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Is Area 51 experiencing issues or are there actually no new proposals?
I visited Area 51 and, insofar as I can tell, there are no "proposals." Everything listed has been promoted to public beta.
Honestly, I'm assuming this after a half dozen spot checks (the ...
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Is it possible to start a niche site / community in Area 51?
I suffer from a rare chronic health condition (CSF leaks) and it has two major groups in Facebook with over 7000 members, over 100 posts/comments per day. It's a very helpful community, but the ...
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Is it acceptable to cross-post here from Area 51 Discussion Zone, seeking advice about the scope of a proposed site?
Is it acceptable to cross-post from Area 51 discussion zone when seeking advice about the scope of a proposed site?
This answer says either is fine, but I wanted to check about cross-posting in ...
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Some suggestions for reworking Area 51
First some background: In November of 2022, I proposed a site called Programming Language Design and Implementation, which has slowly progressed through the Area 51 process, and is now set to enter ...
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Which Stack Exchange site would be appropriate for physical trading card games?
There are these:
https://gaming.stackexchange.com/
https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/
For questions on physical/online trading card games like,
https://magic.wizards.com/en
http://tcg.pokemon.com/
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Why does Area 51 grant reputation upon verifying your email?
You get 50 reputation on Area 51 when you verify your email address.
Why is this only for Area 51, and not for other sites? I assume it is to let you gain the basic upvote/comment privileges, but I'm ...
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Who is it that suggests/starts a new Stack Exchange site in Area 51?
On Area 51’s FAQ page, it states “If your area of expertise doesn't already have a Stack Exchange site, propose it!”. I’m not entirely sure whether “expertise” means something similar to “professional”...
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Change the created site category on Area 51 [duplicate]
I've just created a site on Area 51 and realized that I had set the wrong category, but realized that I couldn't change it with editing.
Is the only way to delete the site and create it again tomorrow?...
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What search engine software does Area 51 use?
I was on the Area 51 Stack Exchange site and used the search bar. I was confused as to why it was working so quickly and that's when I realized it was using JavaScript.
Eventually I found that you can ...
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I got an email from someone soliciting support for an Area 51 proposal. How did they get my email address, and is this behavior allowed?
I received an email from someone telling me they noticed I was a backer on a Stack Exchange site, and asking if I would be willing to back a proposal for a related technology.
The email did not go ...
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What is the fastest Area 51 proposal to reach the Beta stage?
The site proposal Proof Assistants has gone from Definition to completing Commitment in just over three days. Has any proposal (whether it managed through Beta or not) achieved this in a shorter ...
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Preventing cannibalism from sister sites
Many years ago, there were fewer Stack Exchange sites. Right now, Astronomy is in beta and attracts questions like this one about speed-of-light. Sure, I can see why somebody would associate this with ...
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Why isn't there a "SHARE YOUR OWN CODE" community or a "TOP IDEAS" community? [duplicate]
I sometimes tried to add the solution to a problem on Stack Overflow, so once I made code myself that I tried to share with the option "Answer your own question". It was CSS code, and ...
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Is there a Stack Exchange site to discuss and identify possible scam websites?
I'm currently facing a lot of possible scam websites in the area of cryptocurrency investments. But there are other areas on the Internet where a lot of scams happens, too. I would love to have a ...
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Should we reconsider the requirements for making new cryptocurrency sites?
This post by Sara Chipps says that "Area 51 lifecycle" is one of the things that SE plans to work on in the next month (June 2021), but it's not clear what exactly is going to happen.
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How to gather or where to find statistics on different metrics of Stack Exchange sites?
I'm thinking about proposing a pharmacology site for Stack Exchange. However, pharmacology is a tag on Biology.SE, among other related tags, and psychopharmacology & pharmacopsychiatry are tags on ...
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Pondering a 'better' model of site creation - can we encourage more generalist sites?
While the most recent round of changes were meant to improve the chances of successful site proposals, I feel it's useful to revisit it.
We're past the point of rapid growth in site numbers - and a ...
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Why isn't it possible to launch a non-English SE site? [duplicate]
I'd like to launch a site in French:
https://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/125462/transition-ecologique, but my proposal got blocked by a rule I wasn't aware of (since there exist foreign ...
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How can an existing site join the network?
According to an answer on Which Stack Exchange sites weren't proposed in Area 51?, several of our current network sites were pre-existing sites that somehow "joined" the network and ...
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How can we preserve Area 51 sites that get closed during the beta?
This is the second time I've been hit by an Area 51 site I got really involved in (Productivity.SE), being closed due to "not enough activity" (the first was Startups).
Productivity.SE was ...
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Are general "let's discuss this proposal" threads allowed on Area 51 Discussion Zone?
A recent proposal on Area 51 has yielded a corresponding question (About Islam medical science) on Area 51 Discussion Zone, with the "question" simply a statement of the proposal's merits ...
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Is there an Area 51 policy on offering money to people who follow or commit to their proposals?
I just received this email from [email protected] (XYZ and SOMECRYPTO are not the real names):
I’m XYZ, a community member of SOMECRYPTO, a
high-throughput and high-security blockchain platform. Our ...
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Is there a way of seeing the evolution of the statistics of a site as a function of time?
Is there a way of seeing the evolution of the statistics of a site as a function of time?
For example, I would like to see these statistics (e.g. number of visits, regular users, number of questions,...
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"One day flies" phenomenon and community metrics in Area 51
The community metrics in Area 51 give a great impression of an SE community health.
Also, I've seen the following statement from a research paper:
An interesting characteristic of SO is that about ...
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Could a site be created that does not collect PII? [duplicate]
Last fall, Tim Post ♦ mentioned that the primary reason that the accounts of underage users are deleted on sight is that there are laws against holding a minor's Personally Identifiable Information (...
