[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #62066: Weird ability to modify comments to be empty

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#62066: Weird ability to modify comments to be empty
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 Reporter:  lbones        |       Owner:  Lela Bones
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Comments      |     Version:  6.6.2
 Severity:  minor         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:  rest-api
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Changes (by sabernhardt):

 * keywords:  needs-patch =>


Comment:

 Hi and welcome to WordPress Core Trac!

 There are reasons to allow empty comments, especially when removing
 something, but the `allow_empty_comment` hook is `false` by default.

 Related: #16979, r49303, ticket:58168#comment:4

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