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Blizzard Replaced the Word "Blacklisted" with "Blocklisted" in Their Code

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In the latest Patch 9.1.5 build, Blizzard replaced the word "blacklisted" with "blocklisted" in their API Documentation code.

The source file in question is named "CommentatorFrameDocumentation.lua". It can be found in /Interface/Addons/Blizzard_APIDocumentation. This has been brought to our attention by Reddit user DutchChair, who posted a diff of both files on Reddit.

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In their ongoing effort to remove inappropriate references from the game, in Patch 9.1.5 alone, Blizzard renamed multiple achievementsMac'Aree to Eredath, and desexualized some Vanilla paintings.

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Its not racial reference, its color reference for F sake!
Will it be warchief Darkhand, Shady Market and Rainbow temple next time?

Wake up Blizz, this is not what people care about, they care about your team leaders social behavior at the workplace, not names of some ingame stuff!

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Where is the world I grew up in? Didn't anyone at blizz have a mom or dad or go to Kindergarten?? Sticks and Stones may break my bones but words shall never hurt me. Blizzard have their priority's all messed up at this point.

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This has been a thing in the tech industry for 2 years now (master and slave, for example, are also no longer used) and isn't unique to Blizzard.

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In all fairness, they are located in California. PC is at an all time high over there... though this is just absurd on all fronts.

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The term "blacklist" is an issue discussed in the industry:

https://9to5google.com/2020/06/12/google-android-chrome-blacklist-blocklist-more-inclusive/

https://abusix.com/resources/blocklists/why-changing-the-terms-blacklist-and-whitelist-isnt-as-easy-as-it-might-seem/

https://www.adexchanger.com/data-driven-thinking/no-more-inflammatory-jargon-change-blacklist-to-blocklist/

https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/744

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10 minutes ago, Veremor said:

This.  "Blacklist" is becoming "blocklist", "whitelist" is becoming "allow list"...this is not new or specific to Blizzard.  Simmer down.

Oh, AND let's keep in mind this is in API documentation, and not even code itself, and NOT actual live content.  This change ONLY affects developers. Players will literally never see this.  This is a total non-issue.

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Next time players visit Block Temple there's a pleasant surprise waiting for them in the Den of Mortal Delights. Bananas, oranges, grapes, apples, mangos are just some of the new high resolution models that have permanently replaced all the humanoid ones. We have significanly reduced the chance Illidan will drop the Wargraves of Azzinoth and players will no longer be able to /spit on his corpse when he doesn't drop them. These are the kind of changes that make the game better and will bring WoW back to 12 million subs!

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2 hours ago, Veremor said:

The term "blacklist" is an issue discussed in the industry:

I remember reading something about removing "slave" and "master" commands as well. This has been an issue for a while, but I would say context matters, this is just going a bit too far.

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3 hours ago, johnnyd2 said:

Are they seriously going to rename Blackwing Lair/Descent too? Or change the whole black dragonflight too?

Blockwing Lair and Block Dragonflight confirmed ! 😄

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8 hours ago, Arcling said:

I remember reading something about removing "slave" and "master" commands as well. This has been an issue for a while, but I would say context matters, this is just going a bit too far.

It's a timing thing I guess. They're doing this alongside all the other PC/unsexualisational stuff. Personally I don't understand it, the master/slave naming makes sense (as it was not the rename) since you have a master unit controlling all the others. Yeah it's a bit old fashioned but any idiot can understand it. 

Will we be renaming black Friday too? Since afaik the naming is a similar reason to blacklist being what it is, colour of the text being reported. 

 

  

6 hours ago, CheLives said:

I think y'all are defining the need for the term "woke".

We're not asleep anymore under the yoke. It's time. Wake up. 

There's limits to how much people will accept at one time. Especially given the main consumer of the game will be cis white males, those least likely to understand or truly empathise with the issues since we don't see them often.

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19 hours ago, Rhondis said:

In all fairness, they are located in California. PC is at an all time high over there... though this is just absurd on all fronts.

Indeed, but then again nothing fairness about that & no need to shoulder pat them :) Kinda same in California with SJW level being at Stratosphere altitude ^^ This text has black color just to show that i see black colored folks equal to other human skin colors :P If i would be big or small game developer i still wouldn't surrender to cries of pc or sjw's & do dumb things likes this ^^ 

@Bambiprsi wrote: "Will it be warchief Darkhand, Shady Market & Rainbow temple next time? Wake up Blizz, this is not what people care about, they care about your team leaders social behavior at the workplace, not names of some ingame stuff!"
^^ No doubt some of those come true in next half a year or so.. About people who care about these & just wanna whine for attention: They're mostly lost PC souls who can't think of normal way to spend their time.. All these past changes made since early this year's summer pile up to reasons why should not resub to World of Warcraft :/

I left Q1 this year & thought of returning on summer, but these things kept sending message to old Azeroth fan heart "Don't support these loonies until they come to their senses" :/ On these days i play mostly Hearthstone & Heroes of the Storm from Blizz's library. Yes i don't recognize Activision's adhd alley shooting games to be part of them. It's good that you can now hide them. I wonder what name changes they come up with in Hearthstone or Diablo games. *WTB Cryo Freeze until this absurd era is over & humanity is back to normal minds as it was back in -80's / early -90's. * Advice on attached image is the one that these lost souls should follow.

All the lost souls who whine to Blizz & ask them to change names should follow this advice..jpg

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Instead of placing a character on an ignore setting the entire account with all associated characters will be automatically placed on the block list.  Basically keeping the ingame harassement via pm down to a mininum.  It's an upgrade feature not a downgrade. 

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