[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #47926: Disable website field in comment section

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#47926: Disable website field in comment section
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 Reporter:  longman2020      |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Comments         |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |     Focuses:
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Comment (by ttodua):

 There is no thought that the field should be removed by default, or at
 least, in native settings page, there was ON/OFF option for that (default-
 OFF).

 I really don't understand why this is not done, or what are contr-
 arguments.
 Having that field at all, is just 98% drawback because of attracting spam
 and has no use in real-world.

 and the custom-coding should not be needed, not all people are developers.

 That's why i dont agree with WP's "decisions instead of options"
 dictature, when those decisions are made upon specific peoples opinion.

 On all sites daily we have to delete the spammed comments, which are not
 even caught by spam-filtering plugins, because people just comment:

 "Nice article, I had similar problem <link to X site>.."


 and as in https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/49529 ,  i even suggested
 to replace links from comment texts too, to totally eliminate any spamming
 reason.  I will attach the patch now too.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/47926#comment:9>
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