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== Language in articles ==

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I thought about creating a short section about language, since I think it's better to use descent language and try to paraphrase explicit words as good as you can (e.g. "having a date with her" instead of "fucking her"). I would like put up a table containing often used words and according paraphrase for quick look-up or if s.o. has no ideas. What do you think? --[[User:Trololove|trololove]] ([[User talk:Trololove|talk]]) 20:17, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

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	:: IMO, trololove's example sounds like beating around the bush, and that can be confusing. I agree that a wiki shouldn't have unnecessary ''crude or vulgar'' language, but ''explicit'' language is definitely welcome. - [[User:Loliturma\|Loliturma]] ([[User talk:Loliturma\|talk]]) 22:25, 30 March 2014 (UTC)		:: IMO, trololove's example sounds like beating around the bush, and that can be confusing. I agree that a wiki shouldn't have unnecessary ''crude or vulgar'' language, but ''explicit'' language is definitely welcome. - [[User:Loliturma\|Loliturma]] ([[User talk:Loliturma\|talk]]) 22:25, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
	:::Aggree, actualy I meant ''crude or vulgar'' language (lack of words). Propably the example I gave wasn't good neither, but I think we all have the same opinion ^^. Gonna put it on the page. --[[User:Trololove\|trololove]] ([[User talk:Trololove\|talk]]) 09:54, 31 March 2014 (UTC)		:::Aggree, actualy I meant ''crude or vulgar'' language (lack of words). Propably the example I gave wasn't good neither, but I think we all have the same opinion ^^. Gonna put it on the page. --[[User:Trololove\|trololove]] ([[User talk:Trololove\|talk]]) 09:54, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
		+	::I agree that we should avoid vulgar language and I have in the past actively edited several wiki's at Wikia, replacing for instance fuck with H and cum with climax. A list of terms would probably be helpful. [[User:Inquisitor\|Inquisitor]] ([[User talk:Inquisitor\|talk]]) 10:27, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

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 ::# stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.
 :: IMO, trololove's example sounds like beating around the bush, and that can be confusing. I agree that a wiki shouldn't have unnecessary ''crude or vulgar'' language, but ''explicit'' language is definitely welcome. - [[User:Loliturma|Loliturma]] ([[User talk:Loliturma|talk]]) 22:25, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
-:::Aggree, actualy I meant ''crude or vulgar'' language (lack of words). Propably the example I gave wasn't good neither, but I think we have all the same opinion ^^. Gonna put it on the page. --[[User:Trololove|trololove]] ([[User talk:Trololove|talk]]) 09:54, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
+:::Aggree, actualy I meant ''crude or vulgar'' language (lack of words). Propably the example I gave wasn't good neither, but I think we all have the same opinion ^^. Gonna put it on the page. --[[User:Trololove|trololove]] ([[User talk:Trololove|talk]]) 09:54, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

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 == Language in articles ==
 I thought about creating a short section about language, since I think it's better to use descent language and try to paraphrase explicit words as good as you can (e.g. "having a date with her" instead of "fucking her"). I would like put up a table containing often used words and according paraphrase for quick look-up or if s.o. has no ideas.  What do you think? --[[User:Trololove|trololove]] ([[User talk:Trololove|talk]]) 20:17, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
 : In my opinion, text style should be similar to game style - so it really depends on the people who translated the game. Also, "having a date" is usually not the same as doing her/fucking her (see [[@HomeMate]] - Date is a special situation there). Usually "fucking" is described as "having H (with)". "having sex (with)" is also fine. We are not a wiki for platformers or FPS games ^^ but we still should use "neutral" language. Just my 0.02 (€-)cents. --[[User:Hmoeller|<span style="font:bold 12px Times New Roman;">hmoeller</span>]] <sup style="font: normal 10px Times New Roman"> [ [[User talk:Hmoeller|Talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Hmoeller|Contribs]] ]</sup> 15:54, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
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 ::# stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.
 :: IMO, trololove's example sounds like beating around the bush, and that can be confusing. I agree that a wiki shouldn't have unnecessary ''crude or vulgar'' language, but ''explicit'' language is definitely welcome. - [[User:Loliturma|Loliturma]] ([[User talk:Loliturma|talk]]) 22:25, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

