Talk:Nigger

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)


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

Warring over the case of a letter?
and other interested editors need to talk about it instead of this tug of war. Cheers. 02:44, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
 * 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.  02:49, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
 * 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)

Another important meaning of the woodpile phrase
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)