User disccussions and talks.
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How much should this site crossover into vehicle maintenance and repair?
Proposal: Off Roading
Obviously maintaining your vehicle comes into play heavily with this sort of an activity, as the stresses and strains can be a lot more than normal road use, as is the potential ...
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1answer
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Isn't it too localized
Proposal: Where to get
The proposal is about where to get stuffs, but the stuffs can be found at different places in different countries/regions. So all answers would be localized.
What do you think?
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Exact meaning of Questions
It's mentioned in the faq that:
Once you've fulfilled your commitment on a new site by asking and answering a few questions, you'll be able to commit to another site.
So what does it mean by ...
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1answer
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How do you reachout to and eductate new users?
This question arise in context of Broadcast And Media Technologies, but it shares such a fate with many other proposals.
Broadcast and Media Technologies - is a very specialized industry where ...
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5answers
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Why is the Magic: The Gathering proposal shutting down?
Proposal: Magic: The Gathering
We are going to close the Magic: The Gathering proposal here on Area 51.
There are a number of reasons for this. I'll do my best to enumerate them:
Currently, Board ...
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2answers
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Should “Software Development (in Portuguese)” be renamed to “Stack Overflow (in Portuguese)”?
Proposal: Software Development (in Portuguese)
From a branding perspective, wouldn't it be better if this proposal were called "Stack Overflow (in Portuguese)" like most of the proposals mentioned ...
9
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1answer
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Reduce the reputation required to 'vote-to-close' a proposal on Area 51
I'd like to suggest reducing the reputation required to vote-to-close a proposal from 2000 to something more affordable like 250. The majority of my flags on Area 51 act as pseudo close votes and ...
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1answer
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Is it possible to create a webstie for Language interpretation?
google translate is not good, and there's no forum or Q&A website dedicate for professional translation. So is it possible to create a section for that. Where users can post words or small ...
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New proposal Painting [closed]
Can we start a new site Painting, for those who are interested in painting.
People who are beginners can ask advice to experienced people.
Also it will be helpful in finding the values and details ...
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3answers
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Reopening a Beta?
Would it be considered as good practice to create a new Area51 proposal to poll for interest in reopening a StackExchange site that was closed during the beta?
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1answer
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Why is the stackexchange community still so programming oriented?
I understand that Stack Overflow is the gem in Stack Exchange's crown, but does anyone else feel that the Stack Exchange community is only used by people who are programmers? There are a lot of great ...
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1answer
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How the prononciation will be analyzed? [closed]
Proposal: Czech Language & Usage
It seems to me, that speaking on foreign prononciation using only writing, is terribly awkward. maybe, the similar technics, as it used for images, could be used ...
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2answers
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Am I missing “Network” site?
I'm searching a StackExchange site where I can read about general network questions, like:
Windows/Linux Networks;
Hardware Routers, Switches, Gateways, another network hardware;
Network patterns, ...
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2answers
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Can we have a 'duplicate proposal' flag?
The most common reason proposals are closed in the early stage is becuase they're a duplicate of an existing proposal/site. So why don't we have an option to flag proposals as a duplicate instead of ...
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1answer
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Sports Uncommit
Proposal: Sports
I encourage everyone who was lumped into "sports" to uncommit if you do not believe that such a broad focus will create meaningful discussions about the particular activity you had ...
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3answers
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Why is there such little interest in 'Joomla! Answers'?
Proposal: Joomla! Answers
I've been waiting for a long time for this proposal to take off. I've tried to encourage people to join, and have certainly referred a few, but it's a drop in the ocean, ...
13
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3answers
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Why does Area 51 think CogSci is in public beta?
I was poking around in Area51, and noticed that the Cognitive Science proposal was apparently in public beta.
However, when I clicked the "visit this site now" link, I got this:
Why is this ...
8
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3answers
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Will Stack Overflow in German (or language XX) ever reach beta?
Proposal: Stack Overflow (in German)
This proposal was created 9 month ago and it seems everything goes very slow. I'm following SO in German for ~3 month and I tend to say that it will never reach ...
3
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1answer
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Is Behaviorism within our scope?
Proposal: Cognitive Sciences
Behaviorism has widely been regarded as an affront to Cognitive Psychology but many findings of Behaviorism are still extremely relevant to psychology today.
Are ...
11
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1answer
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Allow edit/retag suggestions for Area 51 Meta
Those who have been on Area 51 know reputation is really quite hard to come by unless you can think of a great proposal. Reputation cannot be earned by posting good questions or answers in the ...
2
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0answers
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Wouldn't user-improved google-translations of Stackoverflow be a better option? [closed]
Stack Overflow (in French)
Stack Overflow (in German)
Stack Overflow (in Bengali)
Stack Overflow (in Hindi)
Stack Overflow (in Italian)
Stack Overflow (in Portuguese) for Portugal
Stack Overflow (in ...
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6answers
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Are Stack Overflow (in language x) proposals actually viable?
There are so many proposals entitled: Stack Overflow (in language x).
Stack Overflow (in French)
Stack Overflow (in German)
Stack Overflow (in Bengali)
Stack Overflow (in Hindi)
Stack Overflow (in ...
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2answers
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Why are the Betas measured quantitativly when trying to provide quality?
If I got it correctly SE tries to provide communities of experts on very specific topics which are able to provide qualitatively high answers to questions in the respective field.
But if a Beta of a ...
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1answer
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Why was the future studies proposal deleted, but less frequented and older proposals still exist?
