Hi Joe 53 and ky331,

Thanks for your posts.  Unfortunately the banned word str**ming will not be taken out of the banned words list.  We've had too many spammers using the forum to promote videos, television shows, and sporting events using that word to attract users to their website using the banned word.  

If you wish to have further discussions about this, please contact me privately or on the Rockstar Board.  Thanks.

Regards,
Robert

I've found the "banned words" list to be problematic at times too.

Sometimes, I can substitute a synonym.   Other times, I intentionally misspell or hyphenate the word, knowing that people will understand.

Unfortunately, sometimes the banned word is part of a link... in which case there's no way for me to work around it :-(

Most of us have been hanging around these forums for years. Back in the day, the various boards were friendly and fun and informative. Most of the responders were very knowledgeable and a great help on many occasions. The last couple years its been a pain in the you know what (I won't even attempt to spell it in a clever way) Navigating around the various forums has become a chore and many of the features within a forum don't work correctly on a regular basis. Many of the responses on the main hardware board seem to be written by people who have no idea what they are talking about. Had a recent question there about a keyboard problem I was told by more than one person that my hard drive had gone belly up. I am hoping that someone can provide me with links to reliable and trusted sites where I can get the correct answers to any problems that might happen or just general information. I don't feel the I can trust the Dell Forums anymore, and they have become too difficult to navigate. Even changing a password become a re-looping hassle.