[wp-trac] [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:
     Type:  feature request          |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  low                      |   Milestone:  3.7
Component:  Comments                 |     Version:  2.7
 Severity:  minor                    |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-refresh  |
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Comment (by knutsp):

 Replying to [comment:21 nacin]:
 > A better solution would be to be ambigious: if the comment is awaiting
 moderation, or if it is awaiting moderation in the spam queue, they get
 the same result: "Your comment is awaiting moderation."

 For ages the ambiguity has lied in the "comment disappears" experience. I
 have regarded this as the best possible, under different settings. If it
 ain't broken, don't fix it.

 Rethinking, this response/message may be the most ambiguous possible in
 any setting the site uses, even if it doesn't use comment moderation. A
 spammer wouldn't know or be able to guess.

 Usually not so conservative, but I fear unforeseen side affects of this
 change, but I trust you if you can't see any. This is a very old ticket,
 but it was closed (for a wrong reason) for most of the time. Let it go in
 early.

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