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"Elf Racism" edits
Is there an official Kitfox policy on how Elves should be represented, as suggested in the patch notes? If so, where is it accessible? As a long-time reader the "D for Dwarf" sections and humour really help this wiki, and the game's community in general, stand out. --– unsigned comment by 87.198.240.206
- it's pinned in the kitfox discord [#df-discussion] but i'll ask if it can be made more public. Su (talk) 14:08, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
- All I see is a comment on what's allowed/not allowed in their Discord Server? What all are the terms of the recent Kitfox Sponsorship? Is this wiki still community run or was it actually aquired by Kitfox? Obviously racism that's even remotely mappable to real life is unnacceptable, but DF does run into the fantasy problem of "Inherently Evil" races, and the videogame problem of races=factions. Considering DF is already Medieval Warcrime Simulator, I think maybe a policy of rephrasing existing wiki content rather than removal might result in a better balance of content. Like, calling them cannibal hippies is just accurate, while calling them suck-up jerks or cowards might be going a bit far? More nuanced discussion of specific edits needed. --– unsigned comment by 87.198.240.206
- Side comment: I am unfamiliar with the 'Kitfox policy' either. If it is applicable here, it might be best to reference it in an appropriate place (Community Portal? just don't take the K rule please (even thought the game is not using 100% keyboard input anymore) to avoid unnecessary edit warring. --Jan (talk) 14:28, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
Per Emi and Locriani, Kitfox does not control policy on this wiki ([1]). The Discord policy is separate. —Lethosor (talk) 16:30, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
- Additionally, the only pinned post on Discord that I was able to find reads:
- Yeah, the rampant elf racism masks very real racism way too often for us to allow it here when there's so many people to deal with.
- which I don't think applies to the wiki in either way (our editor traffic is not nearly so high or problematic). —Lethosor (talk) 18:16, 20 December 2022 (UTC)