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SlappedActor
06/08/09, 06:49 PM
I changed the title below my username to "carried in the arms of cheerleaders", a reference to a song by The National, but the word "leader" appears to be censored. What gives?

I'm relatively new to the site, so maybe I'm doing something wrong here, but I don't know. Doesn't make much sense.
KidRobot
06/08/09, 10:00 PM
Leader.
Tristan Needler
06/08/09, 10:46 PM
Haha uh, I'm not sure what's up with that. Weird. Unless you actually wrote something else, since there are a couple of six-letter words that are censored, and for good reason.

Try updating it again and see what happens.
theguy77
06/09/09, 02:36 PM
10 bucks says this is a prank and he actually has a derogatory term compounded with "cheer". hell, both of the ones i know of that get censored on this site are also six letters.
SlappedActor
06/09/09, 06:33 PM
Haha uh, I'm not sure what's up with that. Weird. Unless you actually wrote something else, since there are a couple of six-letter words that are censored, and for good reason.

Try updating it again and see what happens.

I changed it to something else, submitted the changes, and then went back in and re-submitted it again. It's still censored. I even went in and just wrote "leader" by itself and it was still censored. And I'm positive I spelled it right.

It's not really a big deal, I'm sure I can find another user title, but is there anything you or anyone can do? It's mostly just annoying.
SlappedActor
06/09/09, 06:34 PM
10 bucks says this is a prank and he actually has a derogatory term compounded with "cheer". hell, both of the ones i know of that get censored on this site are also six letters.

I'll take that bet.
SlappedActor
06/13/09, 04:09 PM
I changed it to something else. Still lame, though.
Defy
06/13/09, 11:13 PM
I'm fairly certain it is like that because words like "administrator", "leader", "moderator", etc. are censored from the user title area (vBulletin default) to prevent people from claiming to be a member of the staff. It can be changed.
Jason Tate
06/17/09, 01:51 PM
I'm fairly certain it is like that because words like "administrator", "leader", "moderator", etc. are censored from the user title area (vBulletin default) to prevent people from claiming to be a member of the staff. It can be changed.
Correct.