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Suggestions for spreading the word to people that care
Proposal: Stack Overflow in Spanish
Beyond the obvious of share to social networks, what are some ways to get people that would already be interested in this proposal to come and support it? (see my ...
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user name info in header is buggy
I've noticed that where it shows your username and badges at the top of the top is a bit buggy. Depending on the way you trail through the site, it will change to an older version of your reputation ...
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how to get new questions voted
Proposal: Italian Language & Usage
I think we are doing fine as far as the number of followers is concerned (although I admit the increase pace has slowed down somewhat), but the problem of ...
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Criteria for closing two year old proposals
Proposal: Stack Overflow (in Portuguese)
As this proposal gets dangerously close to the two year mark, I'm wondering what would happen to it if we don't reach 100% by november 05. I've seen other ...
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Windows 8 App Development
There are many developers around seeking for development tools and guidance. The one place could be enough to get them all.
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Can you make a referral retroactive?
I joined Area51 because someone suggested it in a blog. There must have been a link I should have use so that he would get credit referring me. Is there a way I can make it retroactive?
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How can one edit the description of a proposal?
If there are some typos and such, how can it be edited to correct? Can only the proposer edit or is there some other process/option?
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Recommend reviewing lower-voted questions on Definition phase proposals
A common problem with proposals is people use many of their votes on great example questions, then lose the votes they need
See examples in This proposal will reach Commit more quickly if people ...
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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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Allow votes on own example questions
When writing an example question, often the writer of that question has a good idea whether or not he considers the question he's writing to be a good example of the kind of questions he'd expect for ...
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Would it be beneficial to reduce the scope of this exchange to the Common Core Standards - thoughts?
With so many teachers and schools learning and adopting the common core I think having a Q and A site dedicated to just that topic would be beneficial over having such a broad category like 'educators'...
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Can proposal "Microsoft" be closed?
I recently viewed the Microsoft site proposal on area51.stackexchange sites
my opinions were two
if the question related to microsoft software products we can ask at superuser.se
if the question ...
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Is there any part of this proposal that is not already on-topic on User Experience?
Proposal: Gamification
Gamification is on-topic on topic on User Experience and pretty much all of the answerable/constructive example questions would be perfectly on topic on User Experience (while ...
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Proposal for algorithm site
I am thinking of proposing a "Algorithms" site. I want your suggestion, whether it is a good idea.
In algorithm, data-structure is also included.
Some may argue that following sites already answer ...
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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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"expert" instead of "professional"?
Proposal: Genealogy & Family History
The current description is:
Proposed Q&A site for professional genealogists and people interested in genealogy or family history
Stack Overflow sites ...
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Problems to avoid in becoming a committer
Proposal: Genealogy & Family History
I would really like this proposal to succeed and so I became a committer. Then through my activity on Stack Overflow, I reached the coveted 200+ rep points, ...
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How to get the last few people with 200+ Rep needed
Proposal: Genealogy & Family History
When a proposal gets close to 100% Committment, but is only short of the 200+ Reputation people it needs, what can be done to get it there?
I see the ...
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I can post maybe 20+ additional Example Questions, what can I do?
Among of the proposals I participate in, there are several I consider myself experienced enough. They are "...Language and Usage" sites, if that matters.
In addition to the limit of 5 questions, I ...
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"Good Question" and "Great Question" badges
I note that the Good Question (30) and Great Question (50) badges are available here on Area51
Given that posters are actively discouraged from "Voting Up" questions that have already got the ...
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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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What exactly does it take to get a site out of public beta? [closed]
I'm surprised that I haven't found anything addressing this. I have been active on the Japanese beta for some time now, and would quite like to see it get launched. It looks like the metrics are all ...
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Suggestion to Change the Title of the Existing English Forum
I support the idea to create a new forum for ESL people. On the other hand, the title of the existing English forum, English Language and Usage, becomes somewhat misleading in that case.
I naturally ...
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where can stackexchange newbies find out more?
Proposal: Genealogy & Family History
For those who are new to stackexchange, is there a good place to go find out more?
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Is creationism a scientific topic?
Proposal: Creationism
I believe creationism in off-topic here. See for example
Creation–evolution controversy
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New proposal description is too restrictive/uninviting
Proposal: Genealogy & Family History
The new description does not reflect what this Q&A site should be about. It is far to restrictive.
Proposed Q&A site for genealogists who study ...
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Robotics-related software questions should be robotics or in stackoverflow?
Proposal: Robotics
This is a grey area I would like to be clarified a bit more. For example, a robotics software working in real-time, probably uses RTAI. Now if you have a question related to RTAI ...
