It appears you're not allowed to view what you requested. You might contact your administrator if you think this is a mistake.

That means that the hosts here have decided for whatever reason to pull the discussion.

It is no longer available to read.

katinak67 wrote:

how am I supposed to contact 'my' administrator?

You aren't - that's just a generic message the Jive software which powers the Discussions throws up when it can't connect to a thread. As Frank says, it just means that someone has been misbehaving in a thread and the whole thing's been removed.

This just happened to me.

I was trying to find a way to delete 3 negative posts on the Apple discussion boards that didn't belong to me but were posted using my Apple ID. There was a woman in the UK who offered to help. Then, all of a sudden, I got this error message:

"It appears you're not allowed to view what you requested. You might contact your administrator if you think this is a mistake."

Not sure why my inquiry would be pulled, but I'm left without any assistance and my negative posts will continue to live on Apple's discussions boards. Not what I had wanted, but I guess I am rendered helpless in my efforts.

It sounds as if the posts got pulled and that's why you're getting that message. That's what you wanted, correct?

Hello Meg St._Clair! Actually, my discussion asking for help on deleting previous posts was "deleted", however, the negative posts in question still remain active. I have no issues leaving them up there, but would rather remove the negaitve feedback against Apple which do not reflect my own personal experience. Long story short, I lent my Apple ID to my cousin in order for him to access the discussions pages for help. Apparently, he had posted some negative feedback using my Apple ID, which I discovered only a few days ago. Since then, I've been trying to delete them with no luck. My cousin has since apologized for actually posting reviews under my Apple ID, but I supose the damage is done and can't be reversed. I thoroughly enjoy Apple products and use them in every aspect of my personal and professional life. Hate that my Apple ID contains false negative press.

Hey Dylan- sorry the wrong posts were deleted. We have corrected that, removing the posts you wanted removed and have put your request to have them removed back in Using Apple Support Communities where it belongs. Thanks for all your help.

Hi Zack T.

Fantastic...Thank you very much! I truly appreciate your assistance! Have a wonderful rest of your day.

Best,

Dylan

Glad Zack was able to get you sorted out.

Me too!

JUST got two message from Apple regarding a recent post. Clicked on each one. This is the (not helpful) result:

It appears you're not allowed to view what you requested. You might contact your administrator if you think this is a mistake.

As noted above, that means the post was removed from the forums, generally for violation of the Terms of Use. They were most likely removed after you got the email notification but before you went back to look at the thread.

Yes; the e-mail notification is more or less instant but there may be a delay between you receiving it ... and reading it. During which a decision has been made to remove the post.

All the same, I think the term 'You might contact your administrator" is rather confusing as most of us regard ourselves as the administrator of our computer.

It would be helpful to know what was wrong with the post. Also helpful to know how to contact "your administrator." (Is this an inappropriate post?)

The originator of the thread is usually given an explanation as to why the thread was removed. No other poster in a thread will receive a notification.

As to "your administrator", that's a canned message produced by Jive, the forum software Apple uses. The "administrators" are the Communities Hosts and sysops, who can be reached in some cases through this forum, though in cases of a thread removal they again will usually only provide information to the person who originated the thread, and not always then if the problem was not with that person. With thousands of posts to have to manage, they sometimes just take the quick route and just delete a thread without notification to anyone.

In general if a post of yours disappears, it's best to just accept it and move on. But if the removal seems unfair and the issue is pressing, you can try posting here and asking a Host for an explanation, if no email is sent to you. No guarantees, but as you can see from Zach's reply from last year, they sometimes do provide one.

Regards.

Problem is, it is not necessarily your post which offended. The message is an all embracing one because it may cover an extensive thread, but as far as I know, only the offender is told (by e-mail). So you can rest assured that failing receipt of such advice, you are not guilty.