[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #19287: Comment management capabilities

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#19287: Comment management capabilities
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 Reporter:  johnbillion      |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement      |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Role/Capability  |    Version:  3.3
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:
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 I thought this had been brought up before but I can't find a relevant
 ticket mentioning `edit_comments` or `manage_comments`.

 The capability required to access the Comments screen is `edit_posts`. If
 you have a custom post type with its own capabilities (eg. `edit_foos`
 instead of `edit_posts`) then it's not possible to give access to the
 comments screen (for viewing comments on custom post types) to users with
 the `edit_foos` capability but without the `edit_posts` capability.

 Ideally the capabilities relating to comments would be linked to post
 types, for example `edit_post_comments`, `edit_page_comments` and
 `edit_foo_comments` along with an `edit_comments` meta capability, but
 this might be asking a little too much.

 Related: #19286, #18596.

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