Some additional helpful information from Tom:
The text on the "please judge this" page is as follows:
Nobles are a peculiar bunch of people. While they betray and backstab
each other as a hobby, they also agree on a code of conduct and insist
on proper manners of speech and behaviour. In short, noble behaviour and
noble words are what makes a noble different from a vulgar peasant.
Unfortunately, not all nobles are equal in this regard, and some slip
into inappropriate manners at times. Of course, the penalty for being no
different than a common peasant is a loss of respect among one's peers.
You are those peers, and have been randomly selected to judge the
following message or messages, which another noble considers vulgar or
otherwise unbefitting of a noble. Please pass your verdict.
This is our method to ensure a proper roleplaying experience and ahigh quality of the gameplay. You do not decide alone, 4 other noblesare selected for each message and the majority decides, but please doconsider your choice carefully, because it is ultimately you who decideson the atmosphere within the game.We have provided some guidelines (see below) to help youmake a decision.In case of doubt, we suggest you err in dubio pro reo. But actualverbal vulgarity should find no mercy.
And the guidelines (on the same page):
Proper manners for a noble follow an unwritten consensus of
respect and dignity. It is not easy to write strict guidelines for
this, so we offer some soft ones, to get you thinking in the right
direction.
First of all is respect. You may hate the enemy, but if he is
a noble, then he is your peer and you should respect him as that. You
can still hate him, but vulgarity is for peasants and nobles have, well
more noble ways to express their feelings.
Second is manners. It doesn't matter what you say, it's
all in how you say it. Again, vulgarity is for the peasants,
nobles are expected to be able to speak in a manner that sets them
apart, even if what they say is fairly basic or even offensive. A
peasant swears - a noble employs a witty repartee.
Third is behaviour, this is mostly for roleplays. A noble is
first and foremost a noble. No matter if he bloodies his sword in the
bodies of his enemies or poisons the wine of the ruler, his actions and
his way of acting set him apart from the commoner in a hard-to-describe
but easy-to-spot way.
As a final hint: Almost all modern swearwords should be considered
vulgar for a noble. Commoners in the middle ages used them extensively,
which is precisely why a noble would avoid them.
