Moderating community content

As a community owner, we can review and manage the blog, file, and forum content in the community directly from the community. By monitoring updates on a regular basis, we can control what content is added by members and remove anything that might be considered inappropriate in the organization.

The IBM Connections administrator must enable owner moderation for community owners to be able to review and manage community content.

If we are a community owner, we can check if owner moderation is enabled for the community by logging in to IBM Connections and opening your community. When owner moderation is enabled, we can select Moderation in the navigation to access moderation options.

Note that we can enable or disable moderation for individual communities by editing community settings. See Edit communities. We can also enable or disable moderation for a specific community when we create it. See Create communities.

The Communities moderation interface provides a central place where community owners can review and manage the content of their community blog, files, and forums. If we are a community owner and owner moderation is enabled for the deployment, we can review content that has been submitted for approval, and then decide whether to publish it or reject it. We can also review content that has been flagged as inappropriate by other users.

When owner moderation is enabled, we can review the following content in the communities that you own:

• Blog entries and comments

• File content and comments

• Forum posts

Your administrator can configure which of these content types are moderated.

For example, the site might only have forum posts under moderation. Another site might have blogs and files under moderation, but forums are not moderated

We can also edit the content of any blog entry or forum post directly from the Moderation view by selecting the entry and clicking Edit.

To moderate the content of the community complete the following steps.

1. From the navigation, select Moderation.

   You must be logged in to see Moderation.

2. To review content that has not yet been published:

   1. Select Content Approval and then select the type of content to work with - Blogs, Files, or Forums. Ensure the Require Approval tab is selected.

   2. Click a title to review the content, and then do one of the following:

      • To publish the content to the community, click Approve. An email notification is sent to the content author to let them know the content has been approved.

      • To not publish the content, click Reject, enter an optional reason for rejecting the entry, and click OK.

        The content is moved to the Rejected tab where we can later approve it or delete it. An email notification is sent to the content author, explaining the reason for rejecting the content.

      • To permanently delete the content, click Delete and click OK.

3. To review unpublished content that was previously rejected:

   1. Select Content Approval, select the application to work with - Blogs, Files, or Forums - and then click the Rejected tab.

   2. Click a title to review the content, and then do one of the following:

      • To publish the content to the community, click Approve.

      • To permanently delete the content, click Delete and click OK.

4. To review published content that has been flagged as inappropriate:

   1. Select Flagged Content and then select the type of content to work with - Blogs, Files, or Forums.

   2. Click a title to review the content and the reason given for flagging it, and then do one of the following:

      • To dismiss the flag and keep the content available in the community, click Dismiss.

      • To remove the content from the community, click Quarantine, enter a reason for removing the content, and click OK.

        The content is moved to a quarantine area and is no longer available to community members. An email notification is sent to the content author, explaining the reason for removing the content.

      • To permanently delete the content from the community, click Delete and click OK.

5. To review published content that is quarantined:

   1. Select Flagged Content, select the type of content to work with - Blogs, Files, or Forums - and then click the Quarantined tab.

   2. Click a title to review the content and the reason given for quarantining it, and then do one of the following:

      • To restore the content to the community, click Restore. An email notification is sent to the content author to let them know the content has been restored to the community.

      • To permanently remove the content from the community, click Delete and click OK.

Parent topic:
Manage the communities

Related:

Create communities

Edit communities