the forum and swearing

howdydoody · 3 Mar 2008 at 11:58

I have noticed recently that there seems to be a lot of swearing appearing on here, most is starred out which is fine however there seems to be more and more cases of it not being fully starred out.

The FAQ says:

No swearing, posting of "adult" material, personal attacks or "trolling"
OcUK would like you and your whole family to learn and share via our forums. For this reason swearing and the posting of "adult" or offensive material is forbidden. Simply replacing some of the letters in a swearword with a * or any other character is not acceptable. If you must then please replace the whole word with ***** or other repeated character. We also expect members to behave respectfully and not launch personal or abusive attacks on other members. Those who post for the sole purpose of causing trouble are not welcome here and will be dealt with accordingly.

If you pop over to the motors section, Mohinder has a thread about bikers. In this thread alone there are currently 5 cases of swearing that has not been fully starred out. Such as aposting **** with ed on the end. What's worse is that a Don has actually quoted one such thread and not even corrected it.

Now I swear in my home etc, but I am always careful who is about. My little brother often visits these forums for a read and although he hasn't registered I don't really want him thinking that it is ok to use these words when trying to talk about something.

Are we supposed to stick to the FAQ or can we just follow it whenever we like?

G-MAN2004 · 3 Mar 2008 at 11:59

RTM them.

[TW]Fox · 3 Mar 2008 at 11:59

OH NO!? CALL THE INTERNET POLICE, SOMEONE DIDNT STAR A SWEARY?! The effect of this terrible act could be unimaginable!

Gilly · 3 Mar 2008 at 11:59

I've already emailed you on this matter and I deem that to be the end of it.

****ing is not against the rules.

howdydoody said:
Are we supposed to stick to the FAQ or can we just follow it whenever we like?

You stick to it. If there is something you are unsure about then RTM it, as you have done. If it is not against the rules it will not be acted upon.

gumbald · 3 Mar 2008 at 11:59

If there's a post that offends you, RTM it. Dons are human too.

slambo69 · 3 Mar 2008 at 12:01

**** with ed is legal, it is technically starring out the swear word afterall.

gjrc · 3 Mar 2008 at 12:01

Gilly said:
I've already emailed you on this matter and I deem that to be the end of it.

****ing is not against the rules.

hmm - from my reading of the rules above i would have thought that was against the rules???? :confused:

Gilly · 3 Mar 2008 at 12:02

gjrc said:
hmm - from my reading of the rules above i would have thought that was against the rules????

No. That is not and never has been the case

howdydoody · 3 Mar 2008 at 12:04

Gilly said:
No. That is not and never has been the case

that is one of the things I wanted to clear up as in the past such things used to be commented on or edited.

gjrc · 3 Mar 2008 at 12:05

Gilly said:
No. That is not and never has been the case

fair enough i just thought the "ing" or the "ed" where part of the word.

don't bother me either way tbh

SK07 · 3 Mar 2008 at 12:05

Who actually gives a crap? whining about this, jesus. They are words in the dictionary you know :rolleyes:

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howdydoody · 3 Mar 2008 at 12:06

[TW]Fox;11218820 said:
OH NO!? CALL THE INTERNET POLICE, SOMEONE DIDNT STAR A SWEARY?! The effect of this terrible act could be unimaginable!

Perhaps one day Fox someone will deem you intelligent and responsible enough to let you look after a young child, perhaps then, when you are more mature you will understand why this is an issue

[TW]Fox · 3 Mar 2008 at 12:07

I know, I keep tripping over 6 year olds expressing their opinions on Mondeos in Motors. It's a constant nuisance.

JBuk · 3 Mar 2008 at 12:07

SK07 said:
Who actually gives a crap? whining about this, jesus. They are words in the dictionary you know .

because they are in a dictionary does it make it ok to write them on a family forum?

Jingo... · 3 Mar 2008 at 12:09

SK07 Stop trolling.

The rules are in place for just reasons- the best thing to do if a post is offensive is to simply report the post and wait until a moderator fixes this as mentioned above.

SK07 · 3 Mar 2008 at 12:09

JBuk said:
because they are in a dictionary does it make it ok to write them on a family forum?

Okay who decided that that specific word is a naughty word. Think about it the S word is the same as crap, the F word is the same as sex, so what difference does it make they all mean the same thing. One day someone says it's a naughty word.

JBuk · 3 Mar 2008 at 12:12

SK07 said:
Okay who decided that that specific word is a naughty word. Think about it the S word is the same as crap, the F word is the same as sex, so what difference does it make they all mean the same thing. One day someone says it's a naughty word.

it is because the words are used in an offensive manner and always have been

HeX · 3 Mar 2008 at 12:12

SK07 said:
Who actually gives a crap? whining about this, jesus. They are words in the dictionary you know .

Well it irritates me, as i've been temp suspended twice at least for swearing (accidentaly, you know when you type a huge thread and something slips through), then I see umpteen other people getting away with it on a daily basis without an eyelid batted.

Also, Gilly says that ****ed is fine as is ****ing yet, why is this allowed when it clearly states in the FAQ that:

. Simply replacing some of the letters in a swearword with a * or any other character is not acceptable. If you must then please replace the whole word with ***** or other repeated character.

According to that Gilly is wrong, either that or the FAQ is wrong. One of them needs correcting.

lay-z-boy · 3 Mar 2008 at 12:12

[TW]Fox;11218878 said:
I know, I keep tripping over 6 year olds expressing their opinions on Mondeos in Motors. It's a constant nuisance.

LOL

Ripper · 3 Mar 2008 at 12:16

Well this is ****ed, what a load of ****ing ****ehouse. This is all ****ing fine then right?

I always thought the whole lot had to be starred