Words filtered by the forum

[Qiaozhi]

Originally Posted by simonbaker

Hey, what is wrong with **** Tracy?

It's because it contains the word ****, and this gets automatically removed by the forum software.

There ... see ... it's gone again!

[WM6]

Originally Posted by Qiaozhi

It's because it contains the word ****, and this gets automatically removed by the forum software.

There ... see ... it's gone again!

Here is all ok: DÃ*ck Tracy Wrist Radio

[Qiaozhi]

Originally Posted by WM6

Here is all ok: DÃ*ck Tracy Wrist Radio

Sneeky ... changing the "i".
Or you could always write it with an accent ... Deek Tracy.

[simonbaker]

Originally Posted by Qiaozhi

Sneeky ... changing the "i".
Or you could always write it with an accent ... Deek Tracy.

Maybe I have to call it the Richard Tracy radio... gee, doesn't sound the same...

[J_Player]

Originally Posted by simonbaker

Maybe I have to call it the Richard Tracy radio... gee, doesn't sound the same...

Richard Tracy?
What will be next?
The great Melville novel Moby Richard?

I suppose Richard Simmons sounds correct, but will people begin to make pornographic posts about Richards to bypass the filters?


Best wishes,
J_P

[WM6]

Originally Posted by J_Player

I suppose Richard Simmons sounds correct, but will people begin to make pornographic posts about Richards to bypass the filters?

J_P

... and maybe unproper, that topic is promemoria of Steve Jobs...

De mortibus nihil nisi bene.

[Qiaozhi]

Originally Posted by WM6

... and maybe unproper, that topic is promemoria of Steve Jobs...

De mortibus nihil nisi bene.

Agreed ... quite inappropriate.
It's even off topic for the off topic forum.
You will notice that this thread has been moved.

[ivconic]

Originally Posted by J_Player

Richard Tracy?
What will be next?
The great Melville novel Moby Richard?

I suppose Richard Simmons sounds correct, but will people begin to make pornographic posts about Richards to bypass the filters?


Best wishes,
J_P

Actually; "Richard" was the real name of the whale, but Melville changed it for some reason!?

[J_Player]

It seems the word filters have been recently upgraded to remove more words from the forum than before.
However it seems to be coming to the point of diminishing returns.
I see more and more lines of innocent text being filled with *****

We are beginning to see commonly used words filled with stars which make it hard to read and understand what is being said.
As an example, any metal detectorist who posts here will ***ure you he is trying to use the proper words to say things correctly.
But then he will see that what he typed to affirm how he is trying to use proper words has been changed to ***ure.
This degree of filtering makes it kind of hard to figure out what he meant.
So he goes back to take inventory of whether this degree of word filtering is an ***et or is it becoming a liability... oops...There it goes again!

Maybe good idea to ease back the word filters in the forum.
Or maybe put the filter in alert mode to highlight suspected text for admins to take a look and see if this is really somebody abusing the forum, or, as in most cases, an error in the word filter program.
There doesn't seem to be too much problem with words since a few abusers were banned from the forum.

Just a thought.


Best wishes,
J_P

[DOOLEY]

i have noticed this happening allot also ,

was a bit puzzled as to what br*** was , eventualy work out due to the context that
it must have been bra55 , 5's swopped for s's

i understand that a55 is a swear word in the us , but it's only a mild one isn't it ?

filtering needs to ignore poss swear words when attatched or in the middle of normal words,

in the uk we have a town called s****horpe , now i bet when i post this it will now contain **** , the towns name by the way was scu/\/thorpe , tried to make an n there with slashes , hang on in the uk thats a term for going for a wee , hum , problems making ourselves clear here i think,

the other day i posted a comment on that lrl video , my word of p1sstake was censored,
is it realy that rude a word ?

ps , hope i dont get banned for this , sorry , sorry , many pardons .

[Qiaozhi]

Ok I've changed it to allow words such as brass and assure.

Also JP ... the grammatically correct word to use in your example is "ensure" not "assure".

Assure is something you do to a person, a group of people, or an animal to remove doubt or anxiety, as in Squiggly assured Aardvark that he'd come to the party early. You can remember that assure can only be used with things that are alive (and both assure and alive start with a). Only things that are alive can feel doubt or anxiety, so only they can be assured.

Ensure is something you do to guarantee an event or condition, as in To ensure there'd be enough food, Aardvark ordered twice as much food as last year. You can remember that guarantee has those two e's on the end to help you remember that to ensure (with an e) is to guarantee something.

Insure can be done to a person, place, or thing, but it's reserved for limiting financial liability, most commonly by obtaining an insurance policy, as in Aardvark wondered if the caterers were insured against loss. You can remember that we take out insurance to protect our income if we become unemployed, disabled, or injured in an accident. Both insure and income begin with -in.

Finally, the related verb secure is used when you take possession of a thing or place, as in Aardvark secured a beautiful hall for his party, or when you make something stable or safe, as in Aardvark secured the welcome banner to the wall.

[Qiaozhi]

Originally Posted by DOOLEY

In the uk we have a town called s****horpe , now i bet when i post this it will now contain **** , the towns name by the way was scu/\/thorpe , tried to make an n there with slashes , hang on in the uk thats a term for going for a wee , hum , problems making ourselves clear here i think,

It should now also be ok to post the name of Scunthorpe, but not ****.

[Altra]

My wife hates that word ****

I noticed this morning Compass was volgar.

