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They probably check everything. Makes sense since naughty words could be hidden in image URLs inside CSS or in Javascript.

• signed0 13y ago
  Imagine what happens when someone names their content folder 'assets' and it gets rewritten to 'a<star><star>ets'. (edit: why does double * get escaped away on here.)
  • taopao 13y ago
    Markdown parser turning your emphasis into <strong>
  • gizmo686 13y ago
    >(edit: why does double * get escaped away on here.) * text * italicizes, like so: text. (Putting spaces around the * avoids this behaviour).
  • rev_null 13y ago
    Or possibly "buttets". http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/The-Clbuttic-Mistake-.aspx http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/The-Clbuttic-Mistake-.aspx
  • columbo 13y ago
    This was years ago, but I remember I was unable to test one of our vendor API calls locally because it had to hit something like api.association-of-commercial-something-or-others.com... turns out the corporate filter didn't like the word "ass".
  • pessimizer 13y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem
    • vacri 13y ago
      My favourite stupid auto-sanitisation is "consbreastutional"
    • endgame 13y ago
      Also known as the clbuttic mistake.