# What happened to Approvals?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [13 בנובמבר,‏ 2026,‏ 4:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-happened-to-approvals/417366 "2026-11-13T16:03:34Z")\
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> [@awesomerobot](#):
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> So with user approvals the new framing is “is there a problem with this account” where yes would mean it doesn’t get approved.

So long as the dialog box makes this quite clear, I’m OK with it.

But it is a reversal, so perhaps much more explicit and clear button text is the answer.

> [@awesomerobot](#):
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> completely abandoning the the yes/no framing for approvals and using approve/deny instead while keeping the ordering consistent

Just be totally clear, that approve means the thing stays and deny means the thing is to be deleted, lost, or rejected. I think those two words might not be clear enough - as with the previous idea of approving a complaint.

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