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Why there is no link to Area 51 discussion in all sites in Stack Exchange?
Why is there no link to Area 51 discussion in all sites ?
Are there any other sites that are not included in all sites ?
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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What is the point of having different sites for each service in the same or similar domain?
I am talking about the cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies.
We have pending proposals
Blockchain Technology - commitment phase with 51% commitment.
for discussing about Blockchain ...
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Is Area 51 dying? Does it deserve it?
I wrote a query to calculate the number of the started sites per year. Here is the result:
Note, the data for 2017 is scaled up by 12/5, because it is yet end of May.
The graph shows
a strong, ...
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Which SE sites were created NOT through Area 51? [duplicate]
Most Stack Exchange sites started off as Area 51 proposals, passing through the definition and commitment stages there before moving on to become beta sites and perhaps graduated ones.
Presumably the ...
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Which Stack Exchange sites weren't proposed in Area 51?
Recently I found some sites that are a part of the Stack Exchange network but were not proposed. In other words, I'm talking about sites that are not established through Area51, like Super User.
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Who really has the expertise regarding how new Area 51 communities should organize?
A large community proposal was very recently closed in Area 51: Neuroscience (update: in fact it has just been deleted and all data permanently erased, see below).
150 early supporters gathered in ...
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Could there ever be a Stack Exchange site that would be willing to answer any question? [duplicate]
Obviously not all questions can be considered questions of the criteria of one of the existing sites, and while Area 51 is allowing users to create new sites to help fix this, I feel that it will ...
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Add a Trending Proposals tab to the sidebar like Hottest Questions
I think that currently there is very little exposure for new site proposals (considering how much traffic sites like Stack Overflow generate). I'm not sure that a large amount of the user base even ...
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Why don't we add a question with the same tag on multiple Stack Exchange sites?
At first I thought my question might be a duplicate of View questions with the same tag across multiple SE sites, but it's different. In fact it's the reverse.
Most of the time users encounter with ...
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SE sites to provide official product support (or "The case of Ask Ubuntu")
Firstly, I think that I understand the relation between Stack Overflow and Canonical and the roles of each one in the management of Ask Ubuntu site. Here are some related questions:
Does Canonical ...
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How is the decision made to add a new Stack Exchange site?
I want to know how the decision to start a new Stack Exchange site is arrived at. What are the things considered before a new site is approved?
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Why are so many Stack Exchange websites focused on programming?
I went through the list of SE sites and counted every one which seems to be related to programming. By my count, 40 of the 125 sites - 32 percent - relate to programming or some sort of computing ...
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What is CS50 and why can't I access it?
I just stumbled over this page in the Stack Exchange dropdown (top left corner).
cs50 - For students of HarvardX CS50x: Introduction to Computer Science
When I click on it I get the following ...
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Ethics of a BitTorrent Software Proposal in Area 51
I've an interesting question for you all. I was giving some thought to possible site proposals on Area 51, and I had the idea to pose a proposal for a "Torrent Tracker Software and Management&...
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What is wrong with consumer electronics?
I'm beginning to think, that I'm the only person on Earth that has quite a lot of SE-like questions about consumer electronics. About all the devices and device's hardware that are:
not a computer (...
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What is the Stack Exchange (Staff) process of launching a site?
I've heard bits and pieces from various sources, but I would really like to know, what does the Stack Exchange staff do to launch a new site? What are the milestones? I'm talking about Area 51 ...
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Do the benefits of having SO in multiple languages outweigh the risks involved?
I recently visited area51 for the first time and was disturbed to see proposals for Stack Overflow variants in other languages dominating the site.
Turkish
Spanish
Russian
Portuguese
I'll admit that ...
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Why did the Home Improvement stack exchange get the DIY sub domain? [closed]
I'm wondering how come diy.stackexchange.com ended up being called Home Improvement?
This is not a purely philosophical question but rather I found it confusing that there is actually not Do-It-...
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What is the rationale behind the 15 questions/day metric? [duplicate]
One of the visible metrics on Area 51 is the questions per day. The excellent level of this metric is 15 questions per day. Currently, there are 40 graduated sites in the network excluding Stack&...
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The language of Stack Exchange
I've seen in Area 51 an awful lot of plans to split this community, especially Stack Overflow. Sites about the very same thing in different languages. It's like using categories instead of tags; it ...
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Is Stack Exchange vetting historically biased towards topics about syntax and semantics?
