Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4050367-20140130001358

Hi Wikians, I'm making this thread because there's been a recent issue I've been noticing lately. On one of my wikis, one of the name of the pages has "Battle of Gods" in the name. Now one user in particular has a problem with people using "God" or "Gods" at all (due to their religious beliefs) and demand that we censor the word, or we don't use it at all (due to their religious beliefs). Now, I've usually ignored the situation and let other users discuss the issue so long as no fights go on (I'm an admin on said wiki).

Now, I don't think it makes a ton of sense to rename EVERY SINGLE PAGE with the word "God" or "Gods" in it to "Diety" or "Omnipotent Beings" just because of how long it'd take, but at the same time I feel like we should respect a user's religous beliefs.

In our polices, we have a policy about Religion/Politics. One statement says "So, you can discuss politics or religion as long as you don't outright insult the other person/group for their beliefs/ideas." Now, while the user IS a bit insulted that the term "God" or "Gods" is used in titles, I'm sure that the users who use the term "Gods" or "God" in the title of the page don't INTENTIONALLY mean to insult the user by naming their page a certain way. I don't want to say the wrong thing so... I'm conflicted as to what to do.

So, from one admin to others, whow do YOU think I should handle the situation? Is there a compromise? Do  I need to rename EVERY SINGLE PAGE? Do I say "While we understand you have your own personal beliefs about the word, we will not require a rename of the page because the author of the page has the right to name it that way"? Etc.?

---Sci100 