What, exactly, about this is special characters or all caps:

...tab in your disallowed post and ask TER  what was wrong with your post; what are the "special characters"  that caused the post not to be allowed.  Chances are, your post will be reviewed by someone else and you'll get a message that "your post is now active."

TER frowns on all caps because it is considered to be like shouting and that is considered rude on a discussion board

Oh, yeah. I totally get that. In general, writing in all caps is thought of as shouting, I completely understand. I just couldn't find in my subject line where I had used all caps, lol.

Well, that's good info to think about and remember, in general. I guess I was a little out of my element!

It's 'cue.

I have had posts denied and made only the slightest of modifications to them and gotten them through on the second try.

No. No word processor used. Typed it straight into TER. We all see them used here every day, especially in subject lines.  *shrugs* I dunno.

I'll keep that in mind. I probably should've been more clear though. What I had in my op was exactly what I put in the subject line of a post with no message body. That was it. Not sure what I should have changed in that simple message. Kinda funny, right as I hit submit, I realized I forgot the eom, so I was waiting on the moderation to clear so I could modify it. Was taking forever and I finally checked on it from the account manager and saw it was denied. Ha.

You might try "Cue Fancy 3,2,1.."

See how easy that was.