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#1 2011-07-15 16:05:48

kirsten19
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I can't say an appropriate word.

I was making my new RPG when I realized I needed to add some more things to the description. Unfortunately, it wouldn't let me say it. I had to go back and search through everything and I couldn't find any inappropriate words. I had to take out all of my new additions and re-add them one by one until i found it. The word was "H-o-a-r-d." As in the pile of gold and jewels that dragons have in their lairs. For some reason, its innapropriate. This is not an inappropiate word and it made me waste time and made me very grumpy. So please tell me why this isn't allowed, and if it is, try to fix it.

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#2 2011-07-15 16:07:00

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Re: I can't say an appropriate word.

It's blocked because it contains an innapropriate word. Just like "grapes."


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#3 2011-07-15 18:59:52

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Re: I can't say an appropriate word.

That is quite weird... there's no reason anything in "hoard" should be on the filter.

Edit: After experimenting I've found the "hoar" part being censored, but that makes no sense. Look at the definition:

hoar |hôr| archaic poetic/literary

adj.
grayish white; gray or gray-haired with age.

n.
hoarfrost.

Who decides to censor these things?

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#4 2011-07-15 19:10:50

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Re: I can't say an appropriate word.

I've been having censor problems too!


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#5 2011-07-15 19:48:31

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Re: I can't say an appropriate word.

hmnwilson wrote:

That is quite weird... there's no reason anything in "hoard" should be on the filter.

Edit: After experimenting I've found the "hoar" part being censored, but that makes no sense. Look at the definition:

hoar |hôr| archaic poetic/literary

adj.
grayish white; gray or gray-haired with age.

n.
hoarfrost.

Who decides to censor these things?

Um..... I don't know how to explain this to you guys.... -_-


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#6 2011-07-15 19:51:25

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Re: I can't say an appropriate word.

hmnwilson wrote:

Who decides to censor these things?

Hoar is kind of a pun of a bad word...


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#7 2011-07-15 20:24:03

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Re: I can't say an appropriate word.

It's a common misspelling of a word that means a prostitute, that is often used as an insult.  That said, there are a bunch of issues with the censor used on the main site.


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#8 2011-07-15 20:29:20

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Re: I can't say an appropriate word.

kimmy123 wrote:

hmnwilson wrote:

Who decides to censor these things?

Hoar is kind of a pun of a bad word...

I'm well aware of that, I'm wondering why they bothered censoring an innocent word that sounds like something else. Plus, I've never seen that word used like that in the first place.


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#9 2011-07-15 21:07:22

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Re: I can't say an appropriate word.

Paddle2See wrote:

It's a common misspelling of a word that means a prostitute, that is often used as an insult.  That said, there are a bunch of issues with the censor used on the main site.

I thought it was a pig-like animal.


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#10 2011-07-15 21:27:03

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Re: I can't say an appropriate word.

pokemongardevoir wrote:

Paddle2See wrote:

It's a common misspelling of a word that means a prostitute, that is often used as an insult.  That said, there are a bunch of issues with the censor used on the main site.

I thought it was a pig-like animal.

That's a boar. Paddle is talking about a different word. To be honest though, censoring an obscure misspelling of an inappropriate word seems a bit excessive to me.


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#11 2011-07-15 22:02:28

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Re: I can't say an appropriate word.

Harakou wrote:

pokemongardevoir wrote:

Paddle2See wrote:

It's a common misspelling of a word that means a prostitute, that is often used as an insult.  That said, there are a bunch of issues with the censor used on the main site.

I thought it was a pig-like animal.

That's a boar. Paddle is talking about a different word. To be honest though, censoring an obscure misspelling of an inappropriate word seems a bit excessive to me.

Yeah, what if they are really talking about something different?


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#12 2011-07-15 22:23:38

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Re: I can't say an appropriate word.

kimmy123 wrote:

Harakou wrote:

pokemongardevoir wrote:


I thought it was a pig-like animal.

That's a boar. Paddle is talking about a different word. To be honest though, censoring an obscure misspelling of an inappropriate word seems a bit excessive to me.

Yeah, what if they are really talking about something different?

Well, the misspelling is not as obscure than you may think.

