History Administrivia / BluenoseBowdlerizer

'''insomniacdude007:''' *** censorship

Not every troper who removes a few curse words is one of these, though. Sometimes vulgar words are [[ObligatorySwearing gratuitously inserted]] into articles, making them come off as immature. Removing such words when used inappropriately is encouraged on this wiki, especially since Administrivia/TheGoogleIncident.

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On the other hand, replacing them with asterisks or other symbols [[Administrivia/NoLewdnessNoPrudishness is discouraged]] and a bannable offense if done repeatedly. This includes the use of a so-called Net Nanny or Nannybot, automated programs that do the censoring while editing and are just as undesirable as "symbol-substituting" Bowdlerising. Especially because of the ScunthorpeProblem; said filters would break links like, well, ScunthorpeProblem.

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Not to be confused with that sailboat that's on the {{Canad|aEh}}ian dime, the Stan Rogers song about said sailboat, or the denizens of Nova Scotia, UsefulNotes/{{Canad|ianHistory}}a (known as 'Bluenoses' since the late 18th century). Nor to be confused with sailors who have [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line-crossing_ceremony crossed into the arctic circle]] for the first time or ardent supporters of Rangers F.C. Also not to be confused with [[Manga/OnePiece a certain]] [[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer Rudolph]] {{expy}}, or a character from ''WesternAnimation/{{TUGS}}'' or ''WesternAnimation/TheodoreTugboat''.

See {{Bowdlerise}}, MoralGuardians, CulturePolice and ScunthorpeProblem. Compare CensoredForComedy. Part of the "No Prudishness" rule in Administrivia/NoLewdnessNoPrudishness.

A wiki [[WikiVandal "contributor"]] who does nothing but [[TWordEuphemism censor words]] they find offensive.[[Administrivia/RightingGreatWrongs Neither the circumstances nor the standards of the rest of the wiki matter]] to the Bluenose -- if they think a word is the least bit "naughty", it gets excised. Reasonably intelligent censors will actually go through the effort of rewriting the passage so that the offending terms are no longer needed, but the far more common simpleminded variety will merely replace all but the first letter of the "bad word" with asterisks, use spoiler font, or "safe" [[GoshDangItToHeck anti-swearwords]]. They may also simply delete the offending words and go their merry way without checking that the resulting text makes sense without what was removed. In short, they are rather [[SelfDemonstratingArticle #$¢%ing]] stupid.

A wiki [[WikiVandal "contributor"]] who does nothing but [[TWordEuphemism censor words]] they find offensive. The “contributor” could be one of the MoralGuardians, due to probably the kids coming on the page. [[Administrivia/RightingGreatWrongs Neither the circumstances nor the standards of the rest of the wiki matter]] to the Bluenose -- if they think a word is the least bit "naughty", it gets excised. Reasonably intelligent censors will actually go through the effort of rewriting the passage so that the offending terms are no longer needed, but the far more common simpleminded variety will merely replace all but the first letter of the "bad word" with asterisks, use spoiler font, or "safe" [[GoshDangItToHeck anti-swearwords]]. They may also simply delete the offending words and go their merry way without checking that the resulting text makes sense without what was removed. In short, they are rather [[SelfDemonstratingArticle #$¢%ing]] stupid.

A wiki [[WikiVandal "contributor"]] who does nothing but [[TWordEuphemism censor words]] they find offensive. [[Administrivia/RightingGreatWrongs Neither the circumstances nor the standards of the rest of the wiki matter]] to the Bluenose -- if they think a word is the least bit "naughty", it gets excised. Reasonably intelligent censors will actually go through the effort of rewriting the passage so that the offending terms are no longer needed, but the far more common simpleminded variety will merely replace all but the first letter of the "bad word" with asterisks, use spoiler font, or "safe" [[GoshDangItToHeck anti-swearwords]]. They may also simply delete the offending words and go their merry way without checking that the resulting text makes sense without what was removed. In short, they are rather [[SelfDemonstratingArticle #$¢%ing]] stupid.

A wiki [[WikiVandal "contributor"]] who does nothing but [[TWordEuphemism censor words]] they find offensive. [[Administrivia/RightingGreatWrongs Neither the circumstances nor the standards of the rest of the wiki matter]] to the Bluenose -- if they think a word is the least bit "naughty", it gets excised. Reasonably intelligent censors will actually go through the effort of rewriting the passage so that the offending terms are no longer needed, but the far more common simpleminded variety will merely replace all but the first letter of the "bad word" with asterisks, use spoiler font, or [[NonIndicativeName "safe"]] [[GoshdangItToHeck anti-swearwords]]. They may also simply delete the offending words and go their merry way without checking that the resulting text makes sense without what was removed. In short, they are rather [[SelfDemonstratingArticle #$¢%ing]] stupid.

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On the other hand, replacing them with asterisks or other symbols [[Administrivia/NoLewdnessNoPrudishness is discouraged]] and a bannable offense if done repeatedly. This includes the use of a so-called Net Nanny or Nannybot, automated programs that do the censoring while editing and are just as undesirable as "symbol-substituting" Bowdlerising.

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