History Administrivia / NoLewdnessNoPrudishness

'''This policy has been amended, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=kiqoyj58taihfp8hpbezck0s&page=2#46 we're ditching the second part of the title.]] Pornographic works and porn tropes have to go.'''

# '''The wiki is not rated G.''' We aren't sanitizing the wiki for small children. Sex and sexuality are part of media and we aren't going to ignore them. This wiki is Family Friendly, not Unsupervised Small Child Friendly. This isn't an excuse to make work pages dirtier than the work itself though.

# '''Pedo gushing.''' We don't need to describe children sexually. This should be cut immediately. We're not interested in hosting pedophilia fantasies. Period. If a work contains children having sex, even if portrayed negetively (e.g. ''Lolita''), delete it as well.

# '''Pedo gushing.''' We don't need to describe children sexually. This should be cut immediately. We're not interested in hosting pedophilia fantasies. Period. If a work contains children having sex (e.g. ''Lolita''), delete it as well.

# '''Pedo gushing.''' We don't need to describe children sexually. This should be cut immediately. We're not interested in hosting pedophilia fantasies. Period. If a work contains children having sex (e.g. ''Literature/{{Lolita}}''), again, just state the facts and move on.

# '''Fanfic Recs for underage sex.''' We will not host any recommendation for fics that have explicit sex involving people apparently[[hottip:*:Yes, this includes OlderThanTheyLook characters]] younger than 16. Period. Anyone confused by this simple rule is not needed to help us with the wiki.

# '''Fanfic Recs for underage sex.''' We will not host any recommendation for fics that have explicit sex between people apparently[[hottip:*:Yes, this includes OlderThanTheyLook characters]] younger than 16. Period. Anyone confused by this simple rule is not needed to help us with the wiki.

# '''Titillation links.''' Tell, don't show. We don't need screen shots to illustrate NSFW {{fanservice}}. If a reader is really curious, they can go look it up on Google. (See also WeblinksAreNotExamples.)

Sometimes examples have a tendency to stray from the path of "funny, but informative" into the land of "downright lewd". Lewd writing is flat out NotSafeForWork. If you see it, clean up. Examples can be written without creepiness. If there is something sexual, it's best to just state the facts and move on.

Merely being about something sexual or potentially sexual does not mean that a work or trope page is fair game for chopping on the grounds that it's creepy or perverse.

# '''The wiki is not rated G.''' We aren't sanitizing the wiki for small children. Sex and sexuality are part of media and we aren't going to ignore them. This wiki is Family Friendly, not Unsupervised Small Child Friendly. This isn't an excuse to make work pages dirtier than the work itself though.

# '''NSFW writing.''' If you're writing porn, it should be somewhere other than the wiki. Keep it FamilyFriendly.

# '''Aim for a PG-13 Rating, not a G (unless the work itself is G).''' We aren't aiming for squeaky clean safe for even the smallest children. Just pre-watershed.

# '''Aim for a PG-13 Rating, not a G.''' We aren't aiming for squeaky clean safe for even the smallest children. Just pre-watershed.

# '''Aim for a PG-13 Rating.''' We aren't aiming for squeaky clean safe for even the smallest children. Just pre-watershed.

On the flipside of this, it's possible to be too prudish as well. The wiki is always going to discuss sex and sexuality because it's one of the driving forces behind most media productions; if you think {{sex is evil}}, you are not going to be happy with the approach TVTropes takes.

# '''Aim for a PG-13 Rating.''' We aren't aiming for squeaky clean. Just pre-watershed.

# '''Don't be a BluenoseBowdlerizer.''' We're not looking to censor the wiki. If the sex and sexuality is an honest part of the work and relevant to the example, it belongs there.

On the flipside of this, it's possible to be too prudish as well. The wiki is always going to discuss sex and sexuality because it's one of the driving forces behind most media productions.

For various reasons, there is a content range we strive for on this site. We can't be too crude and perverted, but neither do we want to sanitize pages on works that involve sexual content. This is a site for discussing tropes and how they relate to fiction, not for being lewd or prudish, same as it's not for opinions or {{Natter}}.

For various reasons, there is a content range we strive for on this site. We can't be too crude and perverted, but neither do we want to sanitize pages on works that involve sexual content. This is a site for discussing tropes and how the relate to fiction, not for being lewd or prudish, same as it's not for opinions or {{Natter}}.

# '''Personal opinions on hotness.''' Examples should stand on their own without the introduction of YMMV material. Adding your own thoughts and feelings on an example is {{Natter}} and not needed. Don't try and [[OpinionMyopia extend your feelings to a larger group of fans either]], e.g. "...and fangirls everywhere rejoiced". You're not fooling anyone.

# '''Unrelated fanservice mentions.''' If the hot bits aren't related to the example, they don't belong in the example. It's {{Natter}} and it just makes it sound like porn.

# '''Pedo gushing.''' We don't need to describe children sexually. This should be cut immediately. We're not interested in hosting pedophilia fantasies. Period. If a work contains children having sex (e.g. ''Literature/{{Lolita}}''), again just state the facts and move on.

# '''Talking about actors instead of characters.''' An actor is not the character they play. When you're writing an example about a work, refer to the character, not the actor.

If a page seems to be infested with lewdness and you don't feel up to tackling it yourself -- or if you're not sure whether it's lewd enough to fall afoul of this guideline -- please report it in the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13312331670A55000100 Perversity Clean-Up]] thread to get more repair-minded eyes on it.

Sometimes examples have a tendency to stray from the path of "funny, but informative" into the land of "downright lewd." Lewd writing is a lot like {{Natter}}: if you see it, clean up. Examples can be written without creepiness. If there is something sexual, it's best to just state the facts and move on.

# '''Titillation links.''' Tell, don't show. We don't need screen shots to illustrate {{fanservice}}. If a reader is really curious, they can go look it up on Google. (See also WeblinksAreNotExamples.)

Sometimes examples have a tendency to stray from the path of "funny, but informative" into the land of "downright lewd." Lewd writing is a lot like {{Natter}}: if you see it, clean up. Examples can be written without creepiness.

# '''Pedo gushing.''' We don't need to describe children sexually. This should be cut immediately. We're not interested in hosting pedophilia fantasies. Period. If a work contains children having sex (e.g. ''Literature/{{Lolita}}''), just state the facts and move on.

# '''Don't be a BluenoseBowdlerizer.''' We're not looking to censor the wiki. If the sex and sexuality is an honest part of the work and relevant to the example, it belongs there.

If a page seems to be infested with lewdness and you don't feel up to tackling it yourself -- or if you're not sure whether it's lewd enough to fall afoul of this guideline -- please report it in the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13312331670A55000100 Perversity alarm]] thread to get more repair-minded eyes on it.