I have no problem if too less traffic for this site, but there are proposals twice as old and not gaining any new followers or questions in the same period of nov-dec, who are still not deleted, like ...
12
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1answer
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Will Sexuality be on the SE domain and will this affect the way web filtering software checks stackexchange.com?
Proposal: Sexuality
In one of the first SE 2.0 sites, a meta question was asked about whether adult web applications are allowed. The answer given was:
No, I don't think we want this, as it would ...
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2answers
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The human with a career as a sexual being [closed]
Inspired by reading through the stack about anonymity, there is one question that I keep returning to.
Many people would gladly share personal hobbies, girlfriend status, embarrassing drunk Facebook ...
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0answers
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Area 51 “Days in Beta” count is incorrect [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Dates on the private beta
On the Area 51 page for LEGO Answers, the Days in Beta count is currently 57:
However, on my profile, I've been on the site for 59 days ...
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1answer
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The superimposition condition on Area51
I'm still caught up in Area51 trying to get a proposal together for AI and robotics. Currently this proposal is floundering as there are several small committal phase proposals (Machine Learning, ...
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1answer
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Poker Proposal - Bad Beat Story Posts
Proposal: Poker
Have you discussed how "bad beat stories" would be handled? Would they be allowed with a unique and/or exclusive tag? Would they be shunned altogether?
I've just seen many poker ...
37
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4answers
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Mathematica proposal has disappeared
The mathematica proposal at 89 commitments has disappeared without warning or trace.
Why has it disappeared? And why without prior warning?
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0answers
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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 ...
7
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4answers
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Opinions about merging Business Intelligence proposal with the DBA site
I've had a conversation with one or two of the folks at the DBA site about merging Business Intelligence into that site. I've just put a question up on the DBA meta site as well, link here.
The ...
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1answer
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Do the downvotes in Area51 work same way as on Meta?
I'm asking the question here since apparently Area51 doesn't have meta.
I dont agree with some "question" (it is more of a suggestion than a question) created as discussion at Area51. I wanted to ...
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0answers
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So… Parenting or what? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Do we really want to segregate special needs?
Proposal: Special needs
Well, looking at the description and information laid out, this honestly looks like a Parenting ...
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3answers
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Would we allow discussions on Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
Proposal: Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
I think an important thing for us to discuss is if this site allows discussion; or if it's just a straight Q&A like some other sites. For example: If someone ...
3
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2answers
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Would questions regarding security be allowed on Hacking and Hackers?
Proposal: Hacking and Hackers
Would questions regarding security be allowed here / good to ask here? IE:
How can I protect against WPA2 handshake sniffing?
I see that you can break WEP ...
6
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1answer
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QIF: How to spread the word
Proposal: Quantum Information and Foundations
It seems like we're on a slow road at the moment. Commitments are trickling in steadily, but at this rate it'll take the better part of a year to enter ...
0
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1answer
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Site of area51 Launched site displayed as Beta
Actually there are some steps in area51 to define the state of a proposal
define, commit, beta (when the proposal is still in the first two steps), private beta, public beta
So why when a proposal ...
23
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4answers
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How will Politics SE keep from being a discussion board?
Proposal: Politics
I am hesitant to commit to this SE since I can see no future for this other than:
A discussion board that is filled with LvR discussions.
Votes based on the position taken rather ...
16
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3answers
310 views
How can we better serve the CS community on Stack Overflow?
Proposal: Computer Science (Non-Programming)
Gotta admit, I see the point of this. From the look of the proposed questions so far, this would be a solid resource for CS students, who may well find ...
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2answers
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Should there be some privacy/anonymity by default or identity separation from other stack exchange sites?
Reading over the A51 proposals, I see a proposal for a sexuality Q&A site (cough "sackoverflow" cough ).
I don't know if I would particularily like Careers2.0 to link up a potential employer or ...
5
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4answers
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Can one understand Stack Exchange sites if looking at them as markets?
Often, when I explain friends, who are economists, about the principles of a Stack Exchange, I discover that they cannot get such an exchange to fit into their framework of a market, and therefore do ...
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2answers
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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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1answer
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Alert followers to Commitment phase
Currently the followers of a proposal are notified when the site enters its public beta. However, followers during the definition phase are likely to want to commit during the commitment phase as ...
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0answers
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66
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6answers
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Announcement - Changes to Area 51 Voting
We recently made some changes the voting interface for Area 51 example questions. The improvements are designed to make the voting experience more like that of an actual, launched Stack Exchange site. ...
13
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2answers
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Biology, Cogn. Science, Chemistry, Bio. Evolution, Bioinfo: Why we block up each other?
You all know these proposal are all over 1 year old and have below 50% commitment, so it will take long time (months, some likely additional year) before they start BETA.
So why not make a concerted ...
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1answer
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Questions about how a scene/shot was done
Proposal: Movies
Would questions asking how a scene was shot be on-topic?
For example:
Q: How was the scene from Inception where the two guys were fighting in the hotel hallway with the shifting ...
8
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1answer
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How to help a proposal enter public beta
Proposal: 3D Graphics, Modeling & Applications
How can we, as committed users, help a proposed site get out of the commitment stage and into public beta? Posting on forums? Emailing our friends? ...
5
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1answer
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Anime: are questions on the entities behind productions on-topic?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
Are questions on the entities behind anime productions on-topic?
Anime studios
Voice actors
Authors
Animators and graphical artists
Directors
