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Improve the "Redact" Feature

Feature Upgrade · Articles & templates · Created by Isafol
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BBCode redact redaction article

What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?

When writing an article, we should have the ability to select a block of text and hit a button to redact it. We currently have the ability to redact text like this ████████ through the [redacted:8] command, with the number being the character length of the desired redaction. However, that just inserts redacted characters rather than blacking out actual text content.  

How does this feature request address the current situation?

By enabling this functionality, it will allow us to keep all the information relevant to an article within the article itself, rather than needing to split it out into Secrets. For worlds used in conjunction with RPG campaigns, this allows us to remove redaction as the players learn more information about the character, location, etc.

The Team's Response

Closed due to low support   This feature request does not explain who be able to see what when it's revealed. IF you were to do it as described above it would be equivalent to using the "subcontainer" BBcode since you will have to explain to whom something is revealed.   Keep in mind that, if I understanding the above correctly, although highly specialised the above IS perfectly possible by using the current grandmaster functionality like (subgroups BBcode, secrets and CSS)
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Current score

53/300 Votes · +7250 points

Votes Cast

  • +10

    by Mr.bacon227
    on 2021-10-09 21:36

  • +300

    by The Otherworlds
    on 2021-10-09 02:36

  • +300

    by LamiiaSuu
    on 2021-10-08 08:33

  • -300

    by A Glamorous Mimic
    on 2021-10-07 08:15
    Already doable with Grandmaster+ guild membership. In addition to using secrets for this you can create containers that are only visible to certain subcriber groups. See: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/WorldAnvilCodex/a/subscriber-containers   The redacted-BBcode should function as it does currently, in my opinion. It's a graphical trick to add flavor to a piece of text, invoking themes of espionage, secrecy and conspiracies. Actual features for how sensitive information is presented in articles to viewers should be entirely different things.

  • +300

    by MrBoo
    on 2021-10-05 17:52

  • +300

    by james.a.b
    on 2021-10-05 03:06

  • +200

    by MachFarcon
    on 2021-10-04 14:05

  • +10

    by SkyriderWednesday
    on 2021-10-02 22:36

  • +100

    by seanhagen
    on 2021-10-02 18:48

  • +50

    by Bladeswillfall
    on 2021-10-02 17:07
    If this redaction was linked to subscriber groups some how that would be awesome! like, showing up as the ██ bar for anyone without access with a short note attached to it, and showing as a "spoiler" (maybe?) for those who do have access?

  • +300

    by Optimumjack
    on 2021-09-30 22:13

  • +300

    by Klutzy_Dragon
    on 2021-09-29 23:46

  • +300

    by Dwarfinator1
    on 2021-09-29 20:10

  • +300

    by Soutti
    on 2021-09-29 12:39

  • +20

    by EmperorCharlesII
    on 2021-09-29 04:37

  • +200

    by Squanto
    on 2021-09-28 12:52
    A voter down below mentioned confusion for this idea, but the idea can be easily explain this way: I've written a paragraph on the dragons of Mt. Kalador. The end of the paragraph mentions that those with "Dragon History" on their character sheet know of a secret back entrance to their lair. Redaction would hide this information except to those who are part of the correct Subscriber group.

  • +100

    by Lucasathon
    on 2021-09-27 14:31

  • +10

    by BCGR_Wurth
    on 2021-09-26 21:28

  • +200

    by astruman
    on 2021-09-26 16:02

  • +200

    by bryntyankfan
    on 2021-09-26 13:58

  • +300

    by Deus-ex-mapping23
    on 2021-09-25 01:05

  • +50

    by Goldkeeper777
    on 2021-09-24 22:51

  • -50

    by A Uncontrollable Hobbit
    on 2021-09-23 05:38
    This suggestion is confusing. What exactly needs improvement about the redacted feature? It does what it should, it insets redacted characters so that no one veiwing the page can read it, hence how a redaction works even in the real world. It sounds like you just want to take the entire function of the secret feature and use it for redactions, when you can just, ya know, use the secret feature. It's unnecessary work for the developers (and also the users).

  • +50

    by jholt
    on 2021-09-23 01:56

  • +300

    by bladesmoss
    on 2021-09-23 00:35

  • +100

    by froggichild09
    on 2021-09-22 22:12

  • +100

    by ReddShark
    on 2021-09-22 17:25

  • +200

    by Ttoctam
    on 2021-09-22 05:26

  • +200

    by Bound
    on 2021-09-22 01:25

  • +100

    by Samofsock
    on 2021-09-22 00:42

  • +100

    by Tchevy3
    on 2021-09-21 18:47

  • +100

    by Kondoriano
    on 2021-09-21 13:00

  • +10

    by KajetanWrites
    on 2021-09-21 08:08

  • +50

    by xSpazztic
    on 2021-09-21 01:32

  • +50

    by esongbird24601
    on 2021-09-21 01:26

  • +50

    by thenotsogrim
    on 2021-09-20 22:16

  • +50

    by AmanitaCynth
    on 2021-09-20 19:04

  • +50

    by rootyful
    on 2021-09-20 18:43

  • +200

    by blairlanderson
    on 2021-09-20 14:46

  • +100

    by ThePouil
    on 2021-09-20 10:36

  • +300

    by Criisper
    on 2021-09-19 22:59

  • +20

    by Husarz
    on 2021-09-19 21:19

  • -300

    by Drof
    on 2021-09-19 19:18
    If I'm understaind what you're trying to say the function already exits within journeyman tags as comments, https://www.worldanvil.com/w/WorldAnvilCodex/a/guild-bbcode you can leave the content in the article only viewable to you when you edit it and thus available to make viewable whenever you want. If you want to just reveal the information that also exists as a spoiler button, of course you can't control how or when players can reveal spoiler information.

  • +50

    by Adcheryl
    on 2021-09-19 19:03

  • +300

    by LoliLutz
    on 2021-09-19 15:59

  • +300

    by BillORileyCyrus
    on 2021-09-19 15:50

  • +100

    by Careen Ligh
    on 2021-09-19 13:43

  • -20

    by Thebritishgeek
    on 2021-09-19 08:18

  • +300

    by BackworldTraveller
    on 2021-09-19 07:14
    I must admit, this was how I expected the redact to work before I re-read the blurb.

  • +300

    by TheSolitaryGamer
    on 2021-09-19 07:05

  • +100

    by halduron
    on 2021-09-19 06:52

  • +200

    by Nubs
    on 2021-09-19 06:27

  • -10

    by Dimitris
    on 2021-09-19 05:10
    I am really sorry for intervening on this voting process but this makes little sense. it does not explain who be able to see what when it's revealed. IF you were to do it as described above it would be equivalent to using the "subcontainer" BBcode since you will have to explain to whom something is revealed.   I am intervening so future posters can try to counter suggest or refine the above to see if there is actually precedence and desire.

  • +300

    by Isafol
    on 2021-09-19 02:31

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