Forum:A change to the Language Policy

Proposal
The Language Policy of MEWiki is one that frequently comes under fire. It is among the most often accidentally violated policies we have. Thus, I propose a change to the policy. While still making the use of profanity in articles a bannable offense, use in Blogs, Forums, and in discussions between Users would be allowed so long as it is not used to insult, inflame, agitate, berate, belittle, etc. another user. Use of sexual/racial/sexist/ageist/etc. slurs would still be prohibited. This would greatly reduce inadvertent violations of the Language Policy by Users new and old who mean no harm to the wiki or other Users in their use of profanity.

We are editors of a Wiki dedicated to a series which has been consistently been rated "M" by the ESRB. Profanity is used in the games, books, and comics themselves. I don't think anybody here is unfamiliar with profanity, and if it offends you, well then you may have picked the wrong series.

I'm not a frequent user of curse words, on the net or in real life. But if somebody else wants to use a few of the more vulgar words out there, then I say go right ahead. As Voltaire once famously said, "I disagree strongly with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.". He was talking about protecting dissenting opinions in government and elsewhere of course, not use of profanity, but I think it's still a fitting quote for the proposal.

Discussion
The proposal is open for discussion. Arbington 06:23, July 26, 2011 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) As the guy who proposed this, I support it. Arbington 06:23, July 26, 2011 (UTC)