Hi - is it possible to require approval for all new topics and replies in certain categories? Thanks so much in advance!

Yes, all categories include a setting to require moderator approval for new topics and new replies. [25%20AM]

It’s in the Settings tab under Moderation.

OK, gotcha - if there is no ‘Moderation’ section of the ‘Settings’ tab, could that be due to not running the most current version of Discourse? (All I see is 'EDIT PERMISSIONS") Thank you!!!

Which version are you using if you look at /admin ?

That’s troubling to see ‘unknown’ there like that, how was the instance installed?

TBH, I don’t know - ENG team that installed Discourse initially are no longer w/ us and I am NOT an engineer :upside_down_face: If I were to ask eng team to update platform would that help w/ this? I honestly don’t know how big of an ask that is…

I can’t say for sure, there’s only one install method that we support here, I’ve not seen an unknown version returned with a supportable install. It’s possible you’re using a third-party package which means we’re going to be unable to help you. Whatever you do I would recommend having a staging copy upgraded first, with no idea which version you’re upgrading from and other plugins you’re running there are just too many unknowns.

OK - thanks so much, Stephen; I’ll share this with my team. Really appreciate the help!

Require approval for specific categories?

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cori_online June 21, 2019, 6:22pm 3

Thanks for the speedy reply!
I’m not seeing that option in any of the Settings areas for categories…
Should it be in the ‘Security’ tab?

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