Interference in Posting Yet Again

While spending hours preparing replies to subject posts here on the blog, I find a swing back to the routine of interference error pages yet again which stops the forward movement, and often causes the loss of the invested time and information content.
This really should be dealt with in a different way. The punishment involved to those who are posting only a single entry in a line of replies with others should not be held to account for the actions of other contributors who may be causing bandwidth problems or 'spamming' the subjects with non-Mars subject matters. We have a place to place completely inappropriate gestures, and a the possibility of removal or denial are not matters for general application of controls against contributors who are not performing wrongly.
Why is there no explanatory allowance nor any temporary repository for persons contributions if the matter is one of editorial or informational oversight?
A flagging process at the Blog end of the line should be happening, and should be a integrated part of the blog software.

My current wall of affrontement received is a requirement for a "pending template" statement that has absolutely no explanatory content at all.
How long must I wait to post a reply to this particular topic?
"The First Step-Earth To Mars"
Others are being allowed to post replies.
Is there a controlling list of allowed contributors on this topic?

There is no indication of a 'timed out' status. Simply the 'pending template' reference.

This is definitely a selection process preventing me from posting, as I have tried three separate entries into the topic subject and I have been in particular refused a reply each time by the same "You must define a Comment Pending Template' page each time.

I am the only person blocked in this way on this subject topic, and require an explanation.

Your comment was held for moderation. When this happens, your comment must be approved by myself or Richard before it gets published.

The general reason that these errors occur from time to time is because I have implemented some strict measure to prevent spam advertising, offense links, forum trolls, and other unwanted content. These measures include lists of blocked IP addresses, and "bad word" lists. In the latter case, certain words, in certain contexts, will trigger moderation for the post. In other cases, posts will get place in the junk folder (but still saved in the database).

In this particular example, your post -- which has now been published, by the way -- contained the word 'free' as part of a link. Specifically, it was part of your image code:

alt="Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us"

Inevitably, with such anti-spam measures, there are false positives -- when legit posts gets held for moderation or junk. It is a small price to pay to avoid having the site overan with advertising and porn, however.

When you get an error message like that, be patient. Richard or I will find your post and approve it.

Another way to avoid these errors is to use the new Optional Authentication (see thread in the Help forum). With this feature, I can mark regular forum members as "trusted". This gives you a free pass, meaning that you will bypass these spam filters. I haven't tested this fully yet, but I believe it should work.

On a related topic, the "pending template" message is for me. I need to define one, which will result in a more meaningful error message. I will look into this presently.

Great. I was thinking this was as a 'bounce, something held only here in limbo land, and not to be seen again. In the past I have given the attempt to establish a new repeat page access, and cut-and-paste transferred the message , then deleted(closed) the first window, hoping to sidestep a IP address 'lockout' or other measure. That worked a few times, but seldom, and I'll presume the entries are being transferred in the future even though the transfer bar does not arise to indicate that.
Very appreciative of the detailed explanation. I was worried about the poster and content, but we have a wide variety of persons on this blog, and I have heard the 'music' more than once for each song we hear.
Frankly I agree with the dire concerns of a person who sees possible calamity in the simplest of technology areas, and I will follow the argument even though I do believe that the natural world still prevails as a non-intelligent machine. I see pattern but not intelligence, and I would trust a single human before the entire natural world. Between the two 'leaning' intrigues I have little confidence that problems will be solved before or as they are developing.
The graphics was rather irritating, so I chose to become involved.
Thanks for the help. I have never approached the Flikr problem as yet. Found a few additional hosts of photos, but the posting may bring nag ads and other problems.

Is there an interest by others in a possible Stardust section, or subsection, as the program should be live this next week?