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NightDweller
2016-12-04, 06:58 PM
I am having a problem with a pathfinder Golarian recruitment thread in the forum.

Kele****e (http://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Kele****e_(human_ethnicity)) is a human ethnicity from the Golarian setting and as you can probably see this can cause some problems with the automatic censorship on the sight.

Is there a way that this sort of problem can be fixed?
Rawhide
2016-12-04, 07:26 PM
It's always possible to talk about the Kele****e, but linking to them is harder. You could force the link not to be parsed, so that people can copy and paste it, like so:

http://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Kele****e_(human_ethnicity)
NightDweller
2016-12-04, 08:00 PM
It's always possible to talk about the Kele****e, but linking to them is harder. You could force the link not to be parsed, so that people can copy and paste it, like so:

http://pathfinderwiki.com/wiki/Kele****e_(human_ethnicity)

Ah.

The talking alone helps.

So you are saying it is within forum rules to circumnavigate the censor in these situations?
Rawhide
2016-12-04, 08:06 PM
Ah.

The talking alone helps.

So you are saying it is within forum rules to circumnavigate the censor in these situations?

Yes, for a legitimate, non-vulgar and non-inflamatory reason.

Click "Quote" on my post to see how it can be done.
NightDweller
2016-12-04, 09:17 PM
Yes, for a legitimate, non-vulgar and non-inflamatory reason.

Click "Quote" on my post to see how it can be done.

Thank you very much for your help.
137beth
2016-12-05, 07:54 AM
It is actually possible to link, as well, if you use a URL-shortening site like tinyurl. For example, here is a link to the page you were trying to link to. (http://tinyurl.com/hodh5gb)
Rawhide
2016-12-05, 08:07 AM
It is actually possible to link, as well, if you use a URL-shortening site like tinyurl. For example, here is a link to the page you were trying to link to. (http://tinyurl.com/hodh5gb)

Forgot about URL shorteners. Be careful with them, though. Make sure you identify clearly and accurately where they go. Attempting to mislead people with shortened URLs can lead to warnings or infractions (depending on severity).

In addition, I suggest people turn on the preview feature (http://tinyurl.com/preview.php) of TinyURL to help protect themselves. Then, when clicking TinyURL links, it will first take them to a page which shows the shortened URL in full.
NightDweller
2016-12-05, 10:45 AM
It is actually possible to link, as well, if you use a URL-shortening site like tinyurl. For example, here is a link to the page you were trying to link to. (http://tinyurl.com/hodh5gb)


Forgot about URL shorteners. Be careful with them, though. Make sure you identify clearly and accurately where they go. Attempting to mislead people with shortened URLs can lead to warnings or infractions (depending on severity).

In addition, I suggest people turn on the preview feature (http://tinyurl.com/preview.php) of TinyURL to help protect themselves. Then, when clicking TinyURL links, it will first take them to a page which shows the shortened URL in full.

Thank you both very much for your help.