Editing Internet forum (section)

===Word censor===
{{Main|Scunthorpe problem}}
A [[Word filter|word censoring system]] is commonly included in the forum software package. The system will pick up words in the body of the post or some other user-editable forum element (like user titles), and if they partially match a certain keyword (commonly no [[case sensitivity]]) they will be censored. The most common censoring is letter replacement with an [[asterisk]] character. For example, in the user title, it is deemed inappropriate for users to use words such as "admin", "moderator", "leader" and so on. If the censoring system is implemented, a title such as "forum leader" may be filtered to "forum ******". Rude or vulgar words are common targets for the censoring system.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/vboptions_group_censor |title=Censorship Options |access-date=2008-10-30 |publisher=vBulletin.com |archive-date=2011-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717192845/https://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/vboptions_group_censor |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phpbb.com/support/documentation/3.0/adminguide/acp_posting.php#acp_posting_censors |title=3.4.5. Word censoring |access-date=2008-10-30 |publisher=PhpBB.com |archive-date=2008-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025073735/http://www.phpbb.com/support/documentation/3.0/adminguide/acp_posting.php#acp_posting_censors |url-status=live }}</ref> But such auto-censors can make mistakes, for example censoring "[[wristwatch|wris'''twat'''ch]]" to "wris****ch", "[[Scunthorpe|S'''cunt'''horpe]]" to "S****horpe or "[[Essex]]" to "Es***".