# Support for wildcards in word censoring

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-for-wildcards-in-word-censoring/26866>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2015 年3 月 27 日 08:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-for-wildcards-in-word-censoring/26866 "2015-03-27T08:50:44Z")\
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作者： ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
发布日期： [2016 年12 月 14 日 00:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-for-wildcards-in-word-censoring/26866/9 "2016-12-14T00:37:52Z")

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> [@boxels](#):
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> Anyone have any guidance on newbies using regex patterns?

Yes, if you don’t know what you’re doing, don’t do it on a live site.

I find that [https://regex101.com](https://regex101.com) can be good for testing. I don’t know if the input takes an array of patterns. But 304 of them would make for one very long pattern which the input may not take either. For that many, I have a feeling a plugin might be best.

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