Swearword filter

[Gruntled]

Makes me sound like an old fogey, but I think a swearword filter such as on other forums, where swear words are automatically detected and turned into **** would be great for farkin. Would give the joint a little more class. I've always been surprised that the administrators haven't installed one.

[Spanky_Ham]

**** that.... that is just so ****ed, that anyone who ****ing well suggests that farkin gets censored.... can get ****ed, bt getting ***** by a big hairy biker with ******* on his ********, and a bucket of foamy ****

Cant we just ban old ppl..... of course, all older than me....


LOL

[DirtRida_94]

Makes me sound like an old fogey, but I think a swearword filter such as on other forums, where swear words are automatically detected and turned into **** would be great for farkin. Would give the joint a little more class. I've always been surprised that the administrators haven't installed one.

But yet loook at your sig......

[Gruntled]

Good point bro! :D
Spose I could change it...

[udi]

Yeah that's a real classy sig you've got there, Gruntled. :)

Seriously, let's skip the filtering... save it for mtbr/rm/mtbskirt.

[Gruntled]

Sorted. I am the epitome of class now. I reckon a modicum of profanity is fine, there is just a lot of c@nt-edness, so to speak, liberally smattered throughout the forums without consdiering the children.
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[Customjimmy]

Yeah, the C word has no place here (well at least since a certain prime minister was voted out last year). The Farkin regulations are pretty clear on swearing, idiots spraying bad language around for the sake of it should be reported, and often are. Sometimes strong language is warranted for emphasis and effect. It's like the loaded gun you don't want to use, but sometimes there is just no other way:D.

[Spanky_Ham]

Yeah, the C word has no place here


Cannondale?


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[b_S]

Eeewww, how dare you bring this thread in to disrepute.

Filters are annoying, it just makes people write things like $h!t and the like which is even worse than reading swear words.

[p2321]

I see where you're coming from, but they tend not to be very helpful. The one on our (university residential) college forum had terrible trouble with Andy Will****s' surname, and events where the dress code was ****tail, but didn't censor several other popular curses (which I am too classy, and too much of a lady, to repeat).

Yes, we tested it. Extensively.

People will get around it anyway. Ideally, people could learn some self-control, respect for themselves and others, and maybe some grown-up ways of expressing themselves, but I know better than to expect miracles.

[do-a-flip]

we couldnt have a filter or the site would be called ******.net/forums :p

[do-a-flip]

sorry double post..

[Axela8]

A swear filter won't hurt anyone, and might improve the breed a bit.
But another forum I'm in has it, and it draws more attention to the deleted word.
Aside: One bloke couldn't post his surname 'Hiscock' (like 'cocktail' above), but apart from the odd-one like that, it worked just fine.

[b_S]

it draws more attention to the deleted wordExactly. What's more offensive, seeing four letters together on a screen or the actual context of its use? Censoring does nothing to improve communication, it just makes post formatting a mess.

Besides, the best insults are creative ones that don't fall back on single words.

[Alec McJo]

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/9821/forumfilterwg3.jpg

[Gruntled]

Ideally, people could learn some self-control, respect for themselves and others, and maybe some grown-up ways of expressing themselves, but I know better than to expect miracles.

See above post :rolleyes:

[jailbait]

The only way to keep the swear words, insults and poor language skills is to give everyone an interview before letting them have access.

I think swear words should stay, like someone said they can be useful for expressing emotion and getting the point across, but we just need to warn/ban the people who don't know the right time to use them.

Maybe have a word filter applied all new accounts until they've proven they're responsible enough to have it turned of? :)

[Alec McJo]

Maybe have a word filter applied all new accounts until they've proven they're responsible enough to have it turned of? :)

Sounds like alot of extra work for are already underpaid (read: not payed) mods ;)

[dj kid]

i dont think we need one, anyone that signs up onto a site called "farkin" should get that we can swear =)

[tupper]

Trying to tell a bunch of mtb'ers to stop swearing would be a hard task,
on ilmtb.com forum's there is a swear filter, works pretty well. They replace fuck with *f-bomb* etc..

[kjf]

Spanky you need to go back to your old ways of posting.

Oh how I miss it.

[Viv92]

Farkin looks messy with all the swearing. Make it replace swear words with funny stuff. I've seen "gay" replaced by "excessively buoyant" on another forum. :p

[BigHair]

Nah Viv, it should be replaced with 'communist' I've seen that done, and it was halerious,

"That is so communist"
"Nah bro, you're a ***ing communist"

Good times :rolleyes:

[chillbro]

HTFU :)
ten farking chars

[sawtell]

Farkin looks messy with all the swearing. Make it replace swear words with funny stuff. I've seen "gay" replaced by "excessively buoyant" on another forum. :p

while we are at it, why dont we change "really" to wheelie.

[Gruntled]

while we are at it, why dont we change "really" to wheelie.

That's a wheelie, wheelie good idea!

[siz]

Swearing filter..Why, what is it you cant face?
:D

[wombat]

I see where you're coming from, but they tend not to be very helpful. The one on our (university residential) college forum had terrible trouble with Andy Will****s' surname, and events where the dress code was ****tail, but didn't censor several other popular curses (which I am too classy, and too much of a lady, to repeat).

Yes, we tested it. Extensively.

People will get around it anyway. Ideally, people could learn some self-control, respect for themselves and others, and maybe some grown-up ways of expressing themselves, but I know better than to expect miracles.
Heh, you should have been here when I decided that using the filter system to replace 'txt' terms would be an effective use of its powers.

Apparently it doesn't distinguish between whole words, and characters within other words. Bummer.

[Gruntled]

Swearing filter..Why, what is it you cant face?
:D

I love that! Always makes me laugh.

[blakie49]

Its ok team! We can make up our own swear words like "go get ironhorseridersaregay'd!"

[Alec McJo]

Its ok team! We can make up our own swear words like "go get ironhorseridersaregay'd!"

Whatever floats your boat I suppose...

[b_S]

Heh, you should have been here when I decided that using the filter system to replace 'txt' terms would be an effective use of its powers.That was quite the funny :D

[b_S]

See, such a bad idea even the spammers aren't impressed

[Gruntled]

Well, the Spammer can go fuck himself.

[Alec McJo]

Well, the Spammer can go fuck himself.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j182/swiftian/irony/irony6.jpg

[Gruntled]

More sarcasm than irony. Irony incorporates a little more imagination and intelligence than my post.