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

• The node is in the right section

• The title meets Monastery guidelines

• The formatting is OK (code and readmore tags)

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.