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There already are a few threads for the purpose of getting discussions with similar focus in one place, rather than having many separate questions about very similar issue. This is done usually for things which are likely to be asked repeatedly. (For example, Requests for reopen and undelete votes for closed and deleted questionsRequests for reopen and undelete votes for closed and deleted questions, Interesting (and not sufficiently answered) questions on math.SEInteresting (and not sufficiently answered) questions on math.SE, Help improve tagging!Help improve tagging!, Help cleanup tags!Help cleanup tags! and probably a few others I am unaware of.)1

1On the technical side, I will mention that it is possible to disassociate a post from a user and change the post owner to the Community userCommunity user - although this has to be requested from SE staff. (IIRC this cannot be done by moderators.) So if the outcome of this discussion is that creating such a thread could be useful, whoever posts the question can ask for the question to be disassociated from their account, so that they do not receive ping from each new answer - if they wish to do so. (I am not sure to which extent this practice is common for "long threads" like this on MO.)

There already are a few threads for the purpose of getting discussions with similar focus in one place, rather than having many separate questions about very similar issue. This is done usually for things which are likely to be asked repeatedly. (For example, Requests for reopen and undelete votes for closed and deleted questions, Interesting (and not sufficiently answered) questions on math.SE, Help improve tagging!, Help cleanup tags! and probably a few others I am unaware of.)1

1On the technical side, I will mention that it is possible to disassociate a post from a user and change the post owner to the Community user - although this has to be requested from SE staff. (IIRC this cannot be done by moderators.) So if the outcome of this discussion is that creating such a thread could be useful, whoever posts the question can ask for the question to be disassociated from their account, so that they do not receive ping from each new answer - if they wish to do so. (I am not sure to which extent this practice is common for "long threads" like this on MO.)

There already are a few threads for the purpose of getting discussions with similar focus in one place, rather than having many separate questions about very similar issue. This is done usually for things which are likely to be asked repeatedly. (For example, Requests for reopen and undelete votes for closed and deleted questions, Interesting (and not sufficiently answered) questions on math.SE, Help improve tagging!, Help cleanup tags! and probably a few others I am unaware of.)1

1On the technical side, I will mention that it is possible to disassociate a post from a user and change the post owner to the Community user - although this has to be requested from SE staff. (IIRC this cannot be done by moderators.) So if the outcome of this discussion is that creating such a thread could be useful, whoever posts the question can ask for the question to be disassociated from their account, so that they do not receive ping from each new answer - if they wish to do so. (I am not sure to which extent this practice is common for "long threads" like this on MO.)

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Additionally I will ask also this:

If the consensus is not to create single thread, what should be recommended to people who want to ask about this as the best course of action? Should they simply post a new question here on meta.MathOverflow.

For example, if I - or somebody else - would like to make a suggestion to users who asked about this in chat (see the examples linked above), where should I direct them?

Additionally I will ask also this:

If the consensus is not to create single thread, what should be recommended to people who want to ask about this as the best course of action? Should they simply post a new question here on meta.MathOverflow.

For example, if I - or somebody else - would like to make a suggestion to users who asked about this in chat (see the examples linked above), where should I direct them?

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