Hello, on our forum we have certain categories and every post submitted there requires a moderator’s approval. However, once post is approved, users are free to edit it however they want without it triggering approval in our requests queue. Is there any way we can change it from the settings and set it so that when users edit their post, it requires to be approved by moderators again. I’ve seen it possible on other social platforms often.

I’m afraid this isn’t currently possible, though there is an open #feature request you could add your thoughts to: [image] Send edits of approved posts back to approval queue Feature I really appreciate if you can add the feature such that editing can also trigger “require approval” or suspending accounts. There is one troll in our forum who found out that he can bypass the requirement by editing, and is trolling all the time with a new account each time. I don’t think blocking some words can stop him, because he can always know which words are blocked by testing, therefore he can just change a word and then post it. During his testing, admins know nothing. I want to have s…

Not quite what your looking for but might be of use [image] Require Edit Reason Theme component The purpose of this component is to encourage users to add edit reasons when they edit a post. Edit reasons are displayed at the top of a post’s edit history modal and are a great way to understand why something within a post was changed. This might be especially useful for users that are able to edit other users’ posts as it will help to avoid any “why did you edit my post?!” responses. How it Works When someone opens the composer to edit, the edit reason field is exposed and marked required.…

You can set posts to be locked from editing, if that would help? There are several settings that can be adjusted for that: [settings] In addition by default the edit history is public, so original version of post will still be published unless you change setting for that. If someone wants a locked post to be edited they could then submit a request for that to be done by a moderator.

Edits to require approval as well

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Heliosurge (Dan DeMontmorency) May 15, 2024, 3:51pm 3

Not quite what your looking for but might be of use

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Edits should require approval as well Product Support approval	6	906	March 27, 2018
Approval of edited topics Product Support approval	3	606	May 23, 2019
Allow users to edit posts awaiting approval Feature approval	3	764	January 26, 2021
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Ask a user to revise their post before approving it? Feature approval , completed	11	1700	February 28, 2024

Edits to require approval as well

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