A note about swearing

[orudge]

As you will no doubt all know, swearing is forbidden according to the forum rules. In recent months, some users have generally got away with this however, mainly in the Off-Topic forums. This post is just to let you all know though that the moderation team will be taking a harder line on such matters from now on. If you use such words in your posts, expect to receive an unofficial warning from a moderator the first time, and from then on, any such further abuse will result in a formal warning - which could lead to a ban.

There are many lovely expressive words in the English language, I see no reason why people should have to resort to such crude terms here. Save it for the pub/playground/wherever.

If you have any questions or comments, please do post them here.

[DeletedUser21]

A gosh dee didly darn it!

Well I try not to swear, sometimes when emotions get out of hand it becomes harder to control tough, I'll try.

Well DANG!

[Wile E. Coyote]

I wonder who is the biggest swearer here?

[Lord Aro]

DAVE.

[Daan Timmer]

Hey! Don't swear!

is FFFFFFFFFuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu concidered swearing btw?

[Wile E. Coyote]

Shhhh! Don't tell to nobody!

[WWTBAM]

I feel this thread is getting too OT for the news forum.

[JamieLei]

Does this cover frustration with various people over IRC?

[Hyronymus]

Does this cover frustration with various people over IRC?

We make it fit if we see fit .

[XeryusTC]

Guess we'll have to frelling change to Farscape cursing then.

[orudge]

is FFFFFFFFFuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu concidered swearing btw?

No, but it's considered very annoying by me (not just on the forums; I just find it to be an incredibly irritating and stupid meme), so I wouldn't advise you use it.

As for your mention of IRC, Jamie, this is of course a forum policy and only applicable to the forums, although I certainly don't encourage such language on IRC either.

[Dave]

As you will no doubt all know, swearing is forbidden according to the forum rules. In recent months, some users have generally got away with this however, mainly in the Off-Topic forums. This post is just to let you all know though that the moderation team will be taking a harder line on such matters from now on. If you use such words in your posts, expect to receive an unofficial warning from a moderator the first time, and from then on, any such further abuse will result in a formal warning - which could lead to a ban.

There are many lovely expressive words in the English language, I see no reason why people should have to resort to such crude terms here. Save it for the pub/playground/wherever.

If you have any questions or comments, please do post them here.

All well and good, but if we're going to do that, I'd like to see the swear filter reintroduced as a mandatory measure.

[Redirect Left]

Does this cover frustration with various people over IRC?

Various = Me, right?

[petert]

Various = Me, right?

I wouldn't say that it was only you, I've known other people to swear on IRC.

[orudge]

All well and good, but if we're going to do that, I'd like to see the swear filter reintroduced as a mandatory measure.

Hmm, that would seem to be sensible, do others agree?

[neob]

swearing as in what?! some ppl consider damn or BS as profanity as well
so what do expect us to play with pseudo profanity?

Well DANG!

or dam or dummys? will there be a OTTD no swearing guided for -censored-

also how about Fraking, frigging, freaking, FXXXing .... i can play all day long in this pseudo DANG
swearing is not necessary profanity, some times it cuts back on very distasteful expressive descriptions used with many lovely innocent words.


by the way am i the only one who think, that the lion roar in the tropical climate sound like a digestion malfunction gone wrong
and dont mean that mild kind i mean the kind that you go after, i think its very vulgar and rude


and as for the swear filter

[PikkaBird]

so what do expect us to play with pseudo profanity?

Use real words. Deliberately pushing the rules to see how far you can go will get you banned.

The swear filter is there as a last resort for parents who don't want their kids reading bad language. Just because you don't trigger the filter doesn't mean your post is okay.

[orudge]

Well, perhaps think of it as: don't use words you wouldn't say to your grandma around the dinner table. Or wouldn't say to your neighbour's 8-year-old son. Basically, this is a forum about a transport game, and there really isn't need to use bad language.

[neob]

more like what i hope that neighbour's 8-year-old son would not say to me

[JamieLei]

Various = Me, right?

I wouldn't say that it was only you, I've known other people to swear on IRC.

Sigh... - injoke between me and Jolteon, stop trying to interpret it (and plus you interpreted it completely the wrong way). You really don't have to comment on everything you know.