User blog comment:NTPYTO/I'm back, and a few other things./@comment-3541956-20120508102955/@comment-3541956-20120508144807

First, (incidentally to answer NTPYTO's last point), "maturity" is how much someone has matured, or grown up. Adults are commonly referred to as grown ups. Theye ya go.

Secondly, obscenity is not out of place whenever and wherever it is used, otherwise the bible would't include the bit that says "which are out of place".

Thirdly (directed at NOBODY now, no pun intended), as we know, people shouldn't swear in front of younger users. That is both unnecessary and immature. If an admin (or anyone, in fact) sees that happening, (s)he should simply warn the user, and tell the younger user to ignore it. The younger user will almost certainly not be disallowed from using the wiki from 1 occurrence of that. By the time the second occurrence comes, if it does, that user should be blocked.

I completely agree with NTPYTO that this may have to be a compromise. I, for one, am prepared to accept anything that isn't outright ridiculous (e.g. ban all swearing and block all those that do). My proposition here is that, yes, unnecessary swearing as well as an overload of it should be banned, but people should not make a big deal out of the occasional word.

Remember, if the younger user's parents see, (s)he can always tell his/her parents that there is one vulgar person who swore, but the valiant and good admins warned him/her not to do it. All we need to do is create that image.

NOBODY, again, we should use our common sense. Don't put a policy in, just use the the duck clause - it's wrong if it looks wrong.