vb.org Archive - View Single Post - prevent users from using !!! ??? or HELP etc. in thread title

BirdOPrey5 · #4 01-13-2011, 05:08 PM

If it was only "help" then I would agree, but if it's like "I need help installing windows 7" then "help" in the title is fine... We could test for "help" and nothing else in the string but "help?" or "help!" would still be allowed. We can use regular expressions to test for "help" followed by any special character, but then "i need help" or "help me" or "please help" or any number of possible combinations would still pass- no regular expression can be "smart" enough to determine if a title with "help" is good or not.

This is best left as a reminder in the forum rules rather than trying to program a hundred different ways it might be said.

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