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mag3737 March 22, 2012 at 11:30 pm
Reply to: difference between withdrawing a comment and deleting a comment?
March 22, 2012 at 11:30 pmIf you “withdraw”, the comment will remain in the system with the status set to “Withdrawn”. Whereas if you “delete”, it will disappear entirely. Deleting is only possible before the comment has been submitted (as you said). So I would use withdraw only if there is some reason you want to remember the fact that you had a comment but then changed your mind.
As to one reviewer “withdrawing” another reviewer's comment, setting a comment to “withdrawn” is sort of like a public request that the comment should be withdrawn. The fact that user A requested the withdrawal will be part of the record.
