+<?php _e('Allow people to post comments on new articles'); ?></label>
+<br />
+<p class="description"><?php echo '(' . __( 'These settings may be overridden for individual articles.' ) . ')'; ?></p>
+</fieldset></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<th scope="row"><?php _e('Other comment settings'); ?></th>
+<td><fieldset><legend class="screen-reader-text"><span><?php _e('Other comment settings'); ?></span></legend>
+<label for="require_name_email"><input type="checkbox" name="require_name_email" id="require_name_email" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_option('require_name_email')); ?> /> <?php _e('Comment author must fill out name and e-mail'); ?></label>
+<br />
+<label for="comment_registration">
+<input name="comment_registration" type="checkbox" id="comment_registration" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_option('comment_registration')); ?> />
+<?php _e('Users must be registered and logged in to comment'); ?>
+<?php if ( !get_option( 'users_can_register' ) && is_multisite() ) echo ' ' . __( '(Signup has been disabled. Only members of this site can comment.)' ); ?>
+</label>
+<br />
+
+<label for="close_comments_for_old_posts">
+<input name="close_comments_for_old_posts" type="checkbox" id="close_comments_for_old_posts" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_option('close_comments_for_old_posts')); ?> />
+<?php printf( __('Automatically close comments on articles older than %s days'), '</label><label for="close_comments_days_old"><input name="close_comments_days_old" type="number" min="0" step="1" id="close_comments_days_old" value="' . esc_attr(get_option('close_comments_days_old')) . '" class="small-text" />'); ?>
+</label>
+<br />
+<label for="thread_comments">
+<input name="thread_comments" type="checkbox" id="thread_comments" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_option('thread_comments')); ?> />
+<?php
+/**
+ * Filter the maximum depth of threaded/nested comments.
+ *
+ * @since 2.7.0.
+ *
+ * @param int $max_depth The maximum depth of threaded comments. Default 10.
+ */
+$maxdeep = (int) apply_filters( 'thread_comments_depth_max', 10 );
+
+$thread_comments_depth = '</label><label for="thread_comments_depth"><select name="thread_comments_depth" id="thread_comments_depth">';
+for ( $i = 2; $i <= $maxdeep; $i++ ) {
+ $thread_comments_depth .= "<option value='" . esc_attr($i) . "'";
+ if ( get_option('thread_comments_depth') == $i ) $thread_comments_depth .= " selected='selected'";
+ $thread_comments_depth .= ">$i</option>";
+}
+$thread_comments_depth .= '</select>';
+
+printf( __('Enable threaded (nested) comments %s levels deep'), $thread_comments_depth );
+
+?></label>
+<br />
+<label for="page_comments">
+<input name="page_comments" type="checkbox" id="page_comments" value="1" <?php checked('1', get_option('page_comments')); ?> />
+<?php
+
+$default_comments_page = '</label><label for="default_comments_page"><select name="default_comments_page" id="default_comments_page"><option value="newest"';
+if ( 'newest' == get_option('default_comments_page') ) $default_comments_page .= ' selected="selected"';
+$default_comments_page .= '>' . __('last') . '</option><option value="oldest"';
+if ( 'oldest' == get_option('default_comments_page') ) $default_comments_page .= ' selected="selected"';
+$default_comments_page .= '>' . __('first') . '</option></select>';
+
+printf( __('Break comments into pages with %1$s top level comments per page and the %2$s page displayed by default'), '</label><label for="comments_per_page"><input name="comments_per_page" type="number" step="1" min="0" id="comments_per_page" value="' . esc_attr(get_option('comments_per_page')) . '" class="small-text" />', $default_comments_page );
+
+?></label>