Censorship on the site

[Word-Smith]

I was somewhat surprised to see one of my recent contributions has been auto-censored. The word in question is the relatively inoffensive "bigger", but with a "u" instead of the "i".

I understand censorship of expletives like "f**k" and "c***", because neither is necessary in a civilised conversation and there are plenty of suitable alternatives for discussions of anatomy. On the other hand, where I live, the average seven year old seems incapable of stringing together a sentence without a liberal sprinkling of such expletives.

Some American sites are worse, censoring such words as "t*t" and maybe even "sh*g" (my "*"s, in case of more auto-censoring) into nothing more than a string of ***. Surely, this could seriously hamper any discussion of ornithology. Poorly written and executed censorship protocols mean that even words such as repetition, stitch and superstition are reduced to a string of "***", because they merely contain that highly offensive "t*t".

How much censorship is acceptable? Is the moderator of this site behaving less like an editor and more like a prissy Victorian school-mistress? Am I being too sensitive? Am I fighting for free speech? Do I need another beer? Do I want mayo on my anchovies?

Over to you....

[dot.hawkes]

sorry I got so far and then it was just like a white screen, can you dumb it down just foe me please?

[bigmamma]

What's with all the quot words please , I can't read your post ! There's a quote key ..."

[cazzz1975]

well you have managed to type several t!t words without incurring strong censoring

[bensmum]

Hi bigmamma *waves*
I agree - what's wrong with " - & quot. is unreadable after a while

[Word-Smith]

Curses! It has stuck in the " instead of the quotation marks I typed.

The initial word was "bigger" but with a "u" replacing the "i"

The next quotes refer to "f**k" and "c***"

The American bit refers to "t*t" and "sh*g"

Hope that clarifies.

If you can perform a find and replace, then find " and replace it with a "

And there was me thinking this was going to be easy.

[Gormless]

There is no serious censorship on this site, let alone real-time.

For censorship, visit Cerescape. I posted a thread on there, called just "Wogan". The site owner complained about it the next morning.

I had sent the daft little big-headed twerp �50, yes �50

Never again.

[dot.hawkes]

is cerescape still going and am i a member?

[Gormless]

dot you were banned, or didn't you notice?

It is amazing how people simply don't pay attention.

How did Kirsty Gallagher get on Ant N' Dec the noo? Is she pregnant?

[Word-Smith]

Apologies to all - Now it's ignoring what I type and putting in the alternative character.

I shall go away until I work out how to do this properly

Bye for now

[craft1948]

where's this site Gormless - I've never been banned - mind I have been thrown out of a chip shop in Barnsley...

[bensmum]

I'm following you craft!
I was "asked to leave" from a club in Darlington