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Zack and Miri[edit]

Whoa. First discussion. OK, sorry I didn't cite my source on that. Most sources went uncited, but that's no excuse. I'm kinda new at this, so if a more experienced Wikipedian wants to cite it, it's just IMDb. Not sure if y'all count IMDb as a source, but it lists "Zack and Miri" under alternative titles as a bowdlerized title; searching the first word on Wikipedia brought me to the article. Any picture of the DVD cover is a source as well; until the word Photoshop is uttered, pictures are generally irrefutable, at least for something like this. NathanJ1979 (talk) 17:03, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of bowlderized works[edit]

The inclusion of Lily Alan is asinine.68.3.199.181 (talk) 23:02, 29 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. 69.115.19.58 (talk) 03:41, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe the shortening of the band name "Massive Attack" to "Massive" by the BBC during the Iraq War is a better example of Bowdlerisation in popular culture in recent years? 84.198.246.199 (talk) 03:50, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

here's something recent: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/20/opinion/20hotchner.html?em

also, there is the thing with And Then There Were None. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.137.24.187 (talk) 12:56, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think the inclusion of the film adaptation of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof in the list of examples is somewhat problematic, because making a film of a novel always involves discarding some material. Since a film is usually not made with the intent to Bowdlerise the novel, even though some Bowdlerisation may occur during the adaptation process, I would suggest not to list film adaptations of novels as examples here. 84.198.246.199 (talk) 02:03, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ironic, eh?[edit]

"It is also used in intelligence communities to refer to changing information so that its source cannot be traced.[citation needed]"

So a citation is needed for information changed so it cannot be traced. LOL

--75.92.56.76 (talk) 04:46, 7 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Similar to swear words[edit]

Does this include stuff like "what the firetruck", "what the well", "mothertrucker", etc.? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.217.230.157 (talk) 17:47, 28 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Those are generally referred to as euphemisms. They're often used in real speech to avoid or reduce offense, esp.to bystanders. Heck, that's where "Darn it!" came from...and "heck" too, and many, many others, like "Gee!" from "Jesus!" So it's not easy to tell whether such euphemisms were in the original text or were substituted by censors, and in general I suspect that they're almost always original. -- Thnidu (talk) 15:43, 24 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

section "Religious"[edit]

§ Religious, which reads in full

In 1264, Pope Clement IV ordered the Jews of Aragon to submit their books to Dominican censors for expurgation.

does not describe what was excised or changed, unlike the other sections. It would benefit from that information. --Thnidu (talk) 15:11, 24 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2023: Roald Dahl rewritten so it could be "enjoyed by all"[edit]

Perhaps the following story is worthy of mention, I unfortunately do not have the time: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/roald-dahl-children-books-offensive-b2284965.html 2A02:AB88:7502:6080:16D:94F7:112C:805B (talk) 19:06, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]