Questions tagged [area-51]
Area 51 is the Stack Exchange Network staging zone. It's where groups of experts come together to build new Q&A sites that work just like Stack Overflow. Area 51 has its own discussion site, Area 51 Discussions. If a question is only related to Area 51, then you may ask it either here on MSE or on Area 51 Discussions (https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/323571).
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Change color of popup that appears after flagging Area 51 proposal
When you flag an Area 51 propsal, you get a red popup "Thanks! We'll look at it! (click this box to dismiss)". The same when you vote to close a proposed question: you get a red popup. However, that ...
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Area51 does not show reputation changes
When I open the reputation page on my Area51 profile I see no reputation entries.
Why is that? I have 168 reputation.
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Sound Design SE not listed correctly
If one looks at the Stack Exchange site index list, one can observe that the Sound Design site (which is apparently in beta, by the icon), has a site age of 2012 years and 8 months. (The site creation ...
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Broken "Network profile" link when Area51 is their only account
When clicking from this Area51 discussion user page on network profile, the result is Page not found. Presumably the user has an account only on Area51.
I reported a similar issue some months ago. ...
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Deleted user's name shows on Area 51
On the new Weapons Proposal on Area 51, a deleted user proposed this. His name is still shown for "proposed by", but it should probably not show that...
In addition his name is obscured here, on a ...
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Fix Oneboxing for Area 51 links with referrals
I was trying to drum up support for the Indian Culture proposal in an Indian-language chat room I'd found. Anyway, I realized that while I could post the image and the hyperlink, I couldn't post a ...
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chat reputation = sum of rep of all sites; flair rep = sum of rep on sites where rep > 200. Is this difference deliberate?
I notice that on chat, a user's reputation equals the sum of their reputations across all SE sites; whereas flair reputation equals the sum of reputations just for those SE sites where reputation is ...
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Should niche sites be allowed to be multi-lingual?
I understand why Stack Overflow is English-only, and agree with this, but in the response from Jeff to an interesting suggestion from Oscar Reyes, he notes that "for Stack Exchange, this is a ...
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"Example Questions" section in Area51 profile should be sortable by proposal
Neither in the profile, nor on a proposal's site there is a sort order that lets you easily compare the example questions you posted for that question. For example this would be useful to find 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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Can't login to Area 51 on Safari
When trying to login to Area 51 on Safari (15.2, macOS Monterey 12.1), it asks me to login on Meta Stack Exchange (which is expected) but the browser gets stuck on a redirect page:
In the browser ...
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Area 51 login no longer redirects nor logs in
For a long time, Area 51 has required a separate login process even after one has logged in to the rest of the network. One would click on the "log in" button in the header on Area51 and ...
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Area51 site says "no user found" if I press register button
I have create an account from "sign up" button in the Area51 site but when I try to connect me to Area51 site it says "No user found".
I have followed a topic that interest me and seems it have ...
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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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Logging in to the Area 51 Discussion Zone will successfully log you into the main Area 51 site, but not the Discussion Zone itself
In the Area 51 Discussion Zone (DZ), the log in link is for area51.stackexchange.com, not area51.meta.stackexchange.com.
Because of domain restrictions, etc., after successfully logging in you get ...
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Parent chat user still links to discuss.area51 (instead of area51.meta)
When viewing a user who has their parent user on chat set to Area 51, it still links to discuss.area51.stackexchange.com, instead of the new URL, area51.meta.stackexchange.com. See:
So can we update ...
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Inbox, Achievements sections are not responding when no entry in the "reputation" tab in Area 51
When selecting the "reputation" tab, if there is no entry in it and clicking on the Inbox and Achievements section, they are not responding in the Area 51 page.
GIF for the same:
Update:
When ...
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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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Weird problem when asking a question in Area51
I can't find the meta for Area51 and I don't know if usability issues can be asked about in the Discussion zone, so I am asking here
I wanted to make a post in the Korean Language and Usage ...
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How often are the proposal PNG files on Area 51 updated?
Area 51 proposals are automagically advertised on all sites. But some sites with Community Ads also choose to promote Area 51 proposals that are related to the topic of the site. (Still other people ...
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Area51's Share section is using Twitter's old logo, which Twitter's branding guidelines are against
A variation of the old (really old) Twitter logo is being used in various places on Area51 when sharing is involved:
This goes against Twitter's branding guidelines (which have been in place for ...
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Community♦ has two badges on Area 51
The recent problem with the Community♦ user made me curious and I tried to see whether there were other oddities with that special user. Its reputation should be 1 everywhere and it shouldn't have any ...
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Area51: Linked comment in collider to deleted answer reports that "This proposal has been deleted."
Comment links for answers that appear in the Collider for Area51 point to the wrong place.
Example:
http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/60750?noredirect=1, appeared in my collider, which ...
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Any Stack Exchange site for discussing drawing and painting?
I know there are many Stack Exchange sites for different fields. I would like to know if there are any Stack Exchange sites for discussing about drawing and painting for professional artists. If not, ...
