offensive word censorship

[russellmaher]

Gentlemen:

In our language, there are often nicknames used to denote the given name of individuals; i.e. Ted for Theodore or Betty for Elizabeth or Sam for Samuel, etc. If I may, I'd like to ask if most of the Administrators know the nickname for Richard? I'm fairly positive that
most of you do. Therefor, in a thread I read today, and in a post I submitted today (both
were not related, and were in different forums) the nickname that I have posed to you was
edited (or maybe censored would describe what happened) by the addition of four asterisks where the normal letters would be.

In the first thread I read, the persons name was edited as such: ****

In the post I submitted using the persons surname, it showed up as: ****inson.

Now, if anyone catches my meaning, will that person please explain what gives?

Thanks for your time and attention.

Russell

 

[Thayne]

If what you describe is true and factual, it probably is just that one of the "RR PC Police" did not take his meds (or maybe took the wrong dosage) and so reverted to protecting all of us from the common usage of Richard "****" So and So. I think when this happens, any of the members of RR should just be happy and don't begrudge them whatever feelings they attain by adding asterisks in place of common names. You know what I mean, Russ??

Actually now I see that it is done automatically since I said Richard **** above, and **** miraculously turned into **** ;

So always know when you see *&##*888$ or anything like that take it as a challenge to figure out what the OP meant! :roll:

 

[Ref-Jazzy]

For short hand, why not refer to him as "Rich" ?

On a lot of forums its an automatic censorship thingy. That will weed out words that are on the "black list"

 

[b52hbuff]

For short hand, why not refer to him as "Rich" ?

On a lot of forums its an automatic censorship thingy. That will weed out words that are on the "black list"

Boy, your comment sure is r***!

Isn't b**** list an offensive word? Why not refer to it as 'block list'?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ord-tells-staff-use-blocklisting-instead.html

 

[BoxAlarm187]

For short hand, why not refer to him as "Rich" ?

Because I'm not quite sure if I told people that I talked to Rich Richenson yesterday, they'd know that what I really meant was **** ****enson.

 

[russellmaher]

Thanks to you Thayne and Ref-Jazzy for your replies, both straight and funny, but you have to admit that on a site devoted to the radio scanning hobby, we must assume that the members of this site are all full grown adults (at least physically if not mentally). So if Radio Reference consists of members that fall into that category, we should be able to use the short form for Richard without being punished by the PC Police for using the word. Cmon people, this site is not Nickelodeon or Cartoon Monthly, so let's act like mature adults (if I dare use the term)!

Russell

 

[Ref-Jazzy]

"adult" theres a term that should be banned.

 

[texasemt13]

Even if you respond to a member here whose screename incorporates Dlck (as in DlckH, sorry the only member's name I could remember with it in there) it censors it automatically.

I understand people might abuse the forum privilege, but censoring some of these words is kind of childish in itself. Is there a way to edit the list of censored words, to remove "dlck?"

Note: I had to use a lowercase "L" above instead of an "i" to show what I meant.

 

[cifd64]

As an admin on another site, it is not a moderator sensor thing, there is a program that auto filters banned words that are SET by moderators and admins. Just a victim of circumstance is all. There is no RR Police scanning your threads for cuss words. There is an app for that.

 

[Baylink]

I, too, was bitten by this several days ago, when trying to refer to D i c k H. I think I understand their goal (though that's not the approach I recommend to achieving it), but I think they have the list set a bit too tightly here...

 

[russellmaher]

Because I'm not quite sure if I told people that I talked to Rich Richenson yesterday, they'd know that what I really meant was **** ****enson.

Thank you BoxAlarm187. I see that you get the point!

Thanks also for your signature line - it's very funny!


Russell :lol:

 

[jackj]

Whatever happened to self censorship? We are all adults and most of us don't need to be "protected" from poor language. If an individual abuses the language in hope of offending someone, then just ban him from posting on the site. What I need is for someone to protect me from do-gooders who get their panties in a bunch and think they are the only ones smart enough to establish the rules.

 

[Thayne]

Thanks to you Thayne and Ref-Jazzy for your replies, both straight and funny, but you have to admit that on a site devoted to the radio scanning hobby, we must assume that the members of this site are all full grown adults (at least physically if not mentally). So if Radio Reference consists of members that fall into that category, we should be able to use the short form for Richard without being punished by the PC Police for using the word. Cmon people, this site is not Nickelodeon or Cartoon Monthly, so let's act like mature adults (if I dare use the term)!

Russell

You know there are 2 things that apply here, the first one is that websites have owners that can run them as they see fit, with all the advantages and disadvantages that come with that ability; the second one is that old saw, "Absolute power corrupts absolutely."
As far as the common moniker for Richard, me being a known conoisseur, (spelled that wrong, I think) of
slang, usually the nasty version of the short Richard leaves off the final "K". One thing I noticed about words such as this is that it seems to be an age related thing as to other ways of expressing what we are talking about. As an example, ages 2 to 11 go for words like pee-pee or wee-wee or just thingy.
from teenagers to about 40, such words as salami, sausage, or purple-headed monster are in vogue.
For those older from 40 to death words like frank, johnson, or willy come to mind.

It would be a tragedy if such words as these will need to be dealt with by the "App"

 

[russellmaher]

As an admin on another site, it is not a moderator sensor thing, there is a program that auto filters banned words that are SET by moderators and admins. Just a victim of circumstance is all. There is no RR Police scanning your threads for cuss words. There is an app for that.

You my good man are so right! As you stated "filters banned words that are SET by moderators and admins". Therefor the moderators and admins are the ones to re-set the filers to allow for these words to go through.

Remember please that the word in question can be used as a noun (male part of the anatomy) or a proper noun (nickname). In the case of the noun you would use small case and in the proper noun, you would capitalize the "D". and the filters would be able to discern which dlck you're referring to.

The defense rests, your honor.

 

[bezking]

OK...

The swearword filter is an option for vBulletin. Lindsay (the owner) is, I think, the only one who can touch it. Us mods certainly can't. I see that we have a problem here and will let Lindsay know... Thanks for making us aware of the problem!

 

[russellmaher]

Thanks bezking for coming aboard and giving the issue the attention it requires.

Russell

 

[WayneH]

Sorry guys for the problems this has caused. It's been turned on for quite some time but there was an error in the syntax for the words, which was recently fixed, so now this problem is cropping up. There are going to be accidental activations so please bear with us while we sort the bugs out.

I'll work on tuning it with the help from this thread but feel free to reply if there are still issues.

 

[Baylink]

I wouldn't call them 'problems', Wayne... more 'amusements'.

Thanks for looking into it, though.

 

[WayneH]

No problem.

I've made some changes. It will take some time for the board to rebuild the posts so hang tight.

 

[russellmaher]

Thanks very much Wayne for your assistance in this matter. It is appreciated.

Russell