Difference between revisions of "Profanity in SydLexia.com articles"

Latest revision as of 14:35, 17 September 2008

This page gives an account on the frequency of profanity in SydLexia.com articles. The words that were chosen for a close examination are "ass", "crap", "damn", "fuck" and "shit". Further studies will hopefully cover the remaining range of profanity including those of George Carlin's seven words that were left out for now.

Summary

Of the examined words "fuck" is the one most frequently used.
The 100 Best SNES Games Ever article has the highest fuck count of all articles. The one with the highest fuck-to-words ratio is Hammerin' Harry.
Only in one article does the number of "fuck"s exceed one percent of the article's overall words.
Movie posters and the Philosophy of Art is the article with the least amount of prophanity.
The highest absolute number of swear words can be found in the Top 100 SNES Games article, despite the Top 100 NES article being slightly longer.

Conclusion

While Syd's articles contain a decent amount of profanity there is still room for improvement.

Full data

Article	Number of words	"ass" count	%	"crap" count	%	"damn" count	%	"fuck" count	%	"shit" count	%
01. Revolution X	3118	1	.03	2	.06	0	0	20	.64	5	.16
02. TIME KILLERS	1971	1	.05	1	.05	1	.05	7	.35	2	.10
03. Never November Rain	1541	2	.12	0	0	0	0	2	.12	0	0
04. Adventure Island	3345	0	0	1	.02	1	.02	6	.17	0	0
05. Are You Afraid of the Dark?	2612	1	.03	0	0	0	0	7	.26	2	.07
06. Bad Dudes	2656	1	.03	0	0	1	.03	10	.37	2	.07
07. Poison	1930	1	.05	0	0	1	.05	6	.31	1	.05
08. Commodore Christmas Crapfest	3011	2	.06	6	.19	2	.06	26	.86	8	.26
09. M.A.S.K	3788	3	.07	1	.02	2	.05	25	.65	7	.18
10. Hammerin' Harry	3433	3	.08	1	.02	0	0	38	1.10	7	.20
11. Smash T.V.	2628	3	.11	0	0	3	.11	22	.83	5	.19
12. Salur Your Shorts	2555	3	.11	1	.03	0	0	18	.70	3	.11
13. Mötley Crüe	1546	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.25	0	0
14. Street Fighter	3282	2	.06	0	0	4	.12	27	.82	11	.33
15. Mega Man Mania: The Robots of Dr. Wily	5012	6	.11	1	.01	5	.09	30	.59	2	.03
16. Streets of Rage	3235	2	.06	0	0	1	.03	13	.40	4	.12
17. Ten Weirdest Arnold Movie Moments	2430	1	.04	2	.08	1	.04	10	.41	4	.16
18. You Can't Do That On Television	3721	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.10	2	.05
19. Super Mario Bros. 2	2336	1	.04	0	0	0	0	7	.29	2	.08
20. Michael Jackson's Moonwalker	2997	1	.03	1	.03	0	0	11	.36	2	.06
21. Wrestlemania Sucks	2510	1	.03	1	.03	0	0	8	.31	4	.15
22. Syd Lexia vs. Pepsi Free	1658	1	.06	1	.06	1	.06	5	.30	3	.18
23. Mortal Kombat Fatality Fest	14832	8	.05	3	.02	8	.05	46	.31	10	.06
24. The Number Of The Beast	2370	0	0	0	0	1	.04	3	.12	1	.04
25. A Boy And His Blob	4540	0	0	1	.02	2	.04	13	.28	1	.02
26. Spring Cleaning Crapstravangza	3073	4	.13	7	.22	2	.06	23	.74	2	.06
27. Nintendo Game Packs	2367	3	.12	3	.12	2	.08	13	.54	3	.12
28. Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja	5375	4	.07	1	.01	3	.05	23	.42	4	.07
29. Hulk Rules	2994	1	.03	1	.03	0	0	14	.46	3	.10
30. Quiz & Dragons	3033	1	.03	1	.03	1	.03	16	.52	6	.19
31. The Worst NES Games That People Actually Played	9164	6	.06	7	.07	8	.08	42	.45	11	.12
32. The Mystery of Scented Mountain	4252	1	.02	4	.09	6	.14	25	.58	8	.18
33. Whomp 'Em	5648	0	0	1	.01	2	.03	28	.49	3	.05
