[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:  has-patch needs-unit-tests  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by joshlevinson):

 Replying to [comment:61 mordauk]:
 > [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/12668/12668-comments-
 query.patch 12668-comments-query.patch] addresses that issue.

 I may be wrong, but I don't think that patch (or any so far on this
 ticket) addresses what boonebgorges is discussing. I think boonebgorges is
 questioning the first item of the scope you defined. That is, whether it's
 best to remove all but the default comment types from
 display/administration or to keep them in comment queries and allow—via
 filters—the opposite: explicit ''removal'' of specific types from the
 queries.

 Replying to [comment:58 boonebgorges]:
 > ...there are probably many cases where the existing behavior is being
 relied upon by users and by plugins. Changing the defaults for these UIs
 so that only core comments appear has the potential to confuse. ... Do
 others have thoughts about this?

 IMO, users and plugins that do rely on built-in administration/display for
 custom comment types are relying on an unsupported ability that isn't
 documented or promoted anywhere. Defining the correct behavior here is new
 territory, so it may be best to just make a clean break and require
 anything built on current behavior to conform.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12668#comment:62>
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