The Culture category includes proposals in subjects like language, religion, society, groups, and politics.
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Wikiquote covers this functionality
Proposal: Quote Overflow, sure WikiQuote already does this? A simple search on their site would answer most questions.
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This isn't a good description
Proposal: *Guru, people of god *
Proposed Q&A site for almost every religion has guru principle. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism, Islam, Christianity,..)
I thought the description ...
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Why is this not subsumed under Politics.SE?
Proposal: Emancipatory theory and practice
This proposal seems to be about left-wing politics, so why is it not just a subset of Politics.SE?
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Will “European Union” allow non-English questions?
Proposal: European Union
Since most of the inhabitants of the EU aren't native English speakers, allowing non-English questions (like "French Language and Usage" and "German Language and Usage" do) ...
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Merge “Living in Germany” with “European Union”?
Proposal: Living in Germany
Merging this with European Union would allow for a broader audience and many questions are directly (e.g. compares situation in Germany to another European country) or ...
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Is this just for within the legal boundaries of the city, or are the suburbs included?
Proposal: Philadelphia
Do questions about the outlying suburbs count as on-topic? Is City Line Ave. the boundary, or can questions cover topics that include areas like Bala Cynwyd, Belmont Hills, ...
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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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English for Language Users
Proposal: English Language Learners
My basic issue is that ELU is for linguists, etymologists, and (serious) English language enthusiasts.
ELL is supposed to be for English learners
And we still ...
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Wikipedia: another form of an “ask anything” proposal
Proposal: Wikipedia
Here is the description currently:
Proposed Q&A site for people who have comprehension questions concerning one wikipedia article. This could also reveal lacks of clarity ...
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What is the real scope of this site?
Proposal: Quote Overflow
I'm confused as to what types of questions/answers are being sought in this proposal. The proposal says: "Proposed Q&A site for people looking for quotes." The only ...
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How does Biblical Hermeneutics mesh with the new Christianity.SE site?
Proposal: Biblical Hermeneutics
Question: Christianity.SE has 7 questions tagged hermeneutics at the moment. How many of those have
at least one answer that qualifies as good/great
Enough validity ...
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Let's try again for an Espionage proposal
Proposals: Espionage, Espionage [closed]
The Espionage proposal was closed after spending over 2 years in Area51. This is a site I very much would like to see as a part of the network. We didn't ...
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Hopefully it won't take two years this time, let's try Turkish again!
The original proposal for a Turkish Language & Usage site was closed because it didn't get enough support within 2 years. I have re-created the proposal here. If you are interested please follow ...
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Is the 'Yoga and Meditation' proposal really also about meditation?
Proposal: Yoga and Meditation
The proposal name is 'Yoga and Meditation', but in the proposal description I only read about Yoga. There is no mention of meditation. Is this site really about both, or ...
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Note that we have a lot of great new questions - time to vote them up
Proposal: Dutch Language & Usage
We've had a lot of great new questions recently.
I strongly suggest that everyone who has upvotes on questions with well over 10 points should consider ...
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Is it possible to ask a question all in Persian here?
While many of the suggested question for this proposal are a mixture of English and Persian, I am wondering if questions written all in Persian are allowed here as well. Since anyone who comes to this ...
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ASL Web font if proposal succeeds
Proposal: Sign Language
If this proposal passes, would Stackexchange be able to integrate some sort of Web Font (imported in a similar method to Google Webfonts) to allow quick demonstration of ...
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Where can we promote Klingon Language & Usage?
Proposal: Klingon Language & Usage
This proposal did reasonably well for a while, but we seem to have stalled a bit recently. There's been no new questions proposed in the past 22 days, and in ...
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Suggestion to Change the Title of the Existing English Forum
I support the idea to create a new forum for ESL people. On the other hand, the title of the existing English forum, English Language and Usage, becomes somewhat misleading in that case.
I naturally ...
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Rename to Sanskrit Language and Usage
In keeping with the format by which other language sites are named, this site should be renamed "Sanskrit Language and Usage"
Proposal: Sanskrit Language
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This proposal is not a dupe
Proposal: French language
I don't agree that this is a duplicate of 'correct French usage'. It's a more generic forum that covers that, and translations. It seems too granular to split French ...
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Seperation from /r/atheism
Proposal: *Atheism and Agnosticism *
A recent user set up an example question on our group that proves we're going to deal with another crowd, the /r/atheism community. Either troll, or flat out ...
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Proposing to change name as “Indian Languages and Usage”
Proposing to change name as "Indian Languages and Usage".
Proposal: Indian Languages
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Reinstantiating the proposal
Proposal: Thai and Lao Languages
This proposal is an attempt to create a StackExchange site for enthusiasts learning Austro-Asiatic languages, Thai and Lao.
The previous proposal, Thai Language and ...
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Lojban: Participation guide & a dedicated chatroom available
Proposal: Lojban Language & Usage
Thanks for taking an interest in this proposal. If you're new to the whole Stack Exchange thing, here's a guide to how you can help make this happen.
