[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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Comment (by yashjawale):

 The current code intentionally moves up the child comments if parent is
 deleted.

 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9003#comment:1 also brought up the
 approach of having placeholders but looks like the discussion never
 progressed

 I think it would be better to show placeholder message for deleted parent
 comments like @SirLouen suggested.

 One approach I could think of is to let the comment go to trash as usual &
 modify the display query to also fetch trashed comments, if its a parent
 to child comments then display placeholder else ignore rendering it.

 This way the comment can be restored by admin.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63931#comment:4>
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