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Low-quality user comments are filtered rather than removed, with offensive phrases or words made less readable. | Low-quality user comments are filtered rather than removed, with offensive phrases or words made less readable. | ||
| - | === What Problem | + | === What Problem This Solves === |
| - | You want to maintain and encourage a high quality community discussion and clearly demonstrate what is and isn't acceptable. | + | You want to maintain and encourage a high quality community discussion and clearly demonstrate what is and isn't acceptable. |
=== When to Use This Pattern === | === When to Use This Pattern === | ||
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=== Why Use This Pattern === | === Why Use This Pattern === | ||
| - | + | Santization demonstrates what is and isn't acceptable: rather than removing low quality comments outright, they are sanitized and re-used to reinforce standards. | |
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| + | On disemvowelling, [http://www.edge.org/q2008/q08_7.html#jardin Xeni Jardin says]: | ||
| + | <blockquote>The dialogue stays, but the misanthrope looks ridiculous, and the emotional sting is neutralized. Plucking one early weed from a bed of germinating seeds changes everything. Small actions by focused participants change the tone of the whole. It is possible to maintain big healthy gardens online. </blockquote> | ||
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=== Examples Gallery === | === Examples Gallery === | ||
| - | + | [[Image:Boing-boing-disemvowel.png|thumb|left|Disemvowelling in action on the Boing Boing website.]] | |
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| + | === Categories === | ||
[[Category:Comments]] [[Category:Social]] | [[Category:Comments]] [[Category:Social]] | ||
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