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Clicking the edit button on my Area 51 profile gives a server error page
I click the edit button, and a request is made for https://area51.stackexchange.com/users/edit/<my-user-id>, and the server returns with an HTTP 302 redirect to https://area51.stackexchange.com/...
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Cannot log in to Area 51 (so cannot ask this in its Discussion Zone)
I have an Area 51 account1:
But I cannot log in:
The option to sign up does not work either:
The option to join this community starts off okay and picks up my email (which I have not screen-shot) ...
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Former(?) staff member still listed as moderator on Area 51
It seems Nicolas Chabanovsky left the company? I am not sure if there will be an announcement like this one – if not, спасибо Nicholas for all the work you've done!
Let me honor you with a bug report: ...
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Chat is redirecting to Area 51 (2023 edition)
Any https://chat.stackexchange.com URL redirects to https://area51.stackexchange.com.
This started a few minutes ago (as of this posting).
This occurs for all three chat servers (chat.stackoverflow, ...
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Change "90 days" to "6 months" in public beta notice on Area 51, and change progress bar speed if possible
On proposals for sites in public beta, in the top right, Area 51 displays the following text regarding public beta sites
Sites remain in beta for at least 90 days to build up a critical mass of users,...
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Wrong Area 51 meta site URL linked in blog post
In the recent blog post Celebrating the Stack Exchange sites that turned 10 years old, end of the post there is a link for Area 51 meta site.
The URL is wrongly mapped and it throws a security error.
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Shog9 and Robert Cartaino are still listed as moderators in Area 51 Discussion
Based on the posts Thank you, Shog9 and Thank You, Robert Cartaino, they no longer work for Stack Exchange, and their moderator access was revoked from all the Stack Exchange sites.
However, when I ...
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Google+ option is not yet removed from Area 51 share this popup
In April 2019, Google+ shut down their services to the consumers. But still the Google+ icon is displayed in the Area 51 - Proposal's "Share This" popup.
Clicking on Google Plus (g+) icon ...
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Why is Area 51 showing the Stack Overflow logo on Site Stats?
We see site stats on the home page of beta sites. Below the site stats, we have two more options to show the stats in detail.
Area 51
Stack Exchange
Previously, the Area 51 showed a Area 51 logo ...
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Area51 visit/day and total users statistics are broken
Bi-weekly I help with writing down the Area51 statistics of 2 beta websites in this Meta Sustainability SE post and this Meta Martial Arts SE post. We do this so all site users can monitor growth of ...
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Is Area 51 login broken?
Is Area 51 login broken? I tried to sign up today and this happened:
Unable to log in with your OpenID provider:
An unexpected error occurred while logging in. It's not you, it's us. This is our ...
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Unable to view revision history of an Area 51 proposal
I'm trying to view the revision history of a proposal on Area 51 by clicking the "edited by X Y days ago", but whenever I click on it, it brings me to this error page:
Here's a link to the error ...
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Unable to log in on Area 51 using Stack Exchange ID
For some days, I've been getting the following error while logging in on the Area 51 Stack Exchange site using the first option, "Login using Stack Exchange":
Unable to log in with your ...
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Can't login to Area 51
When logging in into Area 51 (with my Stack Exchange credentials), I'm greeted with the following cryptic error message:
I've tried clearing the cache and using another browser, but nothing helps. ...
GlorfindelMod
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Why doesn't Area 51 use HTTPS by default?
On the page https://stackexchange.com/sites, there is a link to Area 51.
This link doesn't use HTTPS and Area 51 doesn't redirect to the HTTPS page.
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Can we set better expectations for private beta?
When an Area 51 proposal makes it to private beta, the site has 2-3 weeks to show viability or be closed instead of advancing to public beta. I agree with that, but I wonder if we're being clear ...
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Alignment issue in Area 51 discussion - search result page
There is a minor alignment issue in the Area 51 Discussion Search result page.
The text search text box is overlapped with the text "Search".
Sample search query: https://area51.meta.stackexchange....
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Area 51 emails don't have unsubscribe link anymore
Once upon a time, the footer of emails from Area 51 (e.g. when a proposed site you follow moved to commitment phase) looked like this:
There was a clear link to unsubscribe. All good.
However, ...
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Cannot log into Area 51 with Google account
Whenever I try to login to Area 51 using "log in with Google" I got the following exception:
Unable to log in with your OpenID provider:
An unexpected error occurred while logging in. It's not ...
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Area 51 login failure with HTTPS Everywhere
I could not log in to Area 51 in Chrome 62 under Linux. After entering my credentials and authenticating to my OpenID provider (Stack Exchange), I was redirected back to https://area51.stackexchange....
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All of Jeff Atwood's Diamonds are gone except on Area51.Meta
I already acknowledge that Jeff Atwood's diamond was removed because he is on a break from the Internet and wanted his account un-modded for security reasons or so as described in this post.
But it ...
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Wrong site icons are displaying in Area 51
I see the site icons are displaying wrongly in the Site switcher, inbox and achievements of the Area 51 main site.
I thought it is due to the cache, so pressed Ctrl + F5 but still the same issue. ...
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Move all chat rooms hosted with discuss.Area51 to Area51.meta
My previously posted bug is: No chat rooms showing for Area51 (Change URL to add "discuss")
Which is still a problem: You'll never find a single room (even frozen or deleted) though the ...
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My Area 51 reputation is different from my Area 51 discuss reputation
At time of writing this question, my Area 51 reputation is 222, while my Area 51 discussion reputation is 207. It has been this way for weeks.
I thought that Area 51 discussion was a meta site for ...
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PSA: When linking to an Area 51 proposal, don't link directly to "follow"!
