Moderator must approve post / approval queue / my post doesn't show / is missing
 

I tried to post to a thread and it says I have to wait for a moderator to approve it. I am a new user. How long does that take?

Welcome to FlyerTalk. The moderators in the forum you posted in will likely look at your post within the next several hours. I had a quick peak and can tell you the reason it was automatically held for moderator approval is due to the posted link.

Welcome to FlyerTalk.

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.

In fora with moderators, the notification goes to the forum moderators (as my esteemed colleague indicated); 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.

We do try to check moderation queues regularly, but as you can see, posting with a web link or image - or quoting another member's post with a web link or image - as a new member, the post will go to the approval queue.

Ask a question or make a reply without an included web link or image, your post will normally appear immediately. Once you have a few posts, 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).

Alright thanks for the explanation. The post hasn't been approved yet, have either of you seen it? If the post is not going to be approved I will write something similar without the link. In the post I linked to an apk for amex's bluebird product. Google Play store would not let me download from their market so I had to find a source on the internet with the apk file.

I am sorry to revive an old thread but I am in the same situation, with a post I submitted a while ago.

Can you please edit its contents and take out the link, so that it is published immediately? The link is to the mileage calculator at LH website and it is not really essential that it's there.

Thanks.

Your post was approved by the forum moderator, just an hour or so after you made the post with a link.

Thanks!, hadn't noticed :)

Where Is My Post?
 

I posted a message in the US Airways (Pre-merger) section of the forums earlier today. The post had quite a few responses (~10 or so). I logged out of the forums about 2 hours ago and I just logged back in and the post is gone. There is no message in my inbox or any other notification telling me that my thread has been deleted. When I click the "Find all threads started by tackyjan" link in my profile it doesn't show the post anymore. It's like it has been wiped off the face of the earth. :D

Does anyone know why my post would be deleted? Could it be a technical issue?

In general, if moderators delete your post, do you get a notification as to why?

Thank you,

Jan

Is this it?

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/us-ai...ll-refund.html

Hi tackyjan--

I sent you a PM regarding your question. I merged your thread about the US A321 into an existing thread on that aircraft.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/us-ai...d-threads.html

Because you are a new user, some of your posts are being sent to the moderator approval queue prior to them showing in the forum.
Normally you'd see your thread with a redirect link (so if you click on it you can follow to the existing thread), but I can't seem to get it to work.

Not sure why it isn't showing for you, but when I look up, "more posts by this user," it does show for me:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/searc...rchid=19528031

Please let me know if you need anything else.


aztimm

Hello, I'm pretty new here (joined a few days ago), but was wondering why a post I made last night to the Women Traveler's forum wasn't showing up (I'm of the female persuasion). All my other posts seem to go through fine.

So far great site - lots of info & fun! Thanks :cool:

thepreppytraveler, welcome to FlyerTalk! I've just gone looking and found your post here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/22295693-post19.html

It was stuck in the mod queue for approval, so I went ahead and did so. I'm sure it's really annoying. I understand that the software doesn't tell you that is what has happened to your post. That's even more annoying. Let me explain what happened. When a new member posts, the software scans the post to see if it might possibly be spam. If so, it goes into a queue, waiting for the forum mod to approve it. Any post with an active link goes there. Your post had no active links. I think it was picked up because it mentioned several brands that are loved by spammers. We had a horrific problem with spam a month or two back. The only way for us to get past it was for our spam net to be drawn very tight. Innocent posts such as yours are now caught, but it's better than the barrage of junk posts we were getting. You're very close to the point that the spam filter won't be looking at your posts.

Thanks for your active participation, and I hope you find your time here rewarding.

Wow - that was a fast reply! Thanks very much & look forward to enjoying this site! :cool:

prob solved...

I just had this situation (very new user, post with link, went to moderation), but I must agree that this police is correct & necessary.