A common problem we see with people new to Perlmonks are double posts because their question does not show up immediately, neither on the front page nor in the section where they posted their question.

This is because many people don't know about the Show Unmoderated Content option in their user settings.

The most obvious fix in my eyes would be to always show the users their own root nodes in a section, as the users won't be offended by their own posts most likely. This would also alleviate the confusion about posts not showing up.

Of course, this again means some code changes that our fearless leader would have to implement ...

Another solution would be to modify the post page to include an explaining message like :
Your post will not show up immediately. Please be patient until a monk of the administration has approved your post for general consumption. While you wait, have a look at the brochures.
if the poster does not have the Show Unmoderated Content option set.

This is not the most elegant solution, but it requires considerably less changes in the code :-)

In reply to Making unmoderated content visible by Corion

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