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The swear filter needs looking at

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Oldjim
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The swear filter needs looking at

https://community.plus.net/t5/General-Chat/I-should-flaming-think-so/m-p/1351254#M204730

On the old forum an offending word could be set to exclude other words containing it

[-Censored-]nal is a football team for goodness sake

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Re: The swear filter needs looking at

Unfortunately we no longer have access to it but I agree it needs looking at.

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Re: The swear filter needs looking at

Fix

Can you try the same again?

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Oldjim
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Re: The swear filter needs looking at

Arsenal - works now

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Re: The swear filter needs looking at

Let me know if you spot any others and we'll sort them.

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Re: The swear filter needs looking at

I have edited the word 'arsenal' back into the relevant post and left a note.

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Re: The swear filter needs looking at

What about that old favourite [S***]thorpe.  No I've not tried it.  Grin

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Re: The swear filter needs looking at

Give it a go, I can fix it if it breaks!

 

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Re: The swear filter needs looking at

Scunthorpe    Idealy this should be an option in the search code - as it is in most contemporary engine?

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Re: The swear filter needs looking at

[-Censored-]terton

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Not to mention [-Censored-]ake mushrooms

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Re: The swear filter needs looking at

Ah, the old Scunthorpe problem

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem

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Re: The swear filter needs looking at

They should be fixed now @Oldjim

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Re: The swear filter needs looking at

Shitterton and so it is

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Re: The swear filter needs looking at

Tidied up a few other anomalies I found in the swear filter too.

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Re: The swear filter needs looking at

We could be all day if we were to input all these town names with questionable words in them.

Cockermouth?

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edit: as an admin I think I bypass the swear filter anyway...

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