Index: wp-admin/edit-comments.php
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--- wp-admin/edit-comments.php	(revision 3637)
+++ wp-admin/edit-comments.php	(working copy)
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
 		$authordata = get_userdata($wpdb->get_var("SELECT post_author FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE ID = $comment->comment_post_ID"));
 		$class = ('alternate' == $class) ? '' : 'alternate';
 ?>
-  <tr class='<?php echo $class; ?>'>
+  <tr id="comment-<?php echo $comment->comment_ID; ?>" class='<?php echo $class; ?>'>
     <td><?php if ( current_user_can('edit_post', $comment->comment_post_ID) ) { ?><input type="checkbox" name="delete_comments[]" value="<?php echo $comment->comment_ID; ?>" /><?php } ?></td>
     <td><?php comment_author_link() ?></td>
     <td><?php comment_author_email_link() ?></td>
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@
     <td><?php if ( current_user_can('edit_post', $comment->comment_post_ID) ) {
 	echo "<a href='comment.php?action=editcomment&amp;comment=$comment->comment_ID' class='edit'>" .  __('Edit') . "</a>"; } ?></td>
     <td><?php if ( current_user_can('edit_post', $comment->comment_post_ID) ) {
-            echo "<a href=\"comment.php?action=deletecomment&amp;p=".$comment->comment_post_ID."&amp;comment=".$comment->comment_ID."\" onclick=\"return confirm('" . sprintf(__("You are about to delete this comment by \'%s\'\\n  \'Cancel\' to stop, \'OK\' to delete."), $comment->comment_author) . "')\"    class='delete'>" . __('Delete') . "</a>"; } ?></td>
+		echo "<a href=\"comment.php?action=deletecomment&amp;p=".$comment->comment_post_ID."&amp;comment=".$comment->comment_ID."\" onclick=\"return deleteSomething( 'comment', $comment->comment_ID, '" . sprintf(__("You are about to delete this comment by &quot;%s&quot;.\\n&quot;Cancel&quot; to stop, &quot;OK&quot; to delete."), wp_specialchars( $comment->comment_author, 1 ))  . "' );\" class='edit'>" . __('Delete') . "</a> ";
+		} ?></td>
   </tr>
 		<?php 
 		} // end foreach
@@ -171,6 +172,7 @@
             <p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="delete_button" value="<?php _e('Delete Checked Comments &raquo;') ?>" onclick="return confirm('<?php _e("You are about to delete these comments permanently \\n  \'Cancel\' to stop, \'OK\' to delete.") ?>')" />
 			<input type="submit" name="spam_button" value="<?php _e('Mark Checked Comments as Spam &raquo;') ?>" onclick="return confirm('<?php _e("You are about to mark these comments as spam \\n  \'Cancel\' to stop, \'OK\' to mark as spam.") ?>')" /></p>
   </form>
+<div id="ajax-response"></div>
 <?php
 	} else {
 ?>