Required Review for a Rowdy User
A discussion is underway about how to require review for a specific user’s posts. Dan_Eastwood initially demoted a rowdy user to TL1, but then realized that didn’t achieve the desired outcome. Moin suggested checking the approve unless allowed groups site setting, but Dan_Eastwood doesn’t have access to those settings.
PeakProsperity is facing a similar issue and has tried moving a user to TL0, but is unsure if their current settings are correct. Moin explained that changing the approve unless allowed groups setting to trust_level_1 could help, but would also affect other users. Moin also mentioned a plugin that might be useful: Force specific users through moderation.
JimPas and Firepup650 provided alternative solutions, suggesting that removing trust_level_0 from the approve unless allowed groups setting and adding trust_level_1 (or higher) would require approval for TL0 users.
A little help needed.
I have a rowdy user, who I just demoted to TL1 so all their comments will go to review no matter the category. Then I realized I’m not sure that’s going to do what i want. I searched on Trust Level, but I’m not seeing mention of required review.
Perhaps this is something better covered by a group?
Is the trust level 0 or tl1 group added to your approve unless allowed groups site setting? Then those posts will be automatically approved, and will not appear in the review queue.
I’m not an admin so I don’t have access to those setting, nor can I see how they are set.
I resolved the immediate problem by Silencing the user. I’ll can run a test with my second account and figure it out the hard way.
Glad you found a solution for now 
For support on users like that there is also the moderator guide
I’ve read through the Discourse Moderation Guide mentioned above, but I don’t see anything on how to force a user’s posts to be flagged for review. I have a user whom I have suspended for 24 hours and I would like their posts to be flagged for review when they first come back. They were originally in TL1 but I have moved them to TL0 thinking this would work. Below is a screenshot of my current settings, but I’m not sure if it’s correct
Can you let me know if there is a better way to do this?
A user with TL0 is a member of the trust_level_0 group. So if you allow members in that group to bypass approval (approve unless allowed groups), then it does not help to add the group also to approve new topics unless allowed groups - trust_level_0 is an allowed group.
You could change approve unless allowed groups to trust_level_1, but that will also affect other users who haven’t reached TL1 yet. I don’t remember a way to force approval for a specific user or group. I think all the settings only allow you to decide who can bypass. But there is a plugin for that Force specific users through moderation
Remove the trust_level_0 and using the plus sign, add trust_level_1, trust_level_2, trust_level_3, (... etc). These groups may post without pre-approval. Because TL0 is not in these groups, all posts require approval.
Do the same for approve new topics unless allowed in groups. A TL0 cannot create a new topic without approval.
You could just add TL1, as all higher trust levels are also TL1.
