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Is there some information about the beta site statistics?
I'm a bit irritated by some of the stats for some of the beta sites. For example this from the IoT site stats. The last line says on pace for 0 users [3,000+ rep] at 90 days. Although the highest rep ...
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Can ask patents be referred back to Area 51?
The ask patents subsite has almost died out. I don't think there is a way to intrinsically revive it, if it were a question, I'd say it needs severe moderator intervention. Out of the last 15 ...
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The Area51 logo is pixelated
Note: Don't start looking yet! Everything is fine on the meta section. ;)
The Area51 site logo in the top-left corner is pixelated.
I noticed it with Safari 9.1.1 and Firefox 45.0. However, I don't ...
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Proposal deleted error!
After clicking on deleted Example Questions of new proposal in recent inbox tab gives an error. Though the proposal is active!
While Clicking on active question redirects to the proposal page!
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How to describe a new proposal that is likely to be successful on SE?
Area 51 is what it is, and it is not perfect, nor likely to be updated anytime soon.
We have an FAQ but it does not really help to define what a viable or successful site might look like. There have ...
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Does the 'answer ratio' stat include closed questions and answers with a negative score?
In the statistics of all launched beta sites there is one stat called 'answer ratio'. How exactly is this calculated?
Is it simply the average number of (non-deleted) answers per question for a site? ...
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Relaunches following failed attempts
As per the discussion of closings during private beta at Private betas, launches, relaunches, rules for promotion, and community partnerships, I'd like to request the feature that committers from ...
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Chat room: We only have until end of July to get to the next stage
Proposal: Computer Graphics
Since we only have until end of July to get to the next stage before the Computer Graphics proposal is automatically deleted, I've created a chat room to discuss what ...
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I think Arabic language Q&A should support RTL design
Proposal: Arabic Language
I think this website should support the RTL design in general (the look & feel), and support combined text (English & Arabic) in questions and answers.
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Tooltip showing date/time of site launch
When a site is launched, the following is displayed (actual example):
And while all of the "relative" date-related text on Stack Exchange usually has a tooltip showing the exact date/time, this doesn'...
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Why should this be launch while there are lots of LDS questions on Christianity.SE?
Proposal: Mormonism
lds is one of the most frequented tags on Christianity.SE. How is this not just its subgroup? If it is, I'd vote for close - splitting Christianity.SE community just because ...
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Qualilty commits
Proposal: Gamification
This is a general comment to all individuals who have committed to this proposal, especially those interested in learning more about Gamification
Over 1/4 (55 individuals at ...
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What happened to the 'Debian' proposal?
There was a Debian proposal and now it seems to have disappeared. I really wish you guys would keep closed proposals around so I could see what happened to them. What happened here?
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Can we ask for and suggest where to find/buy specific hardware?
Proposal: Hardware Recommendations
Sometimes it can be hard to find specific piece of hardware equipment. This can be due to stock exhaustion, lack of supply to specific regions, etc.
Is it okay to ...
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Can/Should Definition questions remain open during Commitment phase?
There is an older SE Meta question What can be done to keep users active in the commitment phase? at the time it was posted Next Generation of Area 51 was just around the corner.
There is a ...
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Is there a difference between "Preservation of Life" and "Health"
Proposal: Preservation of Life
There is already a proposal "Health" which is already in commitment phase. Looking at the example questions, the topics seem to be mostly the same.
What is the ...
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What is the average percent of commited users that fulfilled commitment?
I have noticed that sites have gone to beta with numbers between 6% and 20% of committed users fulfilling their commitment. What is the average number for a site going to Beta?
While we are on the ...
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Is "Living and working in USA" for Americans?
Proposal: Living and working in USA
Is this site intended for those who were born in the US and lived there all their lives? If not, then it would seem to be a duplicate of Expatriates.
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Strange scale of this proposal
Proposal: Adobe
I find the scale of this proposal really strange. Adobe Systems is a large company which creates lots and lots of different software products which don't have much to do with each ...
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Already covered thousands of times on SO - there is no need for a "Laravel" site, especially for beginners
Proposal: Laravel has over 10000 questions on Stack Overflow already.
And the new Laravel is covered, too.
Why would this warrant its own site?
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We need more diversity, talk to your colleagues!! (About perceived duplicates and unsuccessful proposals)
First of all I'll say I love love love StackExchange. And I think it'd be awesome if communities from more fields of knowledge would spill their expertise to the CC internet.
TL;DR
We should be ...
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Proof this is not a duplicate?
Proposal: Puppy Linux
If you want to prove this proposal is not a duplicate of the existing site (or contrary), post the example questions to Unix&Linux. If they get reasonable answers in ...
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"@" ping doesn't work in the Example Questions?
In the example questions the "@" ping doesn't work in the comments. Meaning you don't get the usual suggestions of who you want to ping.
Is that by-design or a bug?
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I want to commit to game theory proposal but
Proposal: Game Theory
Are questions on topics in operational research/optimal control/optimal stopping welcome here? The current definition is rather narrow and I want to know the answer to these ...
