Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-24881871-20141004223618/@comment-24881871-20141005045136

ImGonnaBeThatGuy wrote: I do not agree we should be more lenient. One of conditions for chat coming back was that rules would be stricter. If people can't hang with those rules they can either leave or we can shut down chat again. No one is ever coerced into using slurs. If you can prove me wrong, please do so. People use slurs because they wants to try to push the boundaries of chat rules or prove points in immature ways or want attention or whatever.

Again, there is no good reason to allow it. So far the only argument against that statement that I've heard is that if we allow them again then there is less drama or discord in chat. But that's not really an argument. If people just didn't use them in the first there wouldn't be the drama or discord. I'm not in favor of giving people more ways to shit up chat. Behave yourselves, grow up and stop saying "nigger" and it's no longer a problem. You don't say it, no one has a reason to get mad, everything's cool.

The only thing I'm in support of is some contextual leniancy. If someone says something like "I'm gay," that's fine. They shouldn't be banned for that.

Each of us has clearly defined our stances on it, so I think we've exhausted this discussion. On a related note, Maria has queued the issue to Wikia staff and we should receive information on whether it is even within our rights to change the slur rule, as it ostensibly conflicts with the ToU.