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Debbie_22
14-06-2011, 20:19
Heya,
I went to post a message in members announcements and this came up
Debbie_22, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:
Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.
Can someone please advise me as to why my account has been disabled?
Have you clicked the link in the e-mail that they send you?
Debbie_22
14-06-2011, 20:31
Yes i did that.... but went to the email and tried again anyway, it told me my account had already been activated and I sitll cant seem to post in announcemnts part
It's most probably because you only have two posts and are still being moderated as a new member.
Yes i did that.... but went to the email and tried again anyway, it told me my account had already been activated and I sitll cant seem to post in announcemnts part
Opps :doh: You would not have been able to post this. Hmmmm ???
I will try.
I know another member had some gliches on his account and the mods were sorting it, maybe the same thing has happened to you
Debbie_22
14-06-2011, 20:38
Ye it allows me to post in other sections... anyway was registered as debbie22... but when the site moved it wouldnt allow me to have that name hence debbie_22.... Anyway thank you all very much
I managed to post so probs a glitch
390
Debbie_22
14-06-2011, 20:47
maybe I´ll post some replies in the fun and games section.... that´ll boost my amount of posts (+ a lil bored at work right now).... but lets just hope its a glitch
maybe I´ll post some replies in the fun and games section.... that´ll boost my amount of posts (+ a lil bored at work right now).... but lets just hope its a glitch
Nice hope the glitch gets sorted soon. How did you get the achievements?
Debbie_22
14-06-2011, 20:57
Lol For being generally awesome¿?¿? Dunno I thanked someone on their post and got a blue flag!
Lol For being generally awesome¿?¿? Dunno I thanked someone on their post and got a blue flag!
lol I've not been on this in ages so I have no clue what they have updated :L
Debbie_22
14-06-2011, 21:02
aww you got a blue flag aswel.... Congrats
slodgedad
14-06-2011, 21:06
Lol For being generally awesome¿?¿? Dunno I thanked someone on their post and got a blue flag!
Just checked your settings and everything seems OK. Is it only member's announcements you can't post in?
aww you got a blue flag aswel.... Congrats
cheers :lol: obviously awesome aswell :lol:
Debbie_22
14-06-2011, 22:21
And yes the same message still comes up. Thanks
redarrow
15-06-2011, 11:56
I know we have all had to re-register, but I have posted before (on the new forum) and all of a sudden I posted something and get a note that it has to be approved first. As it stands, my post has not appeared.
Is it because I posted a link? Because other postings in the thread have links and they are there.
Vortex Wake
15-06-2011, 12:02
Post count v link in thread is normally the issue .
redarrow
15-06-2011, 12:31
And moderators can approve regardless of the post count. Does this mean contributions to the previous forum don't count?
PhilCrean
15-06-2011, 12:33
Same happened to me. A week later still not approved!?!?
garlicbread
15-06-2011, 12:41
I personally can't correct the issues you refer to but I suggest you post a help ticket in the helpdesk and someone else will be along to help.
sorry guys
TenerifeTeddy
15-06-2011, 12:45
I know we have all had to re-register, but I have posted before (on the new forum) and all of a sudden I posted something and get a note that it has to be approved first. As it stands, my post has not appeared.
Is it because I posted a link? Because other postings in the thread have links and they are there.
Some posts are automodded by the software and those posts appear in the Moderators section for approval. Posts can be automodded due to a number of reasons, considered spam, or containing links or swearing for example. The post is then looked at by a Mod and then validated or rejected. Normally if it is an innocuous link is is just validated and then appears on the forum.
The only posts awaiting moderation at the moment are obvious spam and none with your username, so I can´t say what happened to your earlier post. I will ask the Admins to look and see if they have anything in their queues, that I can´t see.
slodgedad
15-06-2011, 20:29
As it's a new database with a sophisticated spam filter a lot of posts by 'new members' (as far as the filter is concerned) are automodded awaiting approval.
Some are not approved, for obvious reasons and some are edited if they breach Forum Rules.
Once a member's post count is 10 then the filter ignores it and it is left to members to report problems.
This has only become a noticeable issue lately because as far as the database is concerned everyone is new, we've only been running 2 weeks.
