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	In the fields of ] discussion and ], '''disemvoweling''' (also spelled '''disemvowelling''') is the removal of ]s from text either as a method of self-censorship (for example, either "G*d" or "G-d" for those whose religious beliefs preclude writing ''God'' in full), or as a technique by ]s to suppress ] and other unwanted posting.<ref>Used as a forum moderation method as early as ], ] by ] on . This was termed "disemvoweling" by .~~</ref>~~ When used by a forum moderator, the net effect is to mark the original text as deprecated, while at the same time not suppressing freedom of speech; after disemvowelling text is still legible, but only through significant cognitive effort, and disemvowelled text has the advantage that it will not cause offence to anyone who does not stop and invest that effort in reconstructing their message. The presence of disemvowelled messages in the board also helps other visitors to see, by example, what kind of behaviour is not considered acceptable in the forum.<ref>{{cite web\|		In the fields of ] discussion and ], '''disemvoweling''' (also spelled '''disemvowelling''') is the removal of ]s from text either as a method of self-censorship (for example, either "G*d" or "G-d" for those whose religious beliefs preclude writing ''God'' in full), or as a technique by ]s to suppress ] and other unwanted posting.<ref>Used as a forum moderation method as early as ], ] by ] on ''Making Light''. This was termed "disemvoweling" by Arthur D. Hlavaty in that thread, later the same day]. When used by a forum moderator, the net effect is to mark the original text as deprecated, while at the same time not suppressing freedom of speech; after disemvowelling text is still legible, but only through significant cognitive effort, and disemvowelled text has the advantage that it will not cause offence to anyone who does not stop and invest that effort in reconstructing their message. The presence of disemvowelled messages in the board also helps other visitors to see, by example, what kind of behaviour is not considered acceptable in the forum.<ref>{{cite web\|
	title=How To Keep Hostile Jerks From Taking Over Your Online Community\|		title=How To Keep Hostile Jerks From Taking Over Your Online Community\|
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	* A discussion of Disemvoweling techniques, including the ''shrpshr.pl'' plugin, and Thomas Hassan's implementation, both linked above.
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In the fields of Internet discussion and forum moderation, disemvoweling (also spelled disemvowelling) is the removal of vowels from text either as a method of self-censorship (for example, either "G*d" or "G-d" for those whose religious beliefs preclude writing God in full), or as a technique by forum moderators to suppress Internet trolling and other unwanted posting.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

Disemvoweling would leave the first sentence of this article looking like this:

n th flds f ntrnt dscssn nd frm mdrtn, Dsmvwlng (ls splld dsmvwllng) s th rmvl f vwls frm txt.

Disemvoweling text in this fashion reduces its readability. The technique has been facilitated by plug-in filters to automate the process. Because the letter y is sometimes a vowel and sometimes a consonant, there are a variety of ways to treat it. To remove it only where it is used as a vowel is not easily automated. Aside from an "all-or-nothing" approach, one option is remove a y only at the end of words, where it is virtually always a vowel.

The word follows the standard patterns of English orthography; i.e., it may be spelt either disemvoweling or disemvowelling, with the former generally preferred in U.S. English and the latter preferred in Commonwealth and Irish English.

References

Scholastic Teaching Resources, Scholastic, Accessed August 09, 2006

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	In the fields of ] discussion and ], '''disemvoweling''' (also spelled '''disemvowelling''') is the removal of ]s from text either as a method of self-censorship (for example, either "G*d" or "G-d" for those whose religious beliefs preclude writing ''God'' in full), or as a technique by ]s to suppress ] and other unwanted posting.<ref>Used as a forum moderation method as early as ], ] by ] on . This was termed "disemvoweling" by .~~</ref>~~ When used by a forum moderator, the net effect is to mark the original text as deprecated, while at the same time not suppressing freedom of speech; after disemvowelling text is still legible, but only through significant cognitive effort, and disemvowelled text has the advantage that it will not cause offence to anyone who does not stop and invest that effort in reconstructing their message. The presence of disemvowelled messages in the board also helps other visitors to see, by example, what kind of behaviour is not considered acceptable in the forum.<ref>{{cite web\|		In the fields of ] discussion and ], '''disemvoweling''' (also spelled '''disemvowelling''') is the removal of ]s from text either as a method of self-censorship (for example, either "G*d" or "G-d" for those whose religious beliefs preclude writing ''God'' in full), or as a technique by ]s to suppress ] and other unwanted posting.<ref>Used as a forum moderation method as early as ], ] by ] on ''Making Light''. This was termed "disemvoweling" by Arthur D. Hlavaty in that thread, later the same day]. When used by a forum moderator, the net effect is to mark the original text as deprecated, while at the same time not suppressing freedom of speech; after disemvowelling text is still legible, but only through significant cognitive effort, and disemvowelled text has the advantage that it will not cause offence to anyone who does not stop and invest that effort in reconstructing their message. The presence of disemvowelled messages in the board also helps other visitors to see, by example, what kind of behaviour is not considered acceptable in the forum.<ref>{{cite web\|
	title=How To Keep Hostile Jerks From Taking Over Your Online Community\|		title=How To Keep Hostile Jerks From Taking Over Your Online Community\|
	url=http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=199600005\|		url=http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=199600005\|
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	* a plugin written by Matthew Brown that allows flexible and lossless disemvowelling of posts in ].		* a plugin written by Matthew Brown that allows flexible and lossless disemvowelling of posts in ].
	* A discussion of Disemvoweling techniques, including the ''shrpshr.pl'' plugin, and Thomas Hassan's implementation, both linked above.
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