Thank you for your note, Art. I didn’t know that the forum was being subjected to spam attacks. Thanks for your clarification that “The first topic and the first reply by a new account require approval – subsequent topics and replies should not.”. This does make good sense. I must have mis-read the description of the forum procedures outlined in your Apr 30 posting because I had assumed a slightly different meaning. That posting also explains that “After a new member has had their first reply approved all of their subsequent replies will be automatically posted. After a new member has had their first topic approved all of their subsequent topics will be automatically posted.”. Again, this makes good sense, now that I have the correct understanding.
In fact, this means that all of my New Topic Posts and all of my Reply Posts should have been posted directly upon submission. Since, after being in the group for many months, I finally registered onto the forum and posted my first New Topic two years ago, and my first Reply shortly afterwards. Both were approved at that time, so I am certainly not a “new member” and my account is not in the category of a ‘new user account’.
In view of your explanation, I have to revise my summary of recent examples, as well as added a couple of others :
1. Sa May 16, midnight: I submitted a reply onto “Jag XK120 Carrera Panamericana”, a topic to which I have posted previous replies. It did Not post; instead it appeared the following day Su May 17 at 8:18 am. By that time it was out of sequence with another reply from Ken. (Since each of these is a reply to a previous post, the sequence is important.) (post-14793)
2. Su May 17, ~12:30 am; I submitted a New topic “Symmetric Masking Patterns for painting a car body”. It did Not post; it appeared at 8:18 am. (post-14794)
3. Su May 17, 12:54 am; I submitted a reply onto “Strombecker McLaren M1B”, a topic to which I have not posted previous replies. It did post right away, and remained. (post-14805)
4. Tu May 19, 1:29 pm; I submitted a reply onto “65 AC Cobra”, a topic to which I have Not posted previous replies. It did post right away, and remained. (post-14811)
5. M May 25, 11:33 pm; I submitted a reply to this current topic, “New User Accounts & Editing New Forum Topics and Replies…”, a topic to which I have not posted previous replies. My reply did post right away, and remained. (post-14819)
6. M May 25, 11:48 pm; I submitted a New topic post “Airfix 1933 MG K3 Magnette”. It did Not post until W May 27, 6:44 am. (post-14820)
Therefore, according to the procedure, (“The first topic and the first reply by a new account require approval – subsequent topics and replies should not.”), it looks like examples 1, 2, and 6 are contrary to the forum procedures. These are in addition to the many other contradictory examples previously occurring in my account.
Obviously, there are strange anomalies happening in the way my account is handling my postings, and the effects seem to be random – posted or blocked. This has been happening sporadically since January 2020, with no logical pattern or reason. Has this happened with any other member accounts; if so, how have you corrected those?
Knowing that my first topic and first reply were approved two years ago, it’s obvious according to the procedures, that no one should have to spend time repeatedly approving any of my New Topic posts or Reply posts. It has thrown a few of my replies out of logical sequence with the posts I am replying to. Again, an unnecessary random delay from submission to posting may well render a different meaning to the reply being posted. I’m sure all can appreciate that it’s increasingly irritating to spend time drafting a topic or reply, in order to contribute to the forum, only to have the posting blocked. It also adds unnecessary work on the part of the moderator. We have discussed this a few times since January. How can we correct this problem?
Thanks again, Art; Stay safe and healthy.
