[wp-forums] Period plea for plugin link change

[Les Bessant]

I've mentioned this before...

When people click on "Write a new topic" from the Plugins Directory,  
there is nothing on the page to warn them that they will be posting in  
the general WordPress support forums. While a tag is added to the  
post, as this does not directly link to the plugin page, it's not  
always obvious what the poster is asking about.

Comments like "it doesn't work" are common, and understandable, given  
that visitors who don't frequent the forums are quite reasonably going  
to assume that they are communicating directly with the plugin author.

Can something be done to improve this?

Possible suggestions:

1. Prefix the subject title with something like [Plugin:<plugin  
name>]  (which is what I tend to add when I spot them)
2. Insert a link to the plugin's page in the directory into the post
3. Make it clearer that "Write a new topic" is going to a more general  
location than might be assumed

Given that 2.5 is coming soon, and that we can expect a moderate to  
significant degree of plugin borkage, addressing this sooner rather  
than later would help...

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