Aside from the "gen-u-wine™" thing I actually want to have the global-inbox enabled in Area 51 (maybe http://stackexchange.com too).
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We finally just added the gen-u-wine™ StackExchange™ MultiCollider SuperDropdown™ to Area 51! Sorry that took so long.
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As to the why, Area 51 does not have an API. While this does not mean they couldn't show the data from the other sites that do have an API, I suspect it is omitted to try and avoid confusion.
answered Nov 21 '10 at 3:21
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2Meh, I doubt this is the reason. Looking at the ajax request pulled by that thing, you can see that it's making requests to
http://stackexchange.com/genuwinefor hot questions and sites, andsitename/inbox/genuwinefor the inbox, so it has nothing to do with the site specific API. I think it's far more likely because A51's codebase branched off before that button was added, and the team never bothered to update it to add the button. – Yi Jiang Nov 21 '10 at 9:11 -
@YiJiang, I think it would be a bit confusing to have the inbox there but not have it showing activity from A51. – Rebecca Chernoff Nov 21 '10 at 15:38
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That's would be a reason why activities from A51 doesn't show up, not why the button doesn't exist. Also, I doubt that's the reason. The lack of an API simply means the team doesn't see a need to publish one, not necessarily because the data isn't there. – Yi Jiang Nov 21 '10 at 15:41
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@YiJiang, obviously I'm not in a position to speak officially on this. I really have no idea! – Rebecca Chernoff Nov 21 '10 at 15:49
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It's been months, and guess what? Now you are in a position to speak officially on this, haha~ – Grace Note♦ Jan 28 '11 at 18:50
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I think they have not yet figure out how to integrate the two different types of sites they have created. Area 51 draws on the other accounts differently than a usual stack exchange account. Maybe they just haven't got a coder to the problem, or they are waiting for more data on the issue.
gen-u-whine? – Andrew Grimm Nov 21 '10 at 3:40