Board Thread:Administrator's Noticeboard/@comment-7697305-20140527012127/@comment-24821572-20140530003151

Well, I can see why some feel implementing the script to be an unnecessary, and possibly a bad move. Nevertheless, I think having a filter that will block the extreme words will be rather beneficial to the chat, and the wiki itself. Chat mods aren't always in the chat room, and some will be quite busy with Terraria itself and other things even if they are. There have been a few cases where someone just shows up and starts swearing and throwing curses everywhere while a moderator isn't around.

This doesn't have anything to do with parenting or children being in the chat. Frankly, even an adult(nearly 25) like myself doesn't feel like seeing people coming in cursing at random in what is supposed to be a friendly chat room. It promotes discord and some people can get edgy, especially if the words were aimed at them. While the filter can't block all insults and swearing, it will at least remove the extreme words that the trolls/grievers would use. They will work their way around it, it is what they do. However, with the filter implemented, we will at least hinder their efforts and possibly put them off(a miniscule chance but hey, still a chance).

As for choosing what you read/see if someone starts cussing, not sure how to respond to that exactly but we could see this filter as a baseline to our way of conduct here in the wiki. Like in the real world, we conduct ourselves differently in different places. We know some actions are acceptable in some area, while others are not, like smoking and drinking. Implementing the filter will drive our point clearer to the users of what is acceptable, and what is not in the chat room.

Anyway, those are my views on this matter. I really do think the filter would be a good thing to the wiki. Apologies in advance if I offended anyone with my words