Board Thread:Site Discussions/@comment-3416945-20150112204618/@comment-1669199-20150113013442

Since people seem so ridiculously fickle about the topic of swearing on this Wiki (I mean seriously, we just finished discussing about what kind of language we shouldn't allow, about a week or so ago, and already we're back on this topic discussing the same things all over again.), I'm gonna remain neutral for the most part on this particular forum because it wasn't even that long ago that I made my stance clear on swearing around the Wiki. However, what I will repeat myself on is my stance on language in the chat room (I acknowledge the chat wasn't directly mentioned in the original message, but going by how the whole thing was written I think it'd be a safe assumption that the chat would also be included):

We already have policies in place, policies that were recently updated, about what kind of language is permissible on the main chat. However, I feel that with private messaging anything goes as long as both parties are hunky-dory with whatever it is they chose to say, talk about, link each other to, etc.. If, however, changing the language policies based on the proposed suggestions made by this forum would inevitably result in also negating the "Anything Goes Depending on the Circumstances" policy for private messaging, I would have to throw in my opposition to the proposed changes as they currently stand. What people chose to say or do with one another in private messaging is basically their business, and its kept out of public view on the main chat anyway, so trying to police Users for things they agree to do in private, out of public viewing, is ridiculous and would be pointless to enforce. As long as the Users know how to behave in public forums I don't see anything they do via private messaging as being a problem.

(TL;DR: Don't get rid of the private messaging "anything goes depending on the circumstances" policy if we absolutely have to change the language rules again, despite us recently having updating them less than a month ago. Otherwise, I've already stated my thoughts on these matters in previous forums and will not be doing so again here -- I think it is ridiculous we're already back on this topic, so I'll be keeping out of it for the most part this time around.)