Profanity filter insanity

[JaegerDelta]

So the other day i tried to name a ship "Pickaxe". And i couldn't because the word pickaxe is against the naming policy.........

turns out the flag results from an anglicized  Eastern European slang term, picka, being in the name. I mean, i get it, its an international game, and having someone able to name their ship "picka" might not be the best thing ever.  However censoring words that happen to contain the same pattern of characters as a "profane" word but mean completely different things is silly, really really silly.

[Calico Jack]

Try hyphenation:  Pick-Axe

[JaegerDelta]

Try hyphenation:  Pick-Axe

you shouldn't have to hyphenate normal words though.

[Calico Jack]

Do you want your ship name now or wait until they update the filters? If it's urgent you could always  use a hyphen or a 1 in place of the 'i' or an @ inplace of the 'a'.

[N-Sunderland]

Yeah, I really hate how words containing banned words can't be used. Like how the French "chuis" (abbreviation of "je suis", meaning "I am") gets censored. It can make discussing over text chat fairly inconvenient.

[Zenark]

Me and one of my crew mates (don't remember who) were trying all the possibly offensive words in the chat to see which got through. So many are blocked XD our chat just ended up looking like

Zenark:
Crewmate:
Zenark: ed
Crewmate: ing
Zenark: s mother
Crewmate:

[Clara Skyborn]

Only way to get them fixed is to bring them up, and we'll get the filter updated. So if you've found any filter weirdness, please post it here now!

"Pickaxe" and "chuis" should both be fine now. In both cases it was a filter type incorrectly applied in the database. Sorry for any inconvenience.

[N-Sunderland]

Thanks Jess!

[Richard P]

"Uranus" is still banned word, for example. However, it prevents us from pyras called "Prepare Uranus" in every lobby.

[Calico Jack]

niggle is a banned word.

[Clara Skyborn]

"Uranus" is still banned word, for example. However, it prevents us from pyras called "Prepare Uranus" in every lobby.

Yeah, I think that one's going to have to stand.

niggle is a banned word.

I did a review of the filter yesterday and fixed that one already. Looking at blacklisted ship names also suggested quite a few new additions to replace it...but the filter should be quite a bit smarter now.

[QKO]

Why can't we name our ships after the planet Uranus?

Btw is Dick banned? Because I feel for those wanting to name their ships Moby Dick.

[Moo]

They probably only want that name as a means of "legitimately" using that word...

[Clara Skyborn]

Why can't we name our ships after the planet Uranus?

Because there's no way to whitelist certain words while continuing to block parts of them. If Uranus were allowed, so would be any string containing *anus*. Sorry, I think it's a lovely planet/titan, and I wish we could honor it/him properly.

Btw is Dick banned? Because I feel for those wanting to name their ships Moby Dick.

No, it's not -- c.f. Lord Dick Tim.

I'm pretty sure the skies are full of ships named Moby Dick.

[QKO]

Ok