I have no problem with profanity in articles where it makes sense to preserve original quotes, nor any problem with uncensored discussion on the talk pages. However, I do have a concern about putting profanity on the front page, as was recently done in a story about a best-selling book entitled Go the Fuck to Sleep, a book whose own publisher declined to print the uncensored title on the cover. The Wikipedia front page will be seen by lots of children, and will be seen before any warnings can be given about offensive content. There's no point in having offensive content warnings or discussions anywhere else on the site if profanity is permitted on the front page, where it is viewed before sensitive readers even have the opportunity to be warned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.84.236.176 (talk • contribs)
I have a similar concern to the OP's, which I aired when the day's featured article was Gropecunt Lane. The main page editors of that time seemed unable to grasp why this might be questionable main page content, and appeared to be indignant at being challenged; some of them hinted that they quite enjoyed picking articles that could offend (comments along the line of "just wait 'til you see tomorrow's FA")
With countless high quality articles on the site, there is no need to put offensive content on the main page; and since there is no such need, the principle of civility should apply to the choice of main page content. 82.3.243.45 (talk) 22:21, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
“Including information about offensive material is part of Wikipedia's encyclopedic mission; being offensive is not.”
If the inclusion of offensive information is part of Wikipedia’s mission then being offensive is a given.
Here is my issue with the mission of this site: Wikipedia is putting an ideology concerning the importance of availability of information over any concern of social responsibility.