The Recreation category includes proposals in subjects like sports, games, and hobbies.
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Board & Card Games exists and is ready for your questions!
To all followers of these proposals:
Advanced Squad Leader
War Games and Miniatures
Game of Go
Chess
Bridge
Magic: The Gathering
Poker
I'd like to direct you to Board & Card Games. B&CG ...
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Game-specific sites
There are a number of proposals around specific games, of both the computer game variety and the board/card game variety. Meanwhile we have a Gaming site that covers all types of video and computer ...
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Other Alcohol sites too specific to make critical mass
Suggest merging Beer, Wine, Whiskey, Mixology, and any other similarly themed proposals in to Alcohol, otherwise these topics will never reach the critical mass which will enable them to flourish.
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Should we expand the LEGO proposal to also include other brick families, like K'Nex and Erector?
Proposal: LEGO
There has already been comments about this to the proposal.
It will probably boost the popularity of the proposal to include others, and the tag system in StackExchange will work well ...
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Supporters of “Running” please come over and get “Exercise and Fitness” over the hump! [closed]
I'd honestly like both of these ultimately succeed. However, it seems that to achieve critical mass, we should first start getting the more general category of Exercise and Fitness up and running. So ...
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Merge “Running” into “Excercise and Fitness”? Will they sap contributors from each other? [closed]
In response to Rick Roth's answer to my other question.
Should we merge Running into Exercise and Fitness? I can see arguments both ways. There certainly are a lot of questions specific to long ...
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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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Whisky proposal / joining with wines, beers, and other spirits (mixology)
Proposal: Whisky |
Proposal: Mixology |
Proposal: Wine
How would whisky enthusiasts feel about sharing a stack site with, for example, wine, beer, and other spirits? Would there be cross over between ...
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What will it take for Firearms to get off the ground?
Proposal: Firearms
Firearms has a storied history. It was one of the very first proposals, but has been plagued by a number of difficult and vocal members. It eventually made it into the commitment ...
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Anime: should we allow the use of romanized Japanese titles?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
Every anime has a romanized Japanese title (romaji). Most popular anime also has an English title.
For example, this question can be written as
How many times did ...
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Anime: Are questions about plot/story theories allowed?
Normally on StackExchange sites, discussions are not permitted. However, for the Anime & Manga forum, would it be permitted to ask a question such as "In Naruto, given the direction Sasuke is ...
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Merge with others
Proposal: Mixology
Couldn't we merge this with wine, beer (that has being closed), etc, to create an alchool FAQ?
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Do we need a “Firearm Safety” site for questions like this: “How to disable a gun so it can be used as part of my halloween costume?”
Firearm safety should always be the cornerstone of any Firearms Q&A site. Which should mean that any question that involves a safety violation indicates that the OP has a lack of understanding of ...
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Will Public Firing Ranges Allow You to Put Up Advertisements Promoting Firearms SE?
I joined a public safety shooting range. Next time I go, I plan to talk to the range officers about the Firearms SE site.
If each person who has committed to this so far can get 5 more people to ...
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Shouldn't we try to promote this on other Anime sites? Is it allowed?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
I think the proposal for the Anime & Manga stack exchange site is not being spread very well. Which makes me want to ask if its allowed to try spreading it on other ...
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Should I make a new proposal to try to merge other subsets? [closed]
I recently answered a question on this forum about the possible merging of Motor Vehicle Maintenance and Repair and some proposal with fewer followers / committed.
In my view, merging the following ...
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Should Miniature Wargaming also cover hobby topics?
Proposal: Miniature Wargaming
A great way to keep this proposal separate from the board gaming site is to include questions related to painting, basing, and building models for miniature games.
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About related, existing sites
Proposal: Game of Go
I'll be frank: I am afraid this site might fail.
In my opinion, it is absolutely necessary to be able to include content from Sensei's Library without loss of functionality. ...
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Is Collectibles a superset?
Proposal: Collectibles
First off, I'm not sure superset is the right word.
To the point, are there any questions that could not be asked in other proposals? E.g, say you're a collector of guns, ...
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Merge into the great outdoors?
Proposal: Rock Climbing
There's quite a few rock climbing questions on the Great Outdoors already, which welcomes all such questions as far as I'm aware - would it make more sense to integrate it ...
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Is discussion about sake allowed in this proposal?
Proposal: Wine
Basically we call sake as rice wine, so are questions related to sake allowed on this proposal? We have a lot of variety in sake too and drinking sake in the right way is also ...
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Joint site for competitive board games
I think competitive board games are quite different from recreational board games in nature and draw different communities. The typical questions asked in the proposals for go, chess,... are very ...
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Anime: are questions about subbing groups allowed?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
Shall we accept questions about anime subbing groups? In some cases their activity may be illegal. Here is one example question.
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Merge Miniature Wargaming with Boardgames
Proposal: Miniature Wargaming
As per this Meta discussion on boardgames.stackexchange, most of our questions should be on-topic there.
Should we merge with board games, and get to the question ...
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Where can we get more involved commiters?