It has given the mod team a lot of work to do but not nearly as much as we would have had to do without the filter. Just check the stats.
If all the spammers had slipped through we would be an advertising, porn filled, drug pushing joke of a site.
Remember that 2 weeks ago everyone started from Zero.
redarrow
16-06-2011, 12:24
OK, I've past 10 posts. Just a test. (http://www.tenerifeexcursion.com)
redarrow
16-06-2011, 12:25
Just tried another post with a link, and it went for approval again. I am past ten posts, so not true mods!
Jimandsi
16-06-2011, 12:44
Just tried another post with a link, and it went for approval again. I am past ten posts, so not true mods!
Are you a Jehovah's Witness by any chance ?
TenerifeTeddy
16-06-2011, 12:47
I agree it is still being automodded, not sure why, but as Slodgedad says this is a new system, and the bugs are still being ironed out. Any post that requires validating will be handled by any available mod.
I agree it is still being automodded, not sure why, but as Slodgedad says this is a new system, and the bugs are still being ironed out. Any post that requires validating will be handled by any available mod.
It would appear that since we have a new forum we have lots of people telling us what will and will not happen, perhaps we should leave it purely to Admin and the Mods as it becomes very confusing as to who actually knows what is going on and who thinks they know :whistle:
mike in chayofa
16-06-2011, 13:24
Just tried another post with a link, and it went for approval again. I am past ten posts, so not true mods!
Has this been resolved?
There are none of your posts awaiting moderation. Indeed there are no posts whatsoever that need approving from anyone
with cheese
16-06-2011, 13:35
Are you a Jehovah's Witness by any chance ?
No already given blood.
I personally can't correct the issues you refer to but I suggest you post a help ticket in the helpdesk and someone else will be along to help.
sorry guys
Ignore that Tenerife Teddy to the rescue, great to know more than the mods.
Ignore that Tenerife Teddy to the rescue, great to know more than the mods.
He is a Mod, but for some reason his user title doesn't reflect that...
He is a Mod, but for some reason his user title doesn't reflect that...
In that case please may we have a list of whose who - Admin... Pooh, KJ etc etc. Mods Slodge, GB etc as I thought it was Mrs TT that was a Mod not TT Thx.
slodgedad
16-06-2011, 13:56
Tenerife Teddy and Mrs. TT are both mods.
Admin, Kirsty, Pooh, Mike, Smurfy, Garlicbread, Cairo, Mrs T, Tenerife Teddy and yours truly.
Come on guys (and gals) lighten up ... TT is in training .. and okay, it appears that (by mistake) no one has told the members yet ... he's doing a great job :)
Normally it should show in the user title that he is, so it would be clear to everybody, but I'll have to dig into why it doesn't. It's supposed to be automatic.
slodgedad
16-06-2011, 14:15
Normally it should show in the user title that he is, so it would be clear to everybody, but I'll have to dig into why it doesn't. It's supposed to be automatic.
I have changed it.
redarrow
16-06-2011, 14:29
OK, I've past 10 posts. Just a test. (http://www.tenerifeexcursion.com)
Seems to be there now thanx.
Are you a Jehovah's Witness by any chance ?
No, but everyone on this forum knows you just sit there casting your rod out into the sea of sad, hoping to get a bite. I pity you.
Jimandsi
16-06-2011, 16:03
No, but everyone on this forum knows you just sit there casting your rod out into the sea of sad, hoping to get a bite. I pity you.
Only on the whinging threads !
Malteser Monkey
16-06-2011, 16:16
Only on the whinging threads !
yeah but you start 'em Jimbo :pray::hole::lol::whip::D
onelegnofeet
16-06-2011, 16:59
I wondered why a post telling others "if your not happy with how the forum works ,. dont bother to post " disappeared so quickly !!!!....................MOD POWER
How sad when the new owners etc are trying to get the forum membership up ,needing ads etc
moonlighter
16-06-2011, 20:18
I just started a new thread & cut & pasted an article rather than posting a link so that it would not go into the 'needs moderating' queue.
Guess what message I got??
"Thank you for posting! Your post will not be visible until a moderator has approved it for posting. You will now be taken back to the forum. If you opted to post a poll, you will now be allowed to do so."
??????