[homefire]

Yes, your not allowed to use the Detector company named after a Direction finding device! LOL

Compass!



How About the other name for a donkey? Jackass!

Maybe we should start typing in rimes?

Cool those got through!

[J_Player]

Originally Posted by Qiaozhi

Ok I've changed it to allow words such as brass and assure.

Also JP ... the grammatically correct word to use in your example is "ensure" not "assure".

Assure is something you do to a person, a group of people, or an animal to remove doubt or anxiety, as in Squiggly assured Aardvark that he'd come to the party early. You can remember that assure can only be used with things that are alive (and both assure and alive start with a). Only things that are alive can feel doubt or anxiety, so only they can be assured.

Ensure is something you do to guarantee an event or condition, as in To ensure there'd be enough food, Aardvark ordered twice as much food as last year. You can remember that guarantee has those two e's on the end to help you remember that to ensure (with an e) is to guarantee something.

Insure can be done to a person, place, or thing, but it's reserved for limiting financial liability, most commonly by obtaining an insurance policy, as in Aardvark wondered if the caterers were insured against loss. You can remember that we take out insurance to protect our income if we become unemployed, disabled, or injured in an accident. Both insure and income begin with -in.

Finally, the related verb secure is used when you take possession of a thing or place, as in Aardvark secured a beautiful hall for his party, or when you make something stable or safe, as in Aardvark secured the welcome banner to the wall.

No Qiaozhi,
I believe you are wrong.
I think it is grammatically correct to use the words I used in the context which I used them.
What is grammatically correct in an international forum depends on what version of English you happen to be using at the moment.
I know more than three versions of English which are commonly used, with no clear definition of which is to be considered the correct version that is required in this forum.
And I could cite you hundreds of examples of grammar and spelling from the UK which are considered wrong in the USA. What difference does it make about grammar?
In addition, many members do not speak English as their first language, so they are limited in their vocabulary and grammar skills to what they were taught in their location.
We don't need added impediments to understanding what they mean to say.

But then diverting the discussion to grammar and aardvarks does not address the problem I observed.
I am reading many posts with various common words which are not "bad" words, yet they are filtered as if they must be censored because there is a fragment of a different word embedded in a perfectly good word which has no abusive content, or intent in the sentence structure.
There appears to be clearly an error when words are filtered which we often see printed in family websites and technical journals, yet we are not permitted to use the same words here.

This degree of filtering seems an extreme measure to me -- a measure that might be used to solve an "out of control" wave of attempts to pollute the forum with porn or something of that nature.
But since the removal of the one or two offenders who actually did this, I no longer see any emergency which requires deleting perfectly well intentioned conversations.

Best wishes,
J_P

[DOOLEY]

cheers qiaozhi ,

this thread is getting as funny as hell , (never been , but there you go!)

jp , agree , poss worth dropping the filter , serious offenders in future should go , but words sent with all good intentions should be left alone.

if the filter is dropped , will all previous posts re-appear normal ?

[Altra]

LRL should be viewed as ***

Compass with $ Comp*****

[Qiaozhi]

Originally Posted by DOOLEY

if the filter is dropped , will all previous posts re-appear normal ?

No - changes are not retrospective.

I think the filtering is now under control, so even JP's long post did not contain any asterisks.

[Rudy]

Originally Posted by Qiaozhi

Ok I've changed it to allow words such as brass and assure.

Also JP ... the grammatically correct word to use in your example is "ensure" not "assure".

Assure is something you do to a person, a group of people, or an animal to remove doubt or anxiety, as in Squiggly assured Aardvark that he'd come to the party early. You can remember that assure can only be used with things that are alive (and both assure and alive start with a). Only things that are alive can feel doubt or anxiety, so only they can be assured.

Ensure is something you do to guarantee an event or condition, as in To ensure there'd be enough food, Aardvark ordered twice as much food as last year. You can remember that guarantee has those two e's on the end to help you remember that to ensure (with an e) is to guarantee something.

Insure can be done to a person, place, or thing, but it's reserved for limiting financial liability, most commonly by obtaining an insurance policy, as in Aardvark wondered if the caterers were insured against loss. You can remember that we take out insurance to protect our income if we become unemployed, disabled, or injured in an accident. Both insure and income begin with -in.

Finally, the related verb secure is used when you take possession of a thing or place, as in Aardvark secured a beautiful hall for his party, or when you make something stable or safe, as in Aardvark secured the welcome banner to the wall.

Qiaozhi, can you assure us that you'll ensure that no naughty words get through? Just making sure.

[J_Player]

Originally Posted by Qiaozhi

No - changes are not retrospective.

I think the filtering is now under control, so even JP's long post did not contain any asterisks.

Thank you wise administrator


Best wishes,
J_P

[J_Player]

Originally Posted by DOOLEY

...this thread is getting as funny as hell , (never been , but there you go!) ...

I been there and back.
It's not that bad a place.
But I wouldn't want to live there.

Best wishes,
J_P

[toys2win]

This is off topic to the off topic but was told I must make more than one post so I had enough priveledges to add attachments to my post

[Qiaozhi]

Originally Posted by toys2win

This is off topic to the off topic but was told I must make more than one post so I had enough priveledges to add attachments to my post

You only have to make one post to allow you to attach an image.
Try clicking on the Manage Attachments button at the bottom of the page.

[toys2win]

Originally Posted by toys2win

This is off topic to the off topic but was told I must make more than one post so I had enough priveledges to add attachments to my post

The link appeared to add attachments. Thanks.