My own personal policy on approvals, is that I will generally approve a node (exceptions below) if:

If the node does not meet the criteria, I /msg the OP suggesting what needs to be changed. In the case of moving the node into a different section, I tend to move it and /msg the OP to let them know what I have done. For the other two criteria, if the posting was from AnonyMonk, I put the node up for consideration. I also do this if I don't get a timely response from the OP.

There might be other reasons why I would not want to approve a node, such as trolling, homework, advertising. These are still fairly rare. Generally I'd still approve the node even if it didn't make any sense to me.

I may find that another monk has approved the post in the mean time. In that case, I would consider the node if it needed janitoring (and usually /msg the OP as well).

That's my $0.02 for what it's worth.

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Oh Lord, won’t you burn me a Knoppix CD ?
My friends all rate Windows, I must disagree.
Your powers of persuasion will set them all free,
So oh Lord, won’t you burn me a Knoppix CD ?
(Missquoting Janis Joplin)

In reply to Re: temporarily withholding approval of SOPW with insufficient info by rinceWind
in thread temporarily withholding approval of SOPW with insufficient info by ww

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