A complaint, and suggestion. Thread

don't allow threads or posts with more than 50% caps.

looking through the list i see all of these OURCAPSLOCKSAREBROKEN threads and they are very hard to read through, mostly because the capslock key has been attributed to severly bad grammar, spelling, and coarse language.

so yeah, just like a caps% filter would be hella nice.

HEY YEAH! TAHT'S A AWEZOM IDEA!

Really, I think it is. I'll present the idea to INtense.

You get 10 points for suggesting it.

That is a good idea. It can help having less caps. Another suggestion is why not put in a spell check? if you make a spell and grammer check, that might help people. I usually put my text into Microsoft Word before submitting. If you put in a spell check that would be very helpful.

This from the person who titled his thread "STAR SHIP TROOPERS GAME!!"

Edited by: Sticky

Spell Check is too much work.

also some people simply are not the best if it comes down to english. remeber not everybody in the world speaks americain english or even some kind of english. would be a bit of a punishment for those who give their best trying to make a post in a foreign language and then get their arse kicked for it.

that would require some work to make a 50% caps checker, i know this becuase im a programmer.

what if something like Hi was the title 50% of the title is caps.. so it would be hi (This is just an example)

Edited by: XenNetwork

XenNetwork wrote: that would require some work to make a 50% caps checker, i know this becuase im a programmer.

what if something like Hi was the title 50% of the title is caps.. so it would be hi (This is just an example)

Heh, a valid point for a first post

That's true, but running into that issue would be rare as this forum requires a certain number of characters to post. So if someone did manage to post 50% caps, it probably wouldn't have been necessary.

EDIT: Ohhhh, if it checked the title.... well I'm not sure on that one. I suppose for the title, it could check for a slightly less percentage of caps.

I guess no one is going to make a post with 2 letters.

Edited by (in order): RatoN, RatoN, RatoN

If you want a good spell check, download the google toolbar.

Why don't moderators just edit the title so it's not all in caps? Doesn't it take like, 2 seconds?

Edited by: Chunky

Yes, that's what we do, but then there are things that even moderators can't fix, such as

n00bish wrote: OMAI LIEK I DLED TEH MOD ADN IT DZNT WKR CNA SUM1 HLEP MEH?!?11

Then we have to ask ourselves, "Is it even worth editing to a readable state?" to which the logical hemisphere of the brain responds "Nah." Then we delete it and they get all pissed.

Take a look at (ex)member MugNeBot. I had no clue what the hell he was saying, and I couldn't have edited his spamming, horrible English, bad grammar, and non-existant conventions. When it gets as bad as he was, you really start wishing for something like this.

Also, don't go into "Oh! Well, he might not have known very much English!" Bull. He lives in Australia.

Also, don't go into "Oh! Well, he might not have known very much English!" Bull. He lives in Australia.

Maybe he was a foreigner and he'd just come over here?

I dont see what your guys problem is. I find it more annoying when people complain about all caps, then the person posting in all caps.

nahhh it shouldnt be too hard to program at all

at least not in c++, hell i dont even know php and it should be ok

first, count number of chars
IF less than X amount (tolerable for SHORT titles.. ie AI PSP XBOX)
ignore
IF ELSE more than x amount of chars
go through each one, check its code, and if between (a & z) ignore, if between (A & Z) add 1 to an int somewhere, and when all is done checking, divide caps chars by total chars

if result >= .5
forward to a "you're a retard" page
if <.5 post the thread

or so i assume you'd do it in php, not knowing it i cant be sure

it sounded like a good idea at first, but what will it do when the title of a post is entitled "F.E.A.R" or "AOE III Demo?"

you could post a warning saying "The Title of your post has too many caps, if the caps are not For an Acronym please re-name your post title. having a post with an obnoxious post title may result in the the permanent deletion of the thread."

and then the option to revise or continue.

something like that.

or maybe check for a few common fragments from a list that could be dynamically updated

but THAT would be a pain.

that or maybe ignore punctuation in titles
in which case an obnoxious title could just be locked for excessivly bad punctuation titles

ImTheDarkcyde wrote: nahhh it shouldnt be too hard to program at all

at least not in c++, hell i dont even know php and it should be ok

first, count number of chars
IF less than X amount (tolerable for SHORT titles.. ie AI PSP XBOX)
ignore
IF ELSE more than x amount of chars
go through each one, check its code, and if between (a & z) ignore, if between (A & Z) add 1 to an int somewhere, and when all is done checking, divide caps chars by total chars

if result >= .5
forward to a "you're a retard" page
if <.5 post the thread

or so i assume you'd do it in php, not knowing it i cant be sure

int count = 0;
const char *titlePtr = titleToCheck;
while(*titlePtr) if( isupper(*titlePtr++) ) count++;
return count >= strlen(titleToCheck) >> 1;