Breadcrumb from a single thread to the page the thread was on

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Title:
Breadcrumb from a single thread to the page the thread was on

Area:
user interface, making things make sense

Summary:
When you're viewing a single thread on an entry with a lot of discussion, link back to the discussion page that the thread is on, if there are multiple pages.

Description:
So you're reading along in an entry that's got a lot of discussion, and maybe you click "link" instead of "expand", or the expander doesn't quite feel like doing its thing today and throws you into the thread. You could click the back button when you're done, but perhaps you don't think of it -- and you click the (Read 1337 comments) link and wind up back on page 1.

Or perhaps someone has linked you to a specific thread, and you want to see it in context in the wider discussion, and there are already 10+ pages and counting, and oh god just what.

If it's reasonably easy to retrieve information about what page any given comment thread would be on, it would be nice to have a link to that page at the top and bottom of the page, thus:

(Read 1337 comments) (Read page 2 of 23) (Post a new comment)

This might cause some custom styles breakage, and might require tweaking to allow users to easily change the text in their own style for custom comments pages.

Poll #4745 Breadcrumb from a single thread to the page the thread was on

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 68

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Should be implemented as-is.
60 (88.2%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
1 (1.5%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)

(I have no opinion)
7 (10.3%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)