diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/controllers/admin/approval_controller.ex b/lib/philomena_web/controllers/admin/approval_controller.ex
index f5f8f2e9..74141507 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/controllers/admin/approval_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/controllers/admin/approval_controller.ex
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.Admin.ApprovalController do
       Image
       |> where(hidden_from_users: false)
       |> where(approved: false)
-      |> order_by(desc: :id)
+      |> order_by(asc: :id)
       |> preload([:user, tags: [:aliases, :aliased_tag]])
       |> Repo.paginate(conn.assigns.scrivener)
 
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/templates/duplicate_report/_list.html.slime b/lib/philomena_web/templates/duplicate_report/_list.html.slime
index 263ec700..87de9fc0 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/templates/duplicate_report/_list.html.slime
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/templates/duplicate_report/_list.html.slime
@@ -118,10 +118,15 @@
             td.danger Different rating tags
 
         tr
-          = if forward_merge?(report) do
-            td.warning Target newer
-          - else
-            td.success Target older
+          = cond do
+            - not source_approved?(report) ->
+              td.danger Source is not approved
+            - not target_approved?(report) ->
+              td.danger Target is not approved
+            - forward_merge?(report) ->
+              td.warning Target newer
+            - true ->
+              td.success Target older
 
     .flex.flex--column.grid--dupe-report-list__cell.border-vertical id="report_options_#{report.id}"
       .dr__status-options class=background_class
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/views/duplicate_report_view.ex b/lib/philomena_web/views/duplicate_report_view.ex
index c3b22ccf..34192974 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/views/duplicate_report_view.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/views/duplicate_report_view.ex
@@ -104,7 +104,16 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.DuplicateReportView do
 
   def mergeable?(%{image: image, duplicate_of_image: duplicate_of_image} = report) do
     same_rating_tags?(report) and not image.hidden_from_users and
-      not duplicate_of_image.hidden_from_users
+      not duplicate_of_image.hidden_from_users and image.approved and
+      duplicate_of_image.approved
+  end
+
+  def source_approved?(%{image: image}) do
+    image.approved
+  end
+
+  def target_approved?(%{duplicate_of_image: image}) do
+    image.approved
   end
 
   defp artist_tags(%{tags: tags}) do