How Can I Suspend Admin Comment Approval?

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   Kylyssaposted 7 years ago

   I just learned that administrators will publish any comment we don't promptly decline so moderation will not protect hubs from abusive comments if we are away from HubPages for more than a few days.
   
   How can I get the automatic approval suspended when I go to the hospital to protect the hubs used in children's lesson plans from getting abusive comments on them while I'm away? Or is there some way to instruct the administrators to avoid publishing abusive comments (even if they don't contain swearing) on a single hub?

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      lobobrandonposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Go here: http://hubpages.com/my/hubs/comments
      
      Expand on the settings option and say Yes to: Comments must be approved before they appear.
      
      Once this is done they need to be approved by you before they show on any hub.

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      Matt Wellsposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Comment approval by admin cannot be suspended. If the settings on your Hub require comments to be approved before they appear, you will have 7 days to make a decision. If a decision is not made then a Moderator may make a decision for you. Clicking 'delete forever' will remove any comment approved by a Moderator.

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         Marisa Wrightposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         The big, big, BIG problem is that we get NO notification when Admin approves a comment.  That needs to be fixed.

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            Kylyssaposted 7 years agoin reply to this

            Yes! I'd have had an abusive comment on a hub used in student lesson plans for who knows how long if I hadn't looked at my feed at just the right time.

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         Kylyssaposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         Thank you for increasing the time. I can hire someone to maintain the guestbooks on my educational hubs if I'll be gone more than a few days.

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            Matt Wellsposted 7 years agoin reply to this

            Some updates:
            
            There is now an 'Admin Approved" filter option.
            Selecting sort by 'Date' displays the most recent comment first.
            There is now a 'Reply' button for Admin Approved comments on the Comments page
            
            http://hubpages.com/my/hubs/comments

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               Sherry Hewinsposted 7 years agoin reply to this

               These are big improvements Matt. Thanks.

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            calculus-geometryposted 7 years agoin reply to this

            Kylyssa, are you sure it's a good idea to give someone your login password to moderate your comments? A safer solution would be to disable new comments from being posted. Admin can't approve abusive comments in your queue if there are no comments in the queue at all
            
            It's an option in your global comments settings and you can reverse it when you return from vacation.
            

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               WryLiltposted 7 years agoin reply to this

               That would mean that NO comments would appear at all on the hub for that time period - which provides a lot less information for readers.

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                  calculus-geometryposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                  No, it doesn't prevent existing comments from showing. It keeps new comments from being posted, but all the old comments will be visible. I currently have this setting activated on my account and you can see all the old comments, but nobody can post a new one for now.  Here is an example
                  https://owlcation.com/stem/Names-of-Geo … dle-School

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                     Will Apseposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                     Did you make all the graphics on that page yourself?

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                        calculus-geometryposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                        Read the photo credits at the end.

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                           Will Apseposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                           It will remain a mystery, my massage has just arrived.

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                              calculus-geometryposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                              What is good enough for the HubPro Editor who edited the article will, I reckon, be good enough for you.

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               Kylyssaposted 7 years agoin reply to this

               I'd actually trust any of my friends to make decisions about my comments much more than I'd trust the admins. They would use their judgment as to what comments are appropriate on pages kids read for homework. The admins seem to just check for links in comments.
               
               I'll probably shut comments off on hubs intended for school kids when I'm going to be away just because it will be easier. I hadn't realized it was an option. Thanks!

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   psycheskinnerposted 7 years ago

   What admins do is not really under our control.

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