Skip flood and duplicate checks for notes

Author: adamsilverstein

src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-comments-controller.php

@@ -714,7 +714,10 @@ public function create_item( $request ) {
 			);
 		}
 
-		$prepared_comment['comment_approved'] = wp_allow_comment( $prepared_comment, true );
+		$prepared_comment['comment_approved'] =
+			'note' === $prepared_comment['comment_type'] ?
+			'1' :
+			wp_allow_comment( $prepared_comment, true );
 
 		if ( is_wp_error( $prepared_comment['comment_approved'] ) ) {
 			$error_code    = $prepared_comment['comment_approved']->get_error_code();