MediaWiki:Lqt-preference-display-depth/qqq

Used in Special:Preferences, tab Threaded Discussion (where Liquid Thread extension is installed). Depth refers to the nesting of replies that were given to replies to replies, etc. which is shown on-screen as indents in the discussion threads.

In other words, 'depth' is the number of idents that will be displayed for a thread (reply (5) to reply (4) to reply (3) to reply (2) of original post (1)). -- ORIGINAL (depth 1) |-- reply 1 (depth 2) |-- reply 2 (reply to reply 1) (depth 3) |-- reply 3 (reply to reply 1) (depth 2)