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I'm not sure profanity is actually prohibited, though. Certainly frowned upon, but the big things are taking the name in vain, which is a whole 'nother thing.

Tell you what. If the Jewish Sanhedrin of 70 learned men ever gets re-established... then I'll warn you about it :P

Most of it doesn't apply to non-Jews anyway.

Now, secular Jews - they're fucked.

Ladybug Killer

Well, I'm Roman Catholic and if you ask me, Christianity is one big Jewish sect, so I do not fell safe. Someone could think that I'm a secular Jew ...

Besides that your answers are too long. And partially off-topic (one could be the reason of the other).

Standback

10:19 AM

:cue JAWS theme music:

:also, JEWS theme music:

Ladybug Killer

I knew it!

Standback

If they weren't long, I'd need to go back to working!

What was off-topic?

Ladybug Killer

The "possible too long/too short" part. We already have a question where that is handled.

Standback

Hmmm.

I think you're right.

It's relevent to the original poster, but it is besides the point of the actual question.

Ladybug Killer

Just link to the other question.

You have to search it though.

Standback

10:26 AM

Edited. I might search for the related question later, though not right now.

Ladybug Killer

Lazy bum :)

Wooohooo, we are up to 2 questions a day.

Standback

PARTY!

Quick, let's ask another one!

Ladybug Killer

You are cheating!

I like that :)

Standback

"When I was in school, we learned there is a difference between right and wrong.

I don't recall what it is,

but there is a difference, I remember that."

I gotta go...

TTYL!

5 hours later…

Lauren Ipsum

3:27 PM

@Standback: I did not know that was policy, so thank you. But.... seriously? On Writers we can't use a mild epithet like "crap"?

And I'm an atheist, so I'm not concerned with being holier than anybody. :)

Stephen Fry gives a very eloquent defense of profanity, so I don't even feel obligated to be Caesar's wife.

However, I also don't feel the need to piss off the mods, so in questions and answers I'll find a way to refrain from swearing like a sailor.

Standback

4:16 PM

@LaurenIpsum: Heya :) Believe me, I need little persuasion on the subject. But it's explicit policy on StackExchange; I respect that policy, and it's part of my job as a mod :)

Ladybug Killer

4:34 PM

@LaurenIpsum I do not share this feeling. I'm thinking about swearing even more :)

Jed Oliver

Just checking out the Meta Stack Overflow on this

Q: Are expletives allowed on SE sites?

Can I use salty, expletive-laden language on Stack Exchange sites, like Q*Bert? Return to FAQ index

oops. wrong one.

Seems that there's a little disagreement on what is and is not considered a profanity and when it is and is not appropriare

Ladybug Killer

Why have you deleted the other one? You need them both to get the context and the appeal to use common sense instead of following blindly rules.

Jed Oliver

It had a -26 rating. that's why. I loved that question until I saw that had infinity+ downvotes

Ladybug Killer

So what?

Jed Oliver

okay

-27

Q: Let's clean up low-quality posts with profanity on Stack Overflow

When I originally wrote this request, I was basing it off of Jeff's assertion that "expletives are not acceptable behavior on meta or any other Stack Overflow site." After going through a number of these posts, however, I also found that the use of the word "damn" is often an indicator of a lo...

discussion stackoverflow flagging low-quality-posts profanity

In any case I don't like that Writers of all places would have a blanket policy on not using the word crap.

We use words of all stripes to convey our ideas. We shouldn't be afraid of using certain words to express ourselves.

Standback

4:45 PM

@LadybugKiller: I hope you're joking about swearing even more. There's no point in turning this into a policy war - the Writers mods have zero say on this.

Likewise, @JedOliver: this is not up for discussion.

This is a very unusual policy on SE - in the sense that it's entirely objective and mechanical, and not up for community discussion or judgement.

Ladybug Killer

Read the Meta posts, Jed linked to. There is nothing to discuss. Only using your own judgement

Standback

@LadybugKiller: I've been over those posts. And the "No" answer is from Jeff Atwood. He's got the vote.

Ladybug Killer

Also the other one.

Standback

You want to change policy on SE, I'll be right behind you.

You want to disregard policy here, I'll have to enforce it.

Ladybug Killer

sigh it's no policy change

I told you, you are the only one enforcing the deletion of crap and shit

Standback

4:49 PM

Tell you what.

I'm happy to check with the higher-ups.

Ladybug Killer

Do that :)

Standback

Believe me, I'll be more then relieved not to need to censor shit and crap.

(which I guess you can take both ways :P )

Sure thing.

2 hours later…

Lauren Ipsum

6:26 PM

@Standback: Okay, the meta discussion was unclear: would we be allowed to use "frack" (not an actual swear word, but a coined one from a TV show)? How about "scheisse/merde/merda" (all words meaning "shit," but not in English)?

I'm actually not that profuse a swearer in prose; I just want to know what the limits are so I can observe them (or watch them whiz merrily by).

Standback

@LaurenIpsum I'd say use your own best judgement.

I'd rather not see curse words replaced by borderline mock-cursewords,

because, frankly, that'd be kind of stupid.

But it's a formulaic restriction, so I don't think there's anything against a formulaic workaround; besides, it's not like we're going to be calling in the hounds on borderline cases.

3 hours later…

Lauren Ipsum

9:45 PM

@Standback: Yeah, it's not like I'm planning on going around telling other posters to frak off or eat felgercarb or suck my ramalamadingdong. But if I want to say "why pad it with crap?" now I know I should say "Why pad it with scheisse?"

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