Timeline for Am I allowed to indicate crosspost links in my questions on Stack Exchange?
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| Mar 30, 2017 at 23:26 | comment | added | PolyGeo | @sumelic personally I would not use page but it is more neutral than thread. | |
| Mar 30, 2017 at 23:23 | comment | added | user306255 | @PolyGeo: another option I sometimes use is "page" | |
| Mar 30, 2017 at 23:20 | comment | added | Ramhound | It's also implied that if you discovered the answer to your question yourself you will submit that answer to the community. Remember that SE websites are actually about answering questions not asking them. | |
| Mar 30, 2017 at 23:20 | comment | added | PolyGeo | I use question, answer, post or Q&A, depending on the circumstances, just not thread because of its forum connotations. | |
| Mar 30, 2017 at 23:18 | comment | added | Franck Dernoncourt | @DavidZ sounds good | |
| Mar 30, 2017 at 23:16 | comment | added | David Z | @FranckDernoncourt This is all getting into technicalities (since it usually doesn't prevent people from knowing what you mean), but a Stack Exchange site is not a forum and the content groupings therein are not threads. The closest thing to an equivalent we have is "question", which is sometimes informally used to refer to a question proper and its answers, but as you say, it's not a perfect equivalent. The wording for your situation would be e.g. "I'll add an answer..." but honestly, there is no need to mention that in the question at all and it's better to just omit it entirely. | |
| Mar 30, 2017 at 23:08 | comment | added | Franck Dernoncourt | @PolyGeo How would you call it? I couldn't say "I'll update this question" as I might add an answer instead. I couldn't say "page" either, since the answers for one question may span on several pages. The definition from the dictionary of a thread is "a group of linked messages posted on an Internet forum that share a common subject or theme" so it seems fine to me, keeping in mind that Stack Exchange has its own policy regarding the structure and the content of threads (i.e., QA format). | |
| Mar 30, 2017 at 23:05 | comment | added | PolyGeo | The use of the term "thread" is always an alarm bell for me too. | |
| Mar 30, 2017 at 22:28 | history | answered | David Z | CC BY-SA 3.0 |