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AnonymousUser Since: Jan, 2001
#1: Jan 5th 2011 at 2:38:55 PM

(This is spun off from "Edit banned - would like to edit again")

When was it put in place? And what can and can't we have in our signatures/titles?

INUH Since: Jul, 2009
#2: Jan 5th 2011 at 2:42:21 PM

Pretty sure I heard people talking about it when I joined the forum in October.

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Marioguy128 Geomancer from various galaxies Since: Jan, 2010
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#3: Jan 5th 2011 at 2:45:51 PM

Apparently you can have an f-bomb in your signature now. Not your title though. It's been like this for a while though. More info here.

edited 5th Jan '11 2:48:01 PM by Marioguy128

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AnonymousUser Since: Jan, 2001
#4: Jan 5th 2011 at 2:49:22 PM

I remember that thread, I just wonder why Eddie didn't announce this anywhere.

Honestly, I think it's a bit strange. If it's against the rules, why aren't we told it is?

FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#5: Jan 5th 2011 at 2:57:23 PM

It is very annoying to see page full of posts with titles like "fuck you" and siglines like "fuck this that and the other thing." It's also tacky as hell. So here's your notification: "Please decline to be tacky. Thanks."

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AnonymousUser Since: Jan, 2001
#6: Jan 5th 2011 at 3:16:31 PM

Can it be put in the forum rules? (They have more permanence than this, which will probably be gone in a year)

GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#7: Jan 12th 2011 at 4:56:37 PM

What is this autosweeper an what does it do?

INUH Since: Jul, 2009
#8: Jan 12th 2011 at 4:58:58 PM

If the word "fuck" is in your title, it deletes it.

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GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#9: Jan 12th 2011 at 5:00:29 PM

And what is meant by "title"? Username? Thread title? Custom rank (sometimes known as "title")?

INUH Since: Jul, 2009
#10: Jan 12th 2011 at 5:01:13 PM

Um...the thing under your avatar? Pretty sure it's called "title" in the forum profile.

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GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#11: Jan 12th 2011 at 5:04:47 PM

Time to play around with this, then.

INUH Since: Jul, 2009
#12: Jan 12th 2011 at 5:06:10 PM

I saw it and now I don't see it. Did it work?

By the way, putting it back over and over can get you banned.

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GlennMagusHarvey Since: Jan, 2001
#13: Jan 12th 2011 at 5:06:36 PM

Well, that was weird. The only time it deleted the f-word was when I had it surrounded by quotation marks. otherwise, it didn't seem to work...

INUH Since: Jul, 2009
#14: Jan 12th 2011 at 5:07:45 PM

I don't know if it's constantly running or does sweeps of recent changes every once in a while or what.

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Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
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#15: Jan 12th 2011 at 5:09:45 PM

It would seem easier to just have handleprofile.php reject titles with «fuck» in them. And then there's the Scunthorpe Problem.

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INUH Since: Jul, 2009
#16: Jan 12th 2011 at 5:13:43 PM

I'm not sure how the Scunthorpe problem would apply unless some Tropers wish to declare that they come from the town of Fucking, Austria.

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