[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43440: Add tools to show and export the personal data of commenters

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#43440: Add tools to show and export the personal data of commenters
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 Reporter:  azaozz                      |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                 |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                      |   Milestone:  5.0
Component:  Administration              |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                      |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  gdpr has-patch 2nd-opinion  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by xkon):

 First of all I was going to merge this idea with #43442 as well by
 creating a single function that handles an $arg as an action. So 1
 function could tackle deletion/anonymization/export/display of comments
 depending on what we want for the Tools page: for example
 `handle_comments( some at where.com, 'delete' );` etc. This would've been
 easy BUT!

 @netweb brought to my attention on this ticket that there might me 10.000
 comments and because of that we should consider using the Export API that
 already works with batches so it should be perfect for websites with
 massive ammounts of comments etc instead of re-creating something that
 exists.

 The thing is that the current Export API is only handling WXR but there's
 already a ticket around for -oh well long-enough- to enable more support
 for extra files / outputs #22435.

 I'd like @azaozz and @allendav inputs if possible on this ( and everybody
 else that likes to follow along it be great of course! ), since we had the
 chat last night to see what is best fitting for now as we're working under
 a deadline etc. I'm not very well versed in all matters of core still so
 your inputs will definitely give a better opinion and shed a light
 somehow.

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