[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #63931: Deleting a parent comment causes the child to move up a level

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#63931: Deleting a parent comment causes the child to move up a level
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 Reporter:  oglekler      |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Comments      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion   |     Focuses:
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Changes (by SirLouen):

 * keywords:   => 2nd-opinion


Comment:

 It's a bug or not, depending on the code, maybe it even has a unit test to
 expect this behavior.

 But I agree with you, its not correct that a child comment is promoted to
 parent. I think that the right way to proceed is like in Reddit:

 If there is a child, mark the parent as deleted and put a placeholder
 like: `This message was deleted`.

 Would like to hear more opinions, @yashjawale, what do you think?

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