On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 03:19:31PM -0400, Justin W. Flory wrote: > On 10/16/2015 03:15 PM, Gabriele Trombini wrote: > >Il giorno ven, 16/10/2015 alle 14.55 -0400, Paul W. Frields ha scritto: > >>How do folks feel about time-limiting open comments on articles? > >>We often see comments coming in on old articles. We can't > >>reasonably expect authors to monitor these forever. It seems to > >>me like 30 days should be enough time to allow comments, > >>considering the curve of hits we see on the articles. > >> > >>What do other folks think? > > > >good point, sometimes I'm really bored about seeing comments on old > >posts; but there are some evergeen post we should leave open (e.g > >[1][2][3]) or open for a long time. > > > >IMO posts not related to the release or a specific version of software > >should be open for more than 30 days. How long? 90 days? 180? Forever? And what would you, as a commenter, a reader, or an editor, expect to happen with the comments left after a certain period? > >Is there a way (e.c. categories) to handle these terms? Are we able to > >distinguish amongst posts? Also, are we able to remind to the author > >his post is going to be closed, so he can ask to leave open if he > >considers that its cycle is not ended? > > > >[1]http://fedoramagazine.org/make-github-pages-blog-with-pelican/ > >[2]http://fedoramagazine.org/how_we_translate_fedora/ > >[3]http://fedoramagazine.org/use-fpaste-share-problem-reports/ > > > > I think having a category or some kind of tag to mark articles as > time-sensitive is a good idea - I also think there are some articles that > might be better for a longer commenting period and others that are useful > only for a specific window of time (as mentioned with specific Fedora > releases). I think this also depends on the author's activity with the > magazine too. The built-in function in Wordpress is global. Either comments are open, disabled on articles after a certain time period, or closed. I found a plugin that accomplishes what we want on an individual post basis: https://wordpress.org/plugins/comment-expirator/ We should probably test that elsewhere before trying on the site. The plugin has a pretty low uptake, although it looks simple enough. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com -- marketing mailing list marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List info or to change your subscription: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
