Forum Suggestions & User Assistance - Inappropriate Language On This Forum

Does anyone else feel some members cross the line with the use of inappropriate language ? I for one feel they do. Maybe its time for those who run this forum to step up to the plate and take appropriate action.

**** yes i agree

Might define what you mean by inappropriate..Helps to know what the boundaries are...This could be a George Carlin kind of exercise..."The whatever number of words you can't use on TV."
Couple words are socially unacceptable...Yes...But,then like when you get reared from behind by a pink Cadillac with an anti-cyclist nut cake, you just might get a little animated..
My view about profane words...Try to be polite, but prudenism can go too far to.

This is the INTERNET, get used to it or go home.
The current restrictions are fine.

If you feel that im wrong(wich I'm not, ever) then link to the thread in question
and prove me wrong.

I'm sure this fellow would agree with you.
http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/0103/012702jongilkim.jpg

Let us appoint John Q. Public the Official People's Thought Censor in the Struggle Against the Imperialists here at www.bikeforums.net

All hail our glorious language leader!

red state :rolleyes:

Just let us know where the inappropriate language is. We'll take it from there.

We really do try, but with the size of the forums and the number of posts that get started everyday, we can't catch everything. We depend a lot on people hitting the report button on a bad post, and from there, we can mop up the mess. I think we get about 18 pages of new posts every day. That's something like 450 posts per day to go through. Some are quite lengthy, and should count as two or three posts, like when FX John posts in the Politics and Religion. ;) But we'll do our best. In the meantime, if there's something we missed, just hit the report link in the bottom right hand of each post.

Koffee

Mod

Go watch Tee Vee.

To add to what Koffee stated,

Also keep in mind what is tolerable for some is not for others and for others still is not even a swear word. I believe there has to be some level of discretion when removing words. There is a certain level of words most people will agree are obscene (they are typically blocked immediately with *****). Those are typically the ones that are censored actively. Otherwise unless it is a personal attack they will likely be left.

To censor everything that could potentially offend a small number of users (while I might add offending an equal or greater number being censored) would not only be a tremendous workload to keep up with but also be pushing some limits of posting freedom.

Fourteen posts since September, and already demanding change? It's a wonder how this forum ever managed to get along without you until now! :D

Really, if you're serious, PM a moderator. However, please be aware that they are very active in these forums, and have deleted more than a few "out of hand" threads. My impression is most are unpaid volunteers. What's the membership fee again?

You impressions are correct :D (although it is all, there are no paid volunteers here)

**** yes i agree

This brings to mind...


###BZZZT### John Spartan, you are fined one credit for a violation of the verbal morality statute.

Does anyone else feel some members cross the line with the use of inappropriate language ? I for one feel they do. Maybe its time for those who run this forum to step up to the plate and take appropriate action.

Semprini!

Semprini!
I am the only person on Earth who gets it, YAY! :D

Just let us know where the inappropriate language is. We'll take it from there.

We really do try, but with the size of the forums and the number of posts that get started everyday, we can't catch everything. We depend a lot on people hitting the report button on a bad post, and from there, we can mop up the mess. I think we get about 18 pages of new posts every day. That's something like 450 posts per day to go through. Some are quite lengthy, and should count as two or three posts, like when FX John posts in the Politics and Religion. ;) But we'll do our best. In the meantime, if there's something we missed, just hit the report link in the bottom right hand of each post.

Koffee

Mod

My posts count as two or three, just mine...LOL

WARNING
John Q. Public does not take joking lightly. I got a very nasty email from someone claiming to be him.

Here is your moment of Zen: He used bad language and threatened me. Imagine someone taking the internet so seriously.


Here is our friend's email header. Can one of you super smart types figure out if he is real? I have editied out the unnecessary addresses.

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Does anyone else feel some members cross the line with the use of inappropriate language ? I for one feel they do. Maybe its time for those who run this forum to step up to the plate and take appropriate action.

Send another donation to Jim Baker. He needs it for a hair transplant. LMAO. What's in a word?

Well, looks like the charter.net mailserver is claiming that the from address belongs to either a mailing list or an alias but is unable to fully verify the members.


#119:<khuon@Espresso>(pts/18)[~]% dig mx charter.net

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;; got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 6
;; flags: qr rd ra; Ques: 1, Ans: 1, Auth: 3, Addit: 2
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;; charter.net, type = MX, class = IN

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charter.net. 14400 MX 10 mail.charter.net.

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#120:<khuon@Espresso>(pts/18)[~]% telnet mail.charter.net smtp
Trying 209.225.8.224...
Connected to mail.charter.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mxip14a.cluster1.charter.net ESMTP
vrfy everett717
252 ok

Oxymoron

Wheres the reverand jerry falwel :)
Jar

And this from a person who evidently lives in a country that proclaims liberty and freedom of speech as the cornerstones of its being... hmmm....

Maybe he should go gander at The Aussie Thread. That will cure *anyone* of demanding old-school censorship!

I got one of thoes nasty, hypocritical e-mails from him as well.
There is no logic to his statements.

BTW: here is the mesage if you care http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/13185812/
you may need to press page down, its on the botom.

~X-zen

Problem solved I see
http://img140.exs.cx/img140/4756/JohnQ.jpg
Threats and profane e-mails won't be tolerated.

