Timeline for Are expletives (cursing, swear words or vulgar language) allowed on SE sites?
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| May 10 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 Atwood | ||
| Sep 16, 2009 at 16:55 | history | answered | Jeff Atwood | CC BY-SA 2.5 |