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I don't know where you think you're getting this from but it's wrong. Thinking of suicide without planning is sufficient in every definition I have ever seen and every definition I can find online. There is a typical distinction between active ideation and passive ideation, where the former includes planning-- perhaps that is your confusion. Or perhaps you think a person with suicidal ideation must be suicidal; that isn't the case.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health
Planning is definitely not necessary-- as the term is often specifically opposed to planning. E.g. One of the DSM criteria for "Major Depressive Episode" is " recurrent suicidal ideation without a specific plan".
So someone who volunteers at a suicide hotline regularly automatically meets one criteria for 'major depressive episode'?
Thinking about other people committing suicide is different from thinking about doing it yourself.