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	I thought about creating a short section about language, since I think it's better to use descent language and try to paraphrase explicit words as good as you can (e.g. "having a date with her" instead of "fucking her"). I would like put up a table containing often used words and according paraphrase for quick look-up or if s.o. has no ideas. What do you think? --[[User:Trololove\|trololove]] ([[User talk:Trololove\|talk]]) 20:17, 23 March 2014 (UTC)		I thought about creating a short section about language, since I think it's better to use descent language and try to paraphrase explicit words as good as you can (e.g. "having a date with her" instead of "fucking her"). I would like put up a table containing often used words and according paraphrase for quick look-up or if s.o. has no ideas. What do you think? --[[User:Trololove\|trololove]] ([[User talk:Trololove\|talk]]) 20:17, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
	: In my opinion, text style should be similar to game style - so it really depends on the people who translated the game. Also, "having a date" is usually not the same as doing her/fucking her (see [[@HomeMate]] - Date is a special situation there). Usually "fucking" is described as "having H (with)". "having sex (with)" is also fine. We are not a wiki for platformers or FPS games ^^ but we still should use "neutral" language. Just my 0.02 (€-)cents. --[[User:Hmoeller\|<span style="font:bold 12px Times New Roman;">hmoeller</span>]] <sup style="font: normal 10px Times New Roman"> [ [[User talk:Hmoeller\|Talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Hmoeller\|Contribs]] ]</sup> 15:54, 30 March 2014 (UTC)		: In my opinion, text style should be similar to game style - so it really depends on the people who translated the game. Also, "having a date" is usually not the same as doing her/fucking her (see [[@HomeMate]] - Date is a special situation there). Usually "fucking" is described as "having H (with)". "having sex (with)" is also fine. We are not a wiki for platformers or FPS games ^^ but we still should use "neutral" language. Just my 0.02 (€-)cents. --[[User:Hmoeller\|<span style="font:bold 12px Times New Roman;">hmoeller</span>]] <sup style="font: normal 10px Times New Roman"> [ [[User talk:Hmoeller\|Talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Hmoeller\|Contribs]] ]</sup> 15:54, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
		+	::; explicit: ''adjective''
		+	::# stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.
		+	:: IMO, trololove's example sounds like beating around the bush, and that can be confusing. I agree that a wiki shouldn't have unnecessary ''crude or vulgar'' language, but ''explicit'' language is definitely welcome. - [[User:Loliturma\|Loliturma]] ([[User talk:Loliturma\|talk]]) 22:25, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

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	I thought about creating a short section about language, since I think it's better to use descent language and try to paraphrase explicit words as good as you can (e.g. "having a date with her" instead of "fucking her"). I would like put up a table containing often used words and according paraphrase for quick look-up or if s.o. has no ideas. What do you think? --[[User:Trololove\|trololove]] ([[User talk:Trololove\|talk]]) 20:17, 23 March 2014 (UTC)		I thought about creating a short section about language, since I think it's better to use descent language and try to paraphrase explicit words as good as you can (e.g. "having a date with her" instead of "fucking her"). I would like put up a table containing often used words and according paraphrase for quick look-up or if s.o. has no ideas. What do you think? --[[User:Trololove\|trololove]] ([[User talk:Trololove\|talk]]) 20:17, 23 March 2014 (UTC)
		+	: In my opinion, text style should be similar to game style - so it really depends on the people who translated the game. Also, "having a date" is usually not the same as doing her/fucking her (see [[@HomeMate]] - Date is a special situation there). Usually "fucking" is described as "having H (with)". "having sex (with)" is also fine. We are not a wiki for platformers or FPS games ^^ but we still should use "neutral" language. Just my 0.02 (€-)cents. --[[User:Hmoeller\|<span style="font:bold 12px Times New Roman;">hmoeller</span>]] <sup style="font: normal 10px Times New Roman"> [ [[User talk:Hmoeller\|Talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Hmoeller\|Contribs]] ]</sup> 15:54, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

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