[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #8968: Spam comments should produce 'awaiting moderation' feedback

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#8968: Spam comments should produce 'awaiting moderation' feedback
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 Reporter:  tellyworth             |        Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect (bug)           |       Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal                 |    Milestone:  2.8      
Component:  General                |      Version:           
 Severity:  normal                 |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion  |  
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Comment (by tellyworth):

 mrmist, I think you might have misunderstood what the patch does.
 Apologies if my description was unclear.  To clarify:

 The patch does not put spam in the moderation queue.  Spam goes in the
 spam queue, same as before.

 The patch does not mean that admins will see spam when they visit a
 permalink page.  I tested that again to make sure.

 The problem is not that legit users are being caught by the spam filter.
 The problem is that real spammers are able to tell when their comments are
 caught by the filter, learn from that, and find ways around the filter.

 The only thing the patch does is change the message seen by the user when
 they post a comment that is detected as spam.  If it has any consequences
 other than that they are unintentional and I'll fix them.

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