# Offensive/rude word \<\<bleeping\>\> for posted text? is there

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/offensive-rude-word-bleeping-for-posted-text-is-there/82559>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 19, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/offensive-rude-word-bleeping-for-posted-text-is-there/82559 "2007-01-19T16:31:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/offensive-rude-word-bleeping-for-posted-text-is-there/82559/1 "2007-01-19T16:31:16Z")

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Hi all,

Just wondering whether there exists in ruby, or rails plugin, an  
offensive/rude word \<\> feature?

For example if accepting text for a blog if there was a rude word it  
would  
replace it with \<\> or XXXX.

Cheers

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**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/offensive-rude-word-bleeping-for-posted-text-is-there/82559/2 "2007-09-25T22:36:52Z")

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On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 22:37 +1000, Greg H. wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Just wondering whether there exists in ruby, or rails plugin, an  
> offensive/rude word \<\> feature?
> 
> For example if accepting text for a blog if there was a rude word it  
> would replace it with \<\> or XXXX.
> 
> Cheers

[http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/rbayes/](http://seattlerb.rubyforge.org/rbayes/)

people find bayesian filters useful for this.

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**Author:** ![greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@greg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/greg)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/offensive-rude-word-bleeping-for-posted-text-is-there/82559/3 "2007-09-25T23:11:12Z")

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Or,  
you could just gsub it out.