protected function handle_status_param( $new_status, $comment ) {
		$old_status = wp_get_comment_status( $comment->comment_ID );

		if ( $new_status === $old_status ) {
			return false;
		}

		switch ( $new_status ) {
			case 'approved' :
			case 'approve':
			case '1':
				$changed = wp_set_comment_status( $comment->comment_ID, 'approve' );
				break;
			case 'hold':
			case '0':
				$changed = wp_set_comment_status( $comment->comment_ID, 'hold' );
				break;
			case 'spam' :
				$changed = wp_spam_comment( $comment->comment_ID );
				break;
			case 'unspam' :
				$changed = wp_unspam_comment( $comment->comment_ID );
				break;
			case 'trash' :
				$changed = wp_trash_comment( $comment->comment_ID );
				break;
			case 'untrash' :
				$changed = wp_untrash_comment( $comment->comment_ID );
				break;
			default :
				$changed = false;
				break;
		}

		return $changed;
	}