Aug 22, 2014, 1:16 pm
Last edit by: JDiver
Moderator must approve post / approval queue / my post doesn't show / is missing
Issue: Posts by new members not appearing until they are approved by a Moderator, or "disappears".
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As you can well imagine, Flyertalk gets a LOT of spam - our spam protocols put any post by a new member containing an image or a web link into a moderation queue for approval. (This may sound imprecise to the reader, but we prefer not to state how many posts must be made before posts that meet the parameters for approval are not intercepted and sent to a moderation queue).
In fora with moderators, the moderation notification goes to the forum moderators; in fora without assigned moderators, the notification goes to all (four) senior moderators. As moderators are all volunteers, most of who also work and travel, it can take a bit of time - though our intent is to intervene as quickly as possible, in a forum with, say, one moderator, it can take time.
Posts from new members likely to end up in a moderation queue:
. . . • Posts containing a URL / web link
. . . • Posts containing a graphic image or IMG link
. . . • Posts containing certain key words
. . . • Posts quoting a post containing a web or image link
. . . • Posts quoting other posts with links
. . . • An approved post with link that gets edited
Ask a question, make a comment or make a reply without an included web link or image, your post will normally appear immediately. Once you have a few posts on FlyerTalk, you can include a web link or image without the post going to the moderation queue (of course, it's still subject to FT standards and being moderated).
We do apologize for this inconvenience, but we've found this helps identify and suppress hundreds of spam messages every month you never are subjected to because of the filters.
And if you come across a spam, misplaced or inappropriate post, we appreciate your notifying the Moderators by using the "Alert a moderator to this post" function, by clicking on the
button that appears at the left of every post.Issue: My post has gone missing!
Posts may "go missing" for various reasons:
. . . • A post that was approved and cleared out of the moderation queue was edited - which will return it to the queue and "make it disappear"
. . . • Posts violating the Rules
. . . • Posts quoting or replying to post violating the Rules
. . . • Posts were moved to a more appropriate thread or forum (moved threads will leave a trailing link in the old forum)
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Moderator must approve post / approval queue / my post doesn't show / is missing
Feb 5, 2015, 1:33 pm
#47
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Feb 5, 2015, 4:19 pm
#48
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I just tried to make an ordinary short post to an existing thread in the DL forum: several sentences, no bad words, no images or links, no smilies or icons. When I hit Post Quick Reply, I got a message in the lower left corner saying something like "Your post will not be visible until a moderator has approved it for posting....." and indeed the post did not appear when I refreshed the thread.
Is this some new glitch? It's been a long time since I was a newbie around here. BTW, I haven't made any changes to my profile or otherwise changed my behavior on FT. Many hours ago I started a totally appropriate new thread in the DL forum, but I've made other posts since then without any problems.
ADDED: This one obviously posted fine, in fact with no problems on the first attempt.
ADDED AGAIN: I think the post was in the "Delta Airlines 50% MQM Bonus" thread that's received at least a half dozen posts today. Now I see the post there and if there was a moderator in the DL forum, the moderator seems to be gone now. Maybe it's a false alarm, but I did see the "moderator must approve......." popup gray oblong window with the post not appearing.
Is this some new glitch? It's been a long time since I was a newbie around here. BTW, I haven't made any changes to my profile or otherwise changed my behavior on FT. Many hours ago I started a totally appropriate new thread in the DL forum, but I've made other posts since then without any problems.
ADDED: This one obviously posted fine, in fact with no problems on the first attempt.
ADDED AGAIN: I think the post was in the "Delta Airlines 50% MQM Bonus" thread that's received at least a half dozen posts today. Now I see the post there and if there was a moderator in the DL forum, the moderator seems to be gone now. Maybe it's a false alarm, but I did see the "moderator must approve......." popup gray oblong window with the post not appearing.
Feb 11, 2015, 11:23 pm
#50
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Feb 27, 2015, 10:03 pm
#51
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How do you tell if a post is being moderated or simply failed to go through? I attempted to post something as a trip report, and I have no message saying it will be moderated, and my post count is at 1, with this one.
Last edited by lesamuel; Feb 27, 2015 at 10:04 pm Reason: Forgot to add more details
Feb 27, 2015, 10:39 pm
#52
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Posts from new members likely to end up in a moderation queue:
• Posts containing a URL / web link
• Posts containing a graphic image or IMG link
• Posts containing certain key words
• Posts quoting a post containing a web or image link
• An approved post with link that gets edited
• Posts containing a URL / web link
• Posts containing a graphic image or IMG link
• Posts containing certain key words
• Posts quoting a post containing a web or image link
• An approved post with link that gets edited
Mar 1, 2015, 4:12 pm
#53
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JDiver, Senior Moderator
Mar 24, 2015, 6:50 pm
#55
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Mar 26, 2015, 8:11 pm
#57
Moderator: American AAdvantage
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Passing by here, I see your post in the Asia forum has been approved and released from the moderation queue.
The Asia forum has one appointed Moderator, aBroadAbroad. She could be in Asia or in the USAF at any time, so she may be on a different time zone than posters.
We apologise for the inconvenience, but applying the moderated post protocol really prevents considerable spam from being posted and bothering everyone.
JDiver, Senior Moderator
The Asia forum has one appointed Moderator, aBroadAbroad. She could be in Asia or in the USAF at any time, so she may be on a different time zone than posters.
We apologise for the inconvenience, but applying the moderated post protocol really prevents considerable spam from being posted and bothering everyone.
JDiver, Senior Moderator
Apr 1, 2015, 10:41 am
#58
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Munich
Programs: TK Elite, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 244
Could you please unblock my account?
I often surf this forum everyday and rarely to post the reply because my reply and post have to get the approval from the mod first.
Could you please check my account? Does this happen to everyone too?
Such as this topic, I did reply two times but never show up. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/milea...-return-3.html
Thank you.
EDITED:
Thank you and I got the answer clearly. Sorry for not searching it before.
Could you please check my account? Does this happen to everyone too?
Such as this topic, I did reply two times but never show up. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/milea...-return-3.html
Thank you.
EDITED:
Thank you and I got the answer clearly. Sorry for not searching it before.
Last edited by thanaset; Apr 1, 2015 at 3:30 pm Reason: got an answer.
Sep 5, 2015, 9:38 pm
#59
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 6
first post isn't shown
I am a new user, and tried to make my first post in Travel Product. After I submitted, i couldn't see what the page said because the words were too small on my phone, and the page quickly passed away. But my post wasn't shown up. Should i repost it?