it is put there while gaidden reviews it, and works it into the schedule. nothing to worry about.

"Come with me if you want to live."

Yep, that is intentional -- you're not the first person to be confused by it though -- we'll have to update the article publishing guide to explain this clearly.

When you hit submit your article is set to that date to ensure it doesn't accidentally go live on the site. Drew ("gaiiden") then goes through the submitted articles and gives them a basic check to make sure there's nothing wrong with the formatting and no obvious glaring errors that need to be fixed. He'll fix any minor issues that are easily solvable himself, or if there are problems that need your attention you'll be contacted to deal with them. This stage is also used to filter out the blatant spam from the publishing queue. Note that this step is very basic quality control and generally doesn't involve checking the accuracy of the information, which is left for our community to peer review.

If your article passes this stage Drew will schedule the article for publishing -- usually within a couple of days, but sometimes up to 2 weeks later if there is a lot of content in the publishing queue -- this is so that the articles are all spaced out and get a fair share of exposure on the front page of the site.

Hope that helps, and thanks for your contribution and for your feedback about the publishing process. :)