| Name | Short text | Rejection text |
|---|
| discard | SILENTLY DISCARD (eg because message is
spam) | [No rejection message sent] |
| abuse | message is abusive/hurtful to another
post | Your message appears to the moderator to be abusive or
hurtful to another contributor. |
| repetition | message is excessively
repetitious | This post repeats a recent post or a recent query
without appearing to add anything new. You could try to discuss the
topic from a different angle or wait a few weeks until it seems right
to bring up this subject again. |
| meta | message is disputing a moderation
decision | Discussions about whether someone's post should have
been rejected or accepted are not generally permitted in the group,
and should be taken to uk.net.news.moderation. |
| mistake | appears to have been posted in
error | The moderator assumes that you posted this by
mistake. It may be that it quotes a previous post without adding your
own comment, or the text you have added may appear incomplete. We hope
you will review and then re-submit your message. |
| defamatory | post may be defamatory (rejected message
will not be published) | Your message is considered to be
potentially defamatory. You may wish to re-post, omitting the names of
real people or organisations and/or rephrasing your
criticisms. |
| offtopic | message is off-topic | This appears to
the moderator to be off-topic for uk.legal.moderated or has
insufficient law-related material. |
| duplicate | message is identical to a previous
post | Your message has been rejected because it appears to the
moderator to be a duplicate of another post already accepted by the
group. |
| notnew | message contains insufficient new
material | This post contains insufficient new material. Similar
points have been made already in this discussion, which is in danger
of becoming too repetitive. |
| privacy | message may infringe the privacy of a third
party (rejected message will not be published) | This appears to
infringe the privacy of another poster. |
| advert | message is advertising | This post has
been rejected by the moderator because it appears to contain
advertising in furtherance of a commercial enterprise. |
| unlawful | message may be breaching an injunction or the
sub judice rule (rejected message will not be published) | This
post has been rejected because the moderator considers that the
content might breach an injunction or the sub judice rule. You could
consider rephrasing your post as a hypothetical or general point,
taking care not to identify any real-life individuals. |
| html | message is in HTML | Posting HTML is
forbidden. Please resubmit your message in plain text. |