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Why a separate site for Tabla when we already have Musical Practice and Performance?
There already is a site for Musical Practice & Performance, so why would we need a site specificly for Tabla?
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what is the best way to impliment search for patient's note/template [closed]
i am implementing search for patient's note/template. there are too many fields that can be add for search. but with limited area how we implement same? which easy to help to any doctor/software ...
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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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Introducing emancipation.SE
Proposal: Emancipatory theory and practice
for... people who are interested in progressive social change, questions about communism, socalism, feminism, anti-racism, grassroot activism in history, ...
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Is Marketing similar to Onstartups?
Proposal: Marketing
I found out there is a startups stack exchange page. The FAQ there says:
Answers.onstartups.com is a site for entrepreneurs starting and running new businesses. Topics include ...
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Benefits of a broader, more encompassing legal site to absorb all the fragmented legal proposals
Proposal: Legal Doctrine, Policy, Practice, and other law-related topics.
I believe the web can benefit from a broadly-focused legal Stack Exchange site. There appear to be four law-related proposals ...
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Too many questions with exactly 10 votes
In lots of proposals, you'll see a lot of questions with exactly 10 votes. You'll even see people saying that you're wasting votes if you vote for a question with more than 10 votes.
Most questions ...
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1answer
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Vegan Hacks proposal is subset of Seasoned Advice?
There already is a 'Seasoned Advice' site and it currently has 52 questions tagged 'vegan'. Why do we need a separate vegan site?
Proposal: Vegan Hacks
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Text Editors, Scripting, and General Definition
Proposal: Editors
Concerning the scope of the proposal, I'm wondering whether questions concerning Emacs Lisp and VimScript (and the like for other editors, VBA comes to mind) should be on this site. ...
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Could this be expanded to all types of editors, such as LyX, Word (and friends), TeXMaker, etc.?
Proposal: Text editors
Change title to Editors.
This would definitely increase the scope of the site to a more general audience; far more people have issues fiddling with Word or configuring LyX ...
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Not stackoverflow duplicate
Proposal: Editors
I don't think this is a stackoverflow dupe. Maybe a super user dupe, but I think not. The idea is to get both groups of people, developers and users and also be open to questions ...
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Data Science Proposal
Proposal: I think its good time to have a Data Science community. The basic goal is that people from different disciplines like health, education, economics, agriculture, advertisement, etc working ...
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How broad is the site?
Proposal: India
I am feeling like the site is too broad, since asking questions about each and everything related to India would be too fragmented. Can we have a list of topics which should be there ...
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How would a Debian-specific stack be different from the existing Unix & Linux site?
Proposal: Debian
While I love Debian, and can certainly understand some of the arguments for why Ubuntu needs its own site on the Stack Exchange network, I don't see the value in having a separate ...
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1answer
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Have you added five questions? Have you used all five of your upvotes on questions with less than 10 votes?
Proposal: Big Data
Why does this proposal have so many followers who haven't voted up questions, and who haven't offered their own questions?
Remember, you can add five example questions, to help ...
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1answer
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Could “music producers” be a little too specific-sounding?
I'm thinking a name like "music producers" might scare people away. Even changing it to "music production" might make things sound less exclusive. Does it sound too specific?
Proposal: Music ...
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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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Will EL&U be a General Reference site respect to ELL? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Drawing the lines between ELL and EL&U
Proposal: English Language Learners
Considering that EL&U is a complete repository of high quality answers on English ...
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Drawing the lines between ELL and EL&U
Proposal: English Language Learners
Since the proposal has been re-opened and given the excitement its closure caused, I think it is appropriate to further discuss the delineation between ELL and ...
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What animals should we classify as pets?
Proposal: Pets
Right now the site is described as a site for pet owners, caretakers, etc. However, I don't feel like that does a good job of what animals should be considered "pets", and what animals ...
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Pervasive(Ubiquitous) Computing Site
I think it worth having a new site about pervasive(ubiquitous) computing.
Is this area covered by any other existing site?
If yes, would you introduce it?
And if not, what's your idea about such a ...
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1answer
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Defining the “Healthcare Industry” proposal. What can we improve upon?
Proposal: Healthcare Industry
I think it's important to discuss what we as the starting members of this community are all personally looking for. I know the questions help define what this SE will be ...
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Would anyone be interested in an “internet pornography” site proposal?
Since pornography has been, and still is, the most profitable business on the internet;
would anyone be interested in discussing it here?
Analysis would involve:
Statistics
Categorization
Social ...
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Do we accept translation questions?
Proposal: English Language Learners
Given that the site specifically caters to non-native English speakers, do we want to allow straight translation questions here?
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Defining topicality
Proposal: English Language Learners
How shall we clearly define what is on-topic for this site and what is confusing enough that it should properly go to English Language and Usage?
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Is the name the reason why attention is lacking?
