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If by "slang word" you're referring to the colloquialism "nigga", then you are incorrect: "N-word" refers to the slur, not the colloquialism. Thanks and happy editing.Chillowack (talk) 22:26, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
For the record: I agree with VexVector; it's not a proper noun and is used in the disputed case (puns rule) within a sentence, so should be all lower case. Fred Gandt · talk · contribs02:49, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The "US slave-era phrase denoting escaped slaves hiding in train-transported woodpiles" ALSO refers to concealed/denied mixed-race ancestry. I don't know how that information should best be included/acknowledged, but it shouldn't be ignored. Poihths (talk) 19:28, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Guidance for Wikipedia editors
I arrived here after finding the full N-word quoted in another article. My personal understanding is that it would be more appropriate to euphemize as "N-word", or replace in a direct quote as "[N-word]" when it appears in article content. To anchor my opinion in the article itself, the section "In an academic setting" illustrates a close analogue to the Wikipedia context, in which 80% of a class on hate speech unenrolled after hearing the lecturer use the word. I'm sure context was relevant in that case, but it's relevant here as well: nobody is paying attention to the article's authors using the word in an intra- or inter-group sense, they simply know that it's disgusting to come across egregious usages. Is there already a discussion thread about recommended writing style (and moving this article to "N-word" with a redirect back to it, for that matter)? Adamw (talk) 14:55, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
