Board Thread:Site Discussions/@comment-3416945-20150112204618/@comment-26567650-20150113201610

RTA fan wrote: okay, we've ONLY JUST REALLOWED ONLY PART CENSORING. If we're gonna ban it fully not even two weeks after, then that'll just be absolutely ridiculous. We're teens! We're bound to swear at some point in life! That is all I have to contribute to this. Evtini200 wrote: Strongly against. We all know what the words are, being immature would be to continue banning them and slamming the hammer at whoever uses them. Sonicjedi12 wrote: Swearing can be necessary. words like D*** can be used to emphasize an argument like "I don't give a damn what people say, Sonic 06 was the worst game!" Plus, is anyone really offended by D***? There are 5 years olds watching vines where they say the F and N word twice! Anyone at any age on this wiki with an account has heard about every swear there is at least once in their life. Either it was said by their parents, or on TV or in a song (because this generation's music knows no boundaries) some consider hell as a bad word and you hear that every week in church. My rule, if it was said in Shadow the Hedgehog, we can say it on the wiki. BigBlueSpeed wrote: You have mix feelings about this. I only use swear words off this site, mostly on deviantart.com because I use swear words to make a joke sometimes, not to hurt people's feelings or troll people. That is cold hearted. [...] If a kid sees a curse word, so what!? They are going to see if anyway, one point in their young lives. Heeha wrote: It is. I've heard it used in PG-13 movies and I've pretty sure I've heard it in TV-24 series as well. Pastrami on Rye wrote: Besides maturity and professionalism, why else should we remove it? - To avoid teaching swears to little kids? People, this is Wikia, where you're not allowed to edit unless you're at least 13 years old. Most people at that age know the words anyway. To try and censor mature themes for certain users? Not everything can be kid-friendly! As I said, just because we censor ourselves doesn't mean that younger users won't learn some mature things. I've seen a fist/knife fight break out in a restaurant, and I was only six at the time! And I even learned the most common swears before I was TEN, due to hearing them in public. Censoring everything won't help, and if anything, it removes substance from messages.

Let me just quote this...

"The argument has been made that the wiki is "full of thirteen year olds who swear in their real lives", but why does that matter? This is a professional wiki. You people need to stop thinking what is best for your personal social preferences, and think about the wiki and world as a whole. There's a reason why swearing is censored in movies, music, etc. [...] If there were a job that required you to talk online to other people (customer service) via typing, you wouldn't curse, not even for emphasis.