Scratch

scratchisthebest wrote:

Parse BBCode before cuss-word filters.

Then again, I'm not sure if you can do that. Anyways: (pretend potato is a cuss word)
                     BBCode parser         Word filter
Po[b][/b]tato -> Potato  ->                    *

where now it's
                       Word filter            BBCode parser
Po[b][/b]tato -> Po[b][/b]tato  ->     Potato

edit: lol, had to type [b[b][/b]][/b] instead of [b][/b]. quote & see.

I could do that for days.  [b[b[b[b[b[b[b[b][/b]][/b]][/b]][/b]][/b]][/b]][/b]][/b]

That's what probably would need to happen.
lol you had to do it again so that you could put all of the [b] and [/b]'s  in there :P

Last edited by Mokat (2012-03-07 17:23:01)

imnotbob wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

The Scratch Team is aware of this problem, but it isn't an easy fix. The word filter system on the forums reads things literally, so one would have to input every possible combination of BBCode usage in cuss word to prevent such cheating of the filter.

Now if there's only a way to make FluxBB overlook BBCode...

Pretty sure there is

If that were true, it would have been done a long time ago. 

scimonster wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

imnotbob wrote:

Pretty sure there is

If that were true, it would have been done a long time ago. 

In the latest version it strips empty BBCodes, then runs the filter...

Another solution is to *gasp* manually check each letter of a word, checking if it matches any of the swears, and if there's BBCode in there, it ignores it, but, OH THE PAIN (for the server).

We don't have the latest version of FluxBB. The forum pretty much uses a hacked version of an old FluxBB system that's been modified over the years so that's something to keep in mind when coming up with a solution.

Greenatic wrote:

I know this sounds like a dumb question, but is it really that hard to make a simple parsing script, then filter it?

I don't know much about FluxBB, but probably not that hard. They could have it erase all BBCode from the post, check it, then put the BBCode back.

cheddargirl wrote:

scimonster wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

If that were true, it would have been done a long time ago. 

In the latest version it strips empty BBCodes, then runs the filter...

Another solution is to *gasp* manually check each letter of a word, checking if it matches any of the swears, and if there's BBCode in there, it ignores it, but, OH THE PAIN (for the server).

We don't have the latest version of FluxBB. The forum pretty much uses a hacked version of an old FluxBB system that's been modified over the years so that's something to keep in mind when coming up with a solution.

You said it would have been done. I said it was, but after you installed it. 

I didn't like that though; it also made stuff like [b[b][/b]][/b] illegal.

But I could give you the code if you want.

Last edited by scimonster (2012-03-09 04:48:04)

The problem is though, then people would just put something like "s-wear" or something 

Greenatic wrote:

zippynk wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

The Scratch Team is aware of this problem, but it isn't an easy fix. The word filter system on the forums reads things literally, so one would have to input every possible combination of BBCode usage in cuss word to prevent such cheating of the filter.

Now if there's only a way to make FluxBB overlook BBCode...

Maybe ScratchBB will be able to do that.

Isn't there a way to create another version of a post with BBCode filtered out, and scan that?  Of course, you would have to make sure it was real BBCode, or people could just use [curse].

But they still could go like s wear or something or s-wear of s.wear or swe@r or something or maybe even

 swear 

pietestaccount1234 wrote:

Greenatic wrote:

zippynk wrote:

Maybe ScratchBB will be able to do that.

Isn't there a way to create another version of a post with BBCode filtered out, and scan that?  Of course, you would have to make sure it was real BBCode, or people could just use [curse].

But they still could go like s wear or something or s-wear of s.wear or swe@r or something or maybe even

 swear 

I'm pretty sure the filter would catch it if it were in a block.

wolvesstar97 wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

imnotbob wrote:

Pretty sure there is

If that were true, it would have been done a long time ago. 

Uh, guys....

wolvesstar97 wrote:

I have an idea! It could do a "preview" type thing, copy the text from the preview, and then run the filter! Becuase when its previewed you cant see the BBCode.

Shazam!


Sometimes the easiest solutions are the best.


A weird talent I seem to have is finding simple solutions to problems other people find complex, but for some simple problems I over analyze it and then cant come up with a solution.

Some solutions sound easier than they really are - someone would still need to program the filter for FluxBB to scan the message in preview mode. 

This is quite a large problem.

Support!

I don't like it when people curse. It makes me feel unsafe online and it makes my mom and dad ban me from being online.          And I'm not kidding.

logiblocs wrote:

Support

Though it did give a good way of bypassing the April's Fools Day censor... 

lol yeah.
I guess you could go like Ⓣⓗⓘⓢ!
Or  ¡sıɥʇ
(modded text)
Oh darn, someone could bypass the filter this way too