The Knights Who Say *******

[Garland]

I was messing around with my custom rank earlier, and being Garland, I thought "Evil Knight" would be fitting. However, it came to be Evil ******. I realized it was so that noone could claim to be a Cid's Knight without earning it. But is it necessary to blank both word's individually? If it is, that's no big deal, as this isn't a huge issue. I was just thinking of all those people who might want to be Cid's Friend, or Evil Knight, for example. Maybe just censor the whole title? Good idea, bad idea?

[The Man]

I like it. Of course, it doesn't directly affect me at all, since I don't have a custom rank, but still. I s'pose the current censorship is due to it being impossible to have the whole phrase get blanked out. Is it?

Well, whatever. I always wondered why no one used the word "Knight" in their ranks. Hm... yep.

Peace
The Man

[Dr Unne]

If you wanted you could talk to an Admin and they could override the filter for you.

[Yamaneko]

You can't use HTML or VB code in your custom rank can you?
*checks*

Well it says you can't use HTML. Does this mean you can you use VB code? I'll try it.

Edit: Nope you can't. Sorry. You should just do what Unne said and ask one of the admins, they probably would let you as long as you don't use "Cid's Knights" or other.

[Shlup]

That filter seems a bit useless now that "Cid's Knight" is displayed in blue. *shrug*

[Griever]

Alpha put down Sid's Night. Do you need the "k"?

[The Man]

"Evil Night" doesn't ring quite the same bell that "Evil Knight" does. Of course, Garland could just follow his Monty Python-French impulses and write "Evil Ka-nig-hit," but that would seem silly.

But yes, I agree with Shlup. Even if "Cid's Knight" weren't blue, it's also not in bold like custom ranks are. I guess there's the possibility for people to get confused, but in that case, I don't see why the phrase "Cid's Knight" couldn't be blanked out, rather than the individual words. Besides, if someone actually used "Cid's Knight" in their custom rank, I'm sure an administrator could change it easily.

Peace
The Man

[crono_logical]

I don't think you can censor phrases, only words or word fragments, because I think vB uses the space as a delimiter between words.

I'd check to be certain, but php seems to have goofed up on my PC since I moved and changed IP, and I don't know what to fix ;_;

[The Man]

A question, then: If phrases can't be censored, do both "Cid's" and "Knight" really need to be censored? I think only one needs to be censored, really, and my vote goes for "Cid's. " Much as I like Cid, more people will want to be using "Knight" in their titles, I think.

Still, like Shlup and I said, I don't think it matters at all since the Cid's Knight titles are in blue and non-bolded. And besides, admins can simply request that people not use that title if it's viewed as that much of a problem, and they can easily change the title of anyone who attempts to use it, I think. But woteva; it's not my choice.

Peace
The Man

[Shira]

I don't understand why "Cid's Knight" is censored in the first place. I mean, then why is "Banned" or "On Probation" allowed?

[Griever]

Evil Night, i think has a good ring to it. It's not a crappy version of Knight. It's just the night. Tis evil.
Anyway, The Man's right. Sean's is already quite different with the font changes and the like. I don't thnk there is a need for the banning of the words from the custom title altogether.

[Loony BoB]

Any random person could see the title 'Cid's Knight' under a name and go to them for help. Think of the newbies - not everyone thinks 'Hold on, I haven't noted that the colour isn't blue'.

I do however think Knight could be uncensored. But not Admin or Cid's. *nods*

[Griever]

You're a Newbie. Aren't you BoB?

[Calliope]

i still think t-r-o-u-t and p-e-a-c-e should be uncensored too. *nots*

[The Man]

Oh, but Nicky, they already are.

And yeah. I agree with BoB.

Trout
Peace
The Man