# How does Discourse attribute part 2, 3, etc. threads? **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [December 16, 2025, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-discourse-attribute-part-2-3-etc-threads/1025742 "2025-12-16T07:25:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-discourse-attribute-part-2-3-etc-threads/1025742/1 "2025-12-16T07:25:32Z")
I finally–and very much to my surprise–had a thread go over the ten thousand post limit. Of course the original, now Part 1, thread is attributed to me as the orginator. What about the Part 2 thread? Who gets credit for starting that one? I think some other people’s threads are into double digit part territory. I’ve wondered about the question above, but was just too lazy to get around to asking it. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-discourse-attribute-part-2-3-etc-threads/1025742/2 "2025-12-16T07:30:29Z")
It’s easy, just look at who the OP of the thread is. The OP is @system. You can see what threads it started by looking at its profile. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-discourse-attribute-part-2-3-etc-threads/1025742/3 "2025-12-16T11:39:27Z")
Here’s an example rollover thread that’s always close to the top of the [Latest] page. One look is worth a thousand explanations: > [@NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 4)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678): > > Continuing the discussion from [NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3) - #10000 by OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/10000). Previous discussions: [NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140)[NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018)[NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588) You can see the OP body of the new part references all the prior parts. And as @Atamasama said, the OP poster is @system ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-discourse-attribute-part-2-3-etc-threads/1025742/4 "2025-12-17T12:47:47Z")
Thanks for the answers. I guess what I’m really asking–or my vanity is–is if the follow-on parts to the thread would be attributed to the Part 1’s OP instead of “system”. Now that I’ve typed that, I think it would be better, or at least cooler, if the system were to make its announcement as Post #10,000 and then take any posts which were already made, move them to the new part thread, and attribute it to the poster who gets the new part thread’s Post #1. Or not. Maybe I’m just trying to “keep fixing it until it’s broken”. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-discourse-attribute-part-2-3-etc-threads/1025742/5 "2026-01-04T19:28:13Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > if the system were to make its announcement as Post #10,000 and then take any posts which were already made, move them to the new part thread, and attribute it to the poster who gets the new part thread’s Post #1. Never having paid attention, I would have thought that was actually the way it was done.