I recently realized1 that some users, when linking to an Area 51 proposal in their profiles, link directly to the "follow" link. This means that simply clicking on the profile link will automatically ...
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Achievements tab isn't working in Area 51
When I try to bring down the Achievements tab in Area 51, it's showing an error dialogue.
Strangely enough, the global inbox dropdown works just fine.
Could be connected to this issue.
Screenshot:
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Area 51 meta link address is not up-to-date
If you go to the Area 51 FAQ, you'll see this:
meta.topic-name.stackexchange.com: We don't want to talk about the site on the site itself, so each site has a meta discussion area to talk about ...
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Timeline title is displaying partially in Area 51
In the Area 51, if the question title is very lengthy, when viewing from the timeline, some part of the title text is not displaying.
Screenshot for reference:
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Misunderstood Area 51 discussions prone to sudden and silent deletion
A discussion I started on Area 51 was mysteriously wiped out, apparently because it contained a link pointing to a now-deleted proposal.
Admittedly, the link to the deleted proposal was included by ...
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To review or not to review, that is the question (aka review link appears even though I can't review anything)
On Area 51 Discussions, I got a "Review" link next to my username.
I clicked on it, just to discover I couldn't review anything: (as you can see in the screenshot, the minimum reputation to review ...
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Wrong Documentation beta score in Area 51 [closed]
In Area 51 Stack Exchange, in one of my commitments, I see my total reputation is suddenly increased.
Hover on the each community in the score board, I see the Documentation beta reputation is 4,662 ...
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Area 51 in help center is not written according to trademark guidance
Stack Exchange sites do all have the following page in the help center:
Help Center → Asking → What topics can I ask about here?
The last paragraph contains the following sentence (emphasis mine):
[.....
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Area 51 Discussion Zone Not Found page image Not Found
This is what I see in the Area 51 Discussion Zone 404 Page Not Found page:
The image is not found. Be it intentional or not, the correct address for the image is http://cdn.sstatic.net/area51/img/...
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Include the child metas of closed sites in their data dump
When a site fails, its questions and answers (plus some other data) are shoved into a data dump, which is attached to the Area 51 proposal. The associated child meta site, however, is not included (...
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Area 51 auto-created "Share This" image links constrain ads to 220 x 250px
The default text still constrains the ads to the old sizes:
<a href="https://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/77518/arts-and-crafts?referrer=j035dwtfU9bivjBCW2knwQ2"><img src="https://...
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Area 51 Share Links aren't updated
The Area 51 ads shouldn't really look like that. It seems like the image is cropped, changing the sizes in the HTML code won't exactly fix it.
Even resizing doesn't work:
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"Page Not Found" when logging out on Area 51
When logging out of Area 51 I am redirected to "http://area51.stackexchange.com/users/logout/global?returnurl=/" automatically -- but unfortunately this URL does not exist and a Page Not Found Error (...
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Following meta link from question on closed site → Error 404
As a user on Academia, I can follow the link to the original questions migrated from the failed Open Science site, such as this question. From there, I can click through to the main Open Science page,...
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Join this Community bug on Area51
When I clicked on the "Join This Community" banner on an area 51 question, I was redirected to the following page:
https://area51.stackexchange.com/users/join?ssrc=head&returnurl=http%3a%2f%...
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Select sites on Area 51 are down
Last week, I got the downed flying saucer on Area 51, now I'm getting it again when I try to view proposals. This seems to not affect commitment phase proposals.
Seems to be an issue in both FF and ...
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Update capitalisation in footer copyright of Area 51 to match sites
The capitalisation of "Stack Exchange" in the footer's copyright on the sites was corrected, per this Meta discussion:
Stack Exchange should be capitalized in the copyright.
However, the Area 51 ...
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Site proposal pages on Area 51 are broken
When I try to visit any site proposal page on Area 51 (e.g. this one), I get the "Oops! Something Bad Happened!" error page.
Area 51's discussion boards are fine.
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Why is the stats page of rus.stackexchange.com Not Found?
On rus.stackexchange.com, when I click on the "area 51" link under "more site stats on:" title on the right side bar, I am taken to area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/lookup/rus.stackexchange.com, but ...
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How did I end up with two Area 51 accounts, and can I get this fixed?
I already had an Area 51 account, but today, logging in the same way as usual (using Facebook login) on a system that hadn't visited Area 51 before, I ended up getting a brand new account instead of ...
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SE website should notify users who committed to a site on Area51 when the site goes to private beta
Apparently, I missed the email that one of the sites I committed to went to public beta.
Why? Because Email sucks as a workflow tool! [Citation (not) needed]
Valiantly, SE sent me a followup email (...
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Duplicate account on Area 51
I created a profile on Area 51 recently. Just went to use it, and ended up creating a duplicate profile instead. Still seems linked to my main account on the user information pages, but has separate ...
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Area 51 Service Unavailable 503 on all pages
Is it just me getting a 503 server error from Area 51? I get it whenever I click on a proposal link.
Update - all pages on Area 51 return this:
Service Unavailable
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Apparently, ru.SO is launched; time to update the proposal page?
http://ru.stackoverflow.com is now live; time to update its proposal page? That's pretty interesting it is possible to commit to the site when it is in the beta phase already :D
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Un-evaluated variables in Stack Exchange mail
Today I received a mail about the public beta release of Coffee Stack Exchange. In the footer I noticed 3 un-evaluated variables:
$SiteNameLong
$SiteName
$BaseWebsiteAddress
The full contents of the ...
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Spoilers on Area 51 Discussions slightly visible
Spoiler formatting was used on the question "On 'Sex and Intimacy' should spoiler tags be used to hide sketches/diagrams/images?"
and it isn't completely hidden.
it looks like the text is ...
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