Questions · Insight
Questions MSPs keep chasing
Some questions start with “further to the answer to question …”: the MSP is coming back to an earlier answer to press a point, ask for an update or ask for more detail. Linked together, these follow-ups form threads.
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How this is worked out
- Follow-up
- A question whose text says it is “further to the answer to question …”, “further to the answers to questions … and …”, or uses “reply” or “response” instead of “answer”, or asks for a “substantive answer” to an earlier question. References are matched however they are written (S6W-07058 and S6W-7058 are the same question).
- Parent
- The earlier question named. When several are named, the most recent one we hold. A citation of a question we do not hold, or of one dated after the follow-up, is ignored.
- Thread
- Follow parents back to the first question. A thread needs at least one follow-up. Its session filter matches any question in the thread, and the party filter matches the party of any asker at the time.
- What it does not show
- Follow-ups that do not use these words, and oral supplementary questions, are not linked. A follow-up does not by itself mean the earlier answer was inadequate: MSPs also use it to ask for updates.