Sources used for this answer:
- Graduation dates: Area 51 or SE API.
- Design dates and increased privilege dates: the site's meta for announcements of new designs.
- Full mod election dates: the list of elections found at
/election
on every site, plus some digging to understand if they're pro-tem or full elections.
Increased privilege thresholds
These are no longer applied for newly graduating sites, unless a site specifically asks for it. This was confirmed on 27 February 2023, and only two sites (Anime & Manga and Code Golf and Coding Challenges, both in 2019) were given increased privilege thresholds since 2016. The full list of recently (since 2015) graduating sites with increased privilege thresholds is as follows. All of them got both a design and increased privilege thresholds on the same day.
Site |
Graduation |
Design and increased privileges |
Duration |
Link(s) |
Blender |
2015-06-16 |
2016-01-28 |
7 months |
Link |
Network Engineering |
2015-06-23 |
2015-06-23 |
same day |
Link |
Cryptography |
2015-06-30 |
2015-12-21 |
6 months |
Link |
Code Review |
2015-07-14 |
2015-11-25 |
4 months |
Link |
Computer Science |
2015-08-18 |
2016-02-01 |
5 months |
Link |
Anime & Manga |
2015-08-25 |
2019-04-30 |
44 months |
Link |
Magento |
2015-09-01 |
2016-02-26 |
6 months |
Link |
English Language Learners |
2015-09-08 |
2016-02-25 |
6 months |
Link |
Music: Practice & Theory |
2015-09-09 |
2016-03-30 |
7 months |
Link |
Software Recommendations |
2015-09-09 |
2016-04-22 |
7 months |
Link |
Japanese Language |
2015-09-09 |
2016-06-08 |
9 months |
Link |
Worldbuilding |
2015-11-16 |
2016-05-17 |
6 months |
Link |
Emacs |
2015-11-16 |
2016-05-24 |
6 months |
Link |
Aviation |
2015-11-16 |
2016-07-01 |
7 months |
Link |
Signal Processing |
2015-11-16 |
2016-10-05 |
11 months |
Link |
Raspberry Pi |
2015-11-17 |
2015-11-17 |
same day |
Link |
Code Golf & Coding Challenges |
2016-02-23 |
2019-06-11 |
same day |
Link |
Puzzling |
2016-05-04 |
2016-05-04 |
same day |
Link |
Site design and full moderator elections
This is an incomplete list, made community wiki in case anyone wishes to add to it. The sites are sorted by graduation date, then by design date (if applicable), then by name in alphabetical order.
The duration confirms that "it varies". The sites with '?' are still waiting for their design or full moderator elections. The date in the election column is the start date (so "-2 weeks" indicates an election whose end coincided with the graduation date) of the first attempted full election (regardless of whether or not it had enough candidates to actually run as an election - seven sites, Spanish and Bioinformatics and Joomla and Mathematics Educators and Stellar and Tor and Tridion, haven't had successful full elections yet, but attempts were made so those dates are included in the table). The last column is a link to the announcement of the design.
Prior to 24 May 2022, site design and increased privileges always occurred on the same day, as they were considered part of the same phase of site graduation, unless the site had a design to begin with (due to a site sponsorship). Prior to 30 April 2018, all moderator elections were full mod elections, as pro-tem elections for not-yet-graduated sites started for the first time in 2018.
Site |
Graduation |
Design |
Duration |
Election began |
Duration |
Link(s) |
Blender |
2015-06-16 |
2016-01-28 |
7 months |
2016-06-01 |
12 months |
Link |
Network Engineering |
2015-06-23 |
2015-06-23 |
same day |
2015-06-01 |
-3 weeks |
Link |
Cryptography |
2015-06-30 |
2015-12-21 |
6 months |
2015-06-15 |
-2 weeks |
|
Code Review |
2015-07-14 |
2015-11-25 |
4 months |
2015-06-29 |
-2 weeks |
|
Computer Science |
2015-08-18 |
2016-02-01 |
5 months |
2016-08-03 |
12 months |
|
Anime & Manga |
2015-08-25 |
2019-04-30 |
44 months |
2015-08-10 |
-2 weeks |
Link |
Magento |
2015-09-01 |
2016-02-26 |
6 months |
2015-08-17 |
-2 weeks |
|
English Language Learners |
2015-09-08 |
2016-02-25 |
6 months |
2015-08-24 |
-2 weeks |
|
Music: Practice & Theory |
2015-09-09 |
2016-03-30 |
7 months |
2015-11-09 |
2 months |
|
Software Recommendations |
2015-09-09 |
2016-04-22 |
7 months |
2015-11-30 |
2 months |
|
Japanese Language |
2015-09-09 |
2016-06-08 |
9 months |
2015-11-02 |
2 months |
|
Worldbuilding |
2015-11-16 |
2016-05-17 |
6 months |
2016-02-01 |
3 months |
|
Emacs |
2015-11-16 |
2016-05-24 |
6 months |
2016-02-08 |
3 months |
|
Aviation |
2015-11-16 |
2016-07-01 |
7 months |
2016-03-14 |
4 months |
|
Signal Processing |
2015-11-16 |
2016-10-05 |
11 months |
2016-03-07 |
4 months |
|
Raspberry Pi |
2015-11-17 |
2015-11-17 |
same day |
2015-12-07 |
<1 month |
|
Code Golf & Coding Challenges |
2016-02-23 |
2019-06-11 |
39 months |
2016-03-21 |
1 month |
Link |
Puzzling |
2016-05-04 |
2016-05-04 |
same day |
2016-07-11 |
2 months |
|
Law |
2016-07-06 |
? |
|
2016-07-18 |
<1 month |
|
Philosophy |
2016-07-06 |
2022-09-16 |
74 months |
2016-07-25 |
<1 month |
Link |
Motor Vehicle Maintenance & Repair |
2016-09-13 |
2022-08-10 |
71 months |
2016-10-10 |
1 month |
Link |
Quantitative Finance |
2016-12-12 |
2023-03-30 |
75 months |
2017-02-06 |
2 months |
Link |
Ethereum |
2017-06-26 |
2022-07-14 |
61 months |
2017-07-03 |
<1 month |
Link |
Data Science |
2017-07-10 |
2022-08-10 |
61 months |
2017-07-31 |
<1 month |
Link |
Arduino |
2017-07-17 |
2022-07-12 |
60 months |
2017-08-14 |
1 month |
Link |
Bitcoin |
2017-10-09 |
2022-09-16 |
59 months |
2017-10-16 |
<1 month |
Link |
Spanish Language |
2019-08-01 |
2022-09-22 |
37 months |
2020-10-05 |
14 months |
Link |
French Language |
2019-08-01 |
2022-09-30 |
37 months |
2020-05-25 |
9 months |
Link |
German Language |
2019-08-01 |
2022-09-30 |
37 months |
2020-11-16 |
15 months |
Link |
Sound Design |
2019-08-01 |
2022-12-14 |
40 months |
|
|
Link |
Chess |
2019-08-01 |
2023-04-14 |
44 months |
|
|
Link |
Gardening and Landscaping |
2019-08-01 |
2023-04-13 |
44 months |
2021-09-13 |
25 months |
