I noticed earlier in a deal that vagina was marked as profanity (discussion on dairy cows and insemination).
but interestingly it's not marked as profanity here.
I think we are adult enough to use words found in the dictionary.
or is there a specific reason not to show these words in deals?.
is there a list of words considered profanity?
Examples? We don't remove posts because we are over-sensitive. If you look at April stats, you will see the reasons.
Bit hard to give specific examples if they've all been deleted! But I will keep it in mind the next time I see it happens and send you a link.
Call it a 'gash'.
noun
noun: gash; plural noun: gashes
- a long, deep cut or wound.
"a bad gash in one leg became infected"
synonyms: laceration, cut, slash, tear, gouge, puncture, score, incision, slit, split, rip, rent, nick, cleft
You obviously don't watch British comedy.
Penelope Keith never uses that word!!!
AXE WOUND
P.S.
I was being vile and distasteful. Don't call it a gash unless you want to get served a can of whoop ass.
is there a list of words considered profanity?
Yes it is automated based on a long list of words. Just hit the report button and we will republish it.
If you see (profanity) in a comment then that is the system.
EDIT: Found the post, and added the words back.
Cool. Cheers
I reported your post but nothing happened
Is there any way to disable this so those of us who aren't (profanity) (profanity) (profanity) and don't mind seeing such things are allowed to do so?
You need to learn to communicate without swearing if you want your request to be granted. Otherwise people can't work out what your request is.
I didn't swear, I put the word profanity in parenthesis three times. One was the hook, another the line and the third the sinker.
You caught me.
Actually it was a serious question with that thrown in as humour to let the minds of those that read it run wild thinking "omg omg omg I wonder what he said!"
Should my request/suggestion be eventually granted, I was hoping some would return having disabled the filter only to discover my evil plan.
Thanks for ruining it for me, (profanity).
;)
No. The words are replaced at the time when the comments are saved, not at the rendering time.
I see the server can't store profanities
I agree, the amount of censorship is overbearing at times which is a shame because I love this site to bits.
If mods/admins are so worried about this, perhaps they should look at having a 'SFW' option which would block all mature deals and posts? I think it's highly unnecessary but it would get around the problem.
It is unfortunate to see posts and even threads full of interesting discussion being deleted just because some over-sensitive mods have a skewed sense of what is appropriate and what isn't.