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geoandmar
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Posted: 13th Jun 2008 09:06
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Whilst playing a game on this board, I went to post a perfectly legitimate word, used in everyday language, meaning

1. dashing smartness, as in dress or appearance; style.
2. a swagger.
3. stylish or elegant.
4. pretentiously stylish.
5. to swagger in behavior; show off.

only to have the following message appear

Quote: "Your message appears to contain bad language, please edit it out."
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Agent Dink
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What was the word?

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revenant chaos
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Posted: 13th Jun 2008 09:44
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was it possibly s-w-a-n-k?
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geoandmar
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Posted: 13th Jun 2008 09:50 Edited at: 13th Jun 2008 09:54
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To Agent Dink

See post by revenant chaos

To revenant chaos

Got it in one

Who would have thought?

Quote: ""Your message appears to contain bad language ...... ""
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Van B
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Posted: 13th Jun 2008 10:16
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It's hardly used in everyday language - maybe 100 years ago.

In any case, it's those last 4 letters that are being caught in the filter.


less is more, but if less is more how you keeping score?
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greenlig
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It's alright Van, he's from Victoria

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gearce
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Posted: 13th Jun 2008 10:54
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I replied with

Quote: "I don't see the connection"


between two posts in a game on this board and a reply came back containing the four-letter acronym of a clothing brand.

This I considered to be in bad taste but no comment from a mod

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dark coder
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Posted: 13th Jun 2008 11:19
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I tried to reply here and get the same problem :s, what's up with the filter .

Just don't m-i-s-h-i-t with your posts, also c-u-m-i-n seed can really make a dish better, just don't let it cook for too long so check your w-r-i-s-t-w-a-t-c-h every now and then.

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gearce
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Posted: 13th Jun 2008 12:12 Edited at: 13th Jun 2008 12:13
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Re my above post:

In the same game, a reply post came back with the word referring to "breaks wind" ...... but nothing from a mod.

What constitutes bad language?

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Van B
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Posted: 13th Jun 2008 12:25
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The swear filter was setup by Rich, it has nothing to do with mods and we are not in control of it - like most of the forum features Gearce has been moaning about this week.


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Posted: 14th Jun 2008 06:36
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Not trying to be smart, but what is meant by
Quote: "like most of the forum features Gearce has been moaning about this week."


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Posted: 14th Jun 2008 13:19
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Lol it took me far too long to find the word in w-r-i-s-t-w-a-t-c-h . Guess that makes me one

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Posted: 14th Jun 2008 17:19
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Quote: "also c-u-m-i-n seed can really make a dish better"


That's just innapropriate.

If it feels good, it's a sin.
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Posted: 14th Jun 2008 17:29
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Quote: "Quote: "also c-u-m-i-n seed can really make a dish better"

That's just innapropriate."


I would say so, because he's right - cumin seed can go good in a curry or most chicken dishes, just don't over do it though.


Unless you mean the innuendo, well, you've got be open minded and try anything once...

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Pus In Boots
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Now that's innuendo!

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Posted: 14th Jun 2008 18:19
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hahahahaha

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Posted: 14th Jun 2008 19:41 Edited at: 14th Jun 2008 19:43
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That's nothing, the dell forum doesn't even allow the word 'crap.'

So I used the word crud instead, and they removed my thread all together. I think that's going way overboard and annoys me very much.

Quote: "Dear Sid Sinister:

We are writing in reference to your post in the Dell Communities (Forum, Ideastorm, Direct2Dell).

Board: New Users/Non-technical - First Time Users
Date: 06-13-2008
Title: Getting rid of Dell crudware

This post contains an alternate version of a word that has prohibited use on the Dell Forum. This includes using alternate words, symbols or characters to circumvent the content filter. If a word is not acceptable for posting in this Forum, substituted versions of the words are also not acceptable.

In compliance with the Dell Community Forum Terms of Service Agreement, the post will be removed as we must keep these Forums accessible to users of all ages and backgrounds. You can find the Terms of Service located at the following link:
http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/terms

As the original author, you can re-post without the questionable/objectionable content. For your convenience, the following is a copy of the original post:

"I don't like having the dell crudware on my computer that came preinstalled with Vista. If I format and reinstall Vista off the Dell Vista DVD, will the crudware still be there? In other words... is the crudpware part of Vista since Dell's logo is on the install CD?

-1 for the word c..r..a..p being prohibited btw... how stupid."

We understand some situations are unintentional and our efforts at this time are to inform users of situations that could lead to posting privileges being revoked from all Dell Communities (Forums, IdeaStorm, Direct2Dell).

