Title: Language in a WordCamp Video I am reviewing… Author: Michael Wiginton Published: April 10, 2013 Last modified: June 29, 2015 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/roseapplemedia/) [Michael Wiginton](https://profiles.wordpress.org/roseapplemedia/) 12:52 pm _on_ April 10, 2013   # Language in a WordCamp Video I am reviewing… Language in a WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. [Learn more](https://central.wordcamp.org/about/). Video I am reviewing a video that uses some curse words in the presentation (4 times). Do we have a policy about language? Do we simply mark it “adult language” or maybe notify someone to edit it? ### Share this: * [ Threads ](https://make.wordpress.org/tv/2013/04/10/language-in-a-wordcamp-video-i-am-reviewing/?share=threads) * [ Mastodon ](https://make.wordpress.org/tv/2013/04/10/language-in-a-wordcamp-video-i-am-reviewing/?share=mastodon) * [ Bluesky ](https://make.wordpress.org/tv/2013/04/10/language-in-a-wordcamp-video-i-am-reviewing/?share=bluesky) * [ Facebook ](https://make.wordpress.org/tv/2013/04/10/language-in-a-wordcamp-video-i-am-reviewing/?share=facebook) * [ X ](https://make.wordpress.org/tv/2013/04/10/language-in-a-wordcamp-video-i-am-reviewing/?share=x) * [ LinkedIn ](https://make.wordpress.org/tv/2013/04/10/language-in-a-wordcamp-video-i-am-reviewing/?share=linkedin) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Ftv%2F2013%2F04%2F10%2Flanguage-in-a-wordcamp-video-i-am-reviewing%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) ### Like this: Like Loading… 1. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/aca73401f9de6a39263048c0239d21fb8393f055045af5d7f3e03417a1bfecc3? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 2. Andrea Middleton 3:29 pm _on_ April 10, 2013 3. I’d like to keep it clean; people don’t come to wordpress.tv to hear cussing. Send me a note to [support@wordcamp.org](https://make.wordpress.org/tv/2013/04/10/language-in-a-wordcamp-video-i-am-reviewing/support@wordcamp.org?output_format=md) with the name of the presenter and let me take a look? 4. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ee4239f37edd3c1b3c9ebb35fc27369060cff3c03945f4fccbc83cad7bf8e8e4? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * Michael 3:43 pm _on_ April 10, 2013 * Sent. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9cd26c82db40b1e515c8bd0be8db838d374a0eae2abcdaac5aff92b7857fe6bd? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [Jerry Bates](http://jerrysarcastic.wordpress.com) 9:56 am _on_ April 11, 2013 * I think I may know about this video, as the speaker was blowing me up on Twitter because their video was not up yet… not knowing that the WC org just hadn’t gotten around to it. * So my thought here is that we should definitely not allow adult language, but it is possible that this uploader will complain pretty vocally in tweets, so I just thought I’d mention it. 🙂 * I’ll also add that [@paolal](https://profiles.wordpress.org/paolal/) brought to my attention a video that is in Italian and had a lot of expletives. Naturally those are not in english, and Paolo backed up the fact that, in Italy at least, such talk is not as offensive as it is to us Yanks. They swear on prime time televsion, for example. * So with that in mind, should we have a “no swearing” policy across the board, or have some cultural sensitivity toward this issue? - ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ee4239f37edd3c1b3c9ebb35fc27369060cff3c03945f4fccbc83cad7bf8e8e4? s=32&d=mm&r=g) - Michael 12:05 pm _on_ April 11, 2013 - At the very least it should be tagged “Adult Language” since we have a large diverse audience. - It would be easy to edit out and not impact the content. - Issues like this are such a distraction from the content. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9cd26c82db40b1e515c8bd0be8db838d374a0eae2abcdaac5aff92b7857fe6bd? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [Jerry Bates](http://jerrysarcastic.wordpress.com) 1:13 pm _on_ April 11, 2013 * I agree on the tagging idea if it’s just a tiny f-bomb (like the projector broke or something) and maybe even a few little ones in the talk. * But a speaker who is all “eff this and eff that” throughout the presentation is not something I want to see up on wp.tv. Yes, we’re all adults, but there is such a thing as being professional and classy. ### Leave a Reply 󠀁[Cancel reply](https://make.wordpress.org/tv/2013/04/10/language-in-a-wordcamp-video-i-am-reviewing/?output_format=md#respond)󠁿 You must be [logged in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Ftv%2F2013%2F04%2F10%2Flanguage-in-a-wordcamp-video-i-am-reviewing%2F&locale=en_US) to post a comment. # Post navigation [← @andreamiddleton when you are out of your nyquil…](https://make.wordpress.org/tv/2013/04/03/andreamiddleton-when-you-are-out-of-your-nyquil/) [Amanda Blum has asked us to hold off… →](https://make.wordpress.org/tv/2013/04/10/amanda-blum-has-asked-us-to-hold-off/)