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.

In reply to Reminder for timely node approval by VSarkiss

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