Let the flaming begin - Forum Rules ?

[Hedgetrimmer]

*((+$%*@~!! smartass!

[bigbluebear]

I could get riled but judging by the posts it'd be pointless.

My wife told be to stop being stroppy too.

If you don't like my awesomely,brilliant and wonderful suggestion then I'll learn my lesson from it.

I suppose I should thank BBB for teaching me a valuable life lesson that funny is most definitely in the eye of the beholder which (in retrospect) certainly explains little Britain for me too (and don't even get me started on the attractions of soap operas).  Thank you BBB, lesson learnt I'll stfu.

Don't worry about it as I don't...... we are all different on here and you already know that by your signature..... although I would change it to...." opinions are like clits.... every cunts got one" 

[simonm]

Got to ask while Im here.... why did you type f**king instead of fucking?   Youre either swearing or your not, you cant part swear!! 

Putting asterisks makes it less offensive to me psychologically.  You start reading and the second my mind sees them I block the rest of the word out and just mentally insert the word 'swearing'.  If the sentence doesn't make sense without context I can go back and fill in the blanks to figure out what the context is.
I think, like in reality, there are degrees of swearing too, cussing isn't as bad as peppering your sentence with expletives.

It's just a way of swearing when you don't like it and justify it to yourself.  Still naughty but marginally more acceptable to normal swearing.

It works for me anyway however poor my excuse.

[Fazerider]

Until this thread descended into the gutter it rarely seemed necessary, but I'd now be happy to see some rules along the lines suggested. Those employing profanity with such exuberance here may regard themselves as Malcolm Tuckers, yet it mostly comes across as puerile and lowers the tone of the place.
The use of the synonym for vulva is particularly unpleasant.
Choosing to use offensive language has nothing to do with free speech, leaving it out is simply a matter of respect towards others. On a public forum it's pretty much akin to screaming obscenities in the street. I'd rather those so inarticulate that they have to use abusive language towards someone to get their point across did so in a private message.

[simonm]

Until this thread descended into the gutter it rarely seemed necessary, but I'd now be happy to see some rules along the lines suggested. Those employing profanity with such exuberance here may regard themselves as Malcolm Tuckers, yet it mostly comes across as puerile and lowers the tone of the place.
The use of the synonym for vulva is particularly unpleasant.
Choosing to use offensive language has nothing to do with free speech, leaving it out is simply a matter of respect towards others. On a public forum it's pretty much akin to screaming obscenities in the street. I'd rather those so inarticulate that they have to use abusive language towards someone to get their point across did so in a private message.

Thanks for phrasing this so well. It's nice to see I'm not entirely alone.  Tbh I don't have an issue with mild or infrequent swearing but posts that are designed to cause offense or vulgarity just make me cringe compared to the rest of the quality banter.
Arse, my stfu isn't working on myself.

[Lazarus]

Might be pointless, but its fun!!! 




 Got to ask while Im here.... why did you type f**king instead of fucking?   Youre either swearing or your not, you cant part swear!! 

I think you will find that i did part swear

[mr self destruct]

Could the site admins possibly help here?


On a few other forums I use, there is a self-censorship option that you can set, meaning you can replace any word you're uncomfortable with, with another word of your choice.
i.e. shit can be shoot, fuck can be flip, piss can be pee and Hyosung can be wankbag.

There are other forums that censor words for all users, but these personal options seem the best so would it be possible to adopt it here?

[stevierst]

What would 'Honda' be blanked out as then? That's a swear word:P

[ChristoT]

Could the site admins possibly help here?


On a few other forums I use, there is a self-censorship option that you can set, meaning you can replace any word you're uncomfortable with, with another word of your choice.
i.e. shit can be shoot, fuck can be flip, piss can be pee and Hyosung can be wankbag.

There are other forums that censor words for all users, but these personal options seem the best so would it be possible to adopt it here?

That might make some people incomprehensible! 

[mr self destruct]

That might make some people incomprehensible! 

Made me think of this: 

Harry Enfield - Badfellas

[Exupnut]

"Hyosung can be wankbag"

LMAO BRILLIANT!!!

[ChristoT]

"Hyosung can be wankbag"

LMAO BRILLIANT!!!

And "blue Fazer Thou" can be "snail"!! 

[noggythenog]

"Hyosung can be wankbag"

LMAO BRILLIANT!!!

And "blue Fazer Thou" can be "snail"!! 

Slow down everybody!!!!! ...........dont be so offensively Blue!!!!!!

[Farjo]

We have a

Could the site admins possibly help here?


