[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #5374: Trac: Block submission of tickets with inappropriate language (was: Block trac ticket submissions with inappropriate language)

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#5374: Trac: Block submission of tickets with inappropriate language
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 Reporter:  tellyworth   |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  lowest       |   Milestone:
Component:  Trac         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |
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Changes (by chealer):

 * priority:  normal => lowest


Comment:

 You are presumably trying to address a genuine issue, but what you're
 suggesting is a heuristic approach which would:
 1. Be highly inefficient, as it could easily be bypassed (see for example
 ''Google-trickers, Yaminjeongeum, and Leetspeak: An Empirical Taxonomy for
 Intentionally Noisy User-Generated Text'')
 2. Cause false positives, for example when ''reporting'' abusive behavior.

 Solutions which could be effective include:
 1. Ticket rating, based on specific rating and/or the author’s reputation
 2. Encouraging quality developers to report issues before others have to,
 by fixing/improving this ITS, giving them credit, etc.

 There could also be a default (estimated) rating based on a heuristic
 evaluation of the report.

 Unfortunately, a simple blacklist would merely give us more typos in
 tickets, and make it harder for valuable developers to contribute.

 ''This comment and any other from myself on this ticket is offered under
 the terms of CC0 1.0.''

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