[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12668: Better support for custom comment types

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#12668: Better support for custom comment types
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 Reporter:  ptahdunbar   |       Owner:  ptahdunbar
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Comments     |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:
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Comment (by mark-k):

 Replying to [comment:41 judgej]:
 > > the easiest way to achieve that is not to call "comments" things which
 are not comments.
 >
 > Quite often they *are* comments, just not specifically "user comments on
 blog posts". Status changes on a shop order are logically comments on that
 shop order, a copy of which may be emailed to customer, or may be kept for
 administrator reference only. Some of those comments may be visible to the
 customer (but not any other customer) and some may not be.
 >

 I took a look now at what EDD does. AFAICT all you can do is create a note
 and delete it. This is more of a log then a collection of comments.

 > Now, if the official line from WP were that "comments" are ONLY "public
 user-provided comments on just the "post" post type", then fine, we can
 see there is no scope to use it for anything else and can move on. But I
 think for now there is some disagreement on exactly what a comment is, so
 different developers expect to be able to use comments for a range of
 different purposes. So is there an official statement or documentation
 about the scope of "comments" beyond what we can see in the code? Should
 this FR start with an agreement on the scope first? It's been tossed
 around for five years now, so a different approach is needed to either
 move it forward, or release us hopefuls so we can create an alternative as
 a plugin.

 I fail to see any real disagreement. If it works for WC and EDD to store
 logs as comments then why should anyone object, but the more interesting
 aspects of having actual different comment types is by supporting also
 questions, answers, reviews, likes/dislikes, etc... mixed for the same
 content.
 For example there might be a post type of "test" used to publish online
 test. You might be able to ask a question to clarify the test, submit an
 answer, and after the test is over review or comment on it.

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