In a support thread titled ‘Blocked words in URL’, ppcole reported an error when posting a URL containing ‘federal-black’, receiving the message: ‘Sorry, you can’t post the word ‘federal-black’; it’s not allowed.’ Though not listed in Watched Words, Moin suggested testing for matches, which ppcole confirmed returned no results. Lilly noted the error message is exclusive to Watched Words and successfully tested the string in a post and event. Moin asked if the term was blocked outside events; ppcole confirmed it was blocked even in regular posts. Lilly clarified that the error message only appears for Watched Words and advised checking all sections. ppcole resolved the issue, revealing that a Watched Word ‘f*ck’ matched ‘federal-black’ due to the wildcard asterisk — despite the test tool failing to flag it. The issue highlights how wildcard patterns in Watched Words can unintentionally block unrelated strings, and that the test function may not always detect such matches.
Hello,
I am getting the following message when adding a URL that contains the words federal-black to an Event.
An error occurred: Sorry, you can’t post the word ‘federal-black’; it’s not allowed.
I checked Watched Words and these words are not listed. Where is this error coming from?
Regards
Thanks for responding Moin, I did and no matches are found.
Does it work to post the term in a normal post (without an event) or is that blocked as well?
Ok, but what could be interfering? I only know about Watched Words functionality
Words (URL) are blocked in a regular post also. Weird one.
Resolved. I had a watched word of f*ck and that matched Federal-black because of the middle asterix. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Interesting that the Watched Word Test didn’t catch the match.
yea you should be able to use that string in a URL, something else is interfering. I just succesfully created a new post with it that also created an event in my test calendar.
