Meta questions about where to ask a specific question within the series of Stack-Exchange sites (when a matching site cannot be found)
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Are product recommondations on topic (e.g. for travel, mobile phone, tarifs)?
Proposal: Cheap Alternatives
Are questions like
What's the cheapest way to travel from X to Y?
In [country], what is the cheapest [product]?
on topic? I think they are not because
They are too ...
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What to do if tried a site and found the quality poor?
Is there a way to down vote or give feed back on a beta site I had experience with?
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Does it intend to be a place for questions that are prohibited on SO?
Proposal: Stack Overflow - Homework
There was reasons for deprecating homework tag from SO. Does this site intent to allow all those questions that were banned on SO ? If this is the case, how will ...
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Scope of moderation questions concerning specific platforms?
Proposal: Moderators
How should questions concerning moderation with a specific application be handled? Say for example, if I had some technical question about Reddit or vBulletin that was about a ...
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Is question translation in the future “stack overflow in german” welcomed?
I have committed on using Stack Overflow (in German), and I think there will be some "reputation chasers", who will take the most popular questions from the English stack overflow, translate them (may ...
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Could we ask technical questions about sustainable energy production here?
Proposal: Sustainable Living
Would it make sense to ask questions here about the nitty gritty of sustainable/renewable energy production?
Like "how would i go about building an efficient wind ...
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Would amateur or small-scale project related questions be on-topic?
Proposal: Telecommunications
Most of the example questions for this proposal are about telecommunications standards/concepts or skew more towards enterprise-level topics (see this or this other one). ...
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How do we handle questions regarding Unknown Caches?
A lot of interesting geochaches are unknown caches. I think they will be plenty of questions regarding these kind of puzzles. I see the danger, that the site will be full of spoilers. What can be done ...
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Are questions going to be limited to Japanese animation and manga?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
I realize a lot of Japanese animated shows have a lot of Korean or Chinese studios working under the main animation production studio, but the focus is still going to be ...
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Certification Questions
Proposal: English as a Second Language
Should we allow questions relating to certification of students and teachers? Like, where they can get certified in a country, which types of institutions ...
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Is it acceptable to aks questions one knows the answer to animate beta?
Is it acceptable to ask questions one knows the answer in order to animate site, which is in beta phase?
Asking a question you know the answer may sound a bit weird, but there are some trivial ...
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An invitation to bring any scientific questions about autism to Cognitive Sciences
Proposal: Autism
As an active user of the Cognitive Sciences beta site, I would like to offer the followers of the Autism proposal a chance to ask some of their scientific questions on our site.
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Would any existing site be adequate for questions about orienteering?
Would any existing site be adequate for questions about orienteering?
I've thought about Travel site, since it is mostly similar to tourism, but this is mainly oriented on tourist activities where ...
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Are we entertaining sensationalized claims or keeping this academic?
Proposal: Marine Science
I've posted a few sample questions on Marine Science that I think might get asked by the less scientific user:
How many shark-related deaths have there been?
Have sharks ...
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Rationale for other.stackexchange.com
Proposal: Other
It seems rather often, and to the chagrin of many loyal Stack Exchange users and the entire community, that some questions have no place to go. See ...
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Could this be a good place for Stack Exchange's memes?
Proposal: Internet Culture and Memes
The title and description here don't seem descriptive enough to determine whether questions in the form of "What does <this meme> mean?" would be ...
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Is discussion about sake allowed in this proposal?
Proposal: Wine
Basically we call sake as rice wine, so are questions related to sake allowed on this proposal? We have a lot of variety in sake too and drinking sake in the right way is also ...
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Aren't questions on research-related Q&A sites often paper surveys in disguise? Discuss!
Trying to establish a Q&A community on a research field, an interesting open point for me is whether many questions related to the research field are simply questions that can be answered by doing ...
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Where to ask question about icons sets?
Would the following question be acceptable on any existing Stack site?
