Swear Filter

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 10:49 pm

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.

SSX-Thunderbird · Post by **SSX-Thunderbird** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 11:14 pm

Unless the BB is modified, disabling the swear filter in a particular forum is not possible.

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 11:14 pm

Actually I think the swear filter should add the following:

barf
booger
poo
darn

and these should randomly replace swear words.

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 11:26 pm

I like how pen1s is censored, but dick is not. Or sh1t is censored but bull★■◆● is not.

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 11:31 pm

dick -> cheney
bull**** -> Rican logic

There we go...

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:35 am

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.

SSX-Thunderbird · Post by **SSX-Thunderbird** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:47 am

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.

bash · Post by **bash** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:29 am

sh<g>it
pen<g>is

bash · Post by **bash** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:30 am

OK, what pengis closed the loophole? Boooooo.

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:37 am

lol html is disabled lol

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:30 am

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

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Topher · Post by **Topher** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 11:05 am

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 )

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 11:54 am

yeah, that bypass also works on vBulletin boards too.

kurupt · Post by **kurupt** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 12:15 pm

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.

bash · Post by **bash** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 12:20 pm

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.

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.

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:04 pm

lol your bypass has been disabled lol

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:10 pm

Yeah, I noticed that. Bastages...

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

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:11 pm

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 ;)

kurupt · Post by **kurupt** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:54 pm

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

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:05 pm

It's a mod that I can work on if we want it...

bash · Post by **bash** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:04 pm

T'est qu'une sale pute qui se met des godes et du poulet dans le cul!

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:09 pm

bash wrote:T'est qu'une sale pute qui se met des godes et du poulet dans le cul!

Hey, I like chicken!

bash · Post by **bash** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:10 pm

Not once Jim is through with it.

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 11:45 pm

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:43 am

i think we can let the word beyotch fly.

SSX-Thunderbird · Post by **SSX-Thunderbird** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 2:21 am

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).

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 2:34 am

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.

bash · Post by **bash** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 7:49 am

Du lugter af gammel raadden ost som din mor har haft oppe i rÃ¸ven!

lars · Post by **lars** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 10:02 am

Bash, hvem har lÃ¦rt dig dansk ?

bash · Post by **bash** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 10:51 am

Sorry, lars, I don't speak Danish. I was just making a silly point about swear filters discriminating against those who swear in English.

(But I did choose Danish knowing at least one DBB member, you, might get a kick out of it.

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AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:19 am

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

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

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:05 pm

catfight!

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:21 pm

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

Walther P5 Compact probably. But she also carries a P90 on occasion.

bash · Post by **bash** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:25 pm

Tetrad, do you have anime sheets on your bed?

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:04 pm

Um... no. I don't have any anime merchandise other than my cels and this.

lars · Post by **lars** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 2:20 pm

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

)

bash · Post by **bash** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 2:44 pm

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 lÃ¦gger dig ned og lÃ¦gger en lort pÃ¥ 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?

SSX-Thunderbird · Post by **SSX-Thunderbird** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 3:47 pm

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.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 9:38 pm

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

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:22 pm

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

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