On a few other forums I use, there is a self-censorship option that you can set, meaning you can replace any word you're uncomfortable with, with another word of your choice.
i.e. shit can be shoot, fuck can be flip, piss can be pee and Hyosung can be wankbag.

There are other forums that censor words for all users, but these personal options seem the best so would it be possible to adopt it here?

That's a great suggestion - however there's a problem. The 'censored words' option is used to changed some youtube addresses otherwise they wouldn't work, so for those people who didn't have censorship switched on, some youtube videos would not work. It took me a while to figure out how to fix the problem before finally finding this option (I mention this to show I'm not just being lazy).

[mr self destruct]

That's a great suggestion - however there's a problem. The 'censored words' option is used to changed some youtube addresses otherwise they wouldn't work, so for those people who didn't have censorship switched on, some youtube videos would not work. It took me a while to figure out how to fix the problem before finally finding this option (I mention this to show I'm not just being lazy).

Oh well, worth a shot. 

[sure2ride]

Well, looks like everyone is friends again 
Great site, thanks admin for the great work.
 

[simonm]

That's a great suggestion - however there's a problem. The 'censored words' option is used to changed some youtube addresses otherwise they wouldn't work, so for those people who didn't have censorship switched on, some youtube videos would not work. It took me a while to figure out how to fix the problem before finally finding this option (I mention this to show I'm not just being lazy).

Oh well, worth a shot. 

From a technology perspective it wouldn't be that hard to differentiate between normal text and a URL and apply the conditional formatting appropriately.

[ChristoT]

What happened to your stfu, Simon? 

[simonm]

My stfu is more to do with getting involved in conflict and things that have nothing to do with me.  I thought I could get away with it as it wasn't a contentious or argumentative thing to say 

[Ton13]

 I can honesty say that I have never faced anything like that said or aimed at me....
 
we are all bikers regardless or race, sexuality or sex....
I am a gay female and I never get any shit off any one from here only advice and help....
 
That's what biking is about, community and support.... a cuppa, a fag and ribbing each other about pussying out of going round the bends!
 
I suppose hanging around with 20bikers daily kinda rubs at any smooth polished professional surface I have to have while managing them all at work 
 
 

[Farjo]

That's a great suggestion - however there's a problem. The 'censored words' option is used to changed some youtube addresses otherwise they wouldn't work, so for those people who didn't have censorship switched on, some youtube videos would not work. It took me a while to figure out how to fix the problem before finally finding this option (I mention this to show I'm not just being lazy).

Oh well, worth a shot. 

From a technology perspective it wouldn't be that hard to differentiate between normal text and a URL and apply the conditional formatting appropriately.

I'm sure you're right. If you'd like to write the mod then I'll be happy to test it. Or maybe you meant that I should spend my time working on a coding fix on your behalf?

[simonm]

That's a great suggestion - however there's a problem. The 'censored words' option is used to changed some youtube addresses otherwise they wouldn't work, so for those people who didn't have censorship switched on, some youtube videos would not work. It took me a while to figure out how to fix the problem before finally finding this option (I mention this to show I'm not just being lazy).

Oh well, worth a shot. 

From a technology perspective it wouldn't be that hard to differentiate between normal text and a URL and apply the conditional formatting appropriately.

I'm sure you're right. If you'd like to write the mod then I'll be happy to test it. Or maybe you meant that I should spend my time working on a coding fix on your behalf?

I getcha.  What is the mod, where is the source code for the plug in you use ? Is there a public git repo?  My solution of a forum code of conduct would have been easier but if this is the only solution others are happy with I'll have a looksee as its better than saying it's unworkable and sitting on my hands 

[Farjo]

We use Aeva Media to display videos. It is no longer supported as the author is working on a replacement for SMF. YouTube videos that begin https are newish and so not supported. There is an easy fix and a difficult fix. The easy fix concerns the word censor i.e. swapping https for http (when followed by youtube etc - obviously I cannot type it here as the censor will censor it). This is the option I chose because 1. we are not using the censor and 2. it would have taken me a while to understand the difficult fix.

Here is the difficult fix:
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=200401.msg3555283#msg3555283

You can find the php files mentioned if you download the mod. Good luck!

[bigbluebear]

Seems like a lot of work as the general consensus was the forum works well and didn't need fixing. Would it not be easier just to block users that he doesn't like.

[simonm]

Seems like a lot of work as the general consensus was the forum works well and didn't need fixing. Would it not be easier just to block users that he doesn't like.

That would imply that I dislike you.  I don't.  I'd like to read the things that you have to say minus the surplus diatribe