I am using a nonstandard citation format, primarily for simplicity. An example is:

MathOverflow Questions (Number refers to URL, so 37679 expands to "http:// mathoverflow.net/questions/37679") [Note: the current display scripts replace the URL with a visible title and hidden link: I've added a space to break this feature. My actual example would not have the space.]

88323 Analogues of Jacobsthal's Function.

56099 Lower bound of the number of relatively primes (each other) in an interval.

68351 Least Prime Factor in a sequence of 2n consecutive integers.

Since I am not interested in making changes when URLs change or databases change, I prefer to provide a simple recipe for translation to avoid as few broken links as possible. I also let the user grab the date from the paper or its metadata, so they can provide their context.

If I were to improve upon this, I might add something like "at this writing 2014.03", as well as provide links to specific versions of the post as suggested by quid. I would refrain from referring to something more specific than the post and its answers; if I had to, I would craft a similar recipe, such as:(Number;version refers to URL, so 37679;38690/1 refers to http://mathoverflow.net/revisions/37679/38690/1). The rationale for this is to give a simple recipe that works at the time the document was publicized, and let the future researcher modify the recipe as needed to resolve the references. If I have to change anything, I only need to change the recipe, not all of its occurrences, unless the question numbering changes.

Gerhard "Prefers Simplicity, Replicability Over Ultra-convenience" Paseman, 2014.04.17

I am using a nonstandard citation format, primarily for simplicity. An example is:

MathOverflow Questions (Number refers to URL, so 37679 expands to "http:// mathoverflow.net/questions/37679") [Note: the current display scripts replace the URL with a visible title and hidden link: I've added a space to break this feature. My actual example would not have the space.]

88323 Analogues of Jacobsthal's Function.

56099 Lower bound of the number of relatively primes (each other) in an interval.

68351 Least Prime Factor in a sequence of 2n consecutive integers.

Since I am not interested in making changes when URLs change or databases change, I prefer to provide a simple recipe for translation to avoid as few broken links as possible. I also let the user grab the date from the paper or its metadata, so they can provide their context.

If I were to improve upon this, I might add something like "at this writing 2014.03", as well as provide links to specific versions of the post as suggested by quid. I would refrain from referring to something more specific than the post and its answers; if I had to, I would craft a similar recipe, such as:(Number;version refers to URL, so 37679;38690/1 refers to https://mathoverflow.net/revisions/37679/38690/1). The rationale for this is to give a simple recipe that works at the time the document was publicized, and let the future researcher modify the recipe as needed to resolve the references. If I have to change anything, I only need to change the recipe, not all of its occurrences, unless the question numbering changes.

Gerhard "Prefers Simplicity, Replicability Over Ultra-convenience" Paseman, 2014.04.17