It is no secret that the origins of Stack Exchange lie with software programming topics such as the notorious Stack Overflow, Super User, Server Fault and Ask Ubuntu sites. On the other hand, I was ...
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So according to Stack Exchange, Drupal is better than Ruby on Rails?
I was looking at the different Stack Exchange sites and noticed that there is a Drupal.SE which is cool, but then I was looking on Area 51 and noticed that a proposal for a Ruby on Rails ...
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How do they decide to open new SE domain for a topic? [duplicate]
When I take a look at the available SE domains, I see some very particular and very specialized ones. There are domains which doesn't need to exist because there is already a super domain for it which ...
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Are we spreading out our programming content too much? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Too many SE sites causes confusion
Are we creating too many different Stack Exchange sites?
An answer to this question made me realize just how spread out our programming ...
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How new ideas are added?
Stack Exchange is expanding by adding new topics (websites). How is the decision made about approving ideas for new sites? I think it comes from Area 51, but is it that the only source for decision-...
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Can I request a new Stack Exchange site?
My girlfriend is a civil engineer, and she often asks me for ideas, comments, or tips on her projects. The problem is that I'm not an engineer, so I can't understand those projects. She uses AutoCAD ...
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Stack Exchange site for R (statistics program not always used as a programming language)?
A sizeable R community has grown up around the [r] tag on SO. However, we are increasingly seeing a large number of non-programming related Qs being posted to the site. Also, some of the more open-...
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Where can I find a list of all of the QA sites, and the topics they cover?
I am looking for the stuff above, so I can make non-duplicate proposals on area 51.
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Launch new sites from Area 51 through an active siphon pool
Can the current process of launching a new Stack Exchange site be done the other way around?
What if we had giant Stack Exchange sites for every major category defined in Area 51? One for Art related ...
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Can we allow Area 51 sites to have sister sites (strong relationships with other Area 51 sites)?
So far Area 51 has turned out better than my wildest dreams. But there's one big issue I see. Currently, every single Stack Exchange site is pretty much on its own; they can expect very little ...
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Do we have any idea of when a Tag will break out of an Stack Exchange site to be on its own?
If a Tag gets too proportionately large for a Stack Exchange site, it will need to be broken out on its own. Does anyone have ideas on when this should happen? Metrics? Algorithms?
Remember this ...
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How about making UnityAnswers part of StackExchange network? [closed]
UnityAnswers is using StackExchange 1.0 and it's about the game engine Unity3D. Unity3D is a powerful game engine that you can develop on Windows or MacOS and deploy them on Windows, MacOS, Web, ...
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Why isn't Area 51 listed in "Site Directory"?
The always interesting Site Directory does not list Area 51, why is this?
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How does the monetization process of a StackExchange site work?
Suppose I propose a site. Let's say it is approved (xyz.stackexchange.com). Now, when it becomes full-fledged and 'independent' I know the content is licensed under creative commons so anyone can use ...
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Stack exchange badges [duplicate]
It might be useful to encourage existing users of stackoverflow to cross pollinate other stack exchange sites. While rep-sharing is not useful, as rep is meant to be a measure of expertise in one ...
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Too many SE sites causes confusion
More than 30 websites have already been created through Area 51.
More than 10 websites have already completed their beta stage and are waiting for launch.
More than 5 websites are in public beta stage....
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Stack Overflow, Stack Exchange, Area 51: What's the difference in a nutshell?
Stack Overflow, Stack Exchange, Area 51: What's the difference in a nutshell?
I've read the faq's and they all seem to be the same to me - Just Q & A on a variety of topics.
What's the difference ...
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SE Sites that are not programming related show “what’s your programming question? be specific.”
On the new Area 51 sites, it shows "what's your programming question? be specific."
Can this be changed to "what's your question? be specific".
Related to When you ask a question it says "What's ...
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What happened to science.stackexchange.com?
I was interested in a certain question over there - now the site is gone and I can't find any information about it.
Side question: what is stackexchange-2.0 compared to stackexchange ?
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tags vs separate websites - middle ground?
Lately there's been said a lot about factionalism, self-determination and existential fears in community, especially with respect to Developer Testing website. It seems, lots of people are overwhelmed ...
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Add Area 51 to the Stack Exchange dropdown [closed]
I love the new Stack Exchange dropdown in the header. But what about Area 51? Did it get abducted by aliens?
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