diff --git a/plugins/community_track/lib/ext/article.rb b/plugins/community_track/lib/ext/article.rb
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+++ b/plugins/community_track/lib/ext/article.rb
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+require_dependency 'article'
+
+class Article
+
+  before_create do |article|
+    if article.parent.kind_of?(CommunityTrackPlugin::Step)
+      article.accept_comments = article.parent.accept_comments
+    end
+    true
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/plugins/community_track/test/unit/article_test.rb b/plugins/community_track/test/unit/article_test.rb
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+++ b/plugins/community_track/test/unit/article_test.rb
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+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper'
+
+class ArticleTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+  
+  def setup
+    @profile = fast_create(Community)
+    @track = create_track('track', @profile)
+    @step = CommunityTrackPlugin::Step.create!(:name => 'Step', :body => 'body', :profile => @profile, :parent => @track, :published => false, :end_date => Date.today, :start_date => Date.today)
+  end
+
+  should 'inherit accept_comments from parent if it is a step' do
+    @step.accept_comments = true
+    @step.save!
+    article = Article.create!(:parent => @step, :profile => @profile, :accept_comments => false, :name => "article")
+    assert article.accept_comments
+  end
+
+  should 'do nothing if parent is not a step' do
+    folder = fast_create(Folder, :profile_id => @profile.id)
+    article = Article.create!(:parent => folder, :profile => @profile, :accept_comments => false, :name => "article")
+    assert !article.accept_comments
+  end
+
+end
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