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StrykerPez
How to remove the obscenity filter?
Sep 1 2009, 9:06 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 1 2009, 9:06 PM EDT
How do you shut off the swear word filter? Censorship has gone too far this time and I WILL NOT have such an atrocity on my site. 8  out of 8 found this valuable. Do you?    
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Marsden
Marsden
1. RE: How to remove the obscenity filter?
Sep 2 2009, 2:33 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 2 2009, 2:33 PM EDT
I too am opposed to the word filter.

Our site has a very affluant fiction section and the swear words create both suspense and add drama.

The censorship is ridiculous if it cannot be turned off.

Thanks for any reply in advance.

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PedroAsani
2. RE: How to remove the obscenity filter?
Sep 2 2009, 2:42 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 2 2009, 2:42 PM EDT
Ditto.

Whilst I can understand implementing a filter, blanket coverage is not the way to go.

Either it should be:

*opt-in or opt-out per site, the choice of the Creator.
*opt-in or opt-out per user, per site. the choice of the User.

Censorship in any form should only be of the self, not others. 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    

Posted Anonymously
3. RE: How to remove the obscenity filter?
Sep 2 2009, 2:42 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 2 2009, 2:42 PM EDT
i despise this filter, as it makes it difficult for unhindered speach.
if your trying to protect the kiddies, youv'e failed, theyd hear much worse stuff on the bus 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
Drewblet
Drewblet
4. RE: How to remove the obscenity filter?
Sep 2 2009, 3:22 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 2 2009, 3:22 PM EDT
"if your trying to protect the kiddies, youv'e failed, theyd hear much worse stuff on the bus"
Not to mention the fact that children will see far worse things over the internet than the occasional four-letter word.

Even then, Wetpaint has no responsibility to the clueless parents who allow their kids to do whatever they very well please on the net, and shouldn't feel any need to tend to said children's (who, again, surely see far worse sights than four-letter words over the internet) virgin minds or to their sedentary parents. It's the parents' job to have clues and to prevent their children from doing things that they shouldn't do and going places that they shouldn't go over the internet.

You owe them nothing, and we, the individuals who use your system, owe them nothing. I fail to see what inconveniencing and annoying everybody above thirteen will accomplish, in terms of placing all children and hypersensitive individuals within a protective bubble, and on the internet, of all things.

I apologize for how abrasive this post is, but such is often the best way to make one's point absolutely clear.

Anyway, I agree with PedroAsani; it should be opt-in only. The censor being the default setting makes sense, but its being the exclusive setting is a bit too much.

Sorry; just one more note: Why weren't wiki Creators/Administrators informed of the new policy? Shouldn't we have been?

Thanks for reading,
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Vicky-T
Vicky-T
5. RE: How to remove the obscenity filter?
Sep 2 2009, 3:55 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 2 2009, 3:55 PM EDT
i think that we should be able to choose which words to block out, yet i like the new feature Do you find this valuable?    

Posted Anonymously
6. RE: How to remove the obscenity filter?
Sep 2 2009, 4:26 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 2 2009, 4:26 PM EDT
"i think that we should be able to choose which words to block out, yet i like the new feature"
Censorship is a dreadful idea to implement on a public forum. 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
jeremy_wetpaint
jeremy_wetpaint
7. RE: How to remove the obscenity filter?
Sep 2 2009, 5:25 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 2 2009, 5:25 PM EDT
We needed to get this filter out the door quickly in order to protect some of the larger (and more sensitive) sites. We're generally not big fans of censorship either, and I'm talking with one of our lead guys on the development team to see about implementing some kind of ability to turn this thing on or off on a site by site basis. 2  out of 2 found this valuable. Do you?    
Madusha
Madusha
8. RE: How to remove the obscenity filter?
Sep 2 2009, 5:29 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 2 2009, 5:29 PM EDT
"We needed to get this filter out the door quickly in order to protect some of the larger (and more sensitive) sites. We're generally not big fans of censorship either, and I'm talking with one of our lead guys on the development team to see about implementing some kind of ability to turn this thing on or off on a site by site basis."
Yeah that would be nice, getting pages of threads full of complaints.

