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Those ****ing Asterisks

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Panda

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Message 11 of 57 (628672)
08-12-2011 6:06 AM

Censorship can be funny...

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Message 25 of 57 (628721)
08-12-2011 11:47 AM

Reply to: Message 24 by Dr Adequate
08-12-2011 11:44 AM

Re: Request thread?

Dr Adequate writes:

Mazzy: any word containing a vowel.

Considering her spelling ability: that would not limit her word count much.

Can we add 'curiously' to RADZ's list?

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Message 27 of 57 (628733)
08-12-2011 12:35 PM

Reply to: Message 26 by Admin
08-12-2011 12:28 PM

Re: Censored Words

Admin writes:

As long as I'm going to be mucking with that code I should ask if anyone cares whether the number of asterisks matches the number of letters in the original word.

I have noticed that using asterisks makes it look like swearing.
Maybe use a different character?
e.g.

~~~
???

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Message 31 of 57 (628737)
08-12-2011 12:45 PM

Reply to: Message 28 by Rahvin
08-12-2011 12:36 PM

Re: Censored Words

Rahvin writes:

Would this be the appropriate thread to indicate that I believe censorship along these lines is ill-advised?

I think that censorship should be ***** **** ** *****.

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