Proposal: Repurpose
This proposal was made because of the confusion of the term "hacker" and narrowed it down to just the repurposing definition of hacking, not the cybersecurity one. We cannot use ...
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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 does it mean. “No Shopping Questions”?
Proposal: Consumer Issues and Protection
It seems like all the example questions are about shopping by some interpretation. Can we specify and say "no shopping questions about getting the best ...
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1answer
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How should political attacks be handled?
Proposal: Israel
Such a site will most probably draw some of the internet's trolls with inflammatory questions. That do not come out of real interest but out of a will to "troll". Should such ...
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Shouldn't site notes be more objective?
The proposal Not Programming Related has the following note at the top:
Note that the scope and purpose of this proposal changed DRASTICALLY during the beta. Along with the name. You should still ...
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1answer
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What all topics are broadly covered here in this proposal?
Proposal: Broadcast and Media Technologies
This is just to clarify what all topics are (or should be) on-topic on this site?
Can we make a long list of topics and organize them that gives quite a ...
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Why does MATLAB need a separate site?
Proposal: MATLAB
There are almost 7,500 questions about MATLAB at stackoverflow.com, so why does it need a separate site where you can no longer benefit of non-MATLAB programmer's knowledge?
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Can we modify the summary of Stack Overflow (in Turkish) proposal?
Proposal: Stack Overflow (in Turkish)
Proposed Q&A site for professional and enthusiast Turkish speaking
programmers. Profesyonel programcılar için Türkçe soru-cevap sitesi.
Can we add the ...
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1answer
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Tanım aşamasındaki öneride sorulara cevap verelim mi? (Should we respond to questions of a proposal in the definition phase?)
Proposal: Stack Overflow (in Turkish)
Area51'de tanım aşamasında, sitenin içeriğini belirleyen sorular sorulması öneriliyor ve önerilen sitelerdeki yöneticiler, cevapların daha sonra verilmesi, şu ...
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Sign Language: What's “ESL”?
Proposal: Sign Language
Listed as
Proposed Q&A site for experts and students and those interested in sign language, from ASL to ESL to various sign languages.
Is that "ESL" supposed to be ...
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Can somebody explain why this was closed?
Proposal: Dumpster Diving
I was surprised to see this closed as "not a real proposal."
I am not aware of a "checklist" of requirements for a valid proposal, but this one has at least some points in ...
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What are the criteria for deciding whether a language is “natural”? [closed]
Proposal: Linguistics
Short version. Just for the purposes of this proposal, what criteria does a language have to satisfy to be considered a natural (i.e. on-topic) language?
Long version.
I ...
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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 ...
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Are questions that might make some people lose their faith allowed?
Proposal: Christianity
Some questions might reveal some sensitive topics about the Bible and the concept of Christianity as a whole that could lead to somebody to lose his/her faith. Some people ...
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1answer
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Could Building Architecture be broadened?
Proposal: Building Architecture
This proposal is currently defined as study of the design and construction of buildings. Could it be broadened to include disciplines such as urban planning and ...
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1answer
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App Store shouldn't be just for mobile markets
Proposal: App Stores
There's really no reason for App Store-related questions to just be for mobile developers as stated here.
Whatever Microsoft calls their Desktop Marketplace, the Mac App Store, ...
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What is included in 'Sustainability'?
Proposal: Sustainable Living
Are we talking only environmental sustainability or does it include social sustainability? Permaculture talks about "permanent culture" and is one model of a sustainable ...
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1answer
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A proposal made to unify all “Robotics” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Developing a unified robotics proposal
Proposal: Robotics
This is an attempt to unify the other Robotics related proposals into one all-encompassing proposal.
Other ...
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1answer
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Is literary analysis on topic?
Proposal: Literature
From the proposal name, I was expecting more discussion of specific works of literature, literary analysis, and such. I saw almost no example questions along these lines, though, ...
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2answers
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Are book recommendations a solid basis for an SE site?
Proposal: Literature
The questions voted on-topic seem weighted rather heavily to "what book should I read next?"-type questions (by author, style, series order...).
Is this the desired aim of the ...
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1answer
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What about the kids resources proposal?
I am using stackoverflow since last years, every thing about programming and life is there but i did not found any thing for kids.
some thing for kids should be here.
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2answers
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Does Systems Science include systems engineering topics?
Proposal: Systems Science
Is it supposed to include systems engineering discussions?
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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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Could someone clarify the criteria for questions being too technical (or off-topic) for Books.SE?
Proposal: Books
I am confused as to whether asking for a book or list of books about a specific (very) technical subject would be off-topic or inappropriate. First, it says in the description of the ...
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Explaining what “Not A Good Example” (NAGE) mean as short and accurate as possible
I have a feeling that a percentage of people here, especially newcomers, do not understand what NAGE really means and mix it up with off-topic example. It's a bit discouraging and confusing to me when ...
