No Torrent Links Allowed.

[Xero Grid]

Okay, this may sound strange, but the forum aparently doesn't allow the word "torrent" if it is a part of a link anymore. This is for obvious reasons, nobody wants to get in trouble.

The thing is, I tried to post a link to the TorrentStorm site, one of the many BT clients, and the link within the tags kept getting renamed to "No Torrent Links Please" or something like that.

This hasn't happened before. Has anyone else gotten this problem? Has someone recently posted a direct link to a torrent document?

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[{I}{K}{E}]

Posts that contain direct download links to copyrighted software, private ftp sites, serial numbers, warez sites

I count torrent sites as warez sites ;)

{I}{K}{E}

and yes its a new protection :P

[Xero Grid]

No, it wasn't a direct link. It was just the site. "torrentstorm.com"

There woudn't be a work-around for it, right? Ya know, for non-direct links. Curious.

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[mooseman2070]

yeah its like you cant use an Internet explorer link, or any other browser, also, ths may be flmaed at but i think the klite quicklinks are as much torrent-like as, well any torrent, and so i guess junkyardkings list is going to be removed also eh?

[Xero Grid]

I hope not. junkyardkings' list is more than decent. :D

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[Java Boy]

Torrent Storm doesnt allow hot-linking directly to there site...

[NotoriousBIC]

Originally posted by mooseman2070@29 January 2004 - 01:36
yeah its like you cant use an Internet explorer link, or any other browser, also, ths may be flmaed at but i think the klite quicklinks are as much torrent-like as, well any torrent, and so i guess junkyardkings list is going to be removed also eh?
Good point.

If you consider them warez sites you better remove that list too IKE... :P
"I dare you, I double dare you, you....." B)

Perhaps the mods can agree on a clear rule over that.
In the meantime please change the wordfilter from non-exact to exact.

[mooseman2070]

im not saying remove the list, use it a lot, isnt this hipocracy? i dont quite know the exact defenition just too lazy to look up

[h1]

The rule might blow, but you have to follow it. :)

[Test]
http://www.server.com/file[no torrent links please] (http://www.server.com/file[no torrent links please)

[Edit]
Pretty useless filter if it just replaces "[no torrent links please]" with that, right?

[NotoriousBIC]

Useless? It buggers up the links man

[Xero Grid]

Originally posted by NotoriousBIC@29 January 2004 - 23:47
Useless? It buggers up the links man
Yeah, I mean how many sites include the word "torrent" and are not direct links to torrent documents?

And I've linked to torrentstorm before... unless they recently added a new security measure as well.... Doesn't make sense really. Don't they want traffic?

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[7thElement]

Links to torrent files are not allowed as they act like direct downloads. Links to torrent sites ARE allowed but you have to post the url without the www. part or else the torrent file word replacement will apply.

Explained:

http://www.server.com/file[torrent files are not allowed]
(wordfiler will apply)

http://torrentsareblah.com/
(will work cause there is no .t o r r e n t)

If you want to post torrent sites just don't add the www. and it will work.

[junkyardking]

Originally posted by 7thElement@30 January 2004 - 18:31
Links to torrent files are not allowed as they act like direct downloads. Links to torrent sites ARE allowed but you have to post the url without the www. part or else the torrent file word replacement will apply.

Explained:

http://www.server.com/file[torrent files are not allowed] ('http://www.server.com/file[torrent)
(wordfiler will apply)

http://torrentsareblah.com/
(will work cause there is no .t o r r e n t)

If you want to post torrent sites just don't add the www. and it will work.
Take alook at the list the filters a bit hit & miss, some that dont have www at the start, have been altered while some havent.
There's also ones that begin with www and contain the word torrent(s)and they've been left untouched.

[Xero Grid]

Originally posted by 7thElement@30 January 2004 - 18:31
Links to torrent files are not allowed as they act like direct downloads. Links to torrent sites ARE allowed but you have to post the url without the www. part or else the torrent file word replacement will apply.

Explained:

http://www.server.com/file[torrent files are not allowed] ('http://www.server.com/file[torrent)
(wordfiler will apply)

http://torrentsareblah.com/
(will work cause there is no .t o r r e n t)

If you want to post torrent sites just don't add the www. and it will work.
Thank you. ^__^

I was wondering if there was a work-around, so thanx.

[mooseman2070]

oh i actually understood it this time, with the . after www and torrent in torrentstorm, it creates [torrent files are not allowed], yeah yeah laugh all you waant at my stupidity :lol:

[jasonmog]

BIC:

Changing it to exact won't do anything. That simply mean the string " torrent " will be replaced instead of "torrent" because that means it's an exact word, not contained within a string. That means [torrent files are not allowed] would not be filtered and it'd be against the rules. No torrent link has an extension of ". torrent " to get filtered with. Moderators need to either change the board's coding (which probably cannot be done) or use their own board. Such is a drawback of using a board you didn't make. :) Has as much customization as my toe does the ability to reproduce.

[7thElement]

guess you missed that one :)

the filter is set to .t o r r e n t (dot torrent) meaning wwwDOTtorrentsite.com is replaced but http://torrentsite.com not :)

torrent is not filtered - only DOTtorrent is.

[NotoriousBIC]

Originally posted by jasonmog@1 February 2004 - 01:46
BIC:

Changing it to exact won't do anything. That simply mean the string " torrent " will be replaced instead of "torrent" because that means it's an exact word, not contained within a string. That means [torrent files are not allowed] would not be filtered and it'd be against the rules. No torrent link has an extension of ". torrent " to get filtered with. Moderators need to either change the board's coding (which probably cannot be done) or use their own board. Such is a drawback of using a board you didn't make. :) Has as much customization as my toe does the ability to reproduce.
Well it WOULD work because with torrentfiles there won't come anything behind the word torrent.

In contrast with website urls where there would be something behind the word 'torrent' :smartass: