For questions related to the commitment accepted by users on proposals.
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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 ...
2
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1answer
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If a site needs 12 Questions of rank 10, and it has 28, why does it not advance?
Proposal: Hebrew Language & Usage
The Hebrew Language site says it needs:
0 followers
12 questions with a score of 10 or more
It has 28 questions with a score of 10 or more.
Why does it ...
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0answers
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Notice on old closed site, about new proposed site? Invite to commit?
Proposal: Astronomy
There seems to be a gulf between the old, closed Astronomy site, and this new, up and coming Astronomy proposal. Can't someone put a link on the old site to point to the new? ...
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0answers
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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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0answers
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Add a *Follow* link even to proposals already in *Commit* phase
I can commit only to three proposals, but follow as many as I want. I need to choose what to commit to, and those I don't choose to commit to, I follow instead. Currently, I can follow a proposal in ...
5
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0answers
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Commitment message used for spam [closed]
(reposted from meta.so: Area 51 commitment message used for spam)
Perhaps the proposer of Politics won't thank me for this, but ...
This user's commitment message for the site is obviously an ...
3
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2answers
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Increase number of allowed questions per user per proposal to compensate for increased commit requirements
According to this entry Number of questions for qualifying in commit stage:
" We increased the requirements to slow down the number of sites that were being created that don't have all that much ...
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1answer
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How to link SE accounts to help commitment score?
Proposal: Robotics
I committed, but my commitment shows that I only have 151 Total Rep. So I didn't raise the commitment score since the proposal only needs 200+ Rep users to proceed.
I registered ...
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1answer
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How to get the last few people with 200+ Rep needed
Proposal: Genealogy & Family History
When a proposal gets close to 100% Committment, but is only short of the 200+ Reputation people it needs, what can be done to get it there?
I see the ...
7
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1answer
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Ensure You're “Committed” and not just “Following”
Proposal: Genealogy & Family History
I've noticed almost half of the people who originally signed up to "Follow" the Genealogy & Family History proposal, have not followed that up by ...
13
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1answer
190 views
Promoting Stack Overflow in German
Proposal: Stack Overflow (in German)
As the title already says, what can we do, to promote this proposal, so we get more commitments? Stack Overflow (in Turkish) already completed the commitment ...
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0answers
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How are users with 200+ reputation on other site counted on Area51?
Over the last days I thought I observed inconsistencies in the computation of users with 200+ reputation on other sites. I then started regularly checking the statistics for the Personal Manufacturing ...
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3answers
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Are commitment criteria unrealistic for starting new sorts of areas?
I would like to raise the issue of whether the commitment criteria are too stringent to allow areas to form in relatively new directions. My case-in-point is the Buddhism proposal, which is in ...
5
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1answer
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How can we get this proposal out of commitment and into beta?
Proposal: Personal Manufacturing
At the moment, there is a relatively strong interest in this proposal (246 of 200 committers in total) however there is still too little interest from established ...
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1answer
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Missing committers with 200+ rep on any other site
Proposal: Tridion
When I look through the list of committers I see an inconsistancy in the number of committers with 200+ rep on any other site. It clearly shows 24 of them (as is also currently ...
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1answer
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Inconsistency on the Number of Commiters with 200+ rep
Proposal: Turkish Stack Overflow
If you list the commiters by user reputation, you will see that, the users in the 8th page have already 200+ rep on any other SX site where as the commitment score is ...
3
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0answers
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Time line graphs of followers/commiters/users for Area 51 sites
I recently started using SO about a month ago and joined some Area 51 sites in all three phases. After a while I started to notice that some sites just don't seem to move. I then realized I was a ...
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0answers
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Review the criteria for moving in commitment phase
To allow a proposal go to commitment, we currently need:
60 followers.
40 example questions with 10 or more upvotes.
However, these numbers don't do it. Lets do a simple calculation:
Everyone may ...
8
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1answer
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Is the commitment fulfillment process changed or broken?
I've been over the 10 non-CW posts limit for several days (see my Sports.SE beta profile). I read several meta posts (Commitment Indicator and Formula to Fulfilling a Commitment) that indicate that ...
3
votes
2answers
56 views
Need clarification on what commitment really means
It is now taking much longer for a site to launch. I know that SE prefers to keep the commitment fulfillment requirements vague (so it is not gamed?), but it would be nice to have some more ...
13
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2answers
208 views
How can I fulfill a commitment?
I commited to some new proposal which I were interested in, but I seldom got questions on the new SE in beta, and I don't have the knowledge to answer the questions there too.
Is there no other way ...
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votes
2answers
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Why Area 51 asking me to login again & again for adding questions in Commitments when I am already loggedin
I have recently committed to a Proposed website in Area 51 but I am not able to post anything in it. Whenever I try to post anything, it ask me to login or register. But I am already logged in from my ...
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1answer
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It is not obvious enough when committing that your commitment is only counted if you confirm your email address
Here is a list of registered users who think they have committed to the Mathematica proposal but who are not showing up in the list of committers that I can see.
Sal Mangano (registered version)
...
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2answers
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Where can we get more involved commitments?
Proposal: Sports
I honestly don't understand how we don't have more commitments already :)
I am so excited about this that I check the commitment levels almost everyday even as they stay completely ...
5
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1answer
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Presentation for new users who have followed a link to a site in commitment phase
A proposal that I've followed is nearing the end of its Commitment phase. I elected to reshare a link to it over social media. I've been thinking, if a user that has never been on a Stack Exchange ...
