User blog comment:MignightHawk/How to add a Censor to your Wiki/@comment-3030984-20120825112405

This method has a couple of flaws:
 * As you have already said, you can still see the word when you hover. So it isn't really a censor.
 * Such as censor actually promotes the use of bad language, as users think it is allowed because noone can see it. You still need to enforce kicks and blocks to make sure cussing doesn't become the norm.
 * It censors legitimate words too. If someone uses the word cockerels, it ends up as ****erels.
 * MediaWiki:Emoticons is a public page. Having a list of cuss words where anyone can see them kinda negates the idea of a censor.