Incorrect usage of "i.e." in topics/db/managers

[Kurt Klein]

The text, By default, Django uses an instance of the Model._base_manager manager class when accessing related objects (i.e. choice.question), not ... in the ​managers documentation contains a minor error: "i.e." means "in other words", but I think what is intended here is "for example", which would be "e.g." (unless every related object in Django is in fact choice.question).

[Kurt Klein]

I'm unfamiliar with making pull requests for the Django project, but if you assign this to me, I'll figure it out and make a PR. ;)

[David Sanders]

Hi Kurt, thanks for the report.

Minor documentation updates like this don't require a ticket as they tend to add extra work for maintainers :) In the future feel free to just go ahead and create a PR, it's fairly simple. 👍

[Natalia Bidart]

Hello Kurt, thanks for taking the time to create this ticket. I'm not a native English speaker and the sentence reads well enough for me, though I consulted an LLM about this (while I'm not a fan of them, I do find them useful when it comes to clarifying language related inquiries). It said:

Yes, i.e. is used correctly in that sentence, though e.g. might be more appropriate depending on intent.
Use i.e. (“id est”) to clarify or restate something precisely.
Use e.g. (“exempli gratia”) to give one or more examples.

I guess this report is indeed about being strictly correct, thus I will accept it, but wanted to mention that the current docs as they stand are not necessarily incorrect.

[David Bogar]

I agree this should be changed. Provided patch:
​https://github.com/django/django/pull/19418

[GitHub <noreply@…>]

In 7b394b9:

Fixed #36335 -- Fixed typo in docs/topics/db/managers.txt.

[Mariusz Felisiak <felisiak.mariusz@…>]

In c08764c:

[5.2.x] Fixed #36335 -- Fixed typo in docs/topics/db/managers.txt.

Backport of 7b394b9988b986429a4da4e60416e0f08ff649e5 from main