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1answer
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Don't tell me that a proposal is “over halfway to beta” unless it's meaningful
A few minutes ago, I recieved an email which read (in part)
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Stack Exchange Area 51 wrote:
The proposal you've committed to is over halfway to beta! ...
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1answer
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Uncommit didn't work
I uncommitted from Biology but got invited to the private beta anyway. And now it appears under "current commitments" in my user info, even though it disappeared from there when I uncommitted
What's ...
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0answers
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How do I uncommit from a deleted proposal? [duplicate]
I committed to the EVE Online proposal, but it has since been deleted.
http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/3371/eve-online
However, it still shows in my commmitments history and I cannot ...
7
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1answer
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Is it possible to drop out of a beta to commit to another site proposal?
I'd like to commit to the new Scientific Computing proposal, but the page says I'm committed to the maximum of three proposed sites. One of the sites is in public beta. I really don't have any ...
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0answers
48 views
Why must I provide my full name when committing to a proposal? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Pull Real Name from profile on commitment
In order to commit to a proposal I'm required to enter my full name. Is this just a formality based on paper form petitions? ...
0
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0answers
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How to post a new website? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I start a proposal?
I can find the button for commiting a new StackExchange Web...
Where do i post a new Web Suggestion ?
5
votes
1answer
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Healthcare IT: Time to try renewing your commitments? [closed]
Proposal: Healthcare IT
It looks like Healthcare IT is just missing the commitment score component of it's threshold for moving toward the beta phase. While of course the answer for part of this is ...
7
votes
2answers
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Improving the commit cap, making it dynamic
Currently you can commit to only three proposals, because likely you won't be able to actually follow them as closely in the beta as you are supposed to. This is ok, but could be better.
Instead, the ...
2
votes
1answer
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Biology: Please un-commit & commit to update score [closed]
Proposal: Biology
I recently found out that commitment scores decay over time.
It would be nice to see how many people are still interested in the biology proposal—it's over a year old! So please ...
12
votes
1answer
122 views
What should we do to increase visits of Area 51?
The overall visits of the area51.stackexchange.com is really very low and this is obvious from the statistics of questions (6 visits per 2 hours for example). This means that the proposals move really ...
12
votes
2answers
83 views
Improving commitment role descriptions
At the moment, when committing to a proposal, we're asked to select a role amongst
Professional or Expert
Academic or Research-Level Student
Avid Enthusiast or Prosumer
Beginner or Learner
Just ...
12
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4answers
271 views
How to promote the Bitcoin & Crypto-currency proposal to high-reputation users?
Proposal: Bitcoin & Crypto-currency
The Bitcoin & Crypto-currency proposal has been gaining commitments rapidly recently due to promotion on the Bitcoin forums. However, the overwhelming ...
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1answer
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Is three commitments over restrictive?
Let me know if there's a better place to put this (i've been looking for an area 51 meta site and haven't found one)
A three commitment max seems just a little restrictive to me. I'm currently ...
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1answer
154 views
How does the system determine when you have fulfilled a commitment?
When committing to a proposal, you commit to asking/answering 10 questions when the site gets into beta. I have done that on one of my commitments but it hasn't moved to my 'Fulfilled Commitments' ...
8
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1answer
54 views
Commit to proposal without much knowledge about the subject
I commited to de German StackExchange site because I study German. The site went to beta and I am trying to participate as required, looking at it daily. However, I noted that I simply do not have ...
5
votes
2answers
63 views
Following many sites
Is there any way to ask to be notified when a site goes live without actually comitting to participate in it? I need this because (a) I might not be up to participating in all the sites I'd like to, ...
5
votes
1answer
119 views
Astronomy: How long before beta?
The Astronomy proposal reached 100% on May 25 if not earlier. When will the private beta be launched?
8
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1answer
174 views
Fulfilling a commitment
Do questions or answers on the meta site count towards fulfilling a commitment? IMHO, it would make sense if they did.
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1answer
166 views
Commitment Indicator
Is there an indicator on Area 51 showing how many questions I still need to ask or answer before a particular commitment is fulfilled?
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0answers
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Will I be notified when the site I have committed to is ready (enters beta) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do we do what we committed to do?
The Music Proposal has reached 100% committed, but I would like to know when I should start using it. It has not yet been created ...
0
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0answers
54 views
How is the required number of committers decided? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
894 Commitments Needed to launch Beta
I noticed the Selenium proposal has 420 (91%) committed, the Musical Practice And Performance proposal is 210 (100%) committed. How ...
10
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1answer
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What is the new formula for fulfilling a commitment?
What is the new formula for fulfilling a commitment?
The old "rule" of 10+ answers appears to have changed, or is broken. My SharePoint profile appeared to be stuck in "unfulfilled" until my rep ...
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3answers
227 views
How do we do what we committed to do? [closed]
Proposal: Linguistics
When I committed to this proposal, I agreed to ask or answer 10 questions during the next 3 months or something. But right now I can't see a way to ask or answer linguistics ...
10
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3answers
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894 Commitments Needed to launch Beta
Proposal: Libraries
Can anyone tell me why so many are needed for the Libraries proposal (894), and not for, say, How Stuff Works (200)?
EDIT: To answer @foggyone's question, the most important ...
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1answer
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How are committer roles determined?
On a proposal in the Commitment phase, one can see committer roles statistics on the right menu. How are they determined? In other words, how a user can defined its own status?
Example:
