Weird word combinations not allowed on WP

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23 Jan 2010, 7:41 am

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sorry, for intruding on your original post, SalonPhilosopher . . .[sinsboldly]
I noticed that several words are censored on this website and I even found out that some combinations of words are not allowed to be posted at all. While this may help to reduce the amounts of spam, some combinations are just ridiculous.

A few days ago I wrote a post in another thread and got this "forbidden" page when I tried to post it. It took me until today to figure out the reason this post couldn't get posted is because I was talking about my best friend and described her as "a lesbian" and "a woman". Apparently both words are no problem when posted seperately, but when combined you're not allowed to post what you wrote. This makes no sense whatsoever and is terribly confusing.



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23 Jan 2010, 10:09 am

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I was talking about my best friend and described her as "a lesbian" and "a woman". Apparently both words are no problem when posted seperately, but when combined you're not allowed to post what you wrote.


Maybe the parser is filtering redundancy? :wink:


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23 Jan 2010, 12:48 pm

"lesbian" woman

with out the quotes around the "lesbian" it gave me the error below
oh, my gawd!



Server Error 403: Forbidden
Oops! Wrong Planet made a mistake. Please send an email to [email protected] or go back and try again.

this is rediculous! what is this, a kiddy forum?


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23 Jan 2010, 12:52 pm

sinsboldly wrote:
"lesbian" woman

with out the quotes around the "lesbian" it gave me the error below
oh, my gawd!



Server Error 403: Forbidden
Oops! Wrong Planet made a mistake. Please send an email to [email protected] or go back and try again.

this is ridiculous! what is this, a kiddy forum?


The only time I changed the word censor it was for ONE word, 'ret*d' and I got shouted down in this forum and the moderators complained until THREE days later I removed it from the word censor. But this is all sorts of word combinations. Where is the protest to Alex for this ridiculous new development?

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23 Jan 2010, 3:15 pm

Right here - this is absolutely ridiculous, can't post half the time and still have yet to find the combination of words that is triggering it.


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24 Jan 2010, 9:05 am

makuranososhi wrote:
Right here - this is absolutely ridiculous, can't post half the time and still have yet to find the combination of words that is triggering it.


Luckily this happened to me only once.

It seems like this site needs some PHP developers to make this forum a bit more userfriendly ;)



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24 Jan 2010, 9:09 am

hmmm thats a weird problem. is this still happening?



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24 Jan 2010, 9:59 am

FAQ
here
Discussion
... but a fourth link causes "Server Error 403: Forbidden"


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24 Jan 2010, 10:02 am

lesbian bald woman
That's OK, but if she's not bald.... "Server Error 403: Forbidden"


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24 Jan 2010, 10:04 am

SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM
SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM
SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM
SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM
SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM
SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM
SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM
SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM
SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM
SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM

100 copies of the word "SPAM" is no problem at all.


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24 Jan 2010, 10:12 am

anal type sex

... (without the word "type") gets a "Server Error 403: Forbidden" here.

However, I presume it is now allowed in "Love & Dating", Alex, as you have posted an image containing that there.


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24 Jan 2010, 10:14 am

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25 Jan 2010, 8:35 am

Woah, what a strange, annoying, and potentially counter-productive problem.

I hope it can be sorted out.



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25 Jan 2010, 9:53 am

Yes, it is still happening. Often.


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25 Jan 2010, 10:56 am

sinsboldly wrote:
alex wrote:
hmmm thats a weird problem. is this still happening?


I am a little concerned that you are not familiar with what is going on, Alex. Who else would be causing it to happen?


Indeed. I don't understand how the developer of this site can be unaware of this problem. You should be able to find at least the code segment that processes this function or the database table that contains the combinations that are not allowed. I do that sort of analysis on a daily basis, so it can't be THAT hard..... :wink: