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Re: Adding another moderation type [message #168558 is a reply to message #168557]

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:09

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Wouldn't that be the same as setting "Moderate user's first N posts" to 1?

First post is queued, second is queued, etc. You can continue to reject them, but the first one you approve will change the user's status to unmoderated. Future messages from that user will then be posted without having to be approved.

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Re: Adding another moderation type [message #168562 is a reply to message #168561]

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:14

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OK, I answered most of my own questions via testing.

It does work like you say. All of a new user's posts are moderated until they have successfully posted 1 post. What I didn't understand is that they haven't successfully posted anything until a moderator has approved their post. FWIW, I think the description field should be enhanced a bit to explain that.

Also, you do have to approve or delete all of the queued messages individually. I'm curious about adding two buttons: "Approve All by this User" and "Delete All by This User and Ban". (We could shorten to "Approve User" and "Delete Post and Ban User" if you think we should. The latter would be used in the case of true spammer that has flooded your board with viagra ads. Wink