Talk:Slang dictionary

This page is a mess and needs a good long clean up

Linking
Most of the definitions of these words could do with inner-wiki linking. Examples off the top of my head: KBD should have a link to King Black Dragon, K should link to Stackable items, etc.

2 lists?
Since this list of words is getting so big, mabye we could split it into 2 sections, one for RuneScape related jargon (drag, scmmy, ect.) and one for just plain leetspeak (lol, wtf, ect.) Anyone have any thoughts? 02:26, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I say we keep one list, because they're all used in RuneScape. 04:27, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

I agree with Chia. if anyone ever comes across a word they dont know, they won't know what list it will be in.--Kade wikis 21:03, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Censor it?
I think it should be censored, because the 1st time I saw the page, I was shocked to see swear words written on it. And besides, RuneScape Wikians aren't allowed to type these words, and the possibility of the site being banned by school internet filters.

I don't think so, because this is a informational page. These are really things that people mean when they type these words.

And, there IS that big "Warning: There is language on this page that some readers may consider offensive." banner at the top of the page. 12:09, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Can't we just put sum asteriks(spell-check needed!) after the 1st letter, like F***?
 * If players are offended by the language, they really need to talk with someone. If parents are appalled by the language, they should remember that they are responsible for their children, not us. If readers don't understand the language, they should wait until they're 13 to continue playing Runescape.

I just noticed someone's been replacing all f*** by freak... wtf ? 13:20, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * So, then revert the page to before it was edited... It was edited by an IP, therefor probably not even a member of the wiki. As I DK 14:23, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't know how to restore an old revision... so I went trough them all and undid the censoring ones and left the good ones. I hope I didn't miss any... 15:13, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I think no censor needed, it's an accurate description of what people are actually trying to say. And the banner at the top says it all! It's like the disclaimer for some TV shows: "Viewer discretion is advised".--Frogging101 22:43, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

FTW
Should the recent edit, made by an ip address 71.141.134.173, that Ftw was "Fuck the World" be kept? I've never seen it used in that manner, but would like other's opinions.
 * This page is offensive enough..I think it should be removed[[Image:Wintumber_tree.PNG]] Atlandy 15:57, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * The matter isn't whether it's offensive or not, it is "is it used". Personnally, I'd never seen this use before. 14:58, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * i say get rid of it. dont think ANYONE has heard it before, i reckon it was omeone just being stupid.
 * Um, unless you've been living under a rock, you should know that Taz, of ECW fame used it when he created his own championship belt, called the FTW (fuck the world) Championship. Just about every person with more than 2 brain cells knows that FTW is Fuck The World. I say keep it, unless you're a retard. 69.156.176.17 00:42, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
 * It doesn't really matter if a very notable professional wrestler uses the phrase, which in turn may have 5,000,000 people using the phrase. What matters, is if it's used in-game. 00:06, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I've NEVER heard it used in this context ingame. I say remove it. Dtm142 18:23, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I've heard it a bilion times, with two seperate meanings. 1. (Fuck the world) and 2. (For the win). You can ask any player in rs and they'll probably say the 1st one. It should be kept.--Zeeus 20:56, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I haven't heard it used in this context but even if one person uses it it should be kept. Per chia, what matters is if it's used.
 * I've only ever heard it mean For the win, so keep it as that. Fizziwig2006 22:44, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I've never heard it used that way, either (sorry, but i never like to swear or even imply it slightly). However, some people claim that it is used in RuneScape and some people might be confused when they play RuneScape and hear it. I think we should keep it even though i don't know about it.

Deletion of this article
This article serves no purpose and as i was looking through it, it has bearly half of the abreviations used by the runescape poulation. If this article cant be cleaned up in lets say... a week then it should be removed.--Zeeus 20:54, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Any article no matter how small should not be removed. Someday this article might contain the majority of rs acronyms. Besides from the point there really are some rs players whom genuinely don't know the meanings of acronyms. As for ½ of the rs acronyms there are more being made constantly so it might be impossible to keep up with all of them. We're only human :\

If this article is ever a use to anyone anywhere in the world, it should stay. Thats what wikis are about.--Kade wikis 20:59, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree to both of you, this is an accurate article and yes, it may someday contain almost all acronyms and RS slang.--Frogging101 19:25, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Don't delete. But would a section on the most frequently used abrrvts be helpful? Yrademord 10:58, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Cleanup - Adding Links
I've gone through and added a bunch of links in. However, because I made the edit, I would prefer someone else to go through and decide whether the cleanup tag is ready to be removed. Thanks in advance! 06:25, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

z00b????
Ok, I think that z00b/zoob should be removed. Mainly because I have NEVER heard ANYONE use that term. My MAIN account has Zezima in it's name and no one calls me a z00b/zoob.

Also, should we add HYT to the definitions? For those who don't know, it means Hey You Tip.iter. We could say it is used by member's of tip.it. Da bomba3 talk2me |undefinedSandy |undefined 23:56, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm not saying you're wrong, but "zoob/z00b" is on this list, and this basically means that it has been used. Plus, certain people hate "Zezima noobs" and would make up zoob. There you go. 18:38, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Zomg
for those of you who don't know, Zounds was a word used in old English to express disbelief. plz dont remove it. an example is in Romeo and Juliet right before Mercutio died.
 * Who said we would? 23:10, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Gay
When a player says that he is straight, which is uncensored, will he be banned? Unless he is soliciting (god forbid how), that player doesn't deserve blackmarks, so a person saying he himself is homosexual is completely acceptable as well. If it's dodging the censor, well, that is not automatically breaking a rule. To support this, some words and names, like a certain administrator's in-game handle, are caught by it.