Admin Forum:MediaWiki:Badwords

What exactly is the function of MediaWiki:Badwords? I come from a Wikia wiki where there used to be no admins and thus massive amounts of trolling, so I know perfectly well it doesn't censor them. Thus, what does it do? Could it be potentially used to censor somebody who uses massive amounts of that kinds of language, or what? Catuse167 19:09, January 3, 2012 (UTC)