Questions about area51 itself.
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besides email, are you notified when a site status changes? — (commitment stage, private beta, etc.)
I usually am on a stack exchange site far more often then I check my email.
Are you also notified by the inbuilt notification bar on the top-left?
(Like when someone answers your question on another ...
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Get the (example) questions of closed proposals/sites?
What happens to the example questions when a proposal gets closed? And if the proposal gets deleted, what happens then?
What happens to the questions when a beta site gets closed? Do closed sites get ...
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What about topics that are already covered by a competitive Q&A site?
Let’s say there is a {unpopular|popular}/{small|big}/{inactive|active} Q&A site about a certain topic. This site is not part of the Stack Exchange network.
Is a proposal for this very same topic ...
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Is it possible to split an SE?
Could one theoretically split a Stack Exchange site?
Example: Turning 'Science-fiction and Fantasy.SE' into 'scifi.SE' and 'fantasy.SE'?
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Is there any question about atheism to which the answer is anything other than “we don't believe in god.”?
Proposal: *Atheism and Agnosticism *
I'm an old style atheist. My parents were both atheist and the idea that there's a supreme being of any sort has always seemed strange and slightly comical to ...
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Shorter proposals and referral links
It would be nice to have a slightly shorter link to a proposal (and for referrals).
So, for:
area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/47932
have this also link there: (similar to what works for ...
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How to create chat room for proposal?
Some proposals have own chat room.
How to create chat room for proposal? I can't find that option and it should be somewhere hidden...
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How long from commitment completion to beta?
It's been a week or more since a proposal I'm committed to met the requirements to go into beta. There was a drive to get people to sign up and meet the commitment goal and now... nothing.
I'm ...
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Display “Upvotes Remaining” and “Questions Remaining” counts on Proposal Pages & for “Followed Proposals” in Area-51 profile
Background
Like most Area51 users, at any given time I am following over a dozen proposals. Frequently (especially regarding newer proposals) I only find a couple of Proposal Questions that I feel ...
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Stuck with a commitment of a closed Private Beta
Proposal: Big Data
Since this site has been closed mid-way in Private Beta, can I be relieved of the commitment? How do I go about doing this? What is the natural cycle of getting my commitability ...
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Area51 twitter account
Why Area51 doesn't have a twitter account (I couldn't find it) to tweet proposals?
like @StackUnix, @ServerFault, @StackSuper_User and probably others.
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Private Beta Requirements
What statistics are required in private beta in order for the proposed site to pass though to public beta?
Is there a defined set of standards the site must meet, or is a subjective decision made ...
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Enviar email con PhoneGap [closed]
Necesito añadir un boton en mi app para enviar un mail de sugerencias a mi cuenta de correo.
He probado varios metodos pero no he conseguido que ninguno envie nada, creo que no estoy llamando bien a ...
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Staging criteria encourage bad voting behavior
I've noticed something annoying. To move on from the definition phase, a site needs a certain number of questions with a +10 score. That makes sense, but it leads to a weird voting behavior:
If a ...
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Undo comment upvote
I accidentally clicked on the "this is a great comment" up-arrow icon next to a comment on a Area51 proposed question and I want to undo this. On other SE site you simply click the icon again, but ...
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How the system decides whether or not I can join a private beta?
This question already fits my problem, but the answer doesn't.
I want to contribute in the Arduino private beta. The site says
This site is in Private Beta.
Everyone who committed to the ...
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Reputation link
In Area51 main-page, at the top bar the reputation count is a link to my reputation page at my Profile.
The same is not true in Area51 Discussion Zone, is this intended or it is a bug?
As example:
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Discussions on Proposals
When there is a discussion on a proposal, it shows it under it (the proposal). When it says 1d (username), shouldn't it be the author that's displayed, and not the latest responder?
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Wrong count for question
I had the breakdown of a question score into up- and downvotes open, then committed a downvote. The result is shown below.
It shows the votecount is 99. That's wrong.
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why does area51 tell me I have 51 points of reputation, and then tell me I have 1 reputation?
I received 1 points for joining and 50 points for registering my email, but I still can't post. 51 points show up in the top bar on the main page, but when I go to post, the top bar says I only have ...
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How does one go about advertising a proposal?
There are several proposal-specific discussions on advertisement, but those often are very specific to the proposal. What I'd like to make available is a list of generic ways one can advertise a ...
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When a private beta is closed, are the questions merged with a living site?
I was part of the Digital Presernation private beta which was just closed today.
I'm hoping that all the questions and answers that were created during the private beta are being preserved by rolling ...
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Did the number of questions needed with a score of 10 or more change?
I noticed that the total number of questions with a score of 10 or more that my proposal needs just changed from 21 to 24. Which is strange because there are no recent changes in the example ...
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Digital preservation closed but dont have commitment slot back
after the closure of Digital Preservation.SE after only a couple of weeks in private beta, it is still occupying one of my 3 commit slots.
