[Wikipedia-l] RE: F***

[Stephen Gilbert]

--- Axel Boldt <axelboldt at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I don't think [[obscenity]] is the proper article
> title though, since it has a specific definition in
> law which does not include profanities. The general
> overview should be at [[profanity]], which is where
> it
> is already. Nevertheless, I think important words
> like
> "fuck" and "nigger" deserve their own encyclopedic
> treatment, especially since other encyclopedias shy
> away from them.
> 
> Note that "Wikipedia is not a dictionary" does not
> mean that we can't have encyclopedia articles about
> certain words. 

I agree. There is so much material that can be written
on those two words in particular; if they were left in
a general profanity article, it would grow to an
obscene size.

Stephen G.

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