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A wiki [[Wiki Vandal|"contributor"]] who does nothing but [[T-Word Euphemism|censor words]] he or she finds offensive. Neither the circumstances nor the standards of the rest of the wiki matter to the Bluenose—if they think a word is the least bit "naughty", it gets excised. Reasonably intelligent censors will actually go through the effort of rewriting the passage so that the offending terms are no longer needed, but the far more common simpleminded variety will merely replace all but the first letter of the "bad word" with asterisks, use spoiler font, or "safe" [[Gosh Dang It to Heck|swearwords]]. In short, they are rather [[Self-Demonstrating Article|#$¢%ing]] stupid.

They will then sit back and bask in the illusory satisfaction that they have made the world a measurably better place—at least until their change is reverted.

The '''Bluenose Bowdlerizer''' rarely has anything other than moral indignation to offer a wiki—they are usually too busy making it "safe for children", regardless of whether children are part of the intended audience or not, to actually contribute anything of value.

Not every troper who removes a few curse words is one of these, though. Sometimes vulgar words are gratuitously inserted into articles making them come off as immature. Removing such words when used inappropriately is encouraged on this wiki. 

On the other hand, replacing them with asterisks or other symbols is discouraged and a bannable offense if done repeatedly. This includes [[Censorware]], automated programs that do the censoring while editing and are just as undesirable as "symbol-substituting" Bowdlerising.

See [[Moral Guardians]], [[Culture Police]] and the [[Scunthorpe Problem]]. Compare [[This Trope Is Bleep]].

Not to be confused with that sailboat that's on the [[Canada, Eh?|Canadian]] dime, the Stan Rogers song about said sailboat, or the denizens of Nova Scotia, [[Canadian History|Canada]] (known as 'Bluenoses' since the late 18th century). Nor to be confused with sailors who have [[wikipedia:Line-crossing ceremony|crossed into the arctic circle]] for the first time or ardent supporters of Rangers F.C.

And of course, this should never ever be confused with [[One Piece|a certain]] [[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer|Rudolph]] [[Expy]].

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