indymedia aotearoa nz hidden module

kia ora koutou...

i created a module called hidden to have something in between the Drupal states of published and unpublished.
each article (node) or comment has a link 'hide'/'unhide' if the user has the permission to 'mark as hidden'. after having supplied a reason, the obscured items are available unter /hidden.

current caveats:
- comments for hidden items are disabled
- in admin/content/node, the hidden articles appear only as unpublished

dunno how to use the module infrastructure (without patching core modules) to get that straight.