Still listed in the rules so would think that would still be an option for people, and as you note, if approvals are still taking so long are pretty important to those who rely heavily on reviews. And seems to be right in line with TER's intent for allowing them. So maybe one of the below requirements had be getting ignored.
You may not post MINI-REVIEWS unless you submit a Full Review of the same session within 72 hours after posting the mini-review. Violators will lose their message posting privileges. Repeat violators may be BANNED.
Please see the following post for guidelines on how to submit mini-reviews: Mini-Review Guidelines
Per TER posting guidelines, reviews of any type are not allowed on discussion boards, because their proper place is in the review database. However, the use of mini-reviews is warranted by the need and desire of hobbyists to share review information on visiting providers whose local availability may have ended by the time a formal review is submitted and approved. Based on those conditions, mini-reviews are allowed on the discussion board, provided they meet the guidelines below.
Mini-Reviews may not be posted on local providers, regardless of whether they have TER reviews or not. Local providers will still be here next week, so no sense of urgency exists on sharing review information.
Mini-Reviews may only be posted on visiting providers with 3 or fewer TER Reviews. If a provider already has 4 or more TER Reviews, a Mini-Review is not needed -- look up the existing TER Reviews in the database.
Mini-Reviews may only be posted on visiting providers with 4 or more TER Reviews if none of the TER Reviews were posted within the past 3 months.
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