T302011 will make it possible for the software to take people to the specific comment they're seeking regardless of whether said comment exists in the same location where it was originally published.
To deliver on the above, the Editing Team introduced a new special page ([Special:FindComment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:FindComment)). People will see this new "interstitial" page when the comment they are seeking has been moved from its original location.
Considering links to specific comments are, and will be, used for more than enabling people to generate links to specific topics (T273341) and comments (T275729) [i], this task involves the work of deciding in which of these cases we will use the //new// permanent links and which cases we will use the //existing// semi-permanent links.
=== Cases
//The table below is mirrored from T302011.//
|Case|Description|Screenshot|//Current// Link Type|//Desired// Link Type|Relevant ticket
|---|---|---|---|---|---
|1.|Buttons on talk pages for generating links to specific comments | | //N/A// |Permanent | T275729
|2.|Buttons on talk pages for generating links to specific topics | | //N/A//| Permanent | T273341
|3.| {nav Latest comment} link that appears beneath `Article` and `User talk` page titles| {F35600749}|Semi-Permanent| !!TBD!!|
|4.| {nav Latest comment} link that appears within `Article` and `User talk` page topic containers| {F35600745}| Semi-Permanent| !!TBD!!|
|5.| Notifications generated by Topic Subscriptions |{F35600753} | Semi-Permanent| !!TBD!!|
|6.|Permalinks to topics within `Special:TopicSubscriptions`|{F36862920}| Semi-Permanent|Permanent |
|7.| Yellow – "You have a new message" (exact language may vary) – banner that appears when someone posts on your user talk page | | | |
=== Open questions
- [ ] 1. What – if any – `Cases` are missing from the table above?
- [ ] 2. In what order will we introduce permalinks in the cases documented in the "Cases" table above?
=== Done
- [ ] Answers to all `Open questions` are documented
- [ ] The "//Desired// Link Type" column within the `Cases` table is populated
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i. E.g. links generated by [Topic Subscriptions](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk_pages_project/Notifications) and links generated by the `latest comment` indicators present within the [Usability Improvements](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk_pages_project/Usability)