Link |
Writing |
2019-08-01 |
2023-04-13 |
44 months |
2021-11-01 |
27 months |
Link |
Islam |
2019-08-01 |
2023-08-23 |
48 months |
2021-06-28 |
22 months |
Link |
Biblical Hermeneutics |
2019-08-01 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Board & Card Games |
2019-08-01 |
? |
|
2021-10-18 |
26 months |
|
Bricks |
2019-08-01 |
? |
|
2021-09-27 |
25 months |
|
Computational Science |
2019-08-01 |
? |
|
2021-11-01 |
27 months |
|
Chinese Language |
2019-08-01 |
? |
|
2020-06-29 |
10 months |
|
History |
2019-08-01 |
? |
|
2020-10-19 |
14 months |
|
Homebrewing |
2019-08-01 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Linguistics |
2019-08-01 |
? |
|
2021-08-23 |
24 months |
|
Martial Arts |
2019-08-01 |
? |
|
2021-10-04 |
26 months |
|
Parenting |
2019-08-01 |
? |
|
2020-05-25 |
9 months |
|
Physical Fitness |
2019-08-01 |
? |
|
2021-08-09 |
24 months |
|
Poker |
2019-08-01 |
? |
|
2021-09-27 |
25 months |
|
Project Management |
2019-08-01 |
? |
|
2021-08-02 |
24 months |
|
Psychology and Neuroscience |
2019-08-01 |
? |
|
2021-09-20 |
25 months |
|
Russian Language |
2019-08-01 |
? |
|
2021-11-01 |
27 months |
|
Software Testing & Quality Assurance |
2019-08-01 |
? |
|
2021-09-20 |
25 months |
|
Sports |
2019-08-01 |
? |
|
2020-06-01 |
10 months |
|
The Great Outdoors |
2019-08-01 |
? |
|
2021-06-28 |
22 months |
|
Video Production |
2019-08-01 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Русский язык |
2019-08-01 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Quantum Computing |
2021-12-16 |
2018-03-12 |
-45 months |
|
|
Link |
Artificial Intelligence |
2021-12-16 |
2018-09-05 |
-39 months |
|
|
Link |
3D Printing |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Amateur Radio |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Arts and Crafts |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
2022-03-07 |
3 months |
|
Astronomy |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Beer, Wine, and Spirits |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Bioinformatics |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
2022-09-19 |
9 months |
|
Buddhism |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
CiviCRM |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Coffee |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
2022-10-24 |
10 months |
|
Computer Graphics |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Computer Science Educators |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
DevOps |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Drones and Model Aircraft |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Earth Science |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Ebooks |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Economics |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Engineering |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
2022-09-19 |
9 months |
|
EOS.IO |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Esperanto Language |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Expatriates |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Freelancing |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Genealogy & Family History |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Hinduism |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
History of Science and Mathematics |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Iota |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Internet of Things |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Italian Language |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Joomla |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
2023-02-21 |
14 months |
|
Korean Language |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Language Learning |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Latin Language |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
2022-08-15 |
8 months |
|
Lifehacks |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
2022-07-25 |
7 months |
|
Literature |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
2023-03-28 |
15 months |
|
Mathematics Educators |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
2022-10-22 |
10 months |
|
Matter Modeling |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Monero |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Mythology and Folklore |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Open Source |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Operations Research |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
2022-03-14 |
3 months |
|
Pets |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
2022-08-08 |
8 months |
|
Politics |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
2022-09-26 |
9 months |
|
Portuguese Language |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Retrocomputing |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Reverse Engineering |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Robotics |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
2023-05-09 |
17 months |
|
Sitecore |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
2022-08-22 |
8 months |
|
Space Exploration |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
2022-03-28 |
3 months |
|
Stellar |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
2023-02-28 |
14 months |
|
Sustainable Living |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
2022-05-16 |
5 months |
|
Tezos |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
2022-07-18 |
7 months |
|
Tor |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
2022-05-23 |
5 months |
|
Tridion |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
2023-03-07 |
15 months |
|
Ukrainian Language |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Vi and Vim |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Woodworking |
2021-12-16 |
? |
|
|
|
|
Cardano |
2022-02-03 |
? |
|
2022-09-19 |
7 months |
|