fix(locale): remove offensive and inappropriate words from ja locale#3661
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Remove 17 inappropriate words from the Japanese word list: **Violent/offensive terms:** - 奴ら (yatsura) - derogatory term for "those people" - 殺人者 (satsujinsha) - murderer - ころす (korosu) - to kill - せっぷく (seppuku) - ritual suicide - 斬殺 (zansatsu) - killing by sword - ぶき (buki) - weapon - 鈍器 (donki) - blunt weapon - 暴力 (bōryoku) - violence (appeared twice) - 暴走 (bōsō) - rampage - 敵 (teki) - enemy - 撃つ (utsu) - to shoot - 死ぬ (shinu) - to die - 墓 (haka) - grave - 泥棒 (dorobō) - thief - 悪霊 (akuryō) - evil spirit (appeared twice as あくれい and 悪霊) **Discriminatory term:** - 色盲 (shikimō) - outdated/discriminatory term for color blindness **Politically sensitive:** - 右翼 (uyoku) - right-wing (political connotation) - 靖国神社 (Yasukuni Jinja) - politically controversial shrine **Potentially offensive medical term:** - 性病 (seibyō) - venereal disease (can be used offensively) These words could be offensive or inappropriate in various contexts. This change improves the quality and appropriateness of the generated fake data for Japanese locale.
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Looks good to me. Per previous discussion at #1631 we are removing this kind of vocabulary where possible. |
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Note you'll need to run pnpm run preflight to update the snapshot tests. |
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Thank you @matthewmayer for the review and feedback! I've updated the snapshot tests as suggested. I appreciate the pointer to the previous discussion #1631 - it's helpful to see the project's approach to this kind of vocabulary cleanup. |
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Summary
This PR removes 17 inappropriate words from the Japanese word list in
src/locales/ja/lorem/word.tsto improve the quality and appropriateness of generated fake data.Words Removed
Violent/Offensive Terms (15 words)
Discriminatory Term (1 word)
Politically Sensitive Terms (2 words)
Potentially Offensive Medical Term (1 word)
Motivation
These words could be:
Removing them helps ensure that Faker generates appropriate, non-offensive placeholder data that can be used safely in all contexts.
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