An item's status (also called its review state) determines who can see it. A private item can only be viewed by its Owner and by the site management. Only published items are available to the general member base and anonymous visitors. To make an item published, it has to be reviewed by one of the site's Reviewers. You can request that an item be reviewed by setting its status to pending.
Another way to control the visibility of an item is with its effective date. An item is not publicly available before its effective date, even if its status is published.
Current state
This item is in &dtml-review_state; state.
Reviewing history
This item has not had any status changes.