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Standardizing & Simplifying SE Site Names
This is a repost of an announcement/discussion on Meta Stack Overflow. I'm cross-posting here since this is where new sites are born and named, and because you may notice some proposal names ...
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Make people aware of progress participation
It looks like people tend to follow proposals but don't upvote existing example questions or add new questions.
But this is necessary for further progress of a proposal.
Could be add a hint when a ...
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So close to beta
Proposal: Pets
Just need three more committers! Tell anyone who is interested to commit to pets.
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Great work! You're almost there!
Proposal: Maker Professionals
After a few failed attempts, we finally got enough support to give this subject a serious run. Congratulations! The proposal did a great job of attracting a lot of ...
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Are free-time astronomers welcome?
Will the Astronomy QA site be targeted for hobby/free-time astronomers also?
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Get the (example) questions of closed proposals/sites?
What happens to the example questions when a proposal gets closed? And if the proposal gets deleted, what happens then?
What happens to the questions when a beta site gets closed? Do closed sites get ...
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Shorter proposals and referral links
It would be nice to have a slightly shorter link to a proposal (and for referrals).
So, for:
area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/47932
have this also link there: (similar to what works for questions)...
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Notice on old closed site, about new proposed site? Invite to commit?
Proposal: Astronomy
There seems to be a gulf between the old, closed Astronomy site, and this new, up and coming Astronomy proposal. Can't someone put a link on the old site to point to the new? ...
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Is the 'Yoga and Meditation' proposal really also about meditation?
Proposal: Yoga and Meditation
The proposal name is 'Yoga and Meditation', but in the proposal description I only read about Yoga. There is no mention of meditation. Is this site really about both, or ...
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Could embeded youtube/video be allowed?
For some purposes embeding some animes on an anime discussion zone makes sense.
For example I would like to know what is the original name of the Italian doubled:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
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Anime: Are questions about VOCALOID allowed?
Proposal: Anime & Manga
Background Info
VOCALOID (ボクロイド) is an English and Japanese (and recently Spanish, Chinese and Korean) voice synthesizer. The anime-inspired characters come with a 'voice'...
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reputation decreased while reputation history only shows positive reputation. What happened.
Yesterday I had 590 reputation today i log in and I view my reputation the only reputation change is an upvote on a question. Yesterday the only reputation change is also an upvote. Yet my reputation ...
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Similar Q&A site (and why we can do better)
Proposal: Aviation
Note that there is already an OSQA site that has a similar scope (Circle to Land) - there's some good content there but it's devolved into a spam pit from lack of maintenance/...
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Hey there, we're hot! Bloomberg ranks genealogy second only to porn on net. Time to help push this to beta
Proposal: Genealogy & Family History
Let's get behind this initiative and support a beta site.
According to yesterday's issue of Bloomberg's Business Week, "... genealogy ranks second only to ...
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Did You Use a New Account for Area 51?
Proposal: Genealogy & Family History
I've found a few Committers to the Genealogy & Family History Proposal at Area 51 inadvertently did not sign up to Area 51 with their Stack Exchange login ...
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Duplicate of sport
Proposal: Extreme sport
This is a duplicate of sports : https://sports.stackexchange.com/
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Reputation for some committers is incorrect
I've noticed that a few users are displayed as having 151 reputation here, even though they have much more network-wide if you check their profiles. One example from the Chemistry proposal is the ...
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Evaluating your proposal's vital signs
I'm assuming every proposal currently in beta wants to get out of beta. Here are some charts showing data gathered from each beta proposal's Area 51 page. The data fetched is what I call the "vital ...
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Please hide unsightly closed proposals from default view or move them to their own tab
In the default view of new proposals, 25 are closed if you are viewing 50 to a page, and 11 if you are viewing 15 to a page. It's not much better on the second page of 50 proposals (14/50).
This is ...
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How about a discussion of the software available for the RepRap family of 3D printers? What alternatives are available?
Proposal: 3D Printers, Laser Cutters, & Personal Manufacturing
This is specifically meant to be a exchange of information on the CAD packages used to design for RepRap. See RepRap Useful software
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This proposal is not a dupe
Proposal: French language
I don't agree that this is a duplicate of 'correct French usage'. It's a more generic forum that covers that, and translations. It seems too granular to split French ...
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How would this be a useful site?
Proposal: Make In India
I cannot see a reason for this to be a useful site.
What would I ask here?
What is off and on topic?
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Have there been a proposal that reached "40 questions with 10 votes" requirement earlier than the "60 followers" one?
As stated in the headline - have there been such a proposal?
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Epidemiology is on-topic at Medical Sciences
Proposal: Epidemiology
Epidemiology is on-topic at Medical Sciences Stack Exchange. The epidemiology tag there currently has 64 questions.
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Wildlife is On-Topic at The Great Outdoors
Proposal: Wildlife
The Great Outdoors SE has a wildlife tag, and it seems to be a fairly active tag, judging by the current questions
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What to we need to do to help this proposal succeed?
Proposal: Geography
From my limited observations - the previous iteration of this proposal ran out of steam, then ran out of time.
What can we do to ensure that this proposal sees success?
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