[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17928: When a comment is spammed/trashed, change the parent of it's children

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#17928: When a comment is spammed/trashed, change the parent of it's children
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 Reporter:  Viper007Bond  |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Comments      |     Version:  3.2
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch   |     Focuses:
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Comment (by knutsp):

 Moderators that see an unacceptable comment that already has replies, tend
 to replace the comment content with something like "Deleted", to keep the
 thread.

 When comment is marked as spam or deleted, the user should get the option
 to set the comment status to `placeholder` (a new status). Such comments
 should be displayed with a default text ("This comment was deleted by a
 moderator") in replacement for the actual comment content.

 If this choice is not selected, all replies down the thread should be
 trashed, or (better) set to to `inherited` (new status). The inherited
 status must then also be handled properly by examining the parent
 comment(s). The `inherited` status makes it possible to either unspam or
 untrash the parent comment, reviving the thread.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/17928#comment:21>
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