Criteria for subdomains for stackexchange.com sites [duplicate]

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Based on what list of criteria or requirements does stackexchange.com create a subdomain site?

For example, they have

I'm curious to know what is the list of criteria or requirements for Stack Exchange subdomains.

or

How do they decide to create a Stack Exchange subdomain site?

Also, apart from the first question, why haven't they created something like windows.stackexchange.com?

As for windows.stackexchange.com, I think you'll find that nearly every potential question for such a site already has a home at Super User. — ale, Commented Dec 24, 2015 at 13:46
@AlE. but I'm curious to know why they didn't create it, considering it is used by many — sarathprasath, Commented Dec 24, 2015 at 13:49
There was such a proposal, but it's deleted due to the lack of interest. — nicael, Commented Dec 24, 2015 at 13:55

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The main issue here is creating a new Q&A site - the subdomain is just an implementation detail.

The process for suggesting and creating a new site is done via Area 51, and explained pretty extensively in its FAQ.

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answered Dec 24, 2015 at 13:36

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