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Date	Process	Result
July 9, 2007	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
February 16, 2008	Articles for deletion	Speedily kept

Current status: Former featured article candidate

Usage on television - Canada

The Wikipedia article mentions : "In Canada, "shit" is one of the words considered by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council to be "coarse, offensive language intended for adults", acceptable for broadcast only after 9:00pm.[19]"

There is no actual list of what the CBSC considers "coarse, offensive language intended for adults". According to my research, I could find no CBSC decision dealing with the word "shit".

The citation [19] points to a CBSC decision that mentions specifically that the word "shit" was bleeped OUT of the television episode of the show South Park that was being reveiewed.

The statement that " "shit" is one of the words considered by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council to be "coarse, offensive language intended for adults" " cannot be backed by citations. The text following this statement about the television show "Trailer Park Boys" mentions no citations that the use of the word "shit" is prohibited in Canadian television broadcasting, or any specific cases for that television show in particular, and therefore has no value to the article.

Semi-protected edit request on 11 February 2024

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i want to edit the shit page so i can fix a gramatical error Exvinvity (talk) 19:36, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What grammatical error? I will fix it. You can not edit this page.—Alalch E. 19:39, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Skitters

"Skitters" is used in the southern US for diarrhoea. 103.192.194.32 (talk) 11:56, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Sheiße" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Sheiße has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 June 22 § Sheiße until a consensus is reached. PleaseStand (talk) 10:41, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 19 August 2024

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Requires more revisions and corrections to remove template warnings.

{{}} 64.189.18.44 (talk) 20:30, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. PianoDan (talk) 20:41, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Literal meaning and usage of four letter word not given proper priority given to

Although nowadays mostly used as an expletive or in remoter allegorical senses, the noun and verb are primarily and properly basic Anglo-Saxon. Like many basic four letter words, nowadays its use is objectionable in refined company simply because it is crudely direct. We should properly explain the basic literal English meaning, with references, before derivative usages are explained (at length). Jezza (talk) 18:35, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]