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Community => Chatboard => Topic started by: Darth Wyndisis on June 04, 2006, 09:23:51 PM

Title: Stupid Censorship
Post by: Darth Wyndisis on June 04, 2006, 09:23:51 PM
Has anyone ever been on a forum that had stupid censorship things?  On the messageboard for the official Pittsburgh Steelers website, they censor the word "dick" when "Dick Lebeau" is the name of THEIR OWN DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR.  Honestly, I don't think you can get any more stupid than that.  Sheesh.  You can't say anyone is cocky either.  I message on that board might come out as "I bet that (bad word) Lebeau will show those (bad word)y Bengals that they can't get yards."
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Evilbob on June 05, 2006, 08:54:59 AM
on my forum it automatically censors "click". people are fare more likley to use click for mouse click, not (rude word)
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: MagmarFire on June 05, 2006, 08:57:34 AM
Yeah, this forum automatically censors, too, but only by omitting it, even if it's in the middle of the word.
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Zelda Veteran on June 05, 2006, 09:30:30 AM
lol! Thats pretty funny shadowlinlk13! did you post in after the message?
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Darth Wyndisis on June 05, 2006, 12:03:27 PM
I had a thread complaining about it.  The mods ignored it.  It was a crappy forum.  You hardly ever saw the management there and they deleted stuff without explaination.  I got my account deactivated for some reason too and then there was this message that said to check my PMs to see why I was deactivated.  No one sent me a PM.  I got banned and they didn't tell me why, no warnings, anything.  Well, if their stupid enough to censor the name of the teams DC, they will ban me for no reason.
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Hi no Seijin on June 05, 2006, 01:39:51 PM
Classical.
Massive.
Embarrass.
Pass.

See?  Silly.  I sent Jack a PM about this.  He hasn't gotten back to me on it yet, but he's a busy guy.  Give him some credit.
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Darth Wyndisis on June 05, 2006, 09:39:17 PM
I never noticed this forum censored anything.  What does it censor.
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Hi no Seijin on June 06, 2006, 03:33:33 AM
Well, above was my example. ::)
;D
The "a" word.  If a word has the "a" word in it, those three letters drop.  It's very annoying.  I thought mive was some Spanish word before I realized it was supposed to be masive, but with two s's, not one.
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: MagmarFire on June 06, 2006, 07:16:19 AM
Yeah, but still, I agree with giving Jack some credit. This feature IS kind of minor.

As for you, shadowlink13, yeah, the latter seems extremely rediculous. It kind of reminds me of my school... ;)
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Darth Wyndisis on June 06, 2006, 01:07:24 PM
massive
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Darth Wyndisis on June 06, 2006, 01:07:59 PM
It doesn't do it for me.
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: MagmarFire on June 06, 2006, 08:27:41 PM
I wonder if he fixed it. For you, shadowlink13, it could just be luck. :)
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Gamefreak on June 07, 2006, 11:59:35 AM
I told Jack about it.  Maybe it was I who got rid of it.
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Darth Wyndisis on June 07, 2006, 12:20:03 PM
Maybe mod powers have something to do with it.  Why they would... I don't know.  Someone who isn't a mod try writing "massive."
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Hi no Seijin on June 07, 2006, 12:26:51 PM
Don't need to.  Go back and look at my first post.  But here it is anyways:  massive.

It's gone! ;D
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Darth Wyndisis on June 07, 2006, 12:31:13 PM
Cool.  It's fixed.  

"Mive" could be a new curse word, meaning "large buttox."  You know... 'cause mASSive. :D
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Hi no Seijin on June 07, 2006, 12:32:55 PM
Wouldn't we get in trouble? ;)
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Jack on June 08, 2006, 03:34:43 PM
Yeah I put the censoring thingly in as a lark (would have been helpful with SR's recent certain-colored female dog rants) and had no idea that it would pick "swears" out of the middle of words. Bizarre.

Anyways, it's gone, ding dong it is dead, etc.
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Mysterious F. on June 08, 2006, 03:42:33 PM
I'm glad there isn't automatic censorship here.
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Jack on June 08, 2006, 03:46:06 PM
I'm going to change it so WhoCares censors to Yo Mamma or something equally unhilarious like that.
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Mysterious F. on June 08, 2006, 04:04:07 PM
DON'T YOU EVEN TRY THAT!!!!!!  >:( >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Jack on June 08, 2006, 05:48:43 PM
Alright, how about "...is the man?"  ;D
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Jack on June 08, 2006, 09:29:10 PM
I totally did it, but I'm only going to keep it until Sunday. So enjoy it while it lasts.

"Whocares."
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Mysterious F. on June 08, 2006, 09:42:00 PM
I deleted the post of mine you changed out of censorship!  >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( Also, Never change a post of mine, because it will end up being deleted, waisting the point of the change.
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Zelda Veteran on June 08, 2006, 09:42:08 PM
You rock jack AKA The goddly Zelda Administrator of Colosuss's duke of forum humor and hilarity.
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Mysterious F. on June 08, 2006, 10:03:35 PM
I was only joking about my General King thing! Stop the censorship madness now!  >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Jack on June 08, 2006, 10:31:27 PM
Quote from: Whocares on June 08, 2006, 10:03:35 PM
I was only joking about my General King thing! Stop the censorship madness now!

It's gone now. Sorry...  ???
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Mysterious F. on June 08, 2006, 10:33:31 PM
Sorry, but I get angry easily and I don't mean what I say alot of the time. Can't people tell sarcastic sentences anymore?
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Hi no Seijin on June 09, 2006, 03:40:07 AM
Only out loud, and then only if you are trained.

Hey, Jack, automatically censoring some words is a good idea, but not if it's in the middle of a word.  Proboards has this feature where it won't censor whole words.  For example, if "hi" was censored and someone wrote "high," it would change to "hellogh."  Maybe this forum has something like it?
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Jack on June 09, 2006, 11:19:57 AM
I can't change that. The way the forum's censorship script works is that anywehere is sees (to use your example) the letters "h" and "i" together in that order, it replaces htme with what I give it as the "replacement word".

It's really stupid, but as least I can censor the words like "female dog" and "copulate violently" since there are few to no words with them in the middle of them.
Title: Re:Stupid Censorship
Post by: Hi no Seijin on June 09, 2006, 12:52:41 PM
Well, everything can't be perfect.  But you do an awesome job with what you have.