I did a little search-fu and couldn’t find the answer, but I apologize if this has already been answered somewhere. Short version, we have a few users who instead of using a watched word, work around the system by posting it with asterisks. For example, they say “f**k.” We attempted to add that to …

I haven’t tried it, but escaping with backslashes like f\*\*k should probably work.

Seems to work. Thanks for the tip. :slight_smile:

Hmm, nope… spoke too soon. That doesn’t block Frederick, but it also doesn’t block f**k.

[image] Using Regex with Watched Words Additional Information :information_source: You can test Regex expressions on https://regex101.com/ . If you do so, ensure you switch the regex flavour to ECMAScript. I think it works there , so I would expect it to work in Discourse too. I am curious as…

I’m assuming this means that regex has to be turned on, correct? We are using a hosted version, and a little search-fu lets me know that I should reach out to the team and see if that is turned on.

[image] Using Regex with Watched Words Site Management bookmark This topic explains how to effectively use regular expressions (regex) within Discourse’s Watched Words feature. discourse If your site is hosted with Discourse, please reach out to team@discourse.org if you …

But it doesn’t. Discourse sees f\*\*k literally. So it works if an user really writes f\*\*k.

[image] Sean Dahlberg: We are using a hosted version, and a little search-fu lets me know that I should reach out to the team and see if that is turned on. That’s right. :+1: That setting is disabled by default and would need to be toggled on by us for our hosted sites. Let me know if that’s …

I’m curious — in generally, how can I watch word f**k? Let’s don’t care all variants etc, but how can I tell * isn’t a wildcard but a character? Escaping doesn’t work.

Toggling on watched words regular expressions and adding f\*\*k to Block seems to work for me? Are you testing with a regular user or an admin? Actually, Block works on admin too.

Watched Words - Is there a way to block the use of asterisks with certain words instead of it being used as a wildcard?

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I think it works there, so I would expect it to work in Discourse too. I am curious as to why this is not the case.

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Watched Words - Is there a way to block the use of asterisks with certain words instead of it being used as a wildcard?

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