Is '-CENSORED-' automatically generated

DaleA · July 11, 2015, 08:34 AM

It seems like I've been seeing the word/phrase '-CENSORED-' more often. I thought it was the poster being cute but after reading this thread it seems like maybe this site is automatically generating the '-CENSORED-' text.

http://thefiringline.com/forums/show...light=censored

The poster apparently didn't put it in his post. See posts 14 and 15.

**Mal H** · July 11, 2015, 09:48 AM

Yes, "-CENSORED-" is automatically added to replace the characters of any word on our censored list. However, in the case with that thread, it appears there is a software glitch that added the words. We have no one or two letter censored words so they shouldn't have been used to replace anything.

I have edited the post in question.

Thanks for reporting the problem, we are looking into it.

wogpotter · July 12, 2015, 08:44 AM

We had a similar issue on a different forum where I mod. the parser was finding every little word it might even think was "off color".
What was being done was the parser would ONLY find everything "off color" it didn't know that sometimes the word from its table was part of a bigger perfectly respectable word.
for example "Hello" would be parsed as "HELLo" & be flagged. We had to "tell" the parser to have spaces in front & behind.

**Mike Irwin** · July 12, 2015, 09:14 AM

I've seen that happen, too, Wog, but it shouldn't here if I remember how the settings are applied.

samfried · July 12, 2015, 10:09 AM

It happened to me a few days ago. I couldn't figure out what I did to set it off

**Mal H** · July 12, 2015, 10:45 AM

samfried - yours was the post that got this investigation going.

samfried · July 12, 2015, 11:34 AM

Oh I see it now. Thanks for editing it

July 11, 2015, 08:34 AM	#1
DaleA Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2002 Location: Twin Cities, MN Posts: 5,316	Is '-CENSORED-' automatically generated It seems like I've been seeing the word/phrase '-CENSORED-' more often. I thought it was the poster being cute but after reading this thread it seems like maybe this site is automatically generating the '-CENSORED-' text. http://thefiringline.com/forums/show...light=censored The poster apparently didn't put it in his post. See posts 14 and 15.

July 12, 2015, 08:44 AM	#3
wogpotter Senior Member Join Date: September 27, 2004 Posts: 4,811	We had a similar issue on a different forum where I mod. the parser was finding every little word it might even think was "off color". What was being done was the parser would ONLY find everything "off color" it didn't know that sometimes the word from its table was part of a bigger perfectly respectable word. for example "Hello" would be parsed as "HELLo" & be flagged. We had to "tell" the parser to have spaces in front & behind. __________________ Allan Quatermain: “Automatic rifles. Who in God's name has automatic rifles”? Elderly Hunter: “That's dashed unsporting. Probably Belgium.”

July 12, 2015, 09:14 AM	#4
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	I've seen that happen, too, Wog, but it shouldn't here if I remember how the settings are applied. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

July 11, 2015, 09:48 AM	#2
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,955	Yes, "-CENSORED-" is automatically added to replace the characters of any word on our censored list. However, in the case with that thread, it appears there is a software glitch that added the words. We have no one or two letter censored words so they shouldn't have been used to replace anything. I have edited the post in question. Thanks for reporting the problem, we are looking into it.

July 12, 2015, 10:09 AM	#5
samfried Member Join Date: April 14, 2015 Posts: 19	It happened to me a few days ago. I couldn't figure out what I did to set it off

July 12, 2015, 10:45 AM	#6
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,955	samfried - yours was the post that got this investigation going.

July 12, 2015, 11:34 AM	#7
samfried Member Join Date: April 14, 2015 Posts: 19	Oh I see it now. Thanks for editing it