In particular, this kind of question is not accepted on Graphic Design.
If not, would the creation of a new proposal be ...
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Where to go for these?
I want to ask a question but I don't know where to go, my guess is that there may not be a site for this and maybe can point me the best substitute:
Ask a question about network administration: ...
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Anime: Are questions about plot/story theories allowed?
Normally on StackExchange sites, discussions are not permitted. However, for the Anime & Manga forum, would it be permitted to ask a question such as "In Naruto, given the direction Sasuke is ...
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What kind of cosplay questions would be allowed?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
The description for the proposed Anime & Manga SE states "Proposed Q&A site for anime fans, otakus, cosplayers, doujin producers, etc."
Right now, the only sample ...
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Islam: Should requests for rulings and/or fatawa be permitted?
One common feature I've seen on most if not all Islamic Q&A sites is a slew of rulings requests (especially "Is such-and-such permissible in Islam?"-type questions)
Although such questions seem ...
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Will simple Poker stats questions be de facto off topic as they can be answered with a link to reference?
Proposal: Poker
Questions about e.g. the odds of a wired pair making a set in a one deck game of Hold 'em, can be resolved by looking up an odds/outs table.
Will all questions of this nature be ...
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How specific should poker questions be without being “too localized”?
Proposal: Poker
Poker questions can be very specific, so I was wondering whether or not it is appropriate to allow arbitrarily detailed questions or would they be considered "too localized." For ...
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Anime: should we allow the use of romanized Japanese titles?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
Every anime has a romanized Japanese title (romaji). Most popular anime also has an English title.
For example, this question can be written as
How many times did ...
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Anime: are questions about subbing groups allowed?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
Shall we accept questions about anime subbing groups? In some cases their activity may be illegal. Here is one example question.
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What special accomodations do cats need after spaying? [closed]
Proposals: Pets, Animal Health and Behavior
My 2 cats are being spayed today and I want to make them as comfortable as possible. What can I do to help them recover from surgery?
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Are Historians interested in future? [closed]
Proposal: Futurology
I hope this is a rhetoric question ;) I just want to announce the futurology proposal here, as both proposals would imo benefit from each other and future studies are often ...
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Should all the Q&A in this proposal use Chinese language only? | 这个项目里的所有问答都将使用中文吗？
Proposal: Applying to Foreign Colleges & Universities (in Chinese)
这个项目的核心是解答中国学生在留学上的疑惑，这是不是意味着，这个项目里的所有问题和解答将完全使用中文？如果完全使用中文，那么对于诸如在国外生活体验这样的问题，就仅仅只有海外的华人可以回答了，毕竟大部分外国人是不懂中文的，而懂中文的未必在国外生活。
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Are questions about Area 51 still on-topic on MSO?
Now that there is a meta site about Area 51, are question about Area 51 still on-topic on Meta Stack Overflow?
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Should questions that don't get answers on other SE sites be asked here? [closed]
I am curious because I posted a perfectly valid question about when it is ok to cycle on the pavement?
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Fixing the “deleted” proposals issue
Following-up this other discussion:
Why would I want to "keep track" of all of the questions I have asked as samples elsewhere when I do not have to do that for any other SE site? Questions shouldn't ...
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Add old proposed questions to new proposals? [closed]
Over time, many proposals have been closed & deleted after they've gone stagnant.
Some of those proposals have later been re-created, with the hope that they'll have better luck on their second ...
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Do we need a “Firearm Safety” site for questions like this: “How to disable a gun so it can be used as part of my halloween costume?”
Firearm safety should always be the cornerstone of any Firearms Q&A site. Which should mean that any question that involves a safety violation indicates that the OP has a lack of understanding of ...
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Christianity: Are rational questions allowed?
Proposal: Christianity
Should this also allow questions that critically ask about the validity of the Christian faith, the Christian bible history and such? And questions about what the bible says ...
