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Mumsnet swearing policy

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JustineMumsnet · 11/05/2005 12:55

Hi all,
We've had a few complaints about obscene language on the boards. Our policy on this is that we would appreciate it if people would keep foul and abusive language to a minimum and that if you feel it necessary to swear to make your point then use asterisks please - as some of you may remember Tech did try to automate this once but it caused havoc as the programme deleted all sorts of legit words that contained an abusive one .

Anyway we don't want to be over-prudish about this - we're not talking minor offenses here - and sometimes (parking attendant, gp receptionist annecdotes etc etc) we agree that nothing else but a swear word will do but it's a fair point that lots of members look at mumsnet with kids who may be early readers at their side and as the saying goes... less is more sometimes, so if you could use your discretion it would be much appreciated.

Ta very much.

JustineMumsnet · 11/05/2005 13:19

OMG definitely ranks as minor offence in our book Fio2.

JustineMumsnet · 11/05/2005 13:39

Well it's hard isn't it? (no pun intended - whoops). Oral sex is a valid discussion topic and it's fairly impossible to have that discussion without using some fairly descriptive language but it's where that discussion is no longer a discussion but a series of obscene postings that it starts to offend people we think. It's because it's a grey area that we'd rather people used their common sense. If we make up a set of hard and fast rules we suspect we'd spend all our time trying to work out whether they'd been broken .

JustineMumsnet · 11/05/2005 13:44

That's it Peter you've got it - and well done Custardo too - oh and if the odd one slips through well, what the heck, we'll probably pretend we didn't notice.

JustineMumsnet · 11/05/2005 13:45

Did you say you were leaving ?

JustineMumsnet · 11/05/2005 13:54

We will be sorry to see you go - you are, after all, the only mumsnetter who's ever been unbanned. Hope you don't stay away too long.

JustineMumsnet · 11/05/2005 14:12

Ok I'm going to do the the newsletter now, so will leave you to debate on scouts groups and use of Scunthorpe and check in later but I've got to get on - that's the trouble with mumsnet can never get anything done .

JustineMumsnet · 11/05/2005 23:54

Hmmm had a sneaky suspicion this thread would end up like this. Well all we can say is *** the lot of you!

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