User disccussions and talks.
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Is it necesarry to have country specific proposals
On Area 51, I have recently been seeing a lot of proposals such as France and Living in India. I think that these will not be successful sites, because there are only so many questions to ask about a ...
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what happened to my to journalism proposal? [duplicate]
i proposed journalism in area 51 and got followers too ,while i recently looked over to the site i shocked to see my proposal related information got deleted,may i know why it is removed and there was ...
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Accessibility of answers
Proposal: Computer Architecture
A fair number of computer architecture questions are asked on Superuser, but there both the questions and the answers tend to be less "advanced"/technical than on ...
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**Instructions for ALL Followers**
Thank you for deciding to follow Embedded Programming and Design. We are asking you to cast votes for the examples questions, and also to check back to the proposal frequently for new discussions, ...
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What can we do to promote the idea that more than 10 votes on questions for a proposed site doesn't help?
I see quite a few proposals with multiple questions that have 14+ votes, and those votes could go to other questions, especially in the definition phase where other questions need upvoting to make it ...
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Hadoop is not a duplicate of Big Data
Proposal: Hadoop
Just to clarify, the Hadoop proposal is not a duplicate of Big Data. It was created specifically for this purpose after it was decided to shut down Big Data as a different approach ...
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Defining the scope of Hadoop to give it more chance of being successful
Proposal: Hadoop
I recently decided to create the Hadoop proposal on Area51, more or less as a direct response to the Big Data proposal which is getting closed soon after the private beta. The ...
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What are the aspects acceptable on “Railways”?
Proposal: Railways
Here is a list of aspects that I built, including those both likely and unlikely to be acceptable. Please discuss which of the listed aspects are acceptable. Feel free to suggest, ...
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Should the description of the **beer** site be more specific?
Currently the proposed beer site's description says "proposed Q&A site for connoisseurs and lovers of Beer." Shouldn't it be more specific?
Proposal: *Beer *
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Area51 Experts: How to make the Kuali site proposal a success?
Proposal: Kuali
I thought I introduce the proposed Kuali stack exchange site a bit more in depth and ask the established Area51 and Stack Exchange users about hints, tips and their support to make ...
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How to avoid unconstructive left-right bickering?
Proposal: Emancipatory theory and practice
Politics is always a sensitive area. Positions can become entrenched quickly, and we could get endless left-vs-right discussions, voting based on political ...
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Are “reminder questions” to participate in a proposal okay?
I saw some "questions/discussions" in proposals which say something like:
Use your votes!
Post example questions!
Examples:
Marketing reminder: Use your votes!
Use your votes!
Have you added ...
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Subset of Maritime Professionals?
Proposal: Dynamic Positioning
I think the topics likely to be discussed here would be on topic for Maritime Professionals and of interest to the target audience.
Should this proposal be closed in ...
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Does this proposal have an identity crisis?
Proposal: Marine Engineering
As a professional in the marine industry for over 30 years I am somewhat confused by the title and proposed questions for this site.
As I understand it the term "Marine ...
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How do you plan to build a community of “interdisciplinar” experts?
Proposal: Interdisciplinary
Stack Exchange is all about attract the experts, the rest will follow. With such a broader theme I do not think you can get enough experts to support the community.
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Is there a deadline that we have to meet before the Blender proposal is closed? [duplicate]
Is there a deadline that we have to meet before the Blender proposal is closed?
Proposal: Blender
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Why this site ISN'T a duplicate of Musical Practice and Performance
Proposal: Writing Music
This site is aimed at those writing music, and not practicing their instruments or performing. The two are very much separate entities. I, myself, am a writer/producer and I ...
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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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Number of Blender users
Proposal: Blender
I've been reading into a previous Area51 proposal (3D Graphics proposal) and
read through a few of the beta questions. Of which, there appears to have been 235 posts over 33 days. I ...
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Wise usage of automatic translators for faster achievement of result
We could use an automatic translator to translate most of UI elements: menus, headers and other "User Experience" things, and then correct the translations in such cases where the correction is ...
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Does this section include the various Bank PO tests discussions?
Proposal: Standardized Tests
Do these standardised tests also talk about the topics related to Bank exams for various posts like Probationary officers,etc.. which are taken by the various Indian ...
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Is paleohacks part of the SE network?
http://paleohacks.com has the same format as SE sites. Is it part of the SE network? Also http://paleo.stackexchange.com redirects to paleohacks.com. Would a paleo site here be a duplicate?
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Should we avoid CMS-specific questions?
Proposal: CMS & Blog Engines
We already have WordPress Answers and Magento.SE (in Beta). We also have Drupal. I think CMS-specific questions like this one are a better fit for either the relevant ...
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How positive do I need to be?
Proposal: Nutrition
On the 64 questions in this proposal,
I've used my 10 upvotes.
