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Are expletives allowed on SE sites? on Meta Stack Overflow is the closest we have to an official statement in this kind of area. And while it looks undecided do note that the top answer (there by a tiny margin) was placed by Jeff, who was one of the network founders, so in general the answer is roughly:

No, we don't accept expletives or offensive language (or other content types) on the site.

The problem is "offensive" is pretty hard to define universally and there are very different ideas of what constitutes offensive across the globe (and even within local communities) and therefore within our user base.

So as a rough guideline, I would suggest the following:

1. If you see something that you, personally, consider to be offensive then please go ahead and edit it out (or, if it can't be edited then please flag it for a moderator).

2. However, don't edit out something you're OK with but are concerned someone else might be offended by. This just starts a race to the bottom where any word with the slightness possible rude meaning could get purged.

3. If someone replaces any content your removed, then please just flag for a moderator and move on - don't go getting caught in edit wars.

Are expletives allowed on SE sites? on Meta Stack Overflow is the closest we have to an official statement in this kind of area. And while it looks undecided do note that the top answer (there by a tiny margin) was placed by Jeff, who was one of the network founders, so in general the answer is roughly:

No, we don't accept expletives or offensive language (or other content types) on the site.

The problem is "offensive" is pretty hard to define universally and there are very different ideas of what constitutes offensive across the globe (and even within local communities) and therefore within our user base.

So as a rough guideline, I would suggest the following:

1. If you see something that you, personally, consider to be offensive then please go ahead and edit it out (or, if it can't be edited then please flag it for a moderator).

2. However, don't edit out something you're OK with but are concerned someone else might be offended by. This just starts a race to the bottom where any word with the slightness possible rude meaning could get purged.

3. If someone replaces any content your removed, then please just flag for a moderator and move on - don't go getting caught in edit wars.

Are expletives allowed on SE sites? on Meta Stack Overflow is the closest we have to an official statement in this kind of area. And while it looks undecided do note that the top answer (there by a tiny margin) was placed by Jeff, who was one of the network founders, so in general the answer is roughly:

 

No, we don't accept expletives or offensive language (or other content types) on the site.

The problem is "offensive" is pretty hard to define universally and there are very different ideas of what constitutes offensive across the globe (and even within local communities) and therefore within our user base.

So as a rough guideline, I would suggest the following:

1. If you see something that you, personally, consider to be offensive then please go ahead and edit it out (or, if it can't be edited then please flag it for a moderator).

2. However, don't edit out something you're OK with but are concerned someone else might be offended by. This just starts a race to the bottom where any word with the slightness possible rude meaning could get purged.

3. If someone replaces any content your removed, then please just flag for a moderator and move on - don't go getting caught in edit wars.

Are expletives allowed on SE sites? on Meta Stack Overflow is the closest we have to an official statement in this kind of area. And while it looks undecided do note that the top answer (there by a tiny margin) was placed by Jeff, who was one of the network founders, so in general the answer is roughly:

 

No, we don't accept expletives or offensive language (or other content types) on the site.

The problem is "offensive" is pretty hard to define universally and there are very different ideas of what constitutes offensive across the globe (and even within local communities) and therefore within our user base.

So as a rough guideline, I would suggest the following:

1. If you see something that you, personally, consider to be offensive then please go ahead and edit it out (or, if it can't be edited then please flag it for a moderator).

    

2. However, don't edit out something you're OK with but are concerned someone else might be offended by. This just starts a race to the bottom where any word with the slightness possible rude meaning could get purged.

    

3. If someone replaces any content your removed, then please just flag for a moderator and move on - don't go getting caught in edit wars.

    

Are expletives allowed on SE sites? on Meta Stack Overflow is the closest we have to an official statement in this kind of area. And while it looks undecided do note that the top answer (there by a tiny margin) was placed by Jeff, who was one of the network founders, so in general the answer is roughly:

 

No, we don't accept expletives or offensive language (or other content types) on the site.

The problem is "offensive" is pretty hard to define universally and there are very different ideas of what constitutes offensive across the globe (and even within local communities) and therefore within our user base.

So as a rough guideline, I would suggest the following:

1. If you see something that you, personally, consider to be offensive then please go ahead and edit it out (or, if it can't be edited then please flag it for a moderator).

    

2. However, don't edit out something you're OK with but are concerned someone else might be offended by. This just starts a race to the bottom where any word with the slightness possible rude meaning could get purged.

    

3. If someone replaces any content your removed, then please just flag for a moderator and move on - don't go getting caught in edit wars.

    

Are expletives allowed on SE sites? on Meta Stack Overflow is the closest we have to an official statement in this kind of area. And while it looks undecided do note that the top answer (there by a tiny margin) was placed by Jeff, who was one of the network founders, so in general the answer is roughly:

 

No, we don't accept expletives or offensive language (or other content types) on the site.

The problem is "offensive" is pretty hard to define universally and there are very different ideas of what constitutes offensive across the globe (and even within local communities) and therefore within our user base.

So as a rough guideline, I would suggest the following:

1. If you see something that you, personally, consider to be offensive then please go ahead and edit it out (or, if it can't be edited then please flag it for a moderator).

2. However, don't edit out something you're OK with but are concerned someone else might be offended by. This just starts a race to the bottom where any word with the slightness possible rude meaning could get purged.

3. If someone replaces any content your removed, then please just flag for a moderator and move on - don't go getting caught in edit wars.