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How are we going to tackle the problem caused by BIDI languages?
Since Persian is a right-to-left language and English is left-to-right, their combination either doesn't work or does not look good. What are you going to do about this issue?
Proposal: Persian ...
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Which Geo/Earth Sciences proposal to support?
Proposal: Geoscience
We are leaning towards creating a community for the EarthCube audience, basically collaborative 'cyberinfrstracture' for the Earth Sciences. Specifically we are working on the ...
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Getting more expert committers - Become one yourself!
Proposal: Genealogy & Family History
To make beta, genealogy needs to excel in 3 areas:
committers - currently 159, needs 200. Other discussions (eg Would someone draft a blurb I could use to ...
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Ensure You're "Committed" and not just "Following"
Proposal: Genealogy & Family History
I've noticed almost half of the people who originally signed up to "Follow" the Genealogy & Family History proposal, have not followed that up by "Commit"...
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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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Is there a way to see all of the followers?
Proposal: Genealogy & Family History
Once in Commitment Phase, you can see all the Committers. Ten users are shown at the bottom of the page, and you can move from page to page through them all.
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Can we ask Genealogy related questions while this Proposal is in the Commitment stage?
Proposal: Genealogy & Family History
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Once beta starts, do the sample questions automatically become real questions? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What happens to questions posed during the 'Definition' phase when a site moves to later phases?
Essentially just the title, but once the q/a actually exists, do all ...
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Could the moderators please do research or give an explaination?
I understand the need to remove duplicate proposals. But do the moderators do research when they say that it is a duplicate of another. I have been looking over this for a few hours today becasue mine ...
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Change Stack Overflow (in Portuguese) proposal description
Proposal: Stack Overflow (in Portuguese)
I'm suggestting a minor change to the Portuguese version of the proposal description, from this:
Proposta de site de perguntas e respostas para ...
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Please help this proposal get to 100% Commitment
Proposal: Robotics
Our biggest hurdle to achieving 100% Commitment is the very few number of committers who have no reputation on any other Stackexchange site.
If you have never used any of the ...
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Would someone draft a blurb I could use to help get the word out on new Genealogy proposal?
Proposal: Genealogy & Family History
The genealogy proposal is now in 'commitment' and needs more committers. How best should we get the word out?
Could someone write up a blurb that I (and ...
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Is a notification sent out to tell followers that the proposal moved from the definition phase to the commit phase?
Proposal: Genealogy & Family History
Is a notification sent out to tell followers of a proposal that it moved from the definition phase to the commit phase?
If a notification isn't sent then I ...
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Commitment - What is required
Proposal: Genealogy & Family History
Can someone explain what level of commitment is required to achieve Beta.
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Is pervasive computing a subset of robotics?
Proposal: Robotics
I want to know if the pervasive(ubiquitous) computing area is covered in robotics or not?
Can we ask any question about pervasive computing here?
I've recently opened a proposal ...
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How did 2 questions vanish?
Proposal: Genealogy & Family History
Two questions just vanished. I know they did, because I congratulated the person who posted the 100th question. Now there are only 98.
Questions can be voted ...
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Why does the proposal include the term serious amateurs?
Proposal: Genealogy & Family History
The proposal description reads: Proposed Q&A site for genealogy enthusiasts, family historians, professional genealogists, and serious amateurs.
Why the ...
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How you can help this proposal
Proposal: Robotics
We are doing very well, but we still need to find another lots more committers with 200+ rep before this moves on to the next stage, private beta.
If you are new to the ...
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How can a proposal get the 10 votes on 40 questions during the Definition Phase?
This question was originally used to help the proposal Genealogy & Family History get through it's Definition Phase. But I'm rewriting it here to help other proposals do the same.
Getting the ...
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WTF? Why can't there be more explanation?
Proposal: Genealogy & Family History
Why can't the site have more explanation?
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Should we contact previous IL&U committers to tell them the proposal was restarted?
Proposal: Italian Language & Usage
To avoid this proposal being closed again, should we contact committers of the previous proposal to invite them?
EDIT:
How should we proceed in contacting people?...
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Activity on other StackExchange sites
It seems that the current most prohibitive figure is the number of people with activity on other SE sites. Not sure if advertisement on SO is allowed, but one sure method would be for people to get an ...
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Area 51 unpredicatble today?
Proposal: Tridion
Even when I am logged in, the site redirects me to login again while voting up.
Also I was uncommitted from the proposal automatically.
I can see the commitments going down to 214 ...
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