[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #3870: Better way of removing spam

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#3870: Better way of removing spam
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 Reporter:  markjaquith     |       Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  low             |   Milestone:  2.2      
Component:  Administration  |     Version:  2.1      
 Severity:  normal          |    Keywords:           
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 We have several wp-admin comment views, but none that is ideal for
 despamming.

 Rundown of the current methods:

  * going backwards through your approved comments, marking spam as you
 find it
  * searching through bulk moderation on known spam keywords you've seen
 turn up

 The second method is great for huge attacks.  The first method has issues.

  * you don't know which comments are new, so as you page backwards
 chronologically, there isn't a good stopping point
  * it is slow, waiting for the AJAX request and animation
  * #3829 : as you mark comments as spam, new ones don't fill the page, so
 when you move to the next page, you skip over them.

 Here is my idea:

  * new view: Despam
  * forward chronological view (oldest first)
  * compact display, for easy scrolling
  * radio buttons:  Approve, Delete, Spam
  * "Process »" button at bottom
  * '''WordPress option that stores the timestamp of the most-recent
 comment on the page, every time the "Process" button is pressed'''

 As you can tell, it's the last one that really sells it.  That is what we
 use to determine the oldest comment shown when a user views the "Despam"
 page.

 This would allow for a nice workflow:

  1. See: "Unprocessed comments (106)"
  1. Click
  1. Scroll through 50 comments on a page, with one click to mark as spam
 or delete (and no AJAX wait)
  1. Click "Process" when at the bottom of the page
  1. You get the next most recent page of comments, and will never again
 see the previous page

 This would be very much like the Mass Edit Mode, except that you'd have
 radio buttons for spam/delete choices, it would be chronological (instead
 of reverse chronological), and it'd remember which comments you've
 processed and which you haven't, by storing that timestamp.

 So what do you think?  Good core addition, or should I write it as a
 plugin?

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