set verified status retroactively

README.md

@@ -477,3 +477,7 @@ _all admin calls require auth and admin privilege_
 * User ID hashed and prefixed by oauth provider name to avoid collisions and potential abuse.
 * All avatars cached locally to prevent rate limiters from google/github/facebook/yandex.
 * Docker build uses [publicly available](https://github.com/umputun/baseimage) base images.
+
+## Current status
+
+Remark42 is still under development and the first stable v1.0 is about to be released. API (v1) is stable and won't have any breaking changes. 

app/rest/api/admin.go

@@ -204,8 +204,9 @@ func (a *admin) alterComments(comments []store.Comment, r *http.Request) (res []
 
 	for i, c := range comments {
 
+		blocked := a.dataService.IsBlocked(c.Locator.SiteID, c.User.ID)
 		// process blocked users
-		if a.dataService.IsBlocked(c.Locator.SiteID, c.User.ID) {
+		if blocked {
 			if !isAdmin { // reset comment to deleted for non-admins
 				c.SetDeleted(store.SoftDelete)
 			}
@@ -213,6 +214,11 @@ func (a *admin) alterComments(comments []store.Comment, r *http.Request) (res []
 			c.Deleted = true
 		}
 
+		// set verified status retroactively
+		if !blocked {
+			c.User.Verified = a.dataService.IsVerified(c.Locator.SiteID, c.User.ID)
+		}
+
 		// hide info from non-admins
 		if !isAdmin {
 			c.User.IP = ""