comments should be part of content template (incl Twenty Twelve)

[thomask]

todays (twenty-twelve and probably all before it) single.php is a bit ilogical

1. content of current post
2. link to other posts (previous_post_link and next_post_link)
3. comments to current post

IMO the comments are connected to current post and should be before link to other posts.

IMO the comments should be actually part of content.php as it is part of loop, but that is not so necessary.

Links to other posts are something what is generaly out of the loop, something like navigation on archive pages.

[DrewAPicture]

I think leaving it as-is is perfectly logical. Look at it from the perspective of comments expanding exponentially downward. Then picture placing the 'other posts-pagination links' below that. People expect the comments to live at the bottom of the page, so other meta, related posts, adjacent posts, etc. live below the single content, but above the comments.

Suggesting close/wontfix.

[obenland]

I can see your point, but I agree with @DrewAPicture.

Comments belong to the post, but they are not part of it. Tied closer to a post than comments should be post meta data like categories, tags, possibly data and author etc. In general, I'd consider the single post navigation part of the post meta data and therefore, too, think it's a good fit right underneath the post.

I'll close it for now, please feel free to re-open the ticket if there is new information.