[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #35651: No longer any consistent way to add content to bottom of comments form

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#35651: No longer any consistent way to add content to bottom of comments form
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 Reporter:  smerriman     |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Comments      |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 In #34731, there was a discussion on whether `comment_notes_after` should
 be directly after the comment form (now at the top by default), or at the
 bottom above the submit form (as the documentation described).

 The decision was to change the documentation.

 However, this now leaves no consistent way for themes/plugins to add
 content to the bottom of the form, above the submit button. Using
 `comment_notes_after` was a popular method to add notes like terms and
 conditios, or a subscribe checkbox etc, and consistent with the old
 documentation. All of these themes/plugins that relied on the positioning
 in the documentation will now have this output in the wrong place in the
 form.

 `comment_form_after_fields` isn't an alternative since it only applies
 when the user is logged out.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/35651>
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