If you ...
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Where can were advertise Internet culture stackexchange?
Proposal: Internet Culture and Memes
Is there any particular site this could go onto? I think Reddit would be a good place to start, but I don't know the best way to post it up there. It there ...
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Are there unambiguous answers for questions on this topic?
When reading the proposed questions, most of them do not have a right answer, it depends upon each person.
Wouldn't it be more useful to have a discussion forum on those subjects instead of a ...
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Is 'Culture and Life in China' a duplicate of the 'Chinese Culture' proposal?
Isn't the Culture and Life in China proposal a duplicate of the Chinese Culture proposal?
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Should the Esperanto proposal description be changed?
Proposal: Esperanto Language, Usage, and Culture
Current description:
Proposed Q&A site for experts, learners, and advocates of the Esperanto movement.
Description of pretty much every other ...
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Will “Chinese Culture” be bilingual?
Proposal: Chinese Culture 中國文化
Will Chinese Culture be in Chinese (I'm not sure if it'd be Mandarin or some other dialect), English, or both?
I've noticed both an English-language and a ...
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Regional languages and dialects: Gutamål, jamska, dalmål, etc
There are many indigenous languages and regional dialects in Scandinavia that are quite distinct from the majority languages.
For example, being born and raised in Stockholm, I find it easier to ...
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State and importance of referrals
Proposal: Hinduism
Hello,
One good way to build this community is by getting more referrals and especially active referrals.
Presently, there are just 7 people in this forum who have got successful ...
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Why should Sanskrit language and usage not be merged with Indian languages?
Proposal: Sanskrit Language
Granted that Sanskrit is of special interest being an old language, It would get both sites off the ground faster if the Sanskrit one and the Indian languages stack ...
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What are the guidelines (next to the obvious ones) that new proposals should adhere to?
I am involved in the the currently proposed Q&A site Buddhism, and as a user who is relatively new to Stack Exchange I'm learning e.g. there what does and what does not seem to work in Stack ...
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Clarifying topic
Proposal: Slavic Languages and Usage
I'm aware about this question, but my one seems to be different.
I see a big future for this proposal. The main reason is that, in my opinion, separate sites for ...
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How should we handle religion questions?
Proposal: Indian Culture
A lot of Indian Culture hinges on religion. It's not restricted to a single religion, rather it has interconnections between the various religions practiced in India.
How ...
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Worries about activity
This is a good proposal. However, beer is quite a specific topic. Are you sure that you can complete the expectations, such as 5 questions per day?
Proposal: *Beer *
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Should computer based model railroading (i.e. Trainz, Train Simulator, MSTS, etc) be included in this SE?
Is computer based model railroading appropriate to be included with this SE proposal? I would say that it should be inclusive of computer based model railroading as well. As someone with a foot in ...
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Does the LGBT Proposal I made conflict with this?
Proposal: Sociology
Does the LGBT proposal I made - http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/54880/lgbt conflict with this?
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Is it a good idea to accept questions with Arabizi words
Proposal: Arabic Language & Usage
Many of the example questions contains Arabizi words (Arabic words written using English letters), is it a good idea for this to be acceptable/encouraged here.
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Can we have motivational/inspirational quotes included?
Proposal: Quote Overflow
Does this topic cover motivational, inspirational,daily life quotes too?
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Poetries Explanations
Proposal: Arabic Language & Usage
will it contain category for the meaning of words in verses
or explanation of what the poet mean in the rhyme ?
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Maybe it dosn't fit, but this is ok
I'm pledging my support for this idea, it's such a good one.
Maybe the ideas of this tend away from the usual SE format, but maybe in this case and this case alone this is ok. I hope SE is flexible ...
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Ancient Indian Languages
Proposal: Sanskrit Language
As a former student of Pali, and dabbler in Sanskrit, I would like to see this site include all ancient Indian languages.
The minor ancient Indian languages would ...
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Do we need a chatroom?
Proposal: Arabic Language & Usage
The definition phase is almost over, and once over will go into commitment phase. My question is, do we need a chatroom to keep us together through the rest of ...
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How can we make our proposal alive again?
Proposal: Feminism
I see no new activity or question after some months!
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How to avoid splitting a community?
Proposal: Italians Living Abroad
In a discussion over facebook with Alberto Brandolini whether or not to use a Q&A-style tool to discuss on Italians living abroad a few interesting points were ...
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Is it encouraged to discuss topics related to Literary Chinese(文言文) here?
Proposal: Chinese Language & Usage
Although we chinese seldom use Literary Chinese in ordinary life, there are still many words or usage from Literary Chinese. I think it is good to learn some.
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Could be a good idea the creation of anarea for disabilities issue?
I'm speaking about this thing:
Where do a user can ask something about disabilities? Some thing like, for a "normal" person; "how does the screen readers work on Chrome?" Or, for a blind person, "Can ...
