As it stands, in most major regions there are two areas of discussion: the Regional Message Board and an offsite regional forum. Any given region with both has people who post on the former and people who post on the latter. There's often a substantial non-overlap - for whatever reason, some members don't want to regularly navigate a forum to get information. Sometimes, though, it's desirable to draw regional attention to some particular discussion or post on the forum, even for people who aren't usually on the forum. However, the game disallows RMB posts over a limiting length that is well below the post URL length of common offsite forum services.
Therefore, I ask that it be possible to post links in RMB posts in the same manner as they can be posted in WFEs. I know that there is the potential for abuse, but then there is the same potential in allowing links in WFEs, or indeed in allowing people to post.
(Yes, I know how tinyurl works. I don't think an additional third-party application should be necessary for regional communication).
