Minecraft Wiki talk:Wiki rules

MCW:Wiki rules/Revision 1
Should that page get updated to the lastest rules, basically like the editcopy of the main page? Also, wouldn't it be more consistant to call the page "/editcopy" rather than "revision 1"? – KnightMiner  · (t) 20:22, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

Possible rule addition
I think there should be a language/swearing policy so users do not swear or use rude language. Thanks, TeamClawPath (talk) 16:45, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Possible text: . In case it is not clear, I am in favour of this proposal. Related fact: "No profanity" is a rule on the Russian wiki. --GreenStone (judge me) 16:52, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
 * . By the way, I think GreenStone is about point 5 of the General rules sections of that wiki’s set of rules. Norrius et. al. made a more structured, grouped and wider set of rules. — Agent NickTheRed37 (talk) 17:12, 8 September 2015 (UTC)


 * I think this is already covered by rule 3. Perhaps the language could be tweaked to be more explicit, but this doesn't need to be a separate rule. -- Orthotopetalk 17:53, 8 September 2015 (UTC)


 * I think rule 3 is fine as it is. One person's profanity is another person's emphatic adjective and as long as the language isn't used to insult/harass/etc., it's fine. It's important that people be able to communicate in the way they are accustomed to doing -- saying that some forms of speech are inappropriate is equivalent to saying members of some cultures are not wanted here (and which words are appropriate can differ by location). Profanity is also subjective and evolving. For example, is "sucks" profanity? Most people of my generation use it as just a generic descriptive of badness, but previous generations and those from more modest cultures (e.g., American midwest) can be offended by it. How about SNAFU or FUBAR? Both evoke profanity, but not explicity, yet could offend older people while being completely unknown to younger. The word "bloody" has virtually no stigma to an American but can offend British speakers. Are we going to have a list somewhere of what words count as profanity and what debatable words do not? The path of censorship is a morass of questions. &mdash;munin &middot; Grid_Book_and_Quill.png Grid_Stone_Pickaxe.png &middot; 18:44, 8 September 2015 (UTC)