--- wp-includes/comment.php	2021-02-03 13:27:35.000000000 -0800
+++ wp-includes/comment.php.patched	2021-02-16 15:05:21.147710994 -0800
@@ -2829,7 +2829,8 @@
 
 	foreach ( $pings as $ping ) {
 		delete_post_meta( $ping, '_pingme' );
-		pingback( null, $ping );
+        // NOT Do pingbacks. A/I
+		// pingback( null, $ping );
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2851,7 +2852,8 @@
 
 	foreach ( $enclosures as $enclosure ) {
 		delete_post_meta( $enclosure, '_encloseme' );
-		do_enclose( null, $enclosure );
+        // NOT Do enclosures. A/I
+		// do_enclose( null, $enclosure );
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2873,7 +2875,8 @@
 
 	foreach ( $trackbacks as $trackback ) {
 		delete_post_meta( $trackback, '_trackbackme' );
-		do_trackbacks( $trackback );
+        // NOT Do trackbacks. A/I
+		// do_trackbacks( $trackback );
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2945,6 +2948,8 @@
  * @return int Same as Post ID from parameter
  */
 function generic_ping( $post_id = 0 ) {
+    //Do NOT Update Services/Generic Pings
+    /*
 	$services = get_option( 'ping_sites' );
 
 	$services = explode( "\n", $services );
@@ -2954,7 +2959,7 @@
 			weblog_ping( $service );
 		}
 	}
-
+    */
 	return $post_id;
 }