When will I get it back so that I can commit to another ...
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Comments saying “please do not upvote this question”
Is it allowed to place comments under questions saying something like:
"please don't upvote this question anymore, it already has 10 votes, and we need other questions to reach that threshold too so ...
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Notifications for New Discussions in Followed Proposals
When I follow multiple propositions (plus being active on site I am already active), I don't necessarily have the time to check up each day if there any new discussions/responses to discussions on the ...
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Where are the moderators? [duplicate]
Why don't I see moderators on http://discuss.area51.stackexchange.com/users?tab=moderators?
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Time & work to be done from 100% commitment to private beta
Is there a general answer to give? How many days or weeks does it approximately take to get a proposal with 100% commitment into beat? What work has to be done by SE before the private beta can be ...
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Don't give/take rep for example questions
I don't think one should get or lose reputation from example questions. Example questions are meant to define a proposal:
Discussing whether questions are on-topic or off-topic helps figure out ...
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Too many questions with exactly 10 votes
In lots of proposals, you'll see a lot of questions with exactly 10 votes. You'll even see people saying that you're wasting votes if you vote for a question with more than 10 votes.
Most questions ...
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Marketing tools from StackExcahnge
The common thread I seem to see in all the proposals is that creators are struggling with marketing and nay-sayers (those who ask why a proposal must be re-initiated for the ump-tenth time when prior ...
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Standard Q&A criteria fundamentally inappropriate for this topic?
Proposal: Mind
Looking through the example questions that have been closed, and the reasons given, it occurs to me that there is a fundamental difference between the topic of "Mind" and most other ...
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Incorrect text when voting to reopen a question
I'm voting to reopen a question, and getting the text:
Nominate this proposal for reopening?
This is incorrect. It should be:
Nomitate this question for reopening?
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The following accounts should probably be merged
Looking at the Italian Language & Usage proposal, I noticed there are two user accounts that have the same avatar, which probably means they are created from the same person.
The accounts are:
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How to prevent malicious downvoting?
We recently had somebody who is not following our proposal (at least I'm pretty sure they are not) indiscriminately go through and downvote every question that has one or more votes without leaving ...
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How many downvotes do users get?
How many downvotes can a user use on any one proposal?
Is there a penalty to downvoting (do I loose 1 rep for every downvote I cast)?
Is it the same as Stack Overflow?
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How to deal with low community engagement?
If a proposal is progressing at the rate of 2-3 followers added per day, but the followers are not participating in question creation or discussions, is it a bad sign ? The followers are using their ...
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How long proposal is published?
for example : I added proposal ("Tee and Coffee :D"), nobody follow it (except for me), nobody closed it. My proposal has small activity. When (if at all) my proposal will be deleted ? Who will delete ...
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Sort questions alphabetically/randomly/by-date
Along the lines of this question:
Is it possible to see the number of score-10 questions of a proposal over time?
I understand why you don't want to artificially speed up a proposal's definition, ...
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Moderation on beta page
if my proposed page will be created in beta period, will be I moderator of this page ?
Thanks,
PS
Sorry for my bad English.
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What happens with reputation from closed proposals?
What happens with reputation earned on proposal when the proposal is closed on any phase?
Is the reputation preserved or lost?
I mean the reputation from:
sample questions
users joining proposal
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Feature request - cap example questions at 10 votes [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Prevent upvoting questions at +10 on Area 51
I see a lot of people making comments about how voting for an example question that has already achieved 10 votes is a waste ...
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Do not delete discussions about deleted proposals
I can see the reasoning behind deleting closed proposal — if someone proposes the same subject again, they get a fresh start. This isn't completely beneficial though: it leads to repeating the same ...
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What is the rationale for not allowing answers during the definition phase?
What is the rationale for not allowing questions during the definition phase of a proposal? My naive understanding of this phase's purpose is that it helps define the topic and audience for a proposed ...
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Allow more questions for the proposer to define the site
It has already been asked before if we can have more than five questions per site (e.g. here). I agree with the limit in general, as it ensures that there are enough contributions to the proposal, and ...
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Civic Duty badge isn't awarding
I passed 300 votes cast a few days ago, and the Civic Duty badge hasn't been awarded yet. Is there some sort of bug in the process that generates this badge? It just says voted 300 or more times, ...
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What is the threshold and/or logic for closing a proposal as a duplicate?
Proposals on being closed as duplicates have the following message :
This proposal would tend to drain audience from an existing Stack
Exchange site.
What is the threshold for deciding whether ...
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Is a new Area 51 site under development?
Some comments on the Area 51 discussions seem to suggest that there is a new Area 51 in the works, because of which no further changes/improvements will be made on the current site.
Is this true? If ...
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How do i deal with an unresponsive proposal creator?
I am following a nascent proposal(<5 followers) which i feel rather strongly about. I have posted some suggestions regarding the scope of the site. The creator has not responded at all even though ...
