Double-You Tee Eff

protagonist · #1 02-26-2006, 08:41 PM

Can we get those "Graal ***ness" sigs removed? They are ugly, annoying, and they violate the censor rules.

Thanks.

EDIT:
Most notably:
http://forums.graalonline.com/forums/member.php?u=1950
http://forums.graalonline.com/forums/member.php?u=4619

Bl0nkt · #2 02-26-2006, 08:47 PM

I've never seen you make a post/thread without complaining about something.

I see no derogatory remarks or bashing toward anyone in the signatures. Didn't they teach you not to tattle-tale in kindergarten?

protagonist · #3 02-26-2006, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Bl0nkt

I've never seen you make a post/thread without complaining about something.

Evidently, you don't read much.

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Originally Posted by Bl0nkt

I see no derogatory remarks or bashing toward anyone in the signatures. Didn't they teach you not to tattle-tale in kindergarten?

Didn't they teach you to follow the rules in kindergarten?

Curt1zzle · #4 02-26-2006, 09:13 PM

It does violate rules. The word is censored in posts...by making it an image in a signature it's bypassing the word filter.

Skyld · #5 02-26-2006, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by protagonist

Can we get those "Graal ***ness" sigs removed? They are ugly, annoying, and they violate the censor rules.

Thanks.

Hey, I'd like to have your signature removed because it's not what I want to see in your signature. I want to see Hansel and Grettel in your signature, not these seemingly pointless quotes!

There is no point to this thread or your request, because it is merely an unoffensive expression of opinion. If these signatures were harming people or blatantly breaking rules, then I would see reason to have them removed, but they are not breaking rules.

The censor is in place to stop derogatory use of the word, and these signatures are not derogatory use.

If you do not want to see the signatures, then your best option is to disable them. There's an option for that in your User CP.

excaliber7388 · #6 02-26-2006, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Skyld

Hey, I'd like to have your signature removed because it's not what I want to see in your signature. I want to see Hansel and Grettel in your signature, not these seemingly pointless quotes!

There is no point to this thread or your request, because it is merely an unoffensive expression of opinion. If these signatures were harming people or blatantly breaking rules, then I would see reason to have them removed, but they are not breaking rules.

The censor is in place to stop derogatory use of the word, and these signatures are not derogatory use.

Exactly. The word *** is censored so people don't say that’s ***, meaning stupid. This however does not mean stupid, and is not a derogatory slang use of the word. The word *** is not offencive, while the word **** is, so it's cencored. (that was the f word btw). Theres no good reson to censor '***' if it means happy or homosexual (in a positive way)

protagonist · #7 02-26-2006, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Skyld

Hey, I'd like to have your signature removed because it's not what I want to see in your signature. I want to see Hansel and Grettel in your signature, not these seemingly pointless quotes!

Clearly, you have no understanding of the rules.

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Originally Posted by Skyld

There is no point to this thread or your request, because it is merely an unoffensive expression of opinion. If these signatures were harming people or blatantly breaking rules, then I would see reason to have them removed, but they are not breaking rules.

It is bypassing the word filter. If bypassing the world filter is allowed as long as it doesn't attack anybody, then I should be able to put dictionary definitions of whatever word I want in my signature.

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Originally Posted by Skyld

The censor is in place to stop derogatory use of the word, and these signatures are not derogatory use.

You are not the person who gets to decide why the censor is in place, I'm afraid.

Sexual orientation does not need to be on these forums, and currently, the word in question which relates to sexual orientation is restricted by the word filter. Offending signatures should be removed.

excaliber7388 · #8 02-26-2006, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by protagonist

Sexual orientation does not need to be on these forums, and currently, the word in question which relates to sexual orientation is restricted by the word filter. Offending signatures should be removed.

So you'd be just as mad if it said graal homosexuality

protagonist · #9 02-26-2006, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by excaliber7388

So you'd be just as mad if it said graal homosexuality

I'm not mad, I'm more annoyed.

The point is not, however, what I feel like. It is about the rules. In this particular arena, the rules are being broken. If it said Graal Homosexuality, I couldn't really go after it on these grounds.

excaliber7388 · #10 02-26-2006, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by protagonist

I'm not mad, I'm more annoyed.

The point is not, however, what I feel like. It is about the rules. In this particular arena, the rules are being broken. If it said Graal Homosexuality, I couldn't really go after it on these grounds.

So you'd find a differnet way to go after it? What about graal starightness?

Skyld · #11 02-26-2006, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by protagonist

Clearly, you have no understanding of the rules.

Clearly, you failed to interpret my post correctly.

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Originally Posted by protagonist

It is bypassing the word filter. If bypassing the world filter is allowed as long as it doesn't attack anybody, then I should be able to put dictionary definitions of whatever word I want in my signature.

Whatever word you want may not be acceptable. There is nothing inacceptable about sexual orientation.

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Originally Posted by protagonist

You are not the person who gets to decide why the censor is in place, I'm afraid.

Nowhere have I suggested that I am.

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Originally Posted by protagonist

Sexual orientation does not need to be on these forums, and currently, the word in question which relates to sexual orientation is restricted by the word filter. Offending signatures should be removed.

While you're at it, you should just call that the moderators remove everything that makes a person who they are, such as skin, gender, eye colour, shoe size! Like I said, there is nothing inacceptable about sexual orientation, so why screen it from the forums?

Darlene159 · #12 02-26-2006, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Skyld

Hey, I'd like to have your signature removed because it's not what I want to see in your signature. I want to see Hansel and Grettel in your signature, not these seemingly pointless quotes!

There is no point to this thread or your request, because it is merely an unoffensive expression of opinion. If these signatures were harming people or blatantly breaking rules, then I would see reason to have them removed, but they are not breaking rules.

The censor is in place to stop derogatory use of the word, and these signatures are not derogatory use.

If you do not want to see the signatures, then your best option is to disable them. There's an option for that in your User CP.

He is right. If a word is filtered out, then it cannot be used in a sig.
VT..you could have forum PM'ed a complaint, instead of making a thread, there was no need...

Skyld · #13 02-26-2006, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Darlene159

He is right. If a word is filtered out, then it cannot be used in a sig.

Then I ask that you remove it from the filter!

protagonist · #14 02-26-2006, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Darlene159

He is right. If a word is filtered out, then it cannot be used in a sig.
VT..you could have forum PM'ed a complaint, instead of making a thread, there was no need...

Well, it was kind of to spark a bit of a debate over it. I think that it is interesting to debate over the mechanics of the community.

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Originally Posted by Skyld

Then I ask that you remove it from the filter!

I support this action. Using the word for things it does not mean is not really so bad. Remember: *** meant happy at one point, and now it means homosexual. Now it's gravitating toward stupid/idiotic/whatever. Words' meanings change, and eventually *** people will probably refer to themselves as homosexuals, since that term has a specific scientific meaning to it and is not just arbitrary slang.

Darlene159 · #15 02-26-2006, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Skyld

Then I ask that you remove it from the filter!

No, not when so many use it in a not so nice fashion.
When something is against the rules, it is against the rules...period.
Not just when we choose to enforce it.
This particular word is more often used to attack people, then it is not, so it is not a good idea to remove it from the filter.