grownup words". I'm sure that if we're as mature as we like to claim, we'd be able to use one of the millions of other ways to get a point across or have a jolly conversation without pointless profanity.

Just because we're exposed to the words elsewhere, does not mean it has to be here. If you want to curse, you're perfectly welcome to do it on one of the MC servers we play on, or a group PM on Facebook, or one of the many other places we go to to screw around. Putting asterisks does not matter either; same word, just a minor change to be used as an excuse to curse. No point in even having it.

One last thing @Blake: Allowing games with "M"-rated content does not mean we have to allow every aspect of them&mdash;merely content related to those games. Using a game's rating is little more than an excuse to be able to use profanity.