Timeline for Are expletives (cursing, swear words or vulgar language) allowed on SE sites?
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| Nov 11 at 4:09 | comment | added | AlMa1r | Consider links to strong language, such as natribu.org/en . Such a URL is per se neutral; only the context can decide whether such a link is supposed to be offensive or not. If you professionally talk about it (say, linguistically or politically), it's not, but if you advise someone to visit the link, it may very well be. | |
| May 10, 2024 at 14:41 | comment | added | This_is_NOT_a_forum | @marcellothearcane: More examples (observed in the wild) | |
| Jun 3, 2020 at 13:30 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
Commonmark migration
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| Apr 1, 2020 at 19:42 | history | edited | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Words can't be behaviors
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| Aug 4, 2019 at 15:31 | comment | added | marcellothearcane | What about blanked out swear words, like 'effing'? | |
| Aug 4, 2019 at 15:17 | history | edited | Stormblessed | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
HTTPS security
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| Jul 23, 2018 at 14:35 | history | edited | user50049 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
added 215 characters in body
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| Jun 5, 2018 at 14:26 | comment | added | Todd Wilcox | @Christopher I think the issue is that what is offensive to some is benign to others, and the others have no idea, and the offended will take it contextually. A great example is the word squat. I have used that word and offended people who think it is explicit. But there are contexts where it is just a word that means a specific body position. If we didn't use any words because we could imagine a hypothetical person would be offended by them, then we basically couldn't write anything. | |
| May 1, 2018 at 6:15 | comment | added | fosslinux | @rogerdpack Flag it as rude or offensive (or abusive). That is what the flag is there for :) | |
| Apr 30, 2018 at 23:48 | comment | added | rogerdpack | So what do we do if we run into an expletive on a question, etc.? | |
| Sep 28, 2017 at 17:18 | comment | added | Kik | This either needs to be globally enforced or forgotten. There is nothing worse than a "enforced at my whim" rule. | |
| Aug 30, 2017 at 22:52 | comment | added | sergiol | @Jeff Atwood: even in chat? | |
| Apr 30, 2017 at 14:24 | comment | added | iBug says Reinstate Monica | Fork this sort! | |
| Apr 26, 2017 at 16:10 | comment | added | Toby Speight | @Christopher: yes, I'm reasonably confident that my answers are worded acceptably for most English-speaking cultures. My point is simply that it's not as black-and-white as you might think (even ignoring obvious cases such as when implementing spam filters). | |
| Apr 26, 2017 at 15:49 | comment | added | user345817 | @TobySpeight if you have to ask that question about a word don't say it | |
| Apr 7, 2017 at 8:16 | comment | added | Toby Speight | How are we supposed to find out which words are considered "expletives" on Stack Exchange? I'm not just asking to be annoying - as a global resource, it's possible that cultural norms in different places have very different influences on what's offensive (e.g. consider the difference between a devoutly religious country/region and one that's much more secular). | |
| Feb 9, 2016 at 18:18 | history | edited | animusonStaffMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
There are exceptions, but very very few.
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| Aug 13, 2013 at 9:44 | history | edited | Nicol Bolas | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Proper name for site network.
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| Apr 29, 2011 at 2:48 | history | edited | bwDraco | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added link to blog post on timed suspensions
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| Sep 16, 2009 at 16:55 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Jeff AtwoodStaffMod | ||
| Sep 16, 2009 at 16:55 | history | answered | Jeff AtwoodStaffMod | CC BY-SA 2.5 |