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"Offensive text" template

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This song has extremely racist lyrics, including uses of "niggar" and "coon." Thus, I was wondering if someone would mind making an 'offensive text' template stating that no one on IMSLP condones such language. This may not be entirely necessary, but I feel it needs to be explicitly said - at least in the form of a little box at the top of the page.
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Re: "Offensive text" template

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If a library has in its collection the writings of Hitler would anyone think that meant the librarians were pro-Nazi? Of course not. Furthermore, the notion of "offensive text" is very nebulous. Who decides what is and isn't offensive? I really think this template is a solution in search of a problem that doesn't exist on IMSLP.
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Re: "Offensive text" template

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OK. I agree with your assessment.
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Re: "Offensive text" template

Post by coulonnus »

Read the user note with "The historical materials..." in this page: http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cd ... on/fa-spnc Perhaps we should adapt it and put it into the main imslp page instead of putting warnings into specific pages.
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