And this is my problem with going to far into REQUIRED here: there is NO standard/consensus/convention regarding what is correct/appropriate, and there may be too many use cases feasibly to set such a standard.<div><br></div>
<div>So, I think I pretty much agree with you so far.</div><div><br></div><div>Chip<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Justin Tadlock <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:justin@justintadlock.com">justin@justintadlock.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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    Many of my users like this because they don&#39;t want any comment
    functionality to show up on their posts.  Other users don&#39;t like
    it.  I like using this method.  However, I don&#39;t like it as a
    requirement.  This is one of those cases where I&#39;d leave it up to
    the theme author to make a decision about.<br>
    <br>
    A lot of it goes back to the days when people were trying to use
    blog posts for something other than blog posts (pre-custom post type
    days).  Then again, some folks just run blogs without comments.<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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    On 10/5/2011 5:13 PM, Chip Bennett wrote:
    <blockquote type="cite">See, I disagree with making this REQUIRED:
      <div>* Do not display &quot;comments are closed&quot; on Posts or Pages with
        no comments</div>
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      <div>What is the rationale for this on *Posts*?</div>
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        Chip<br>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Ian
          Stewart <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ian@iandanielstewart.com" target="_blank">ian@iandanielstewart.com</a>&gt;</span>
          wrote:<br>
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            <div>On 2011-10-05, at 3:39 PM, Chip Bennett
              wrote:<br>
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              &gt; REQUIRED<br>
              &gt; * Do not display &quot;comments are closed&quot; on Pages (with
              no comments?)<br>
              &gt;<br>
              &gt; OPTIONALLY<br>
              &gt; * Display &quot;comments are closed&quot; on Posts (with or
              without comments?)<br>
              &gt; * Display &quot;comments are closed&quot; on Posts and Pages
              with existing comments<br>
              &gt;<br>
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              REQUIRED<br>
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            * Do not display &quot;comments are closed&quot; on Posts or Pages
            with no comments<br>
            <div>* Display &quot;comments are closed&quot; on Posts and
              Pages with existing comments<br>
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              <div>Ian<br>
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