Title: Invalid Comments RSS Feed
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Invalid Comments RSS Feed

 *  Resolved [lexhair](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lexhair/)
 * (@lexhair)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-comments-rss-feed/)
 * Version 2.2.2. I just noticed my comments feed does not validate. I looked at
   the xml for both the comments feed as well as the main feed. The main feed uses
   the dc:creator tag around my public name which validates. However, the comments
   feed uses the author tag around my public name. Apparently, the author tag needs
   to contain a valid email address to validate.
 * I deactivated plugins with no luck getting the comments feed to validate. Before
   I submit a ticket on trac, can anyone replicate this? Thanks.

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 *  Thread Starter [lexhair](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lexhair/)
 * (@lexhair)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-comments-rss-feed/#post-603555)
 * I fixed the validation problem by tweaking the feed-rss2-comments.php file.
 *  [wireless](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wireless/)
 * (@wireless)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-comments-rss-feed/#post-603680)
 * hi lexhair – I also get errors – how and what did you tweak to fix errors?
    Thanks
 *  Thread Starter [lexhair](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lexhair/)
 * (@lexhair)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-comments-rss-feed/#post-603730)
 * Check [my blog for more detail and a patch](http://lexhair.wordpress.com/2007/08/06/invalid-rss2-comments-feed/),
   if you’re interested.
 *  Thread Starter [lexhair](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lexhair/)
 * (@lexhair)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-comments-rss-feed/#post-603732)
 * By the way, this only affects the RSS2 comments feed. I don’t believe RSS or 
   Atom feeds have this validation problem.
 *  [wireless](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wireless/)
 * (@wireless)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-comments-rss-feed/#post-603738)
 * cool thanks and all the best

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 * [Comments](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/comments/)
 * [RSS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/rss/)
 * [validate](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/validate/)

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 * Last activity: [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/invalid-comments-rss-feed/#post-603738)
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