Well, not quite the ending I expected. :p

Well, now that he is banned, I'll just have to paitiently wait for the kung fu style strike of revenge - as promised in his email to me. Perhaps it will come in the form of a large. evil, marshmellow man? :)

Well, not quite the ending I expected. :p


yeah....& it took awhile for those deviants over at the 'Aussie thread' to get a mention.....now all of those blokes should be banned, (especially the Taswegians!), for "talking absolute cr@p whilst under the influence of cycling" :D

Hitchy

yeah....& it took awhile for those deviants over at the 'Aussie thread' to get a mention.....now all of those blokes should be banned, (especially the Taswegians!), for "talking absolute cr@p whilst under the influence of cycling" :D

Hitchy
I resemble that comment.

(Edging ever closer to post number 1000)

I advocate the use of the ümlaut whenever you need to swear.

It makes you look hellishly cool in a Germanic, industrial rock kinda way. Use it liberally.......or.....come over to the Aussie thread and Hitchy will teach you the quaint vernacular usage of the nown, 'd¡ckhead'!

yeah....& it took awhile for those deviants over at the 'Aussie thread' to get a mention.....now all of those blokes should be banned, (especially the Taswegians!), for "talking absolute cr@p whilst under the influence of cycling" :D

Hitchy
Ok, preparing to ban all forum folks in the South Pacific....

;)

Nah... they provide the spice while we're all asleep in the Western Hemisphere. Maybe we can hold off on it for a bit. :D

Koffee

Ooooh I love it when Koffee flexes a bit of muscle. It's terribly exciting......but then there's that avatar....and *pooff*...........gone. :rolleyes:

Does anyone else feel some members cross the line with the use of inappropriate language ? I for one feel they do. Maybe its time for those who run this forum to step up to the plate and take appropriate action.

What the **** are you talking about. We dont ****IN swear at all on this ***DAMN forum! :D

I advocate the use of the ümlaut whenever you need to swear.

It makes you look hellishly cool in a Germanic, industrial rock kinda way. Use it liberally.......or.....come over to the Aussie thread and Hitchy will teach you the quaint vernacular usage of the nown, 'd¡ckhead'!
For reasons of decorum, d!ckhead shall now from henceforth be referred to as "peckerhead"

or just call someone a rooster teeth.

think of another name for a rooster, and what teeth do, and you have the gist of it.

Might define what you mean by inappropriate..Helps to know what the boundaries are...This could be a George Carlin kind of exercise..."The whatever number of words you can't use on TV."
I guess that depends on where you live. In Australia there is only one word that isn't use on TV often, but even then Sex and the City used it several times uncensored on free to air TV. So virtually anything goes down here. Afterall we were settled by convicts.:p

CHEERS.

Mark

I guess that depends on where you live. In Australia there is only one word that isn't use on TV often, but even then Sex and the City used it several times uncensored on free to air TV. So virtually anything goes down here. Afterall we were settled by convicts.:p

CHEERS.

Mark


I can tell there's something up with the Australians on these forums. Look at the shifty eyes in the avatars... no good can come from that.

;)

Koffee

Despite being settled for convicts, we have those roadside honesty box stalls where you grab flowers, vegies and make the requested payment. Strangely enough everyone pays and nothing goes missing.

The shifty eyes come from looking out for 'roos. If you're not careful they'll knock you out for a six! Howzaaaaat.

Over the head, Adrian. Over the head. How could anyone outside Australia even comprehend: Howzaaaat? Especially when it's expressed by one S Warne?

I saw the following term on someone's blog the other day:

f**k-knuckle

I can't wait to use it.

I can't wait to use it.


You just did.

I saw the following term on someone's blog the other day:

f**k-knuckle

I can't wait to use it.

I'm sorry to say, but, again, I'm pretty sure that's an Aussie term. :D

As I'm sure you can imagine, it basically means "dikhead", but a bit worse :p

Is a dickhead the same thing as a dicksmoker ? :)
Jar

Hmmmmm, possibly.

A dickhead is a very big idiot :)

Yes . That leaves us with dicksmoker ...hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm:)

nah different

smoking is based on the process of sucking on the object being smoked, whilst a head is part of something (usually the tip of the object).

So according to my crappy examples, a d**khead would just be a giant tool, while a d**ksmoker is actually performing an action and mot merely showing that he is indeed, a giant tool.

Tool is another great Aussie word, which was used by Baden Cooke during a TDF interview. I think the convicts have hi-jacked this thread. Nothing new. :D

CHEERS.

Mark

nah different

smoking is based on the process of sucking on the object being smoked, whilst a head is part of something (usually the tip of the object).

So according to my crappy examples, a d**khead would just be a giant tool, while a d**ksmoker is actually performing an action and mot merely showing that he is indeed, a giant tool.


Wonderful explanation! I couldn't do better if I tried!

:roflmao: :roflmao:

Down at the beach you should have seen those white pointers narly a cozzie in site - it was almost worth dodging the brown eyed mullet! I was flat out like a lizard drinking keeping an eye out. Phwaor it was dry as nun's nasty. My grunders were grinning like a shot fox as if they were at the Gabba. Downed a few XXXX coldies and headed off, but the booze bus was out and I had to blow in the bag. I offered a bushman's hanky but the copper wasn't interested and treated me like a dero and shoved me in the divvy van. I was mad as a cut snake deadset true! I chundered inside but there was little room and got my clackers covered.

I just cacked meself

Geez Adrian, don't you have any work to do.

loved it!

... we've become real bottom feeders, haven't we?

One of the Aussie Rules footballers was recruited from the Irish Gaelic League, and when asked about the difficulties of playing here, he said: "the Aussie slang".

He commented that Anthony Rocco said to a team mate: "just bomb it down the guts", so the Irishman didn't know what he was then expected to do to counter this opposition "tactic" :)

Jimmy Steynes?