'Create a thread with the given overrides, plus some useful test data.'

def make_cs_content(self, overrides):

    merged_overrides = {'course_id': unicode(self.course.id), 'user_id': str(self.author.id), 'username': self.author.username, 'read': True, 'endorsed': True, 'resp_total': 0}
    merged_overrides.update(overrides)
    return make_minimal_cs_thread(merged_overrides)
