Disclaimer: I am highly offended by foul language. Please refrain from its use, or, if you must use it, please censor it.
I am afraid I have offended one of the site admins - I deleted a post of his from my previous blog due to the foul language it contained. Therefore, I am formally apologizing here for stepping out of line. However, an important question was brought up by this incident - what is the limit on bad language?Children do visit this site - people from 13 to 16 should not be exposed to R-rated language - but the general rule is worded "Do not swear excessively." This also goes for blog comments. But what is "excessive" swearing?The blog in question had already had two different people posting swear words in comments. The first one, I warned; the second, I removed. Two of certain swear words is enough to earn a movie an R rating here in the states - so are blogs allowed to go into R-rated territory?And what amount of control does a blogger have over the language others post in his blog? If a blogger (such as myself) objects strongly to foul language, should he not have some control over what language is found in his blogs? Can he not at least request that any foul language posted in his blog be censored? And what should be done about comments that contain such language?I've been working on and off on Lions of the Atlantic - correcting game bugs and fixing issues. Look for a release in a couple of weeks.
Ok, then. Thanks for clarifying.
The only time I ever reacted was with one of FSX's annoying jokes, and it was a miscommunication as it wasn't directed at me.
No, I was putting that down because of mentioning US type rating laws.
It's an interesting point and an awkward one at that.
The only thing that may make both sides of the opinion happy is to include a "filter" option in your user preferences to filter out words you don't like. This filter should probably be enabled by default for guests because this is a GM site, and the GM user base is predominately minors.Though I do believe everyone has a right to free speech, and they can swear as much as they want whether I deem it to be nessecary or not.As far as I know the minimum age for a user on this site is 13. I'd like to think most 13 year olds are mature enough to know about foul language and don't need to be shielded from it, therefore a language filter should not be default for users.In the end you can't wrap children up in a protective bubble all their lives, as they need to learn the ways of the world…Excessive applies to the INDIVIDUAL POST, not the reply-list as a whole.
@OpticalLiam: There is no age limit here; I believe last time I checked, SuperDevon4 was 7. But like you said, you can't wrap children up in a protective bubble all their lives.
Most people on this site are 13+ though, so yeah. We are mature enough to live with profanity.the closing was harsh =/
I think (in V3) you should be able to make your won lis of words to block, or be able to edit the current one.