Okay, I think I've found the reason for the problem...
- SMF 2.0 has these bits: topic.approved, and message.approved. If topic is not approved, the first message isn't either, IIRC, so in Recent Messages, the query basically checks for whether the message being retrieved is approved. If yes, then it shows it.
- However, in Wedge, we add topic privacy to the mix. Wedge moved it to {query_see_topic}, and I replaced all of the topic approved tests with a {query_see_topic}. BUT, here's the thing, a topic can be approved and its messages are still undesirable to the end user. So, in addition to {query_see_topic} on topic approvals, I should be doing it selectively on message approvals, replacing them with something else that takes topic privacy and message approval into account.
Not easy... So, I guess the safest way would be for me to go through the Noisen patch, and take it upon myself to ensure everything is implemented. I don't like the idea, but... It's better than a useless topic privacy feature, right..? ;)
