# Support for wildcards in word censoring

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-for-wildcards-in-word-censoring/26866>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [27. März 2015 um 08:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-for-wildcards-in-word-censoring/26866 "2015-03-27T08:50:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![DeanMarkTaylor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/deanmarktaylor/32/102462_2.png) [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Post date:** [16. Mai 2017 um 19:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-for-wildcards-in-word-censoring/26866/15 "2017-05-16T19:36:13Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> The potential for disaster is just too high. People aren’t “good” at regex.

> [@pfaffman](#):
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> \d{3}-\d{4}|[\w+-.]+@[a-z\d-]+(.[a-z\d-]+)\*.[a-z]+ will censor email addresses and xxx-yyyy phone numbers.

It will also sensor text after an email address on the same line:  
 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/f/6f967c9798ffa0b068363247cacacb8ed4b9628e.png)

EDIT: I see an edit in there now 🙂

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