I'd like to request from admin edits of older puzzles for conscious language. Since many words were once "acceptable" but are slurs, they have been removed from usage, and I found the use of a slur in #145948503 jarring. I believe I've skipped puzzles before for this as well. Thanks for looking into it.
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I have no idea how to check the number of the puzzle referred to above, but if it is the one I think it might be, I tend to agree. I'm going to be explicit with my comments. The puzzle that I am thinking of refers to a team named the Indians. I get that in the United States there are still teams with names like this, despite the fact that the term is acknowledged, in general, as a racial slur. However, in Canada we simply no longer use this term and I also find this puzzle jarring and won't play the puzzle because of it. I don't know how easy it is to go back and edit a word in the puzzle, but if it is possible to do so, changing the team name to some other commonly used team name would seem appropriate. -
That would be another one! This one uses the slur for Romany people.
If Admins are interested, there is a Conscious Language Style Guide in print that we use when editing. I know we reach across a lot of cultures.Comment
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what's that puzzle about? i think i know what you're talking about, i vaguely remember encountering a puzzle with that word in itComment
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I don't remember. It was the proper name of something--a boat or a team or a book.Comment
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actually yeah, i think it was in a book title. maybe the puzzle about library books or the one about different books by different authors? either way i agree, they should probably do something about it, although who knows if they'll see this or prioritize itComment
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