# Feature Request - Pre-moderation of messages
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-pre-moderation-of-messages/14681
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [4월 11, 2014, 12:52오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-pre-moderation-of-messages/14681 "2014-04-11T12:52:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Mischief](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mischief)
#### Post date: [4월 11, 2014, 12:52오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-pre-moderation-of-messages/14681/1 "2014-04-11T12:52:36Z")
How do I set up pre-moderation of messages?
Just in way of explanation, the forum that I would like to be using discourse for will be discussing issues which have privacy implications and therefore we are wanting to pre-moderate messages.
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [4월 11, 2014, 6:56오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-pre-moderation-of-messages/14681/2 "2014-04-11T18:56:56Z")
I… don’t think this is supported yet.
Some choices you have would be to:
1. simply require approval of all new accounts: 
- create/sponsor a plugin
- lobby for this to be a core feature
However, I think this is a feature more suited for commenting systems, not discussion systems. Although there could be a case for doing this only to TL0… Well, if you want to do #3, that’s what you should argue! 😄
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [4월 11, 2014, 7:25오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-pre-moderation-of-messages/14681/3 "2014-04-11T19:25:00Z")
This may not be applicale to you, but as far as I know the Forum I’m with has decided to make a “special” Category that has the required Trust Level be higher before a member can post in it.
Will stilll need moderators to check them, but it is hoped that requiring a higher TL will minimize any problems with it.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [4월 11, 2014, 8:41오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-pre-moderation-of-messages/14681/4 "2014-04-11T20:41:07Z")
Not supported yet. Requires quite a bit of user interface and flow so unlikely to happen very quickly.
It is something we want to get to eventually.
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### Author:  [@Mischief](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mischief)
#### Post date: [4월 16, 2014, 11:29오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-pre-moderation-of-messages/14681/5 "2014-04-16T11:29:46Z")
I’ve moved this into the feature area, rather than support area given as of yet it isn’t a feature implemented in Discourse.
It would be great if anyone who also needs this feature could flag their need for it here!
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [4월 16, 2014, 6:35오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-pre-moderation-of-messages/14681/6 "2014-04-16T18:35:00Z")
The current vB SitePoint forum has a couple of forums (eq to Cats) that all new threads (eq to Topics) are placed into moderation queue and remain invisible to members until a moderator evaluates them.
We are trying “work-arounds” and in fact deciding if this is something we still want to do, but I think we might use it if it were available.
@HAWK @ralphm ??
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [4월 16, 2014, 9:11오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-pre-moderation-of-messages/14681/7 "2014-04-16T21:11:37Z")
> [@Mittineague](#):
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> We are trying “work-arounds” and in fact deciding if this is something we still want to do, but I think we might use it if it were available.
Yup, we’ll almost definitely have a need for it.
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### Author:  [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)
#### Post date: [9월 28, 2015, 6:04오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-pre-moderation-of-messages/14681/8 "2015-09-28T06:04:32Z")
I’d also like to see this feature, but I think the [ability to moderate/approve posts of specific users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-moderate-a-specific-users-posts/33819) should get higher priority.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [9월 28, 2015, 8:13오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-pre-moderation-of-messages/14681/9 "2015-09-28T08:13:59Z")
Just lock that user to trust level 0 and approve all TL 0 posts? This already works.
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [12월 4, 2025, 11:10오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-pre-moderation-of-messages/14681/11 "2025-12-04T11:10:03Z")