Censored words within links & image urls

My name is URL

Would it be possible to disable the swear filter when posting links and images?

Boards.ie: Paddy

I'm afraid this isn't possible. We use the censor list to stop people(and spambots) from posting links to potentially dangerous sites or harvesting out Google juice.

Malice

I was going to say maybe add a whitelist for words like Scunthorpe but then I noticed it actually isn't filtered. Is that the kind of thing you mean My name is URL?

My name is URL

Malice wrote: »

I was going to say maybe add a whitelist for words like Scunthorpe but then I noticed it actually isn't filtered. Is that the kind of thing you mean My name is URL?

I was sort of talking more about URLs that contain actual swear words. Sometimes, especially when posting in YLYL, there are swear words contained in the address of the image, even though the image itself is safe and these are blocked by the filter.

It's not a big deal. I was just curious if it could be disabled, but understand now that it still serves an important purpose.

Malice

Could you just save, rename, rehost the images at http://www.wthax.org and then repost them on Boards?

Boards.ie: Danny

Yes, that's the recommended way around this. Either that or use a URL shortener service that links directly to the image, then you can embed the short url

Malice

Poor Danny, not only do they make you work until 7pm now they're making you work weekends too?

Boards.ie: Danny

Slave drivers, the lot of 'em :P