Board Thread:Wiki General Discussion/@comment-5645428-20161128000548/@comment-27022259-20161128010958

I'm leaning towards Hackey.

While it may not harm someone, heavy use of profane language can especially scare off some members, akin to the scenario Hackey has described. This is a wiki for a game that has a very broad age scope, therefore, younger members will join the wiki. We have to speak in a way that will not scare these members away, as like Kaz said, their parents could moderate the use of the wiki/technology, regardless of how grown up they are, which can be a factor with a lot of other people here, whether new or long-standing.

I do not mind small amounts of profanity on the chat room, however, it should be used in moderation. What I mean by this, is that one should not use so much profane vocabulary to the extent half of the wiki's members begin to question the policies we have here.

On the other hand, this is a particularly slow and neutral time period we are in, so I can definitely understand why Nusdan would want to loosen up a bit; we have not been getting a lot of newer members joining chat for us to really worry about enforcing the rules like we have been about a year ago, when 2.0 was just released and we had an influx of newer members.

In summary, I don't mind the slight use of profanity on the chat when not a lot of members are using the chat feature, however, that doesn't mean the rest of the members will not take kindly to it. We should use an age-friendly vocabulary whenever possible to appease all audiences instead of taking a risk and accepting profanity into the chatroom.

Regarding the snow script, there should be an option to disable it. It loses its novelty after a while.