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Clawfinger named a song Nigger (lyrics from Musixmatch.com) on their debut-album Deaf Dumb Blind, which became a semi-hitsong in Norway, Sweden and some other countries. Best regards Migrant (talk – contribs) 16:18, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

N-word in the Russian language

@MBH In response to your revert, I'd like to clarify that I did not make an "unreasonable deletion of text." I provided specific reasons for the removal and even explained the issue in detail to you personally in the chat. The primary concern was the absence of a reliable source to support the content. It's essential to adhere to Wikipedia's guidelines and avoid sharing content that promotes racism or offensive ideas. – Mariâ Magdalina (talk) 15:25, 26 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In no way does a neutral explanation of an ethnic slur "promote racism". However, the lack of sourcing and questionable relevance — this section should concern only those words etymologically related to nigger — was a valid reason to delete. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 17:08, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

N-word should redirect to the slang term.

Popular consensus is the n-word is typically referring to the slang word rather than the slur. Coronaverification (talk) 07:19, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Are they not literally one in the same? UnbearableIsBad (talk) 22:33, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Warring over the case of a letter?

@VexVector: and other interested editors need to talk about it instead of this tug of war. Cheers. Fred Gandt · talk · contribs 02:44, 26 April 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 · contribs 02:49, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Correct: The word nigger in the opening paragraph should not be capitalized. It is not a proper noun. Vex-Vectoꝛ 02:51, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]