# Soften "Account temporarily blocked" message?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/soften-account-temporarily-blocked-message/43512>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [30. April 2016 um 22:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/soften-account-temporarily-blocked-message/43512 "2016-04-30T22:30:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [13. Mai 2016 um 22:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/soften-account-temporarily-blocked-message/43512/6 "2016-05-13T22:08:34Z")

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Given how often it comes up, I can definitely support softening it a bit further – but remember this message is also sent when staff manually blocks an account, so the welcome new user bit isn’t necessarily correct.

Here’s what I have now:

> ### Account temporarily on hold
> 
> This is an automated message from %{site\_name} to let you know that your account has been temporarily placed on hold as a precautionary measure.
> 
> Please continue to browse, but you won’t be able to reply or create topics until a staff member reviews your most recent posts. We apologize for the inconvenience.
> 
> For additional guidance, refer to our community guidelines.

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