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Projects' talk pages
What is meant by "several projects' Talk pages"? Is it like WikiProjects, such as en:Wikipedia:WikiProject Latter Day Saint movement or Wikimedia projects like Polish Wikibooks? --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 13:54, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

Header
If I understand the definition of "Header" correctly, then I think that this English word doesn't quite fit it. The Merriam-Webster definition is "a word or series of words often in larger letters placed at the beginning of a passage or at the top of a page in order to introduce or categorize". I would call it something like "page description", "board description" or "subheading". --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 13:59, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

Connective tissue
The current definition of "Subscription" is "the 'connective tissue' between a Board and a Topic". This doesn't completely explain what this is. --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 14:01, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

Multiple boards
The definition of "Topic" says: "Topics may be subscribed to by multiple Boards". I don't really understand this. Does it mean something like "Several boards may subscribe to one topic"? --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 14:05, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

Object
What is an "object" in the definition of "Post"? --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 14:07, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

Atomic / parent
The current document says: "Post - an atomic reply, comment, or object whose parent is a Topic."

What does "atomic" refer to here? Does it qualify all the words after it or only "reply"?

Also, what does "whose parent is a Topic" refer to - only "object" or "reply, comment, or object"? --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 14:09, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

Post, comment, reply
This document in its current version doesn't make the relationship between post, comment and topic completely clear.

If "post" and "comment" are completely synonymous, I suggest the developers to remove one of them.

If I understand correctly, the current levels are:
 * Board (one per talk page)
 * Topic (multiple per board)
 * Post (multiple per Topic)
 * Reply
 * Reply
 * Reply
 * Reply
 * Reply
 * Post (multiple per Topic)
 * Reply
 * Reply
 * Reply
 * Reply
 * Reply

That's what I understand from the image, but I might be wrong. The text should make it clearer. --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 14:23, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

The definition of branch
The current document says:
 * Branch - a series of Posts that are all ultimately children of a single Post.

Isn't it the same as "topic"? Or can it also refer to lowest-level replies to one post?

And why not call it a "thread", as is common online? --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 14:32, 9 November 2013 (UTC)