Board Thread:Wiki General Discussion/@comment-5428123-20130804081813

After reading through the responses in the previous swearing discussion thread, I've come up with what is more or less the policy I think the wiki should take regarding swearing/profanity.

Here are the key points to take home:
 * Swearing/profanity not allowed on article pages
 * Swearing/profanity not allowed on other users' talk pages/message walls (your own is fine), unless the other user explicitly allows it
 * Swearing/profanity discouraged, but allowed everywhere else (comments sections of articles, forums, blog pages, etc.)
 * Swearing/profanity cannot be used to attack another user/player (would violate our current User Conduct page
 * Swearing/profanity deemed overly excessive or vulgar not permitted, and will be deleted

Basically, use whatever language comes natural to you, but always be courteous and respectful to others when including swears in your messages. I will not install automated filters, as I think they can be overly restrictive, and aren't needed at this point (the wiki is fairly clean overall).

This isn't necessarily the final policy, but it's pretty close to it I think. If anybody would like to comment on it, or make suggestions, feel free to do so. I'll probably write up an official policy page in a little while once I feel that the community is okay with this. 