How to Handle Explicit Literary Scans

[Agnaa]

With visual scans, we can just blur out an explicit portion, but how should/do we handle scans with explicit text?

Blur/blackout parts of the text (although this could in some cases make it sound worse than it is)? Just include a reference and hope that the description is enough to track it down for whoever needs to?

(For those who would ask "why not just exclude those scans?" I'm indexing a character who drives people insane, and sometimes the harm they inflict because of that includes SA. It's described rather clinically, but I'm erring on the side of caution by asking this)

EDIT: Armor suggested posting these through an Imgur album, where the first image is a content warning. I think that's a solid idea tbh.

 

[Agnaa]

I asked a Fandom staff member, and they said that strongly sexually explicit text shouldn't be on Fandom pages, or in text that's linked to. Explicitly violent text is fine to link to, although there should be appropriate warnings. And that text described on pages should be kept mild, whether the explicit thing being alluded to is of a sexual or violent nature.

 

[Antvasima]

Thank you for helping out.

Does our following wiki rules page need to be updated then?

Acceptable Content Rating Scale

The Acceptable Content Rating Scale is a tool of measurement used to define what material is acceptable to be hosted on the site. As this website is a place for people of all ages, user discretion is advised when viewing verses with these ratings attached. Level 1: Suggestive - Verses with...

vsbattles.fandom.com

 

[Agnaa]

It may be good to add a brief note about that, yes.

 

[Antvasima]

Okay. I think that you can do so then, if you wish, given that these are direct instructions from Fandom's staff.

 

[Agnaa]

I've done so.

 

[Antvasima]

Thank you for helping out.

 

[FinePoint]

Based on Fandom's response and what's currently written it seems to make the most sense to simply include a reference without a direct scan, rather than attempt to selectively censor.

 

[Agnaa]

Based on Fandom's response and what's currently written it seems to make the most sense to simply include a reference without a direct scan, rather than attempt to selectively censor.

Yeah.

 

[Antvasima]

Yes, agreed.