Use a status field for comments

articles/admin.py

@@ -116,13 +116,13 @@ class PageAdmin(ArticleAdmin):
 
 @register(Comment)
 class CommentAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
-    list_display = ("username", "email", "content", "article", "created_at", "approved")
-    list_filter = ("approved",)
+    list_display = ("username", "email", "content", "article", "created_at", "status")
+    list_filter = ("status",)
     search_fields = ("username", "email", "content")
-    actions = ["approve_comments", "censor_comments"]
+    actions = ["approve_comments", "reject_comments"]
 
     def approve_comments(self, request, queryset):
-        queryset.update(approved=True)
+        queryset.update(status=Comment.APPROVED)
 
-    def censor_comments(self, request, queryset):
-        queryset.update(approved=False)
+    def reject_comments(self, request, queryset):
+        queryset.update(status=Comment.REJECTED)

articles/migrations/0015_auto_20200818_2138.py

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.1 on 2020-08-18 19:38
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("articles", "0014_auto_20200818_1952"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RemoveField(model_name="comment", name="approved",),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="comment",
+            name="status",
+            field=models.CharField(
+                choices=[
+                    ("pending", "Pending"),
+                    ("approved", "Approved"),
+                    ("rejected", "Rejected"),
+                ],
+                default="pending",
+                max_length=10,
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]

articles/models.py

@@ -102,6 +102,14 @@ class Page(Article):
 
 
 class Comment(AdminUrlMixin, models.Model):
+    PENDING = "pending"
+    APPROVED = "approved"
+    REJECTED = "rejected"
+    STATUS_CHOICES = (
+        (PENDING, "Pending"),
+        (APPROVED, "Approved"),
+        (REJECTED, "Rejected"),
+    )
     username = models.CharField(
         max_length=255, help_text="Will be displayed with your comment."
     )
@@ -121,7 +129,7 @@ class Comment(AdminUrlMixin, models.Model):
         Article, on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name="comments"
     )
     created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
-    approved = models.BooleanField(default=True)
+    status = models.CharField(max_length=10, choices=STATUS_CHOICES, default=PENDING)
 
     class Meta:
         ordering = ["created_at"]

articles/views/html.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from django.views import generic
 from django.views.generic.edit import FormMixin
 
 from articles.forms import CommentForm
-from articles.models import Article
+from articles.models import Article, Comment
 
 
 class ArticlesListView(generic.ListView):
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class ArticleDetailView(FormMixin, generic.DetailView):
         article = self.object
         if hasattr(article, "article"):
             article = article.article
-        context["comments"] = article.comments.filter(approved=True)
+        context["comments"] = article.comments.filter(status=Comment.APPROVED)
         return context
 
     def get_object(self, queryset=None):