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sadiejane is offline sadiejane Post #1  December 29,2008, 2:05pm
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I created a topic the other day that has not shown up. I know there was nothing inappropriate in the topic, but it did contain words that would probably flag it, ie: S*e*x.


If the topic "has been moderated" does that mean that it will never be posted OR that it just hasn't made it through the moderating process yet?





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D_Lion is online now D_Lion Post #2  December 29,2008, 2:34pm
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If you want, you can send me your phone number … sorry, your OP, and I can try to guess. One post gets moderated for certain words that are bad, but a whole topic usually because the content or direction of the thread goes against the Community Guidelines that you didn’t read but can be found … somewhere.
 
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neardc is offline neardc Post #3  December 29,2008, 5:10pm
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There is an automated word filter that catches posts if they contain a letter string that is on the naughty word list. Posts are then held so they can be reviewed by the human moderators; they then release the great majority of held posts (which then show up in the thread -- several sometimes pages back if the the thread is an active one). The mods have been making their way through all of the posts that got pulled over the weekend, so go back and check again to see if your post has now made it onto the boards (start by looking at your activity list...).


Alas, there is no way to know what words are on the list (other than the obvious naughty words) except by guessing or experience. Mods are working here, however, on improving the list so it doesn't catch so many perfectly appropriate posts.


(BTW, it actually is okay to say "sex"!)
 
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YKawabata is offline YKawabata Post #4  December 29,2008, 5:24pm
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It means that you did something very bad in your past that the eHA moderators know about. Pretty soon there will be men in black in your neighbourhood asking around about suspected terrorist cells.
 
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notyet is offline notyet Post #5  December 29,2008, 6:50pm
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the community guidelines are at the bottom of every page, about half way between the middle and the right-hand side, in the green box. the link is labled "Community Guidelines."
 
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PY is offline PY Post #6  December 30,2008, 1:35am

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non-paying member often get moderated. Some of us, send our lunch money and we get to keep our posts
 
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