TenerifeTeddy
16-06-2011, 20:33
As of 2030 there were no pòsts awaiting validation. What section did you post it in, and I´ll see if I can track it down.
onelegnofeet
16-06-2011, 20:40
As of 2030 there were no pòsts awaiting validation. What section did you post it in, and I´ll see if I can track it down.
S..T! i must have nodded off ......................it was 2011!!!
TenerifeTeddy
16-06-2011, 20:54
I just started a new thread & cut & pasted an article rather than posting a link so that it would not go into the 'needs moderating' queue.
Guess what message I got??
"Thank you for posting! Your post will not be visible until a moderator has approved it for posting. You will now be taken back to the forum. If you opted to post a poll, you will now be allowed to do so."
??????
Your post is here (http://www.tenerifeforum.org/tenerife-forum/showthread.php?1934-Teenager-Raped-in-Las-Americas)
:)
I just started a new thread & cut & pasted an article rather than posting a link so that it would not go into the 'needs moderating' queue.
Guess what message I got??
"Thank you for posting! Your post will not be visible until a moderator has approved it for posting. You will now be taken back to the forum. If you opted to post a poll, you will now be allowed to do so."
??????
The antispam system is quite sophisticated, but also very sensitive when users have few posts, as you do.
Probably that article triggered the anti-spam filter since a known way of creating spam in Forums is to copy a news article from somewhere and post, and just stick in a reference to whatever the spammer wants somewhere (or nowhere in the post itself, only the signature).
I don't know if that was the case for you now, but it's likely.
To be honest, I don't know why the auto-moderation system is so much to complain about; It's better this way, where valid auto-moderated posts are usually approved within minutes, than having a forum flooded with spam. Check the stats at the bottom of the Forum home page, and you see how much it would be!
moonlighter
16-06-2011, 21:04
Thanks I found it, but if definitely said it needed moderating.
Anyway no problem.
slodgedad
16-06-2011, 23:36
I approved it and moved it to the forum it belonged in, which is why you thought it had been removed.
redarrow
21-06-2011, 14:47
Apparently my posts still need moderating every time I shove in a link.
slodgedad
21-06-2011, 15:29
I don't know why it was automodded, may have been something to do with the outage we experienced.
Unfortunately there wasn't a mod on line when it happened. I've just done it.
tracey_in_tenerife
24-06-2011, 20:35
Do new posts getting vetted before being put on the forum, as i just started a new thread and cant seem to find it! unless ive done something wrong and havent posted it:crazy:
TenerifeTeddy
24-06-2011, 20:58
Do new posts getting vetted before being put on the forum, as i just started a new thread and cant seem to find it! unless ive done something wrong and havent posted it:crazy:
Posts are not actively monitored and we rely on other members to report posts if they breach the forum T&C´s. Your post may have been moved by a mod to a more pertinent part of the forum. I found a post of yours timed 2044 here (http://www.tenerifeforum.org/tenerife-forum/showthread.php?4436-Advice-on-Importing-a-car-from-the-UK)regarding advice on moving a car to the UK.
Hope that helps :)
tracey_in_tenerife
24-06-2011, 21:01
i pressed the back button quite a number of times and my thread appeared , i hadnt done the prefix durh!! thanks for the reply though, i was dreading imputting all that again ,lol:mad:
slodgedad
24-06-2011, 21:13
Posts are not actively monitored and we rely on other members to report posts if they breach the forum T&C´s. Your post may have been moved by a mod to a more pertinent part of the forum. I found a post of yours timed 2044 here (http://www.tenerifeforum.org/tenerife-forum/showthread.php?4436-Advice-on-Importing-a-car-from-the-UK)regarding advice on moving a car to the UK.
Hope that helps :)
The forum is not actively moderated and relies on the membership to report dodgy posts.
At the moment, as we are all newbies as far as the filter is concerned, a lot of of posts are being auto modded as though they were spam.
I know it's a pain but at the moment it is the only thing, as a new Forum, that is keeping us spam free.
Anything that is automodded is usually dealt with in minutes, provided there is a mod on line.
First place we check.
slodgedad
24-06-2011, 21:16
OOOOOPs, Sorry. I replied to your post without reading the replies. Sorry Teddy
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