Banned Words on PDF

[Jungibaaz]

Moral policing is getting out of control. This is probably the only safe place where we can keep bharti garbage away and call them out on their shit.

Good bye PDF ... You are soon going to turn into Quora / Reddit / FB , that is infested by bhartis..( I wanted to use G word but can't)

I think you would look at this differently if you'd seen the moderation system from the inside. Mods are actually quite lenient here given that we get to know members on a name basis, and we can see that any given member has thousands of posts.

While this is a Pakistani forum, and will always be, Indian and other nationalities should be welcome here. We have plenty of quality posters from among them here too, and the basic need for civility has to be accommodated. We all call Indians out on things we know they're wrong on, but it should be done without resorting to low quality insults and trolling.

 

[pakpride00090]

Feels like there is a bit of bias here. Don't think any Pakistani was really offended by Jihadi or madrassa chap. G and P words are such powerful words compared to Jihadi or Madrassa chap. I protest against this decision, it's an un-even trade.

@El Sidd @Areesh Heads up

We wear the words " Jihadi " Islamist " and " mardarshacahap " as badge of honor...

 

[xyx007]

what about using word randian or Injun during heated debt with RSS goons.

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

Bhartis will never go away.... You ban 10 today and next day 20 will show up..

You shouldn't have taken away our right to use all "words" ... Check out Indian defense forums... It is riddled with all kinds of slurs because it is their safe space...

There are no bengalis / Pakistanis or other nationals over there... Bare dil hone ki wajah se this forum has become gangu infested and with the ban on certain words , expect more floods.

Do we want to descend to their level and be like them or can we at least try to take the higher ground?

Isn't it more inline with Islamic teachings to refrain from racial slurs and derogatory comments, even if they are the enemy?

 

[Joe Shearer]

I never thought gangu as a slur but a term for people of the Ganges .
never used it once myself

Coolie is another derogatory word, a English name for a servant/slave

Actually 'Gangu' does occur in colloquial Hindi, in one particular expression that is the equivalent of the Moon and sixpence. It is "Kahaan Raja Bhoj kahaan Gangu Teli". The person who brought it into PDF (I don't think it is much used elsewhere) was that fearsome person Indus Pakistan.

 

[pakpride00090]

It hasn't become very infested as you claim though. If some Radical Indian tries to step out of line too much, often time there are enough opposing members to put them in their place. Call them out all you want, but i must admit that the use of derogatory racial insults should be kept at bay.

Thanks to Waz and some other mods... A huge wave of bans were issued in the past 6 months which led to some return of the sanity..But I am sure , with this lenient attitude ,they will be back.

 

[Joe Shearer]

You can still call them out on their shit, we're just asking that certain words that have acquired derogatory racial connotations not be used while calling them out on their shit.

Do yo really think that it is words like gangu that keep the Bharatis away from this forum?

If you permit, I would - some day, after prior notice to you offline - demonstrate how to call someone out without using a single term of abuse.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

Sir plz include mullah, jihadi too. They are used as derogatory words for Muslims

Do you agree with following to be also banned -

• Westoxified
• Libtards

@AgNoStiC MuSliM Please read above. And if you ban gang*desh do you also intend to ban

• porkistan

 

[Joe Shearer]

Thanks to Waz and some other mods... A huge wave of bans were issued in the past 6 months which led to some return of the sanity..But I am sure , with this lenient attitude ,they will be back.

Bullshit.

Now there's a team guarding the place. The reaction time is breath-taking.

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

Actually 'Gangu' does occur in colloquial Hindi, in one particular expression that is the equivalent of the Moon and sixpence. It is "Kahaan Raja Bhoj kahaan Gangu Teli". The person who brought it into PDF (I don't think it is much used elsewhere) was that fearsome person Indus Pakistan.

Are you saying that Gangu, as a racial slur, was born on PDF?!

 

[Jungibaaz]

Check out Indian defense forums... It is riddled with all kinds of slurs because it is their safe space...

There are no bengalis / Pakistanis or other nationals over there... Bare dil hone ki wajah se this forum has become gangu infested and with the ban on certain words , expect more floods.

This is my point exactly, a few of them killed their own forums by not giving opposing members enough space to debate. And a lack of civility or too much hostility against 'foreign' members drives them away in droves. More generally too, high quality posters and professional members are also driven away by this sort of atmosphere. IMO, this in particular is why PDF has been so successful, and this is what those other forums failed to do.

 

[Joe Shearer]

Do you agree with following to be also banned -

• Westoxified
• Libtards

@AgNoStiC MuSliM Please read above. And if you ban gang*desh do you also intend to ban

• porkistan

HEY! YOU'RE BACK! I JUST REFERRED TO YOU IN REVERENTIAL LATE-LAMENTED TONES!!

 

[Indus Pakistan]

Or any other Bengali members

I hope you don't ban -

• Banga
• Ganga

 

[Death Professor]

low quality insults

I disagree, Pajeet might be of low quality(but thats only because I am not learned enough), but Gangu nopes. It has historical, geographical and cultural connotations.

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

Thanks to Waz and some other mods... A huge wave of bans were issued in the past 6 months which led to some return of the sanity..But I am sure , with this lenient attitude ,they will be back.

Banning certain words has nothing to do with our overall moderating approach/policies. They will remain the same.