As a moderator, you'll have access to a list of requests for moderation. In places (spaces, social groups, and projects) where content moderation is enabled, a request for content moderation will be sent to the moderation queue for approval before the content is published for others to see. (Your community admin sets up moderators for places. For more about that, see Setting Up Moderation).
For example, when a space has moderation enabled for discussion posts, the author will see a message indicating that the post must be approved before it is published. The author can still access the submitted content by going to , where they can continue to make changes and resubmit. When an author revises a draft that has already been submitted for moderation, the moderator must moderate each saved version individually.
Here is what the author will see when submitting content for moderation:
After the author submits the post, you'll see an alert on your Actions icon. Go to to view the content.
If you have more than one item awaiting moderation, you'll see a list on the tab. For example, you might see content that's been reported as abusive, as well as content that's been submitted for moderation, depending on the moderation features set up by the community administrator. The following example shows a variety of items awaiting moderation:
Notice that at the right side of the page, you can filter the content listed. Filtering can be helpful when you've got a very long list. To moderate, simply take a look at each item and make a decision to:
- Approve the content. This will publish the content in the community.
- Edit the content. You'll be taken to the content editor to make changes.
- Reject the content. This will make the content invisible to users. Other moderators will still be able to view it. If you reject content, its author will be notified via email. You can edit the template content of this email -- see Managing Email Templates for more information. When you reject a discussion reply, the individual reply is hidden, but its parent and children remain visible.
- Leave a message. This message is for other moderators; it is not displayed to regular users. For example, you might explain to another moderator why you think the content should be approved or rejected. Moderator notes are not preserved after the content has left the moderation queue (because, for example, the content was approved).