When linking two records (using actions->link to another record) and select "These Initiatives" from the left drop down.
The resulting list is just the name of all of the initiatives. There is no prefix-## which makes it very hard for teams to associate the initiatives across a Business Unit or Company - especially if two products have the same initiative name - like "Integrate with XYZ Widgets"
All of the other record types "These Ideas" "These Releases" etc... have the Prefix-## before the name.
Please make initiatives match...
Why was this (a bug) merged with a completely different idea around managing Initiative workflows?
yes, this is odd, seems like a bug.