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Swear Filter

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 10:49 pm
by Beowulf
The new swear filter is retarded. If you've gotta have one, might as well just put the little asterisks...its better than changing the words to euphemisms because that really gets old quick...and I think the swear filter should be completely disabled in NHB. Those are just my opinions, but the NHB isnt meant for good wholesome conversation anyway and people are forewarned before joining.

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 11:14 pm
by SSX-Thunderbird
Unless the BB is modified, disabling the swear filter in a particular forum is not possible.

swear filter

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 11:14 pm
by Lothar
Actually I think the swear filter should add the following:

barf
booger
poo
darn

and these should randomly replace swear words.

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 11:26 pm
by Tetrad
I like how pen1s is censored, but dick is not. Or sh1t is censored but bull★■◆● is not.

swear filter

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 11:31 pm
by Lothar
dick -> cheney
bull**** -> Rican logic

There we go...

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:35 am
by MD-2389
SSC-Thunderbird wrote:Unless the BB is modified, disabling the swear filter in a particular forum is not possible.
Umm....yes it is possible. Its called using the admin panel and removing the words to be censored. ;)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:47 am
by SSX-Thunderbird
I was referring to specific forums in the overall board =P.

For reference, that was pointed at Beowulf's comment about turning off the swear filter for the NHB only.

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:29 am
by bash
sh<g>it
pen<g>is

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:30 am
by bash
OK, what pengis closed the loophole? Boooooo.

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:37 am
by Tetrad
lol html is disabled lol

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:30 am
by Vindicator
Yeah, but its still pretty fuckin easy to bypass the filter if you know what youre doing (and if you hung around the test site long enough :D)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 11:05 am
by Topher
Vindicator wrote:Yeah, but its still pretty fuckin easy to bypass the filter if you know what youre doing (and if you hung around the test site long enough :D)
:?:

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 11:54 am
by MD-2389
yeah, that bypass also works on vBulletin boards too. ;)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 12:15 pm
by kurupt
i agree about the NHB not needing a swear filter. its No Holds Barred for crying out loud. its cool for the other forums though.

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 12:20 pm
by bash
Vindy, PM me the workaround, please (oh, the ethical dilemma!). It's sorta like having a gun in the house; I doubt I'll ever use it but it's reassuring to know it's there. :D The irony is that the moment I can pummel someone into swearing at me strictly through the use of logic, humor and wit is a moment of triumph for me. :twisted:

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:04 pm
by Topher
lol your bypass has been disabled lol

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:10 pm
by Vindicator
Yeah, I noticed that. Bastages...

Sorry bash, i might need some time to find a new way around it. :oops:

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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:11 pm
by Lothar
I much prefer the replacements to be funny words instead of *****'s.

I figure, if people can't star out or otherwise self-censor their own swear words, the board should make them look silly. It's a training mechanism -- people realize the swear filter makes their swear words turn into silly little kid words (which, 99% of the time, is entirely appropriate) so they censor themselves and we don't have to worry about it. And for those who don't learn, we get to laugh at them for saying "poopie" so much ;)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:54 pm
by kurupt
i think thats fine for the public forums, but you have to be of age to read the NHB, correct? and if you don't want to read swear words than a forum named No Holds Barred isn't for you anyway.

Right now it's more like Some Holds Barred

;)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:05 pm
by Topher
It's a mod that I can work on if we want it...

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:04 pm
by bash
T'est qu'une sale pute qui se met des godes et du poulet dans le cul! ;)

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:09 pm
by Topher
bash wrote:T'est qu'une sale pute qui se met des godes et du poulet dans le cul! ;)
Hey, I like chicken!

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:10 pm
by bash
Not once Jim is through with it. :oops:

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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 11:45 pm
by Lothar
Image

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:43 am
by Ferno
i think we can let the word beyotch fly.

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 2:21 am
by SSX-Thunderbird
I have a feeling whoever put stuff into the swear filter does not know how it actually works. Words are only being censored when they stand alone. I just saw one case in the NHB.

In order to censor words that are part of other words, you need to add *'s on BOTH SIDES of the word. This will also catch the word as it stands alone (I tested this).

Though apparently it will take out the entire word in this case. In my tests, BS spelled out changed to **** (I'm doing this on a different forum mind you).

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 2:34 am
by Tetrad
SSC-Thunderbird wrote:In order to censor words that are part of other words, you need to add *'s on BOTH SIDES of the word. This will also catch the word as it stands alone (I tested this).
Apparently somebody seems to forget there are words such as assassin and cockpit.

Of course I'm biased since I think the whole word censor thing is stupid anyway.

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 7:49 am
by bash
Du lugter af gammel raadden ost som din mor har haft oppe i røven!

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 10:02 am
by lars
Bash, hvem har lært dig dansk ?

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 10:51 am
by bash
Sorry, lars, I don't speak Danish. I was just making a silly point about swear filters discriminating against those who swear in English. :wink: (But I did choose Danish knowing at least one DBB member, you, might get a kick out of it. :))

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:19 am
by AceCombat
i think in here the swear filter should be disabled. i mean jeez we are posting lesbian avatars, talking about stalk/rape games...must i go on :wink:





ut oh, Tetrad's Girl has a pistol....looks like a .45 ACP too :lol:

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:05 pm
by Ferno
catfight! :P

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:21 pm
by Tetrad
AceCombat wrote:ut oh, Tetrad's Girl has a pistol....looks like a .45 ACP too :lol:
Walther P5 Compact probably. But she also carries a P90 on occasion.

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:25 pm
by bash
Tetrad, do you have anime sheets on your bed? :P

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:04 pm
by Tetrad
Um... no. I don't have any anime merchandise other than my cels and this.

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 2:20 pm
by lars
Point taken Bash, I have always found these filters to be a bit single minded/silly (English only). Just like when people talk about posting something (more or less bad) at night in chat etc. (there is no night on the internet)
Oh and it was funny should I translate it, (it would be a lot of *'s hehe :) )

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 2:44 pm
by bash
It would be interesting to see if the translation I have is correct, lars. *You smell like old rotten cheese that your mom had up her azz*. The site I got it from lists swearing in 150 languages and their English equivalents. Some of them were so ridiculously absurd I have a difficult time imagining anyone could actually say them with a straight face, but maybe the translator just botched it.

This was my second choice:

*Jeg lægger dig ned og lægger en lort på maven af dig!*

Which is translated as, *I'll lay you down and place a turd on your belly.* Does that really upset your average Dane? :o

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 3:47 pm
by SSX-Thunderbird
Tetrad wrote:
SSC-Thunderbird wrote:In order to censor words that are part of other words, you need to add *'s on BOTH SIDES of the word. This will also catch the word as it stands alone (I tested this).
Apparently somebody seems to forget there are words such as assassin and cockpit.

Of course I'm biased since I think the whole word censor thing is stupid anyway.
And those words are the reason the censor works the way it does. These are examples of words where putting a * on both sides of the word wouldn't be useful. However, for other words, like BS, it should probably be done that way.

Actually, the PD swear filter censors cockpit partially, which is quite annoying.

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 9:38 pm
by AceCombat
Tetrad wrote:Walther P5 Compact probably. But she also carries a P90 on occasion.
that is no Walther, that barrel is way too big to be a p5 barrel, im telling you that looks like a Colt .45 ACP

Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:22 pm
by Tetrad
Okay, she's holding a Walther in another picture I have. I did find a picture of that particular gun, but I can't read the side so I have no idea what it is. http://www.kamineko.org/up/GSG15L.jpg