Alright Captains: "It's the rules !"
Y'all have been wondering about the moderation messages you have been receiving, and no, there was nothing wrong, or no one did anything wrong.
The reason, is, "It's the rules."
The thread was started in the forum "Newsroom", which is hard coded to be moderated.
It's purpose is to be a place for singular news items, with no discussion.
By the coding, each person who replied, was seen by the site software as trying to submit a new news article, and thus was moderated.
I therefore moved the thread to the forum Bearclaw Corner, with a link to the original post in the Newsroom forum.
I hope that helps.