 creating a comment type goal create a new comment type see managing comments for information about comments and comment types who can create a comment type  users with the administer comment types and settings permission typically administrators can create comment types steps in the manage administrative menu navigate to structure   comment types  click add comment type  in the label field enter a name for the comment type which is how it will be listed in the administrative interface in the target entity type field select the entity type to be commented on see managing content structure for more about content entities and fields click save  the comment type will be created optionally if you have the core field ui module installed you can follow the steps in the related topics to add fields to the new comment type set up the editing form and configure the display  