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Allow sorting of Area 51 proposals by followers
On Area 51 sometimes I want to find sites that have large amounts of people interested but are having trouble getting off the ground by finding good definition questions. I can just look through the ...
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Voting limit on Area51
I'm finding the 5 votes each for on and off topic per proposal a little small. What was the rationale behind this? I would find it more useful if i could give a vote on a larger proportion of the ...
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Area 51 Rendering Bug?
I'm using Firefox 3.6.3 for Ubuntu 10.04 and sometimes some of the on-topic/off-topic votes look weird:
alt text http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/4405/screenshotvt.png
It only happens sometimes, if ...
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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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Can't join Area 51 discussions
I want to join the Area 51 (Stack Exchange site) Discussion Zone community. But when I click the "join this community", the page displays a message:
Completing log in to Area 51.
You will ...
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Why is Area 51 not logging in?
I am not able to log in to Area 51, it says
“Completing log in to Area 51. You will be redirected automatically.”
When that error occurs this is my url:
https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/signup?...
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Profile changes in Q&A are not pushed to Area 51
I just noticed that the info text on my Area 51 profile is an older version of the text in my Q&A profile.
I found this answer from April 2016 where Adam Lear says:
Area 51 is a separate ...
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Area 51 private beta invitation mail contains outdated FAQ
I have a few issues with the Area 51 private beta invitation mail.
Q: Who can access the site during the private beta?
A: Only the 202 people who committed to it.
That's not really true. One can ...
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Area 51 Bug: Question appears on wrong proposal
On the proposal page for 3D Printing and Rapid Prototyping, one of the two discussions (questions) listed is Ideas for Super User em Português.
This discussion clearly has nothing to do with 3D ...
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Followers graph goes to -1 when there are no followers, and times get squished when showing hours
When there are no followers on a proposal (e.g. this one) the graph starts from -1:
Also, when you unfollow and re-follow a proposal with 0 followers, the time is messed up for a short while:
To be ...
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Area 51 fulfilled commitment message in rep history is incorrect
Yesterday I fulfilled my commitment for Moderators, and this is the message in my rep history on Area 51 (click to enlarge image):
It says "referred user fulfilled commitment", but that message means ...
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Area 51 Discussion Zone privileges link is sending to a page that does not exist
When clicking on the privileges link from within my users tab:
I was taken to http://area51.stackexchange.com/help/privileges:
It needs to be updated to take you to 1 of 2 places.
The first ...
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Update the close reasons on Area 51
Area 51 is still using the old close reasons. Could we update them to match the new and improved system?
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Area 51 Proposal pages need explanation of 'Commit' and 'Follow'
An explanation of what 'Commit' and 'Follow' mean needs to be easier to find from the Area 51 Proposal pages.
Perhaps something like this that links to the FAQ page:
or even just add a ...
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Create a private beta FAQ for private beta sites
If you go to http://webapps.stackexchange.com without having login credentials you get:
1) Redirected to a login page
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2) The 'New here? check the FAQ' banner.
This shiny/obvious FAQ link ...
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Add a question search to Area 51
The more popular proposals on Area 51 have quite a lot of questions. Many of them also have a lot of duplicated (or very similar questions).
It's possible that I am simply blind, but I could not ...
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Some Area51 systems considered harmful
The various recent explanations about Area51 have clarified how the process is supposed to work, but a number of the site mechanisms are not pushing users in the intended direction. The fact that ...
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I am a user but cannot register
Under Area 51 I am listed as an unregistered user - when I hit register it says 'unable to log in - no user found'.
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How to get the Autobiographer badge in Area 51-discussion / Area 51 meta
I signed up on Area 51 and filled out my profile there to get the Autobiographer badge, which also worked. It was only later that I came across the Area 51 Discussion Zone (Area 51-discussion) and had ...
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Add launch date to Area 51 proposal page
Currently, the launch date of a site is only shown as a relative timestamp. That's fine if this happened recently, but for example Bitcoin's page says the site was launched "1 year ago". That's rather ...
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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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Area 51's logo is a low-res raster
Area 51's logo uses a raster image, which is low-res at larger displays:
whereas Area 51 Discussions uses a vector graphic, which does not pixelate no matter the display:
Shouldn't Area 51 use a ...
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Badge icons are missing in the Achievements when viewing from Area 51
When viewing the Achievements section from the Area 51 page, the badge icons are missing.
Where as viewing from other community page, the badge icons are displaying.
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Area51 duplicate account?
At Area51 I somehow ended up with duplicate accounts: o_O
http://area51.stackexchange.com/users/152164/michael-dibbets
http://area51.stackexchange.com/users/152166
These are both me. This happened ...
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Should the area51 tag description be updated?
The area51 tag on MSE stats that
... Area 51 has its own discussion site which acts as its own meta site. If a question is only related to Area 51, then it is better to ask it there.
If someone ...
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Why do visitors need to click on help button on discuss.Area51 to get back to the main proposal site?
I wonder if there is actually a good reason, why visitors of discuss.Area51 need to click on the "help" menu button first in order to get back to the main Area51 site:
In words, this seems to me more ...
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