When I ran out of upvotes, I started using comments. I've given 5 comments that are unqualified positive opinions ...
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Should this site also discuss interview questions for specific jobs or employers?
Proposal: Interview Questions
I am an active member on StackOverflow, and develop mobile apps for a living. I have an upcoming job interview at a well-known technology business, but could not find ...
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Is it too soon for another try at a Healthcare IT site?
The Healthcare IT site was closed nearly a year ago when it, among others, did not have enough momentum to be a viable site.
I see that a new member has today created a new site with the same title ...
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Should the description be changed?
Proposal: Arabic Language & Usage
I think the description of this proposal should change, I will like to propose some edits to it, but I look forward for a discussion on this issue. Firstly I ...
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Why duplicate question doesnot closed here?
There are multiple question which are duplicate here, But they are not became close as it is done in other SE's. For example take these three question (1,2,3). All three question are completed ...
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Can We Start a Pharmacy Q&A site?
For some pharmacy questions (e.g. http://biology.stackexchange.com/users/1813/brenton-horne where I originally received 2 downvotes for asking a question that is completely answerable because they ...
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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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What's wrong with EE?
Proposal: Arduino
What's wrong with the Electrical Engineering site? Arduino is supported there.
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Can we ask general questions that we can see in different languages and usage.SE sites?
Proposal: Indian Languages
Various language sites in SE has taken birth already. But for the time being not so Indians are here participating in SE. So clearly it is hard to gain enough followers for ...
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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 ...
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Pretty the same of “undergraduates”.. shall we merge them?
Proposal: Undergraduate
This site proposal seems to be pretty the same of Undergraduates. The latter seems to cover a wider range of Q&A.
Why don't we merge?
See also the following discussion:
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How should we publicise this proposal?
Proposal: Arduino
I really think an Arduino specific Q&A site would be great. Even though the proposal is new, how about some directed efforts to bring more people to this proposal and get some ...
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Why is there a character limit on questions?
The best questions on stack exchange are well-researched, specific and detailed, but on area 51, I'm limited to 150 characters. It's hard to show off what great, well-informed questions could get ...
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Where can I promote “Undergraduates”?
I did a fresh proposal Undergraduates.
The site is dedicated to UNDERGRADUATES, and this is the main difference with the Academia network.
I really feel this site would fill an important gap. I ...
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Should this proposal cover the whole Microsoft Dynamics range?
I think that the proposal Microsoft Dynamics could be more successful or could have a bigger audience if it will be opened up to the whole Microsoft Dynamics range. In addition it should also address ...
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Prevent upvoting questions at +10 on Area 51
Would it be possible to prevent upvoting of questions when they reach an (equalized) rating of +10? Since you get only five votes on each proposal, why would you waste them on bringing a question to ...
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Will proofreading be allowed on ELL?
Proposal: English Language Learners
As we know, proofreading involves checking for grammatical, spelling, and mechanical errors, which may include problems with verb tense, subject-verb agreement, ...
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Language separated stackoverflow's. I think we should not
Proposal: Stack Overflow (in Dutch)
Let's start this discussion. I think I am a huge fan of different Stackoverflows in different languages, because some people are not that great in English and ...
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What about homeworks?
We are bound to get smartasses who will want us to do their school homeworks for them eventually. Their questions will be sufficiently nontrivial, they are unlikely to meet any common closure ...
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Putting a floor under Grammar questions
Proposal: English Language Learners
The question of “General Reference” raised by Cool Elf at Bottom Falling Out will be especially knotty with regard to grammar questions on this site.
Grammar ...
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create a proposal
How to create a proposal and what will be limitation for create a proposal?
I have checked on "AREA51" for create a proposal but didn't get solution.
This question may be repeated.
thanks
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HiFi/TV Shopping Questions
Proposal: HiFi/TV
Since someone brought up the topic of whether HTPC questions should be permitted, my follow up question to that is will this proposal permit shopping questions
what "X" should ...
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How can we drive more questions to beta sites?
I ask this not of a particular site in general, but of the area51 community as a whole - why? Because looking at the sites that have spent a long time in beta (around the two year mark) they seem to ...
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Who We Are and How We Present Ourselves [closed]
Proposal: English Language Learners
In The 7 Essential Meta Questions of Every Beta, Robert Cartaino identifies seven primary areas we will have to address in Pvt:
1 On- and Off-Topic
2 FAQ
3 ...
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Should we talk about special allowances for “shopping questions?” [closed]
Proposal: Homeschooling
Shopping Recommendations or questions such as, "Can someone suggest some great resources for learning World History in Middle School" seem likely to be asked if the site makes ...
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move questions with votes higher than 10 to the bottom of the list.
Questions that have a score of more than 10 do not help the definition of a site, they simply gather points as people are less and less likely to look down the page to see if there are any other good ...
