Title: annotation/comment functionality?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# annotation/comment functionality?

 *  [xulu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xulu/)
 * (@xulu)
 * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/annotationcomment-functionality/)
 * I’m working on a project for a professor who wants to post a historical writer’s
   diary in a blog-like format. He wants users to be able to post annotations to
   selected portions of the text. For instance, if the post includes the name of
   a book or person, that might link to a page where people could add annotations,
   in a comment-like form. Presumably, annotation links for the same name appearing
   on different pages would link to just one page, similar to the way wikis generally
   work.
 * My first thought was a wiki plugin, but he doesn’t want users to be able to edit
   other’s annotations, only their own. The functionality we’re looking for is similar
   to that of the Pepys Diary ([http://www.pepysdiary.com/](http://www.pepysdiary.com/)),
   which I believe is done in Movable Type.
 * So, does anyone know of an easy method to pull this off using off-the-shelf plugins
   for WordPress? It seems like there might be a discussion board plugin might be
   made to work. Or will this require some custom coding?
 * Thanks!

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