Dear all,

I think it may be time to re-read this reminder from our own Saint footpad. Several times in the last few days I've seen many questions in SOPW that had replies from high-level monks but were not approved. (Mostly legitimate questions and good replies; nothing unusual.)

This is probably a common reason for duplicate questions from newcomers. First-timers post, wait, don't see their question, and post again. Remember that new monks won't see unapproved nodes in their sections until they learn what "Show unapproved content" does (or that the real doorway to the Monastery is Newest Nodes. ;-)

Not to be high-and-mighty: I'm sure I've done it myself. Lately I've gotten better at it by trying to remember to approve good questions before answering them. YMMV, but it works for me more often than not.

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Re: Reminder for timely node approval
by Masem (Monsignor) on Aug 29, 2001 at 00:55 UTC
    I agree, I'm very guilty of replying without OK'ing the node.

    I think a possible solution would be that, when replying to a node that has not been OK'd, there should be a checkbox after the entry that basically allows the replier to OK a node at the same time they reply to it, assuming that the monk in question has this power. It would be once less click, and something not as easily forgotten. Sure, this can have some small abuse potental (no worse that one being able to self-frontpage nodes), but can easily be dealt with by higher-ups.

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Re: Reminder for timely node approval
by $code or die (Deacon) on Aug 29, 2001 at 03:07 UTC
    I replied to a node the other day without OKing it. I didn't OK it because I didn't want to make that decision on my own because I wasn't sure about the node and didn't want to irritate other monks. I posted a quick reply and left it for someone else to decide whether or not the node should be approved.

    Ordinarily, I would have asked people in the CB. But when I checked later, someone had approved it so I didn't bother.It's possible though that it was approved because I replied..

    On the whole, we need to remember to approve nodes and if we're not sure, seek council with other monks in the CB.

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      There have to be more than one user saying OK to a node. A node gets not approved just because one said it would be ok, ast least that is how I understood, cause nodes didn't show up on newest nodes, when I selected Ok, but rather a tiem later, so that indicated to me, that it might need a few votes for OK :-)

      Have a nice day
      All decision is left to your taste
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        I am not sure. This node seems to suggest otherwise.

        Also, quite a few nodes that end up in Nodes to Consider have the comment "Who approved this?". Of course "who" doesn't necessarily mean one "who".

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