Tagged Questions
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No, really: what part of this isn't already on-topic for Stack Overflow?
Proposal: Laravel
Update - Laravel will not be launched as a separate site at this time
Thanks to everyone who took the time to leave feedback here. The team discussed this extensively, and we all ...
0
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0answers
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Exclude “lower case semantic web”?
Proposal: Semantic Web
There may be various definitions of the Semantic Web. Some may use it for anything "semantic" related to the Web, for example semantic use of HTML, using Microformats, using ...
3
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2answers
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Will I be able to discuss the technological aspects of “gamification”?
I am also active for "Programmers", and I would like to know if the "gamification" site will also cover the technological aspects, such as the development, usage, implementation or integration of ...
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2answers
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Are microcontroller questions welcome?
Proposal: Embedded Programming and Design
Would this SE by the go-to place for all uC questions? My expertise (what little there is) is in 8 bit micros and programming in C. It's difficult to gauge ...
1
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1answer
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Handling Open ended questions
Most of the interview questions posted on Stack Overflow are deemed "Open Ended" and closed by moderators. Being open-ended does hurt the core value of the question and the site. How is this site ...
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2answers
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Suggested name change to Artificial Intelligence
Proposal: Machine Learning
Machine Learning is a large enough sub-field of Artificial Intelligence, I figure we might as well change the name (+ description) of this proposal to Artificial ...
1
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1answer
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Suggested name + description change
Proposal: Interview Questions
Programming interview questions are very similar to those asked in programming competitions and these questions are also of interest to people outside of these 2 ...
2
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1answer
51 views
Can the scope be widened to include other intro platforms?
Proposal: Arduino
Although Arduino is a very popular platform, there are others that appeal to the same kind of users. Raspberry Pi, Basic Stamp, and Propeller are some examples of easy to use ...
0
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1answer
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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. ...
1
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1answer
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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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0answers
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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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3answers
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If this isn't a duplicate of EE, might want to consider elevating fewer electronics-heavy examples
Proposal: Arduino
The last iteration of this proposal was closed as a duplicate of http://electronics.stackexchange.com/, where Arduino is a pretty popular topic. If there are aspects to this topic ...
6
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1answer
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How do we draw the line between E-readers and general purpose tablets?
Proposal: E-books and E-book Readers
I'm going to assume that this site won't be a clearing house for any question on any device that one might read a book on. Questions on reading apps are likely ...
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2answers
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Proposal: Why don't we have a mobile.stackexchange.com? for android developers and ios alike?
We have an apple one, but there are a lot of mobile developers that develop cross-platform - why not have a stackexchange devoted entirely to mobile development ios and android? There are so many ...
6
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3answers
117 views
Scope of Embedded Programming
Proposal: Embedded Programming and Design
Let's discuss how far "up" or "down" this site should go. Which belong here, which are better left to SO, EE or elsewhere.
IDE, tools, configuring the ...
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5answers
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DITA - Do we need a site for just this?
Proposal: DITA
DITA is, for all intents and purposes, an XML file format that has a particular series of tools built around it. It's mainly used as a markup language for documents, with an ...
2
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1answer
28 views
Would modern metalworking be allowed?
Proposal: Blacksmithing
Do you think modern metalworking could be allowed?
I mean welding, not-digital turning/milling, grinding, electric point-welding, and general subjects related to production ...
13
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2answers
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Are eReader apps on topic or not?
Proposal: E-books and E-book Readers
Are apps like the iOS/Android Kindle app on topic for this proposal? Generally they may be on topic on the Apple/Android/Super User/etc sites related to whichever ...
1
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1answer
30 views
Storage Area Networking
StackExchange has Serverfault, stackoverflow, superuser and other technology sites and they are working very well. I have also seen a proposal for virtualization and cloud computing too.
I think if ...
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1answer
97 views
Recommending Software
Proposal: Software Recommendations
Would this work in a reverse way as well? Say I have built an application, could I recommend it here?
I know there's a fine line between recommending and ...
0
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1answer
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How do I go about setting up a homework site?
I teach mathematics in a university. I want to encourage my students to ask and answer questions from each other to build a sense of community. Thus the proposal for a homework site.
I want a ...
