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    Exclamation Dear HEXUS... please ALL read.

    Dear HEXUS,

    It has come to our attention that peeps herein have not been adhering to HEXUS swearing policy much of late, that goes for ALL of us.

    Now in light of this, we will for a while be taking a Zero Tolerance stance to forum swearing, and combative and antagonistic language, which includes terms not in the filter such as piss and rubbishrubbishrubbishrubbish. Until we feel we've got the message across.

    Please read & heed the words of the wise Zak33
    Quote Originally Posted by Zak33 View Post
    The rules on HEXUS are very simple. They should be abided by at all times.

    Foul language will not be tolerated and it seems people have started to do this more and more. The filter is there for a VERY good reason - trying to avoid its function is not allowed.

    * Threatening behaviour is not acceptable.
    * Starring out some letters is not acceptable.
    * Starring out words is not acceptable.
    * Swearing is not acceptable.


    Do not do it - we will be handing out warnings on a new system now and this will revoke your access if you consistently offend. Its very easy to have a conversation and not be rude or abusive.

    Tone down the language if you are guilty of this. There will be no exceptions for this - its a family forum, words such as crap etc are acceptable, but derogatory and rude words are not.

    If you have to star any letters or the whole word out then you should not be saying it!
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    Re: Dear HEXUS... please ALL read.

    i take it acronyms like wtf allowed? as technically i didn't star out that word when you roll over it

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    Re: Dear HEXUS... please ALL read.

    if they are not in the filter its not that hard to add them. clamping down on those getting round the filters i can understand but its going a little far if you clamp down on words that have been left out of the filter, after all thats the point of a filter.

    posting notes never seems to get very far as the 4sale forum is testament to.

    and as Marengi points out its also a hexus.doublestandard considering the webmaster has wtf with a star, will be be putting a infraction against his name as well ?

    10 people posting wtf could result in the hexus webmaster being banned LOL

    might be an idea to remove this thread until the internal aspects have been addressed yes ?

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    Re: Dear HEXUS... please ALL read.

    Quote Originally Posted by GoNz0 View Post
    might be an idea to remove this thread until the internal aspects have been addressed yes ?
    No.

    It's a lot to do with the way things are used, particularly in a combative manner, which is where the main issue lies.

    This affects us as well as the users so we will get our end sorted as well in due course.

    This always opens a can-of-worms of debate whenever there is a forum-wide swearing clampdown, which happens at least once a year.
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    Re: Dear HEXUS... please ALL read.

    Quote Originally Posted by 0iD View Post
    No.

    It's a lot to do with the way things are used, particularly in a combative manner, which is where the main issue lies.

    snip--->
    QFT. There seems to have been a general increase in 'aggression' in some threads of late and while debate and discussion are welcomed, the combatative tone of some posts is certainly not.
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    Re: Dear HEXUS... please ALL read.

    Could we just ban combatative/aggressive posting outright, rather than trying to narrow down specific words (which might be used for non-aggressive expressions)?

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    Re: Dear HEXUS... please ALL read.

    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    Could we just ban combatative/aggressive posting outright, rather than trying to narrow down specific words (which might be used for non-aggressive expressions)?
    I agree with Kal. sometimes you get someone ask for advice you give it and then someone else decides your advice is wrong and then you get an agressive post about it. Thats the biggest problem.


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    Re: Dear HEXUS... please ALL read.

    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    Could we just ban combatative/aggressive posting outright, rather than trying to narrow down specific words (which might be used for non-aggressive expressions)?
    I don't think that would work all that well either to be honest. A total swearing ban is probably the better option in all honesty as it's going to be an absolute joke trying to work out in what context something was typed and how it's meaning is to be percieved.

    While for example you or I may not take offence to a certain word when not used in an aggressive manner, you can bet a pound to a pinch of horse manure that someone will.

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    Re: Dear HEXUS... please ALL read.

    HEXUS is to a greater extent self policing. If you thing someone is being overly aggressive, report it.

    I agree the lines are a bit blurry at some point & can we let some form of common sense prevail. There will be no banning out-of-hand, but people blatantly flouting forum etiquette will be given a friendly reminder. If you have to thing "should I put that?", re-word it. It's really not that hard.

    Things will & indeed do get heated during a debate. But things can be heated without getting personal and/or abusive with it.

    This in nothing more than a friendly reminder to mind your language & attitude at times, and tone it down a bit if things get combative.
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    Re: Dear HEXUS... please ALL read.

    Are the words 'winky', 'norks' and 'chuff' OK though

    (ahh well.....let me be the first to get the slap ..... i have behaved for a long time now )

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    Re: Dear HEXUS... please ALL read.

    Quote Originally Posted by Behemoth View Post
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    While for example you or I may not take offence to a certain word when not used in an aggressive manner, you can bet a pound to a pinch of horse manure that someone will.
    Which should be reported with the report post button and it will be looked at!

    Quote Originally Posted by Blitzen View Post
    Are the words 'winky', 'norks' and 'chuff' OK though

    (ahh well.....let me be the first to get the slap ..... i have behaved for a long time now )
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    Re: Dear HEXUS... please ALL read.

    Can you change the swear filter to put "diddly" in the place of words, rather than "****"?

    "I've got no diddlying idea what you're on about"

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    Re: Dear HEXUS... please ALL read.

    Or you could just put "I've got no idea what you are talking about!"
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    Re: Dear HEXUS... please ALL read.

    Quote Originally Posted by peterb View Post
    Or you could just put "I've got no idea what you are talking about!"
    But you don't sound like Ned Flanders then.

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    Re: Dear HEXUS... please ALL read.

    i have a few suggestions from a quick google i did

    1. Beeotch
    2. Cheese and Crackers
    3. Cheese and Rice
    4. Cheeses
    5. Crud
    6. Dag Nab It
    7. Darn
    8. Diablo
    9. F-ing
    10. Farging Icehole
    11. Fiddle Sticks
    12. For Rice Cakes!
    13. Freaking
    14. Frickin 'A
    15. Fudge
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    17. Gosh Darnit
    18. Heck
    19. Holy Cow!
    20. Horse pucky
    21. Jiminy Crickits!
    22. Judas Priest
    23. Kawabunga
    24. Piddle
    25. Pluck it
    26. Poo
    27. Shaving Cream
    28. Sheesh
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    33. Son of a Gun
    34. Son of a Mother
    35. Son of a biscuit eater
    36. Son of a motherless goat
    37. Sons a' Guns
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    40. Sunny beach
    41. Tinkle
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    it took long enough to sort scunthorpe out and we cant type Sh1taki ?

    come on admins sort the verbose filter out Gosh Darnit

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    Re: Dear HEXUS... please ALL read.

    If the swear filter stars the word out, then what's the harm?

    Personally, I wasn't sure there even was a filter so on one of my posts I wrote a** instead of ass.

    I felt this was sensible self-regulation and not gratuitous.

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