ATTENTION ALL NEW MEMBERS: POST APPROVAL

brs083 · Post by **brs083** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:52 pm

may i be approved please

Matthew86 · Post by **Matthew86** » Sun Mar 15, 2015 10:48 pm

As above, can my account be approved please? Thanks.

Bromby · Post by **Bromby** » Sun Mar 15, 2015 11:38 pm

Hi. Please approve me

Bromby · Post by **Bromby** » Mon Mar 16, 2015 2:06 am

please approve me

raowords · Post by **raowords** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 9:55 am

Hi, Please approve me!

Post by **P-F1 Mod** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 12:28 pm

Raowords, until you have posted in discussion threads full approval will not be granted.

Colesy917 · Post by **Colesy917** » Fri May 29, 2015 12:03 am

Approve me please.

Thanks

Post by **P-F1 Mod** » Sat May 30, 2015 12:22 am

Done

Laz_T800 · Post by **Laz_T800** » Sun May 31, 2015 2:21 pm

Hi

Can i have my post approved please.

Thanks

Post by **P-F1 Mod** » Sun May 31, 2015 5:28 pm

Done.

Caserole of Nonsense · Mon Jul 06, 2015 10:25 pm

Another for approval please

Thanks

Infinite · Post by **Infinite** » Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:22 am

Hi there, I'm new to this forum. So far my posts aren't appearing on the topic that I commented.

Balthazar B · Post by **Balthazar B** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 10:09 am

Please like me.

Post by **P-F1 Mod** » Tue Oct 27, 2015 11:15 pm

Balthazar B wrote:Please like me.

Well you can post now, make of that what you will

Alonshow · Post by **Alonshow** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 10:26 pm

I just registered to the forum and I want to create a new thread, but I'm not given the option. What might be the problem?

Post by **P-F1 Mod** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 11:09 pm

Alonshow wrote:I just registered to the forum and I want to create a new thread, but I'm not given the option. What might be the problem?

You're listed as a new member, so you have limited forum privileges at first.

Asphalt_World · Post by **Asphalt_World** » Sun Mar 27, 2016 12:09 am

P-F1 Mod wrote:
Alonshow wrote:I just registered to the forum and I want to create a new thread, but I'm not given the option. What might be the problem?
You're listed as a new member, so you have limited forum privileges at first.

A new member can't start a new thread? Is that true?

Post by **P-F1 Mod** » Sun Mar 27, 2016 1:33 pm

Asphalt_World wrote:
P-F1 Mod wrote:
Alonshow wrote:I just registered to the forum and I want to create a new thread, but I'm not given the option. What might be the problem?
You're listed as a new member, so you have limited forum privileges at first.
A new member can't start a new thread? Is that true?

Can't start a new thread and has no PM functions. It counters previous cases where new users [actually old users with new accounts] were sending some pretty abusive messages from the comfort of a secondary account. That's also why, mods aside, multiple logins are banned. The new threads thing is an extra layer of anti-spammer software.

Asphalt_World · Post by **Asphalt_World** » Sun Mar 27, 2016 5:02 pm

Alonshow · Post by **Alonshow** » Sun Mar 27, 2016 11:36 pm

So how can I acquire the ability to start a new thread?

Post by **P-F1 Mod** » Sun Mar 27, 2016 11:43 pm

By posting in existing threads.

Alonshow · Post by **Alonshow** » Tue Mar 29, 2016 12:31 am

Can you be more specific about how it works?

Post by **P-F1 Mod** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 1:25 am

Read and contribute to existing threads, and once a few posts have been made we will remove the restrictions on the account. The exact number depends how many you make before they get approved and a mod removes the restrictions, so I can't give an exact number.

Asphalt_World · Post by **Asphalt_World** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 7:29 am

Did the rule about not being able to create a new thread come from the forum owners, or at least be approved by them?

