+# Known issues with the [[plugins/comments]] plugin
+
+## Unimplemented
+
+* Instead of just a link to add a comment, it could have a form to enter
+ the title, similar to the form for adding a new blog post.
+
+ > I'm not sure this is so useful? On Livejournal titles are allowed on
+ > comments, but very rarely used (and indeed usually not very useful);
+ > it's hard enough to get some people to title their blog posts :-)
+ > --[[smcv]]
+
+* If a spammer posts a comment, it is either impossible or hard to clean
+ up via the web. Would be nice to have some kind of link on the comment
+ that allows trusted users to remove it (using the remove plugin of
+ course).
+
+ > Won't the remove plugin refuse to remove internal pages? This would be
+ > a good feature to have, though. --[[smcv]]
+
+## Patches pending merge
+
+* The default template should have a (?) icon next to unauthenticated users (with the IP address
+ as title) and an OpenID icon next to OpenIDs
+
+ > Done in my comments git branch, at least as a mockup (using the (?),
+ > {x} and {*} smileys for anonymous, OpenID and login respectively).
+ > --[[smcv]]
+
+ >> I've improved this to use independent icons from the wikiicons
+ >> directory (untested!) --[[smcv]]
+
+ >>> The new code produces links like /wikiisons/openid.png, which
+ >>> fail if ikiwiki is not at the root of the web server. --[[Joey]]
+
+ >>>> Sorry, I should have spotted that (the assumption failed on my demo
+ >>>> site, but the push to that site was when I was on the way out, so I
+ >>>> didn't have time to investigate). As a note for other ikiwiki hackers,
+ >>>> I should have used
+ >>>> `<img src="<TMPL_VAR NAME=BASEURL>wikiicons/openid.png" />`. --[[smcv]]
+
+ >>> I got to wondering if the icons are needed. On my comments branch
+ >>> (not master), I've dropped the icons and info can be seen by hovering
+ >>> over the author's name. Idea being that you probably don't care how
+ >>> they authenticated unless something is weird, and in that case you
+ >>> can hover to check. Does that make sense, should I merge it?
+ >>> --[[Joey]]
+
+ >>>> Yeah, go ahead. I preferred my layout with the author before the
+ >>>> comment - perhaps that's Livejournal's influence :-) - but I can always
+ >>>> edit the templates for my own site. As long as the default is something
+ >>>> reasonable and both layouts are possible, I don't really mind.
+ >>>> Minimizing the number of "resource" files in the basewiki also seems
+ >>>> a good goal. --[[smcv]]
+
+* Previews always say "unknown IP address"
+
+ > Fixed in my comments branch by commits bc66a00b and 95b3bbbf --[[smcv]]
+
+* The Comments link in the "toolbar" is to `index.html#comments`, not the
+ desired `./#comments`
+
+ > Fixed in my comments branch by commit 0844bd0b; commits 5b1cf21a
+ > and c42f174e fix another `beautify_urlpath` bug and add a regression test
+ > --[[smcv]]
+
+* Now that inline has some comments-specific functionality anyway, it would
+ be good to output `<link rel="comments">` in Atom and the equivalent in RSS.
+
+ > Fixed in my comments branch by d0d598e4, 3feebe31, 9e5f504e --[[smcv]]
+
+## Won't fix