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daikenkai =[
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20.  Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 1:50 am Post subject: |
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| HumanBeing wrote: | Wouldn't it be a simple matter to restrict usernames to ASCII instead of the full Unicode character set using, for example, a script on the server side?
Then it wouldn't even be an issue, people could use it how they wanted in other ways etc etc...
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Doesn't phpBB have something to ban just phrases?
I would be pissed to not have my stickman-squid-octopus symbols. |
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AA Bob
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| 21. Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 8:36 am Post subject: |
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If the mods wanted to ban the symbol, they would just have to add it to the word filter. And since it's a single character, we wouldn't be able to circumvent the filter with formatting tags.
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Lenoh
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| 22. Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 10:16 am Post subject: |
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| 大è¦è§£ DAIKENKAI DDR wrote: | | HumanBeing wrote: | Wouldn't it be a simple matter to restrict usernames to ASCII instead of the full Unicode character set using, for example, a script on the server side?
Then it wouldn't even be an issue, people could use it how they wanted in other ways etc etc...
Technical solutions are always best. |
Doesn't phpBB have something to ban just phrases?
I would be pissed to not have my stickman-squid-octopus symbols. |
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Cartoonist
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Location: Israel, moved to New Zealand 4yrs ago :P |
| 23. Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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| AA Bob wrote: | | If the mods wanted to ban the symbol, they would just have to add it to the word filter. And since it's a single character, we wouldn't be able to circumvent the filter with formatting tags. |
Really? Looking in Notepad, I noticed it was actually like 3-5 characters long. o_o
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Edible Bondage Tape
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| 24. Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Cartoonist wrote: | | AA Bob wrote: | | If the mods wanted to ban the symbol, they would just have to add it to the word filter. And since it's a single character, we wouldn't be able to circumvent the filter with formatting tags. |
Really? Looking in Notepad, I noticed it was actually like 3-5 characters long. o_o |
thats because you pasted the alt code for it not the actualy symbol itself
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VxJasonxV
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| 25. Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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| HumanBeing wrote: | | Wouldn't it be a simple matter to restrict usernames to ASCII instead of the full Unicode character set using, for example, a script on the server side? |
You make the non-english users cry. Not to mention the Daikenkai person who quoted you on the next page...
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Edible Bondage Tape
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