# “Awaiting approval”
**URL:** https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/awaiting-approval/25778
**Category:** Site Feedback
**Created:** [8 July 2023 13:02 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/awaiting-approval/25778 "2023-07-08T13:02:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Kuanor](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Kuanor)
#### Post date: [8 July 2023 13:02 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/awaiting-approval/25778/1 "2023-07-08T13:02:58Z")
Just tried replying to a topic (in _Introductions_), but discourse set the post to “awaiting approval” instead of adding it to the thread. What is this about, did someone play with the preferences or was there an update that changed something or are there wordlists with suspicious word or some strange limits for something that sets post to be manually approved?
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### Author:  [@Zanko](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Zanko)
#### Post date: [8 July 2023 13:18 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/awaiting-approval/25778/2 "2023-07-08T13:18:50Z")
I received the same message when I posted.
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### Author:  [@Zoddtheimmortal](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Zoddtheimmortal)
#### Post date: [8 July 2023 13:41 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/awaiting-approval/25778/3 "2023-07-08T13:41:55Z")
Its because you are dodgy geezers
:hob2:
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### Author:  [@MichaelX](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/MichaelX)
#### Post date: [9 July 2023 05:52 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/awaiting-approval/25778/4 "2023-07-09T05:52:33Z")
Weird, afaik the only limitations are for new users. Basic spam protection.
You (@Kuanor) and @Zoddtheimmortal definitely do not qualify as those.
Ive double checked the settings (quick pass) and dont see weird settings.
Ill look into it though.
If anyone else encounters this, could you let me (or another admin) know the specifics? Where, when, what message, …
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### Author:  [@chitzkoi](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/chitzkoi)
#### Post date: [9 July 2023 08:03 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/awaiting-approval/25778/5 "2023-07-09T08:03:02Z")
The only time it happened to me was when making and replying to the thread in News about WAP books. Obviously K’s point is about Intros, but could it somehow be a category thing? The only other thing i can think of is the formatting rules but they usually point blank prevent you from posting, which is annoying at voting time but a split second easy to prevent
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### Author:  [@Admiral](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Admiral)
#### Post date: [9 July 2023 20:08 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/awaiting-approval/25778/6 "2023-07-09T20:08:11Z")
Yes, I was surprised to find notifications about @denelian5 , @Kuanor and @Zanko needing approval to reply to a topic in Introductions. I approved them swiftly, but for some reason I didn’t think of mentioning the issue here. My pardons.
Good thing you brought it up, @Kuanor !
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### Author:  [@MichaelX](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/MichaelX)
#### Post date: [10 July 2023 10:06 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/awaiting-approval/25778/7 "2023-07-10T10:06:11Z")
I found the bad guy
New topics still require approval, but replies do not!