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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist (Post 24297308)

... I did see the moderator must approve popup gray oblong window with the post not appearing.

I don't underdstand.

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Originally Posted by sosafan (Post 24297522)

I don't underdstand.

I added quote marks. Do you understand now?

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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist (Post 24297308)

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.

Yes, it can happen on the rare occasion. I recently approved a post from SanDiego1K that got sent to the moderation queue. Seriously. It does happen, but very rarely. And it can occasionally happen when one responds to a post that has been approved - and they both get sent to the moderation queue.

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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist (Post 24298077)

I added quote marks. Do you understand now?

yes

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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist (Post 24297308)

I think the post was in the "Delta Airlines 50% MQM Bonus" thread.

both your posts in that thread had quotes, and quotes can do trigger it too

i have seen quotes trigger it, not sure of anything beyond that

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.

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Originally Posted by lesamuel (Post 24428334)

How do you tell if a post is being moderated or simply failed to go through?

Have you read the wikipost at the top, above the thread?

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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

If none of the listed applies to you, you should contact the forum mod via PM or email to see what's the issue. Chances are you have hyperlinks in your posts.

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Originally Posted by lesamuel (Post 24428334)

Several of your new posts contained graphics links, so they were suppressed until they could be vetted by moderators. They have all been released from the moderation queue, which is why your post count is now five.

JDiver, Senior Moderator

I started a thread just over a day ago and it hasn't appeared. I've read the new user/poster rules and I'm not sure which one I fell foul of? :confused:

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Originally Posted by wurblefurtz (Post 24560282)

I started a thread just over a day ago and it hasn't appeared. I've read the new user/poster rules and I'm not sure which one I fell foul of? :confused:

Contact a moderator for the forum you posted in (they're listed at the bottom of the forum main page directory) and ask.

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Originally Posted by IBobi (Post 24560294)

Contact a moderator for the forum you posted in (they're listed at the bottom of the forum main page directory) and ask.

Cheers, thanks! :)

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Originally Posted by wurblefurtz (Post 24560332)

Cheers, thanks! :)

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

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.

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?

Did it have a link to an external web site?
Probably in the queue for moderator check
Your count is only showing 1 post (that is your post in this thread)