34. DuckTales (J)	5114	2	.03	1	.01	1	.01	18	.35	3	.05
35. Syd Lexia vs. Batman Cereal	2518	1	.03	2	.07	4	.15	8	.31	5	.19
36. Monster Party	5686	1	.01	1	.01	2	.03	36	.63	8	.14
37. SydLexia.com Retrospective	3587	0	0	4	.11	0	0	12	.33	7	.19
38. Heathcliff	4311	1	.02	3	.06	2	.04	14	.32	4	.09
39. Philosophy of Art: Movie Posters	1737	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.05	0	0
40. Ten Best Christmas Movies Ever	3831	0	0	3	.07	3	.07	18	.46	5	.13
41. The Animals' Christmas Eve	2328	1	.04	1	.04	0	0	18	.77	9	.38
42. Rolling Thunder	3363	1	.02	0	0	0	0	17	.50	6	.17
43. A Momentary Lapse of Reason	2802	0	0	1	.03	0	0	6	.21	1	.03
44. Super Punch Out	3173	1	.03	1	.03	3	.09	16	.50	4	.12
45. Clarissa Explains It All	2280	0	0	0	0	1	.04	8	.35	4	.17
46. Konami's Aliens	3549	0	0	1	.02	2	.05	13	.36	6	.16
47. The Grapes of Wrath: The Children's Version	3734	2	.05	0	0	2	.05	8	.21	5	.13
48. otally Terrific Tribute To Taito	6141	2	.03	1	.01	2	.03	12	.19	6	.09
49. Girls of the NES	4383	2	.04	2	.04	2	.04	17	.38	2	.04
50. Devil World	1958	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.35	0	0
51. The Terrapin Logo Language	3386	0	0	2	.05	0	0	8	.23	5	.14
52. Summer Cleaning Crapstravaganza	3655	2	.05	6	.16	0	0	17	.46	8	.21
53. Centipede: The Board Game	1567	0	0	1	.06	1	.06	5	.31	2	.12
54. The 100 Best NES Games Ever	41466	3	0	11	.02	26	.06	85	.20	17	.04
55. Friday the 13th	5217	0	0	2	.03	1	.01	7	.13	5	.09
56. McDonald's Halloween Pails	3268	0	0	1	.03	2	.06	5	.15	2	.06
57. Mystery House	6856	0	0	1	.01	4	.05	48	.70	14	.20
58. Cheat Your Own Adventure: The Cave Of Time (J)	2238	1	.04	0	0	2	.08	11	.49	4	.17
59. Happy Meal Prizes, Round 1	2127	0	0	1	.04	0	0	5	.23	6	.28
60. Christmas Ornament Showcase	2086	2	.09	0	0	3	.14	6	.28	5	.23
61. Five SNES Games You Play In Hell	3050	3	.09	3	.09	0	0	15	.49	8	.26
62. A Link To Love	2620	1	.03	0	0	1	.03	5	.19	1	.03
63. Pocky & Rocky (V)	3775	6	.15	2	.05	5	.13	7	.18	4	.10
64. A Tribute To The Black Concert T-Shirt	7118	2	.02	1	.01	3	.04	25	.35	6	.08
65. MAD Magazine No. 292	6478	1	.01	3	.04	4	.06	17	.26	9	.13
66. The Toxic Crusaders (V)	3343	2	.05	1	.02	2	.05	6	.17	7	.20
67. Sesame Street Ruined My Life	3150	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.44	2	.06
68. Law Of The West (V)	2270	3	.13	1	.04	1	.04	3	.13	1	.04
69. Misleading Arcade Game Names	3139	1	.03	2	.06	1	.03	13	.41	7	.22
70. Jobbers of the NES	2328	0	0	0	0	1	.04	10	.42	2	.08
71. Maniac Mansion (V)	4004	4	.09	1	.02	2	.04	8	.19	2	.04
72. The A-Team: The Board Game	2941	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	.64	4	.13
73. Transformers: The Unaired PSAs	2166	1	.04	1	.04	1	.04	6	.27	3	.13
74. McDonald's McNugget Buddies	2630	3	.11	0	0	1	.03	17	.64	2	.07
75. The 100 Best SNES Games Ever	39691	12	.03	13	.03	40	.10	112	.28	46	.11
76. The Worst Christmas Songs Ever	3410	2	.05	4	.11	2	.05	25	.73	6	.17
77. Final Fantasy VI: An Epic Poem (V)	5766	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
78. Pac-Man: A Bleak Commentary on Western Life	3419	0	0	1	.02	1	.02	9	.26	1	.02
79. The Winter Cleaning Crapstravaganza (V)	2884	2	.06	4	.13	2	.06	8	.27	1	.03
80. Eggplants of the NES	2458	1	.04	0	0	0	0	17	.69	1	.04
81. Alex Kidd In Miracle World	7379	4	.05	0	0	1	.01	33	.44	10	.13

