Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27330121-20170307004027/@comment-679780-20170319201219

Rainbowser wrote: Mystic Monkey wrote: I personally think the rule should be more leniant.

But given most of the Sonic games are rated 10+, makes sense to be considerate for the younger fans.

I think it's extremely ridiculous. The Wikia Network Forums aren't even meant to be for kids under the age of 13 and it's not like these little wannabe gangsters don't come across swearwords at all unless they're on this Wiki. Hell, most Mario(aka E rated games) forums don't have this restriction. On a lot of them, people are swearing like sailors and nobody cares as long as these words aren't directed towards an actual person. Sonic fans seem to be way more sensitive in that regard for some reason. I only use swearwords in order to emphasize a point that I think wouldn't come across if I used the Parents Approved version. Sure, if somebody swears in pretty much every sentence they write or even insults other people on this Wiki using swearwords, then yes, this should be prohibited and comments like this should be removed. But otherwise, I see no reason why anyone should feel offended by these words. As you said, Mario games are rated around E and most Sonic games are E10+ or so. But other than mild swearing (such as "Where's that damn fourth Chaos Emerald?") Sonic franchise just don't openly swear for it's audience because thats what they're catered for. So for the sake of younger fans who also browse SNN we keep it clean for them. And yes, the age of approval for joining wikias community is 13, but browsers of any age may read articles and browse the forums for research or just for look around.

I'm not the admin who established the rules, but as a mod I must uphold them. Rules are rules but I am leniant on discipline.