# End user pre-approval queue experience can be much improved

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/end-user-pre-approval-queue-experience-can-be-much-improved/68307
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [August 18, 2017, 11:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/end-user-pre-approval-queue-experience-can-be-much-improved/68307 "2017-08-18T11:49:58Z")
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### Author: ![xrav3nz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/xrav3nz/32/76894_2.png) [@xrav3nz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xrav3nz)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/end-user-pre-approval-queue-experience-can-be-much-improved/68307/7 "2017-08-24T14:15:34Z")

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A few proposed new features that aims to improve the approval queue experience:

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> **Notification upon approval**
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> Currently, the user has no insight into the status of their pending post; they will not even know when their post is approved!
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> ![notification popup menu](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/5/f5e753235df42e7d97f5c94079230e8c96c694d1.png)
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> Similarly, when a post is rejected, a system generated PM could be sent with an optional reject reason.

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> **Pending**
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> ![pending section](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/a/5/a5f022ca6f60ecb97a6b41cf8501b16c3b38dbd5.png)
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> - This section is only visible to the user him/herself.
> - This section is only visible if the user had posts pending approval
> - Posts awaiting approval can be deleted, but not edited.

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> **Record full edit revisions on queued posts**
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> This does not improve the user experience directly. However, what happens when the user finds out his/her post had been magically edited?
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> I actually [have a PR ready](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/5052) for this, and it can benefit from some serious review 😉

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> **Post needs approval**
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> Obviously, this could link to the “Pending” section mentioned above:
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> ![post need approval modal](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/7/7/772ee3cc11f95a8453fa8b6299811218537d9b03.png)
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> Additionally, what about a system generated PM similar to the one we have for Akismet? This is to empathize with the user, and it is only sent _the first time_ that a user submitted a post pending approval.

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> **Show pending reply in an existing topic**
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> This should only be visible to the author:
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> ![pending reply in topic](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/1/c1ae6cc55a4d2b3f05677a1766eb8d52ea123bfa.png)
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> When the user is replying to the same topic again, a composer message could be helpful:
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> > It looks like that you already have a reply that’s pending approval:
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> > > Original reply excerpt here
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> > Are you sure you want submit another one?

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I understand that this may not be a priority for the team; I’d love to work on them once the specs are finalized.

Open to suggestions, cheers! 💪

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