Legend

(J): Article by Dr. Jeebus
(V): Article by Valdronius

Methodology

The whole text of every article is searched for the swear words. This includes the title of the article as well as alt texts for images.
Words that appear in images themselves are not accounted for, such as the in-image text of Valdronius' Epic Poem about FFVI.
Any occurence of the strings "crap", "damn", "fuck" and "shit" is counted. This includes partial matches like crappy, damned, fucking and dipshit. A more complex search pattern is used for the word "ass" because of its frequent occurence in words like classic.
Only white-space is considered a delimiter between words. This means that "ice-cream-flavored" is counted as one word as is "input/output" and similar constructs.

External links

Films that most frequently use the word fuck at Wikipedia
Linux kernel swear counts: Use of "fuck" in the Linux kernel source code
It Hits the Fan: South Park episode that uses the word "shit" 162 times

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-This page gives an account on the frequency of '''profanity in [[SydLexia.com]] articles'''. The words that were chosen for a close examination are "ass", "crap", "damn", "fuck" and "shit". Further studies will hopefully cover the remaining range of profanity including those of [[Steve Carlin]]'s [[The Seven Words|seven words]] that were left out for now.
+This page gives an account on the frequency of '''profanity in [[SydLexia.com]] articles'''. The words that were chosen for a close examination are "ass", "crap", "damn", "fuck" and "shit". Further studies will hopefully cover the remaining range of profanity including those of [[George Carlin]]'s [[The Seven Words|seven words]] that were left out for now.
 == Summary ==
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 == Conclusion ==
-While [[Syd]]'s articles contain a decent amount of prophanity there is still room for improvement.
+While [[Syd]]'s articles contain a decent amount of profanity there is still room for improvement.
 == Full data ==
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+|style="border-top:1px solid gray"|71. [http://sydlexia.com/vald/maniac_mansion.htm Maniac Mansion] (V)
 |style="text-align:center; border-top:1px solid gray; border-left:1px solid gray;"| 4004
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+|style="border-top:1px solid gray"|77. [http://sydlexia.com/vald/ff6/FFEpic.html Final Fantasy VI: An Epic Poem] (V)
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+== Legend ==
+* (J): Article by [[Dr. Jeebus]]
+* (V): Article by [[Valdronius]]
 == Methodology ==
 * The whole text of every article is searched for the swear words. This includes the title of the article as well as alt texts for images.
-* Words that appear in images themselves are not accounted for. This is why there is no data available for [[Valdronius]]' [http://sydlexia.com/vald/ff6/FFEpic.html Epic Poem about FFVI].
+* Words that appear in images themselves are not accounted for, such as the in-image text of [[Valdronius]]' [http://sydlexia.com/vald/ff6/FFEpic.html Epic Poem about FFVI].
 * Any occurence of the strings "crap", "damn", "fuck" and "shit" is counted. This includes partial matches like '''crap'''py, '''damn'''ed, '''fuck'''ing and dip'''shit'''. A more complex search pattern is used for the word "ass" because of its frequent occurence in words like cl'''ass'''ic.
 * Only white-space is considered a delimiter between words. This means that "ice-cream-flavored" is counted as one word as is "input/output" and similar constructs.

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