# Censored pattern

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/censored-pattern/66912
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [July 27, 2017, 9:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/censored-pattern/66912 "2017-07-27T09:40:35Z")
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### Author: ![schungx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/schungx/32/70989_2.png) [@schungx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schungx)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2018, 5:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/censored-pattern/66912/9 "2018-01-11T05:49:47Z")

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This issue is now solved by:

> [@\* wildcards in Watched Words (Censor) don't work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wildcards-in-watched-words-censor-dont-work/77007/21):
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> Prelim testing shows that it is working perfectly fine! Good job! Now finally I can censor Chinese! tada

To control your own censor patterns, turn on `Settings > Posting > watched words regular expressions`.

Beware, your `Watched Words` will now be raw regular expressions and you’ll need to put in your own word break `\b` where necessary.

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