Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-24881871-20141004223618/@comment-24881871-20141006160453

Mystreve wrote: Really?

We bring the chat back (with stricter rules set into place), and now people want to start opening the flood-gates for people who like to "test the flood-gate waters"? Hopefully you see where I'm going here. This is a precursor for all kinds of problems that will inevitably lead to the permanent shut-down of the chat. You know, the chat that I thought you all wanted back so badly? There's absolutely no way I'll ever be on-board with this. Like, at all. If you feel like spewing racist dribble or any type of slurs at all, there's plenty of people out there who I'm sure will embrace you. And I'm sure they have their own chatrooms. Go there.

Also Bitter, word around the water-cooler is that you aren't enforcing the current rules for slurs in chat. I have no proof (but I've encouraged people to screencap if it happens again), and this is just from chat regulars, but I'd like to remind you that you need to adhere to what we have currently in place. Thank you.

The argument isn't that we need freedom as if having the ability to say "faggot" is somehow a step towards CPWC utopia. The idea is to minimize the amount of conflict over slurs and to institute a more lenient policy. Keep in mind that there would still be certain banned words because they're offensive in nearly every context and have no useful applications. One example of this are racial slurs.

The following is an excerpt from the Chat Guidelines:

"Slurs used in improper or offensive context are also taboo, and will be dealt with as per moderator discretion."

Unless there is some unwritten rule that takes precedence over what is detailed in the chat guidelines, I am within my rights to choose whether to ban someone for using a slur. However, I will ban when used in a context that is verbally abusive (e.g., "shut up nigger"), whereas I'd let it slide if someone were to say "that's retarded." If you think I am wrong to interpret the rules this way and that my actions really warrant demotion, so be it.