[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #19256: Ability to mark a comment as spam from the trash

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#19256: Ability to mark a comment as spam from the trash
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 Reporter:  nacin        |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Comments     |     Version:  2.9
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |
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Changes (by knutsp):

 * cc: knut@… (added)


Comment:

 Some thoughts on this:

 The only normal reason to scroll through trashed comments is to look for a
 comment that you recently trashed. You should not trash genuine spam. In
 the rare case that you accidentally trash a comment that should have been
 marked as spam, why is there a big problem restoring it first, than mark
 is as spam? The comment will usually be a recent one.

 Logically, spam is a status. Trashed comments is special property. Users
 are used to only have three options when seeing something trashed,
 restore, delete permanently or let it be for automatic deletion. Not wise
 to mess with this logic, as this is the "recycle bin" concept in many
 applications and systems.

 Last, if we were to allow changing anything, or the status especially,
 then this should be implemented for other objects, too, for a scenario
 like this:

 I trash a published post because I didn't like it. I then have second
 thoughts, and think it could be published after some editing, later on. I
 scroll through trashed posts and find it. Should I be able to restore it
 directly to a draft, pending or private, or just restore it, then change
 it to a draft?

 I say plugin material for such edge cases, for comments, and for other
 objects.

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