Thank you for your cooperation and thank you for using the Dell Communities.

Sincerely,

DTE15154
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This message is a private communication between the Dell Community Forum and you and should not be posted to the message boards. Public posting of this message may result in immediate banning of your Dell Community account (Forums, IdeaStorm, Direct2Dell)."


About the bold: LOL. They can blow me for all I care. I think it's stupid you can't use the simple word of 'crap.' It's like saying 'stuff' or 'thing'. Dell for the loss. I don't care if they ban me or not. All I wanted to know is if I reinstalled Vista using their Dell Vista DVD would I get all their retarded dell programs with it... of course I said it nicer. lol.

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Posted: 14th Jun 2008 20:18 Edited at: 14th Jun 2008 20:20
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Er, disregard that! I thought you were looking for some more help, wasn't reading your message in context with the thread


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Sid Sinister
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Lol that's okay. I reposted the thread under the topic of "Getting Rid of Dells Version of Computer AIDS." =]

See my vista thread for more.

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Grandma
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Posted: 14th Jun 2008 21:10 Edited at: 14th Jun 2008 21:13
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@ Sid Sinister
@ Dell forum
@ crap



endat
endat
endat

Edit:

@ whitespace

Oh noes, it's all ignored and this posts looks silly now.

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Sid Sinister
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Are you drunk? To much lately?

Lol, your post didn't make sense...

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Oh shoot. Well, it would have made more sense if this forum didn't remove whitespace from your posts. And as a fellow programmer, you should have gotten the "joke" there. Go be ashamed somewhere.

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Indeed. Grandma posted a joke that, for once, was appropriate and made sense, and now you don't get it. You must be the lowest of the lowest lifeforms, seeing Grandma is second on the list.

But we still love you.


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Grandma should learn to use code tags... They preserve whitespace

Ah wait, but then there would be no smiley.

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Quote: "Ah wait, but then there would be no smiley."


Exactly.

The emoticon was the meat and potato of the whole post. That put me in an uncomfortable situation. My choices were to continue with it anyway and get ridiculed, or exile.

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Posted: 15th Jun 2008 02:41 Edited at: 15th Jun 2008 03:00
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I can understand it when a word on its own may be deemed undesirable, but when part of a genuine word is deemed undesirable well ...... My Oh My

Who dissects every word they are reading?

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edit: nevermind

@ the wizard
It's because the script searches through the post you just wrote. If it finds any combination of letters making up a bad word regardless of whether it's a whole word or part of the word. It then gets flagged as innappropriate.

This could be due to lazy programming on Rich's part, but it's pretty rare for it to even happen so I probably wouldn't have worried about it in his case either.

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I understand how the filter works, but I ask again ...... Who dissects every word they are reading?

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No one? The filter doesn't care. The filter was programmed to do what it does and it can't get around that programming. It doesn't know you aren't dissecting the words as carefully as it is.

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Quote: "About the bold: LOL. They can blow me for all I care."

Theres a bomb in your toilet.

The Dell Toilet Bomb is prohibited to Dell use only.


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@sid
i would have prohibited the word AIDS in a flash! Lol

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I would have just prohibited AIDS first.

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Why should the word AIDS be prohibited, maybe someone should get slapped or something for using it crudely, but it's just a disease. Might as well go ban the words cancer, diabetes, influenza, and the common cold as well.

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Sorry if this is kind of off subject, but speaking of odd words being filtered by forums, I am not sure if anyone here ever played Final Fantasy XI, but if you ever posted on the ffxi.allakhazam.com forums, there are some strange words you cannot say:

Monkgear (any gear that the Monk job can use)
lolrng (a put down to say "LOL...Ranger")
lolmnk (same as above, but with Monk)

..and the list goes on. The filtered catches it, and says it will not let you post your message.
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Referring to Rule 3.1 of the AUP

Quote: "3.1 Do not upload, post, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy (up to, but not excluding any address, email, phone number, or any other contact information without the written consent of the owner of such information), hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable"


and

Quote: "Moderators (Mods)

...... whos job it is to apply the rules for TGC. Remember that mods do not make the rules - they only enforce them."


at

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=116024&b=10

"Bad language" words are still getting through

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I have never once encountered the filter at these forums...maybe I'm just magically lucky?


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I did once when I tried to link to an article about Hillary Sw@nk :/ .

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Quote: "I have never once encountered the filter at these forums...maybe I'm just magically lucky?"


Or maybe you just don't come from Scun-thorpe.

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lol, I never said the *word* AIDS should be prohibited...

I was having a lol...

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