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Should the wording "Want to start your own Stack Exchange Q&A site?" be changed?
From the bottom of the sites page:
It feels like Want to start your own Stack Exchange Q&A site? is the wrong phrase: people cannot create their own Stack Exchange Q&A site through Area ...
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Is there a mechanism for closing graduated SE sites?
I'm familiar with the Area 51->Beta->Graduation process for creating new SE sites, but is there an established mechanism for closing SE sites either permanently or temporarily? Has it been done before?...
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After the recent CM departures, are there plans to shut down network sites or Area 51?
Yesterday, there were some major staffing changes, and the end result is that two long-time Community Managers, Shog9 and Robert Cartaino, are no longer with Stack Overflow, Inc. This seems to be a ...
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Should there be a colorimetry site? [duplicate]
I wonder where to place question specific to the mathematics of colors (aka "colorimetry"). Some people at the photography site think such questions don't fit there. If so where should they be asked? ...
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Forced to login to Meta to be able to login to Area51
I was forced to login to Meta Stack Exchange to be able to login to Area51.
Is this expected?
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Is it fine to promote an Area51 proposal on any meta site?
I am not much of a meta guy but I do understand that the meta sites are usually scoped to their related main sites.
I saw a proposal on Area51 and I liked it. Since there is a related existing SE ...
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Where do I get a community for a proposal? [duplicate]
For a proposal I need 200 people. My Question is simple: Where do I find them?
Is there any site, or other social network for proposing stack sites or similar to this use?
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How do I sign up for Area 51 when I get a completing redirect page?
I want to sign up for Area 51 however, I always get stuck with this page, is their something that can be done about this? Is there something I am missing?
I want to propose a new site but ...
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Renewing a closed beta on Area 51
Is it possible to bring back a proposal for a site that was closed a few years ago due to lack of traffic?
The site was very close to fulfilling all the requirements. The only problem was that it had ...
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Does Area 51 have its own history or usage stats?
Area51.SE has the usage statistics and other information about all the other Stack Exchange networks except itself. I even searched it on the site and as the screenshot above shows, there is no ...
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Does Stack Exchange generally "not split off subjects simply to give them their own space"?
On my Area 51 proposal for an anti-natalism site (unilaterally closed and now deleted, as I recorded here, Robert Cartaino commented:
This subject is already well-covered by a live Stack Exchange ...
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What Area 51 questions belong here as opposed to Area 51 Discussion Zone?
There's an impressive body of Area 51-related questions here on Meta Stack Exchange, linked together with the area51 (1,688 questions as of the writing of this question) tag, but there is also a ...
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Is there any support in separating business process modeling questions into a new community?
I am wondering whether questions relating to business process modeling notations, styles, etc. that are not written from a programming point of but a business and modeling perspective should be dealt ...
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Are there any plans to graduate any beta sites soon?
It's been more than a year since a beta site was graduated – the latest being Bitcoin in October 2017. Since then, the SE team has been busy with the rolling out of responsive design themes which ...
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Area 51 - can be the tooltip displayed with full description instead of the ellipsis symbol
In the proposal div, if the proposal description is exceeding around 240 characters, the ellipsis symbol is displayed. But when I hover over on the text there is no tooltip.
On hovering over the ...
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Where to ask questions about external sites (like Google accounts)
Today, I had a question about Google accounts. So, I went to stackexchange.com/sites and scoured for a possible site to ask about external unrelated sites. I searched and searched for minutes, but I ...
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Stack Lab: My vision for Area 51 - Introducing a community project
Note: This is not an official Stack Exchange post.
I have changed some aspects and addressed some concerns. Please read the post again if you have read it previously.
TL;DR: I propose that ...
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What is it about the "Ask Question" button that makes it update my Area51.meta profile?
In Area 51, if my main profile gets some form of update, like an avatar or reputation change, I have to wait a while for my Discussions profile to update (sync) due to caching.
However, I can just ...
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What should I do if I believe an Area 51 proposal was closed incorrectly or prematurely due to the administrator not knowing much about the domain?
This question may be best way to describe the issue brought up in this question - A new stackexchange for Linux Desktop Environments is needed : Askubuntu is too specific, Unix and Linux is too broad ....
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A new stackexchange for Linux Desktop Environments is needed : Askubuntu is too specific, Unix and Linux is too broad [duplicate]
PPS. I have added a related question now - How to proceed when proposal for a new Stack Exchange is turned due to admin's ignorance of domain? which addresses the point raised here.
PS. The ...
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Why doesn't there exist a section about Korean dramas or Asian dramas on Stack Exchange? [duplicate]
While I have seen all sites from Stack Exchange, I was wondering why there are no sites about Korean/Asian dramas?
First, I checked in these sites: Anime & Manga and Movies & TV
And I thought ...
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What constitutes a "visit/day" on Area 51, and is it broken? [duplicate]
I am an active user of the Latin Stack Exchange. Just now, out of curiosity, I visited its page on Area 51 to see how well the site was meeting the requirements needed for full graduation from ...
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Comment 'Duplicate of' shown on wrong question on Area51 proposal
Today, I got the scare of a lifetime: A notification for a comment underneath my proposed question on the Sociology and Anthropology proposal that said my question was a duplicate of another question.
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Article review SE site
I've looked around on the Sites overview of Stack Exchange and noticed there is a site for code review, but none for (blog) article review. I myself always look for a couple of proofreaders for my ...
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Where should I start building the community for a new Stack Exchange site?
Changes have been announced to how Area 51 works in the future.
Robert describes how the goal is to bring an existing and active community to Area 51 and start building their new Stack Exchange site, ...
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