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I've recently posted to the forums: http://www.instructables.com/community/My-Developments/

It does not get posted to the specified forum; however, if I search under my profile I do see it has been made "public" in a way.

I've had this problem years ago and was told I was most likely caught by the filter robot-something-mer-other..

So.. I'd like to ask if I can be white listed or cleared. It is very frustrating, especially when I eventually do make an instructable I always have to ask to be cleared for it to show on the site.

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Kiteman says: Aug 8, 2012. 7:53 PM
(The topic now appears to have been deleted.)

As a rule of thumb, it's best to avoid having lots of links in a forum topic. If you *need* a lot of links, a workaround is to post the topic without the links, check that it has published, and immediately edit it to include the links.

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caitlinsdad says: Aug 8, 2012. 6:34 PM
The topic is published under KNEX. It has the format of SPAM, self aggrandizing random ramblings with multiple interspersed links. I would upload the images to your ibles image library and embed them from there. You are just too radical.
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MrRadicalEd (author) says: Aug 8, 2012. 7:08 PM
aggrandizing? random ramblings?

I realize the topic of knex is a pretty niche hobby, but my topic is hardly random ramblings and is far from just saying "HERE, look at what I got".

Thanks for at least confirming my suspicions.
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caitlinsdad says: Aug 8, 2012. 7:23 PM
haha, no, I was just referring to how SPAM like those to buy NFL jerseys or handbags shows up in the forum topics. I think having more than two or three links to outside sources is an indicator or them trying to get away with spamming keywords and the filters recognize that behaviour. I think it would help if your images were local to ibles. Don't worry, people trip the filters for the most obscure reasons, even if they have a legitimate topic to put up.
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MrRadicalEd (author) says: Aug 8, 2012. 7:21 PM
Thank you very much for your clarification! :D
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canucksgirl says: Aug 8, 2012. 6:40 PM
Your forum topic did get published, but hasn't appeared (without a direct link) because its been held up by the filters and needs to be cleared by a staff member. As far as I know, everyone is subject to the same rules and there are no white-lists. The system is simply designed to stop undesirable content from public view and this can at times hold up legitimate material.

As soon as a staff member is able to, they will look over your topic and clear it.
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