Re: WordPress newbie question on the comments.php file

[davesgonebananas]

You don’t want to change comments.php. Assuming you are using pages, they are displayed using the page.php template. All you have to do is look for a section that starts <div class="authormeta"> and remove that entire <div> from the template (including the closing </div>).

If you don’t wish your pages to have comments then you can turn comments off in the Edit Page screen under Discussion.