[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27111: Turning off global comments should include existing content

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#27111: Turning off global comments should include existing content
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 Reporter:  jenmylo      |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  3.9
Component:  Comments     |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch    |     Focuses:  administration
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Comment (by celloexpressions):

 Replying to [comment:5 obenland]:
 > How set are we on disabling other settings based on the value of
 `default_comment_status`?
 Based on the direction this is going, I think we can do the following:
 - Toggle-hide the rest of the comment-related settings on the discussion
 settings page.

 I'm not totally clear on this, but I believe it makes sense for this
 setting to NOT be able to be overwritten on individual posts/pages. If
 that's the case, in addition to removing the note that says that it can be
 changed on a per-post basis, we should also hide:
 - "Allow comments" checkbox in QuickEdit
 - Allow comments in Discussion metabox

 If there are also no existing comments, then we can hide:
 - The comments admin menu item
 - The comments toolbar item
 - Comments metabox
 This essentially hides the entire commenting feature from core, which
 would be very nice for all those that don't use it (quite possibly a
 majority).

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/27111#comment:7>
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