Proposal: Game of Go
Go clubs?
Authors of popular Go blogs?
Facebook?
Let's send e-mails to anybody we know or to Go "celebrities".
(Note: I asked Alexander Dinerstain to advertise this SE on his ...
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Warn user when a proposal has been deleted for inactivity
It's just come to my attention that one my proposals (Paper Craft) has been missing from my profile and my example questions have disappeared. I had no idea if it had been merged or deleted.
The only ...
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Expand the scope to include visual novels, and light novels?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
This is a proposal for scope expansion.
Visual novels and light novels can be very closely related to anime and manga. Should the proposal be changed to include the ...
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Anime: are in universe or out of universe (or both) types of questions allowed?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
What "angle" should questions here have? Should they all be "in universe" questions which ask about specific anime? Are "out of universe" questions which don't ask about ...
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Aren't all of these questions valid on Arqade?
Proposal: Retro-Gaming and Modding
I can't help but note that all the proposed questions are valid for Arqade or GameDev (or bad questions in a more general sense), and wonder why we need a new site ...
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Are freshwater ponds on topic?
Proposal: Aquarium Hobbyist
Great to see the Aquarium topic get started up again. In the old proposal, freshwater ponds were considered to be on topic, since many of the techniques are used both in ...
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Should driving techniques also included?
Proposal: Cars
Should this stack exchange including questions about driving techniques? This could include anything from things like defensive driving techniques to higher performance driving ...
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What kind of cosplay questions would be allowed?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
The description for the proposed Anime & Manga SE states "Proposed Q&A site for anime fans, otakus, cosplayers, doujin producers, etc."
Right now, the only sample ...
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Are questions going to be limited to Japanese animation and manga?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
I realize a lot of Japanese animated shows have a lot of Korean or Chinese studios working under the main animation production studio, but the focus is still going to be ...
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Are “Where can I find ____?” allowed?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
You know it';s going to be asked, so I had to put up a discussion.
Example Questions:
Where can I watch Baka to Test to Shokanjuu online free?
Where can I ...
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It's going to come up eventually, so can we all agree…Lego bricks *not* Legos?
Proposal: LEGO
I know this issue can raise hackles, but one of the canonical answers this SE site will have to provide is the correct, unabridged and definitive answer to the Lego/Legos question.
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Pokemon cartoons: subset of Anime? [closed]
Proposals: Pokemon and 4kids translations of cartoons, Anime & Manga
I'm not an expert in this area (or even a novice, to be honest) but my impression is that the Pokemon and 4kids translations ...
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Will this be a place to find Elmers or are only technical questions on topic?
Proposal: Amateur Radio
Granted, meeting Elmers in real life is best, but what if someone had questions about the usage of a Q-signal (for instance, why is everyone asking me QTH? Someone could ...
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Would terrariums and other types of vivariums be on topic as well?
Proposal: Aquarium Hobbyist
I think it's great that you are rebooting this proposal.
Would you consider adding other types of vivariums to the scope (e.g., terrariums) in order to serve a wider ...
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How do we keep this proposal hot?
I'm not really sure why the last proposal lost steam. It made it to the commitment phase and then was closed at the threshold of two years.
Surely this community has some adventurers in it. Let's ...
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I made a proposal and it disappeared
I made the proposal "Mushroom hunting", it disappeared and I can't trace what happened. Was it closed due to some reason? Was it deleted? Why I can't find out what happened to my proposal?
Thanks for ...
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This is not a duplicate of Motor Vehicles
Proposal: Small engine repair and maintenance
Motor Vehicle Maintenance and Repair does not currently support the maintenance and repair of small two and four stroke engines commonly found in lawn ...
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First Aid category
Proposal: First Aid
Why the First Aid proposal are in Recreation?
Wouldn't be more suitable to Science or Life?
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Is it a viable proposal?
Proposal: Weapons (Firearms, Knives, Archery, etc.)
There was a similar proposal a few years ago that died out due to insufficient attention and activity. Do you think this proposal will be viable ...
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Should CB be on topic?
Proposal: Amateur Radio
As mentioned in this answer, there is a discussion about if CB radios should be allowed. So, should they?
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Merge or close as duplicate [closed]
Proposal: Autos and Motor Vehicle Maintenance and Repair
It seems pretty the same to me except that Autos is more restrict. Subset sites just drain audience. They could be just one stronger site?
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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
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How can we raise awareness of this proposal?
Proposal: Aquarium Hobbyist
How can we make this proposal more successful than the previous one? I've noticed there don't seem to be any big community sites/forums for this hobby - instead people are ...
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On “Motor Vehicle” dupe reports
Proposal: Cars
Duplicate reported: Motor Vehicle Maintenance and Repair
I looked at the Motor Vehicles site and that's really for repairing and maintaining vehicles. My proposal is more for the ...
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This seems to be included in The Great Outdoors
Proposal: Skydiving
The Great Outdoors seems to support skydiving questions already, even if there aren't many. However, that doesn't seem to bode well for this site either, since that site doesn't ...
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