Questions tagged [censor]
Censor: delete or hide. This tag can be applied to questions discussing what level of language is appropriate here, and also to questions regarding the controversial practice of deleting questions.
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Stack Exchange IP Block Exemption Policy (Tor)
Does Stack Exchange have an IP Block Exemption Policy? There are countless at-risk users around the world who must use Tor for all Internet activity to protect themselves and/or their families. ...
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182 votes
7 answers
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Why was "An Update to our Community and an Apology" deleted?
Recently, Sara Chipps posted her message Update: an agreement with Monica Cellio. After reading it, I wanted to compare it with her previous post about this subject. It turns out that she deleted it. ...
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2 answers
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Can we prevent movie spoiler subjects from making it to the front page? [duplicate]
I know the particular thing I see shouldn't be a big surprise, but if I go to Stack Exchange's home page, I'd like to not be greeted with a major story point for a movie that just came out today. ...
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3 answers
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Is there a formal policy on controversial (i.e., defamatory or opinionated) topics: Racist queries on Biology SE?
I cannot believe that Someone would ask a loaded question about general, racist, behavioral cultural stereotypes on StackExchange (cf. eugenics). That some users would attempt to answer/discuss/...
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Stack Exchange blocked by EE - Adult content
I fired up Stack Exchange on my mobile today and got this: EE is an ISP and mobile operator in the UK. This is happening for stackexchange.com and all subdomains, but not SO. It is not affecting the ...
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3 answers
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What can a user do if moderators remove a point of view from questions and answers
I wonder what happens if moderators act to remove contributions from a contributor, such that: A particular belief or point of view cannot be seen by other visitors That contributor is unable to make ...
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Foul language on profile info [duplicate]
I see no foul language on comments, answers or questions, but what about profile info? Is foul language allowed there? Check out this profile
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1 answer
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Block foul language feature? [duplicate]
I just saw a question (now deleted) that had a lot of offensive language in it (Google translation; it was written in Turkish). I flagged the question, and commented. After others commented, the OP ...
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3 answers
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HTTPS Problem when accessing Stack Overflow in China
I don't know if this is 100% true, but I live in China, and I now require a VPN to access Stack Overflow. It seems like the following files aren't loading in China. The index page itself is loading, ...
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17 votes
6 answers
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Is mentioning sex ok or is it not?
After we had a discussion about sex on the Internet in Stack Overflow's C++ chat room yesterday, the room description was changed to something mentioning sex. Before you think you discovered something ...
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7 answers
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SO Blog Censorship and Mild Criticism
I think this should be put out to the meta community. As everyone knows by now the SO blog, as well as others, experienced downtime because of a fault at the hosting provider. A lot of data was lost ...
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Feature request: SafeOverflow
Defaults to true. If set to true replaces all instances of known swear words with replacements (comical or * based). If false renders the content as originally presented. Benefits: Reduces ...
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