It should be turned on by default, Admins should be able to turn it off in the site settings and edit which words get censored. Sounds like too much work... 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    

Posted Anonymously
9. RE: How to remove the obscenity filter?
Sep 2 2009, 8:55 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 2 2009, 8:55 PM EDT
i too am opposed to this filter it realy has no point, if cursing were so bad for all those kidds that its trying to protect then it should be thier parents obbligation to restict them.

on another not if you need to be restircted as to what language you hear or in this case read you shouldnt be on a zombie survival site anyway when its all about shooting heads off and running for your life.

this filter realy makes no sence and is a waste of effort from all. 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    

Carnack
10. RE: How to remove the obscenity filter?
Sep 2 2009, 9:13 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 2 2009, 9:13 PM EDT
When asked for my personal preference I don't like swearing that much however sometimes a good blue streak is good. I don't care for this filter at all as some users on the sites I belong come up with amazing stories and topics that sometimes have swearwords. That doesn't bother me. 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    

Posted Anonymously
11. RE: How to remove the obscenity filter?
Sep 3 2009, 1:10 AM EDT | Post edited: Sep 3 2009, 1:10 AM EDT
"How do you shut off the swear word filter? "
I am running a genealogy site. One of the Surnames is "****' which has been filtered out. This filter needs to be corrected ASAP. 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
bellswebster
bellswebster
12. RE: How to remove the obscenity filter?
Sep 3 2009, 5:28 AM EDT | Post edited: Sep 3 2009, 5:28 AM EDT
"i despise this filter, as it makes it difficult for unhindered speach.
if your trying to protect the kiddies, youv'e failed, theyd hear much worse stuff on the bus"
Hear hear...well said mate.. 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
Marsden
Marsden
13. RE: How to remove the obscenity filter?
Sep 3 2009, 5:31 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 3 2009, 5:31 PM EDT
"We needed to get this filter out the door quickly in order to protect some of the larger (and more sensitive) sites. We're generally not big fans of censorship either, and I'm talking with one of our lead guys on the development team to see about implementing some kind of ability to turn this thing on or off on a site by site basis."
Thanks for addressing this issue for us Jeremy.

We'll be looking forward to the removal of the word censors in future.

Also on this issue, I understand a member of my staff; StrykerPez was banned on the site for using a swearword.

1#brave was the moderator who banned him I believe.

In the Wetpaint rules it clearly states in Rule 3 Paragraph 1 Subsection 2 The consequences are "3 strikes and you're out."

StrykerPez had yet to recieve a single strike or been contacted by a moderator regarding the devolution of his grammar.

I understand that mistakes happen, may I appeal the ban please?

Thank you,

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Hadye
14. RE: How to remove the obscenity filter?
Sep 3 2009, 5:37 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 3 2009, 5:37 PM EDT
You're right, there is a three strikes policy. I will un-ban StrykerPez, but please remind him not to use swear words or offensive language while on WPC. Thanks. 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
MargyW
MargyW
15. RE: How to remove the obscenity filter?
Sep 3 2009, 7:58 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 3 2009, 7:58 PM EDT
"We needed to get this filter out the door quickly in order to protect some of the larger (and more sensitive) sites. We're generally not big fans of censorship either, and I'm talking with one of our lead guys on the development team to see about implementing some kind of ability to turn this thing on or off on a site by site basis."
The sooner the better Jeremy. I for one am extremely annoyed at the damage it is doing to my Mark Harmon site. 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
Marsden
Marsden
16. RE: How to remove the obscenity filter?
Sep 4 2009, 2:45 AM EDT | Post edited: Sep 4 2009, 2:45 AM EDT
"You're right, there is a three strikes policy. I will un-ban StrykerPez, but please remind him not to use swear words or offensive language while on WPC. Thanks."
Thank you, I shall remind him.

Regarding the obscenity filter, are filtered words still counting towards the strikes?

If I was to say, "That is (insert f word here: *******) brilliant" would that use up one of my 3 strikes? 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
bellswebster
bellswebster
17. RE: How to remove the obscenity filter?
Sep 4 2009, 7:02 PM EDT | Post edited: Sep 4 2009, 7:02 PM EDT
JEREMY - This is all the reason why you guys here at wetpaint should consult with site creators FIRST before you add or change anything..things that need fixing aren't fixed and things that would make the site easier to work on arent done. If you can get an off/on button then that would be appreciated by all for sure. 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
HwangJangLee
HwangJangLee
18. RE: How to remove the obscenity filter?
Sep 15 2009, 5:44 AM EDT | Post edited: Sep 15 2009, 5:44 AM EDT
Yes, please allow implementation/customisation on a site-by-site basis. I'm not so worried about the banning of swear words myself, but it is causing problems with the naming of Chinese actors which include the inoffensive word t-i-t. I am sure bird lovers would face similar issues! 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
bellswebster
bellswebster
19. RE: How to remove the obscenity filter?
Sep 15 2009, 6:27 AM EDT | Post edited: Sep 15 2009, 6:27 AM EDT
Yes, we sometimes say P*s*y cats and this word gets deleted...how ridiculous...We have a couple of guys whose real names are D**K..they cant even have their names! 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
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