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I'd say yes. If a quote's needed, its text should be left unaltered.
Currently mostly inactive. An incremental game I tested: https://galaxy.click/play/176 (Gods Of Incremental)The one with the a is generally used more in a friendly context, like "You're my n*gga, bro!"
Edited by Piterpicher Currently mostly inactive. An incremental game I tested: https://galaxy.click/play/176 (Gods Of Incremental)While there's no rule against specific words, there's plenty of rules on civility and balancing language (e.g. No Lewdness, No Prudishness) that make it obvious that one should not be flinging around slurs (at least without a very good reason).
I'd say if the language in a quote isn't acceptable, there's probably no reason to quote it.
Edited by Bisected8 TV Tropes's No. 1 bread themed lesbian. she/her, fae/faerAs an aside; is "the other F-word" the one that means cigarette, or the one that means bundle of sticks?
This is why I typically want to avoid T Word Euphemisms, except for N- or the usual meaning of F- as those two are clearly recognizable.
2025: the year it all ends?It's a balancing act. If the slur is relevant to the quote, like say a writeup for an N-Word Privileges example, then don't replace it.
But if you don't need to quote the slur for an example to make sense then don't.
I will also point out that the quote in question might be relevant to what happened. It might be Wham Line, but the Wham Line might contain slurs. Or it could be something like The Wire which takes place in inner city Baltimore and the n-word is prevalent for lots of examples. Context matters.
Edited by jjjj2 You can only write so much in your forum signature. It's not fair that I want to write a piece of writing yet it will cut me off in the midI don't think quotes should be censored. Thats Political Correctness Gone Mad
Edited by Forenperser Certified: 48.0% West Asian, 6.5% South Asian, 15.8% North/West European, 15.7% English, 7.4% Balkan, 6.6% ScandinavianThat would be dangerously close to bluenosing. By that logic we shouldn't be able to talk about things like Guy Gibson's dog or H.P. Lovecraft's infamous cat.
It's true those animals didn't have the most tasteful names, and they certainly have aged even worse. But it's a matter of fact that it's what they were called.
Same with quotes, IMO. Don't go around dropping slurs, but if it's necessary to quote someone dropping the N-bomb, then do it. It is what they said. Don't distort facts.
"I like girls, but now, it's about justice."@Michael Katsuro: Well, if you're quoting a specific lyric, you can just quote the part that has the trope. If that's not the case, then just use another quote.
TV Tropes's No. 1 bread themed lesbian. she/her, fae/faer@Michael Katsuro That's cool, wasn't suggesting that you would - more that I can see some idiot using the precedent to troll by using quotes containing slurs when they are not necessary to end run around censure.

Obviously, we can’t use slurs (the N-word with the hard R, the R-word, the other F-word, etc.) in writing, as they are far beyond the realm of simple swearing. But what if we’re quoting a work that uses them? Would censoring them be an example of Bluenose Bowdlerization?
(I mainly ask this because a lot of works from the mid-to-late-2000s use the R-word, and sometimes the other F-word. And, well, a good portion of this wiki is from the mid-to-late 2000s.)
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