Have there been any successful mergers?
This is some basic Q&A about merging sites, but I'm looking for more information.
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This is somewhat of a duplicate: meta.stackexchange.com/q/130342/323179– LaurelCommented Sep 30, 2020 at 3:27
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1Technical Communication merged with Writing as the former's private beta was ending.– Sonic the Anonymous HedgehogCommented Sep 30, 2020 at 3:46
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1How do you define "successful"? The first astronomy site was merged into Physics, losing any chance to cover observational astronomy.– This_is_NOT_a_forumCommented Oct 2, 2020 at 17:27
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@P.Mort.-forgotClayShirky_q that is a good example– WilliamCommented Oct 2, 2020 at 17:28
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I'm not sure if they are technically called merges, but sometimes, early in their lifecycle, sites with not enough activity had their content mass-migrated to other sites. Some cases where this happened:
- Game of Go, to Board & Card Games: Hey! Where did all the Go questions come from? And why aren't there any gorrible puns in this title?
- Guitars, to Music: Practice & Theory: The Guitars SE site has been folded in to this site
- Technical Communication, to Writing: Let's migrate content from Technical Communication here (thanks @Sonic)
answered Sep 30, 2020 at 6:08
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1audio.se and video.se went into avp.se, see meta.stackexchange.com/a/295791/158100– rene ModCommented Sep 30, 2020 at 6:22
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Thanks @rene. I'm now in doubt whether to expand this answer, or merge (pun intended) it with the one you linked to...– Glorfindel ModCommented Sep 30, 2020 at 6:32
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@rene ...and were split apart again when Social Sound Design was migrated in from Stack Exchange 1.0. Commented Nov 1, 2020 at 16:56
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