[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #50023: major core flaw in comments system found today 28 April 2020 16:00 GMT +3

[WordPress Trac]

#50023: major core flaw in comments system found today 28 April 2020 16:00 GMT +3
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 Reporter:  marciancarutasu  |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)     |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Comments         |     Version:
 Severity:  major            |  Resolution:  worksforme
 Keywords:                   |     Focuses:  privacy
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Changes (by knutsp):

 * keywords:  close =>


Comment:

 There are many perfectly legitimate reasons to edit a visitor comment,
 like bad words, naming third person in personal attack, posting personal
 information of others, any breach site owner may not want. As visitors
 cannot edit their comment, admin may even be communicating with the
 commenter, agreeing upon editing.

 If WordPress tried to forbid such editing, a simple plugin would reopen
 it, immediately.

 As a site owner I expect the possibility to edit any content on my site.
 If you have problems, either stay away, contact me and/or even take legal
 action. I also write posts, sometimes even comments, on behalf of others.
 I then edit it as I please. I am responsible for what stays on my site. If
 I don't edit in some cases, I may be prosecuted or sued.

 Such discussion of basic principles don't even belong here on Trac. If you
 want to go into deep argument, a well crafted blog post would be better.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/50023#comment:13>
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