I dont think we really need the 30 min thing. At most, the most a person will see that shit for is a few hours. Once they are in the trash can, only the other mods will see them int he new posts search, and even then it's not a big deal.

If we are to keep it, shorten it to 5-10 mins, and when the user registers inform them to take this time to read the many stickies and rules.