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So I just typed covbrexitcluster*. and instead of * I actually typed the 4 letters that one might imagine would go there, and the swear filter missed it. Anyway I edited it and typed in 4 stars in a kind of manual swearfilter fix.
I thought we were supposed to just type our swear s so the filter could do its thing?
Is the swear filter that dumb? is it so that people can type S****horpe and not get S****horpe?
😂😂 I’ll struggle next time I’m up north at British Steel!
It’s not complex enough to pick up made up words. If you spot it missed with say worth the F word added into another it’s best you edit it yourself. It’s
It’s
A bit shit?
Jk, lolz.
I think anyone reading this forum will be old enough to cope with a little swearing or be able to workout what is behind the stars anyway.
Tbh I don't get the complainant. You wrote the swearing and are upset it wasn't edited automatically. If you don't want swearing don't write it in the first place.
* ** *womble!
Edit- seems ok.
My main complaint is it dingies the whole word and you lose meaning
Some times the ing, the ed and the er are key to the feel of the prose.
Tbh I don’t get the complainant. You wrote the swearing and are upset it wasn’t edited automatically. If you don’t want swearing don’t write it in the first place.
Not complaining, more commenting/warning to other swearers..
I like swearing, the swear filter is ace as it saves having to think. As I understand it the mods don't like attempts to get around the swear filter, so I was surprised to find my word got through and edited accordingly. I felt like I should warn you so you don't get caught out.
Isn't pointless navel gazing allowed on the chat forum?
My main complaint is it dingies the whole word and you lose meaning
Some times the ing, the ed and the er are key to the feel of the prose.
If you space it then its ok you smart **** er.
Don't try and get around the swear filter then. Other words are available...
Don’t try and get around the swear filter then. Other [s]words[/s] sites are available…
Mumsnet if you want to see how its done, they don't give a chuff there
Don’t try and get around the swear filter then
I'm not, I am trying to comply.
I got a warning for filter avoidance after the filter failed to pick up cluster **** as one word.
First warning in 16 years, I felt quite chuffed.
As I understand it the mods don’t like attempts to get around the swear filter
Got ya!
Cluster* is one word though...
*wit is another that loses all meaning when filtered.
TBH, I'm not arsed about the swear filter; I cut my internet teeth on Barryboys, where anything goes. And I'm not a snowflake anyway.
Don’t try and get around the swear filter then
Most of my favourite swear word are concatenations of words so just because the swear word gets though doesn't mean you are trying to avoid the swear filter its just a problems with filters, they're not complete.
Aye thats the point, I like a concatenation too, so just watch out for em or the mods'll get ya.
they don’t give a chuff there
Tell me about it! I tried to pull and got hounded off the site.
Cluster* is one word though…
*wit is another that loses all meaning when filtered.
TBH, I’m not arsed about the swear filter; I cut my internet teeth on Barryboys, where anything goes. And I’m not a snowflake anyway.
I dunno, we know what they are even with the stars.
It will be because the swear filter goes on pattern matching, so assume "wick" is an undesirable word. The rule in the filter will look something like:
wick* => xxxx
Where the asterisk has the usual computing sense of zero or more characters. This means that
wick, wicks, wicker, wicking, will all be replaced by "xxxx"
If you wanted to deal with clusterwick then you couldn't use *wick as that would delete everything in your post up to the word "wick" but have to use something like
\b[.]*wick => \1xxxx
Surely the requirement to utilise profanity simply reveals in the writer a distinct lack of ...erm...knowing enough good words
knowing enough good words
I donts knows whats you means Mr Panfer.
I would guess that the filter's inability to filter out swear words when they're part of compound words is to avoid things like the S****horpe problem.
The swear filter can be a S****horpe at times
Is the swear filter that dumb?
Yes.
It will be because the swear filter goes on pattern matching, so assume “wick” is an undesirable word. The rule in the filter will look something like:
wick* => xxxx
Where the asterisk has the usual computing sense of zero or more characters. This means that
wick, wicks, wicker, wicking, will all be replaced by “xxxx”
No.
It's literal 1:1 replacement. Your examples there would be four separate entries, there aren't any wildcards (or at least, there aren't any in use, probably because of the S****horpe problem). The reason that
My main complaint is it dingies the whole word and you lose meaning
Some times the ing, the ed and the er are key to the feel of the prose.
is simply because that's how it's entered in the wordlist. There's no technical reason for it.
It's very old code and a bit shit, and I believe is on the 'to be replaced' list. The moderators only have read-only access to the wordlist, we - they, man, that's weird - can't change it or I'd have tweaked it a decade ago.
Cougar, whilst this helpfully adds to the topic, you are not a mod any more, you need to let it go man.
Probably.
I can still be helpful though.
I know, was a joke..
Is there some sort of rehab we can contribute to for him? It's like he's nearly there, but still partially in denial about the change.
Also, swearing can be an art form in itself. you only have to watch Malcolm Tucker to see an master at work.
MA? Meets twice a week at midnight?