New threads need moderator approval?

asianslave · 2009-03-02, 04:34 PM

I just made a tutorial style thread in programming forum and it said it had to be approved by a moderator before it would appear. Haven't come across this before, is this a new practice?

cd34 · 2009-03-02, 05:28 PM

Due to the amount of spam posts, the board was configured with akismet. Since your post contained a number of urls (even though they were within code blocks), akismet tagged it for moderator approval. Usually it only takes a few minutes for one of the moderators to see it and approve or delete it.

So far, akismet has been reasonably accurate, but, in your case did cause some confusion.

Nice tutorial.

asianslave · 2009-03-02, 05:43 PM

Thanks for the info cd34!

asianslave · 2009-03-02, 05:54 PM

How do you edit your own posts? I just spotted a typo in the script I posted.

Greenguy · 2009-03-03, 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cd34

...So far, akismet has been reasonably accurate, but, in your case did cause some confusion...

Actually, it's about 50/50 - one of the things I do once or twice a day is go thru the moderated posts.

Quote:

Originally Posted by asianslave

How do you edit your own posts? I just spotted a typo in the script I posted.

Sorry - no editing of posts after the 5 min grace period.

2009-03-02, 04:34 PM	#1
asianslave Aw, Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 28	New threads need moderator approval? I just made a tutorial style thread in programming forum and it said it had to be approved by a moderator before it would appear. Haven't come across this before, is this a new practice?

2009-03-02, 05:28 PM	#2
cd34 a.k.a. Sparky Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: West Palm Beach, FL, USA Posts: 2,396	Due to the amount of spam posts, the board was configured with akismet. Since your post contained a number of urls (even though they were within code blocks), akismet tagged it for moderator approval. Usually it only takes a few minutes for one of the moderators to see it and approve or delete it. So far, akismet has been reasonably accurate, but, in your case did cause some confusion. Nice tutorial. __________________ SnapReplay.com a different way to share photos - iPhone & Android

2009-03-02, 05:43 PM	#3
asianslave Aw, Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 28	Thanks for the info cd34!

2009-03-02, 05:54 PM	#4
asianslave Aw, Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 28	How do you edit your own posts? I just spotted a typo in the script I posted.