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0answers
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Temas de bases de datos [closed]
Proposal: Stack Overflow in Spanish ¿Qué nivel de interés hay en Oracle, SQL Server entre otros, y en forma más abstracta en modelización relacional de datos? Estos temas, ¿deberían estar en SO en ...
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2answers
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Could this be expanded to cover version control systems in general?
Proposal: GitHub
I feel like if this site were to become a full-fledged Q&A site, there would a major problem:
Limited Quantity of Questions
Now Github as a topic is relatively modest, because ...
1
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1answer
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'How to Hire', where providers inform seekers of best practices.
I recently proposed How To Hire to Area51. I would love some feed back. The idea of professionals informing service seekers seemed valuable and inspired the proposal. Just wanted to see if others felt ...
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2answers
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Can language based Stack Overflow proposal regrouped the most popular stack exchange sites (SO, SU, SF…) using tags
There's many stack overflow languages based proposal on area51
Stack Overflow (in French)
Stack Overflow (in Persian)
Stack Overflow (in German)
Stack Overflow in Polish
Stack Overflow (in Chinese)
...
2
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2answers
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Conflict with programmers.stackexchange?
Proposal: Programming Language Design and Implementation
I think that this proposal is going to conflict with programmers.stackexchange.
How exactly will this proposal be substantially different ...
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1answer
49 views
Le rôle d'un SO en Français est-il déjà pris? [closed]
Proposal: Stack Overflow (in French)
Il existe des forums en Français dont des sections permettent les questions-réponses sur des sujets de développement plus ou moins pointus (cl-r dans un ...
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2answers
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Rationale for other.stackexchange.com
Proposal: Other
It seems rather often, and to the chagrin of many loyal Stack Exchange users and the entire community, that some questions have no place to go. See ...
2
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3answers
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Is it possible to count Joomla related questions on StackOverflow towards interest in the Joomla proposal?
There have been a tonne of Joomla related questions on StackOverflow recently that would be better suited to a site dedicated to Joomla (ie. a site such as the current Joomla proposal.) Is it possible ...
2
votes
0answers
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Tagging questions [closed]
Proposal: Zend Framework
Once the proposal is accepted and questions start to flow, we should enforce a specific minimum tagging for each question. This basically boils down to requiring one of the ...
22
votes
1answer
230 views
Windows Phone Developer questions should stay on StackOverflow
Proposal: Windows Phone
As per the comment in 'Announcements' from Mick N, this site should not be targeting developers and WP developers should continue to leverage Stack Overflow.
Can the site ...
7
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2answers
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Shareware Authors: Duplicate, not a real proposal, or? [closed]
Proposal: Shareware Authors
When I look at the recently created Shareware Authors proposal and read its description:
Proposed Q&A site for software developers who want to learn how to sell, ...
4
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3answers
131 views
Changing title and scope to be explicitly inclusive of IC design
Proposal: Programmable logic and FPGA design
By votes, it's clear that there's support for explicitly including IC design for this proposal. Given that this proposal has taken a very long time to get ...
6
votes
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, ...
0
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1answer
33 views
Does this become the Opencv site? [closed]
Proposal: Computer Vision
OpenCV is probably the most used computer vision library.
One of it's issues is that the main community for it is a Yahoo groups page with all the wonderful Yahoo groups ...
12
votes
4answers
512 views
Scope of Cryptography proposal overlaps with other existing sites
Proposal: Cryptography, CS Theory, IT Security
I am failing to understand the scope of this proposal. The comments like these:
Since this site was not merged with the security.stackexchange.com ...
24
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3answers
265 views
Please support this proposal as a means to split robotics from the Electronics site [closed]
Proposal: Robotics research
As an electrical engineer, I have played with robots, and I can help a lot of people who have simple robotic questions revolving around electronics, which are widely used ...
12
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1answer
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Could the definition for the SharePoint proposal be broadened?
We would like to move SharePoint Overflow to Stack Exchange via the Area 51 process. This proposal matches our site the best, however it describes a developer-only site. We are only interested in ...
4
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2answers
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An official statement about how / if this is related to the existing SharePointOverflow.com is needed
Proposal: SharePoint
Is this instead of the existing SharePointOverflow.com StackExchange 1.0 site or will SharePointOverflow.com be upgraded as part of this Area51 proposal?
