Bluenose Bowdlerizer: Difference between revisions

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 -- ifBluenose—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 -- atplace—at least until their change is reverted.

The [['''Bluenose Bowdlerizer]]''' rarely has anything other than moral indignation to offer a wiki -- theywiki—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.