[Of course, on another note: The word can also refer to something that's white, or it can also be a reference to frost.  tongue ]


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#13 2011-07-16 09:24:02

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Re: I can't say an appropriate word.

cheddargirl wrote:

kimmy123 wrote:

Harakou wrote:


That's a boar. Paddle is talking about a different word. To be honest though, censoring an obscure misspelling of an inappropriate word seems a bit excessive to me.

Yeah, what if they are really talking about something different?

Well, the misspelling is not as obscure than you may think.

I didn't just mean hoar.


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#14 2011-07-16 09:52:25

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Re: I can't say an appropriate word.

Harakou wrote:

pokemongardevoir wrote:

Paddle2See wrote:

It's a common misspelling of a word that means a prostitute, that is often used as an insult.  That said, there are a bunch of issues with the censor used on the main site.

I thought it was a pig-like animal.

That's a boar. Paddle is talking about a different word. To be honest though, censoring an obscure misspelling of an inappropriate word seems a bit excessive to me.

It is really excessive.


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#15 2011-07-16 10:36:06

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Re: I can't say an appropriate word.

What about collection instead?


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#16 2011-07-19 21:02:03

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Re: I can't say an appropriate word.

Or depending on the context, it could be "horde" instead.


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#17 2011-07-21 11:51:27

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Re: I can't say an appropriate word.

It really depends on the context you use it in. I think lizacfuzz is right about the containing a bad word.


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#18 2011-07-21 11:55:07

scimonster
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Re: I can't say an appropriate word.

Try adding HTML in the middle of the word.  hmm
Ho<b></b>ard

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#19 2011-07-23 20:08:54

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Re: I can't say an appropriate word.

lilacfuzz101 wrote:

It's blocked because it contains an innapropriate word. Just like "grapes."

What is wrong with grapes?

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#20 2011-07-24 17:27:00

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Re: I can't say an appropriate word.

that is what happend when i wrote "grapes"  tongue .......i like pie  smile   big_smile   smile   big_smile  XD


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#21 2011-07-24 17:30:31

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Re: I can't say an appropriate word.

JJROCKER wrote:

lilacfuzz101 wrote:

It's blocked because it contains an innapropriate word. Just like "grapes."

What is wrong with grapes?

Geography
Religion
Achievements
Politics
Economics
Social Structures

g*s. the filter is very annoying though...
it filtered it here too... quote to see i guess.

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#22 2011-07-24 23:32:36

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Re: I can't say an appropriate word.

lilacfuzz101 wrote:

JJROCKER wrote:

lilacfuzz101 wrote:

It's blocked because it contains an innapropriate word. Just like "grapes."

What is wrong with grapes?

Geography
Religion
Achievements
Politics
Economics
Social Structures

g*s. the filter is very annoying though...
it filtered it here too... quote to see i guess.

Oh I see.


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#23 2011-07-25 01:12:05

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Re: I can't say an appropriate word.

lilacfuzz101 wrote:

JJROCKER wrote:

lilacfuzz101 wrote:

It's blocked because it contains an innapropriate word. Just like "grapes."

What is wrong with grapes?

Geography
Religion
Achievements
Politics
Economics
Social Structures

g*s. the filter is very annoying though...
it filtered it here too... quote to see i guess.

Well, it only filtered it because you separated it with BBCode from the rest of the word.

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#24 2011-07-25 17:25:39

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Re: I can't say an appropriate word.

lilacfuzz101 wrote:

hmnwilson wrote:

That is quite weird... there's no reason anything in "hoard" should be on the filter.

Edit: After experimenting I've found the "hoar" part being censored, but that makes no sense. Look at the definition:

hoar |hôr| archaic poetic/literary

adj.
grayish white; gray or gray-haired with age.

n.
hoarfrost.

Who decides to censor these things?

Um..... I don't know how to explain this to you guys.... -_-

Yeah. You''l just have to take our word for it when we say that it's not what you think.

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#25 2011-07-26 05:46:20

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Re: I can't say an appropriate word.

Paddle, I think the censors should include a space in the beginning and the end.

So the censors are different. like

Code:

 badword

So it only censors words by itself.


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