Everyone is going moderated! It'll be fun!
We've recently had a rash of posts that haven't followed the rules in the community info. As a result, the fabulous moderators and I (well, mainly I, so blame me) have decided to place the entire community on moderated status. When you first join the community, you are placed on moderated status until after your first post. Assuming that the post followed the rules, you are typically removed from moderation. It's been like that for about a year now.

The problem is that when I switched the community to moderated last year, I just assumed that everyone who already belonged to the community knew the rules. So, everyone was put on unmoderated status. I was clearly wrong - a lot of junk is still getting through. So, I'm currently in the process of putting everyone back on moderation.

If your first post is on topic and follow the rules, you'll be taken off moderation right away. So, it won't be much of an inconvenience, given that your fabulous moderators are on line practically all the time. :)

Here are the rules for your persual.

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