I have never ever come across a forum where you can't create a new thread until you have shown some posting history in existing threads. In fact, it would turn me away from a forum for good.

Example, I buy a new car. I have a question so I find an online forum about the car, register, create a thread and hope for some answers to my question(s).

I've done this about animals I keep as pets, about my new vacuum cleaner for goodness sake!

Surely there must be people who are interested in F1,have a question or point of view who decide to find a forum for the first time and then find they can raise their point in a thread of their own. They will simply disappear.

May go some way to explain why this years off season and start to the season is the quietest I can remember on this forum!

Post by **P-F1 Mod** » Wed Mar 30, 2016 6:36 pm

Forum settings force that on us. We can't lift that or the PM restriction without removing a layer of spam prevention that we have no alternative to. Everything that has been changed since the forum was upgraded has been run through management and the various techies we have had over the years. When I took over the forum I made a point of the mods being as accountable as possible, and that's one of the things the new forum helped with. I agree it's not ideal but it's the best solution we have to a problem that shouldn't exist, if that makes sense/

Flash2k11 · Post by **Flash2k11** » Wed May 04, 2016 8:16 pm

The spam prevention stuff should lie at the door of account creation rather than thread creation. A semi decent captcha (something that phpBB almost certainly has an addon for somewhere) will keep out all but the most sophisticated russian pharmaceutical spambot. Hell, in most cases even a checkbox asking if you are a robot on the account creation page will do unless someone takes the time to write a bot out specifically for this forum.

Appreciate this isn't a decision you can make mind, though i'd be heavily questioning the level of your 'techies' if they can't get around what is one of the fundamental problems any forum/blog/comment system maker runs into in even the smallest of projects.

Post by **P-F1 Mod** » Wed May 04, 2016 8:49 pm

We asked for this exact solution three years ago.

Nighthawkgmw · Post by **Nighthawkgmw** » Fri May 06, 2016 12:13 am

I am planning on going to the Canadian GP next year. I would like any information from anyone who has been to the event please.

Post by **P-F1 Mod** » Fri May 06, 2016 10:23 am

Nighthawkgmw wrote:I am planning on going to the Canadian GP next year. I would like any information from anyone who has been to the event please.

Try the 'attending a gp' thread.

MasterRacer · Post by **MasterRacer** » Fri Jul 22, 2016 6:56 am

Hi everybody !

I've been reading PF1 for ages and checking the posts on these forums. I finally signed up, and I look forward to enjoying the rest of the season with all of you.

Not sure if everyone is supposed to post here for approval? But thought I'd take the opportunity to say hello

Thanks
MR

Pmw1985 · Post by **Pmw1985** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 3:34 pm

Please could i have my account approved, thanks

TheSausageCurb · Post by **TheSausageCurb** » Sat Sep 03, 2016 4:16 pm

Could my post be approved please? Thanks

djd77 · Post by **djd77** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 2:45 pm

Good afternoon Mods,

could I have my post approved too please?

Thanking you in anticipation.

Frenk Biber · Post by **Frenk Biber** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 10:22 pm

Please could i have my account approved, thanks

Stanton · Post by **Stanton** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 10:47 am

may i be approved please

Stanton · Post by **Stanton** » Wed Mar 01, 2017 10:50 am

may i be approved please

Sharknose · Post by **Sharknose** » Sun Jul 02, 2017 10:45 am

Posted a few days ago but it hasn't shown up yet, do I have to ask for the post to be approved here?

Post by **P-F1 Mod** » Sun Jul 02, 2017 12:03 pm

Apologies - I hadn't been online in that time. You should now have full access.

COOPER TTE · Post by **COOPER TTE** » Tue Aug 15, 2017 6:34 pm

Hi Mods, just received e-mail clearance and am checking in here before posting in earnest. Captcha confirms I'm not a robot, I confirm I'm not a troll

Lynx · Post by **Lynx** » Mon Oct 23, 2017 8:12 am

Please approve me too.