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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Give each site a parallel site for polling, recommendations and subjective-ish stuff
Stuff like polls, recommendations based on subjective constraints, puzzles, webcomics etc. do not belong on the serious main SE sites, where professionals should be considered at work and having just ...
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How can I propose a new site?
I have an idea or subject that should have a Q&A, and want to propose a new site. How can I do this?
Related: What makes a winning site proposal?
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Area 51 Commit Percent
How is the commit percent decided for Area 51? I know it is based on rep, but how exactly does it work?
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Why is my profile image different?
When I first signed up on a Stack Exchange site and got a profile image, it was this one (see my current user card I'm actually not sure what I look like any more):
Later, I got Area 51 and SEDE ...
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How can I propose a non-English site?
I want to propose for a Persian version of Super User (I will explain why later) so I want to create a proposal in Area 51, but this means non-English question and answers, Is this OK?
P.S: This may ...
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Localization: The state of the nation?
Out of mere idle curiosity, what is the state of internationalizing the Stack Exchange engine and community creation process?
Specifically:
A fully localizable UI
A crowdsourcing interface to get ...
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Implicit tagging hierarchy
I am aware of similar requests but I ask this regarding SE-2.0 sites, as the example I will take gaming:
Both answers on the question Should questions always be tagged with either a console/platform ...
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Will Area 51 be supported in the app? [duplicate]
Will Area 51 be supported on the Android App in the future? I visit A51 rather frequently and I would like to see it in the App.
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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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What makes a winning site proposal?
I've got a great idea for a new Stack Exchange site.
How can I make my proposal on Area 51 successful?
Related: How can I propose a new site?
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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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Why am I allowed to sign up on a private beta site I never commited to?
According to Area51, Stack Overflow (in Portuguese) is still in private beta. But yet I just signed up on it https://pt.stackoverflow.com/users/582/christmas-unicorn (already deleted the profile now) ...
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Area51 not in top 5 SE sites
Area51 is in the list of SE sites of the new top-bar included.
But since I have 700 rep there it should be in my top 5 sites to be consistent.
BTW I don't get notified about new rep on Area51 as well....
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Area 51 reputation changes do not show up in the new Top Bar
The new Top-Bar does not show reputation changes from Area 51.
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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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Why is the top bar not changed on Stack Exchange, Area 51 and Ask Ubuntu?
Stack Exchange, Area 51 and Ask Ubuntu1 still show the old bar.
1 See Why does Ask Ubuntu have a special Top Bar?
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How many on or off topic votes does a question need to count against questions needed now? [closed]
I was just looking at this question on Area51. It has eleven great on topic votes, and no other votes. The site still says they need ten questions of all sorts? What's the new goal?
I'm worried ...
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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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Where on SE to ask about computer science
What is the right site on the Stack Exchange network for computer science questions?
None of the answers I can think of are remotely satisfying:
Stack Overflow: Even if CS questions are acceptable (...
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How should "critical mass" be calculated?
In Area 51, the idea behind the Commitment phase is to gather enough committed people to reach a critical mass to insure that the site will be active and seeded with questions and answers for the ...
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How can we get better quality on- and off-topic questions in our site proposals?
After less than 24 hours in a fairly closed beta, it's clear that the current voting system is not actually causing the "best" on- and off-topic questions to rise to the top. Out of the ten most-...
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Invite un-committed followers to the Beta
I want to feature-request what I said in a comment to this post.
Could followers who did not commit be invited to the private beta directly as committed users will be? (without needing the invitation ...
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What is the Total Reputation field on Area51?
What does the total reputation field on Area51 represent? It's obviously not the total of the user's reputation on the various sites, as that is the number listed as user reputation.
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Should we have a subjective version of every Stack Exchange site? [duplicate]
Take this chef proposal, and note the description:
Proposed Q&A site for professional and expert amateur chefs interested in the more subjective aspects of cooking; this would be to Cooking SE ...
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Add Area 51 Meta to the app
I came across something rather interesting today. I was browsing Area 51 on Chrome when I happened to click on a discussion. To this, I was greeted with a prompt asking:
As Area 51 is not supported, ...
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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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Le proposte del tipo "<sito> in <lingua>" creano inaccettabili barriere linguistiche e vanno uccise con il massimo pregiudizio
You're probably reading that and thinking, "what?!", and reaching for your close votes or your edit sticks. And that's a perfectly good thing. That's precisely the kind of feeling I want.
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Why doesn't the Stack Exchange™ MultiCollider SuperDropdown™ exist on Area 51?
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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What's going on with Area 51?
I keep running across mentions-in-passing of Area 51 that make it sound like it’s obsolete, being sunsetted, or somehow posing a difficulty to Stack Exchange. One example I stumbled over just now ...
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Are there any subjects on Area 51 for which proposals are not allowed?
I know of the following rules for creating a proposal on Area 51:
The scope must be reasonably well-defined, not too unclear (e.g. "cool stuff"), too opinion-based (e.g. "car reviews&...
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Cannot log into Area 51 with OpenID
I recently tried many times to log into Area 51 with my Stack Exchange OpenID. Each time, I got this:
Then, I went to my OpenID account, and I saw this:
...what is going on??
I have chrome, and ...
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Will the SE team be ready to launch, when the first site is at 100% [closed]
I know there is a lot of work the SE team must to in order to get the next site up and running, but will you be ready to launch once 100% has been reached?
I must admit it is happening a lot quicker ...
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Area 51 Voting Reset and Changes
There has been some confusion and misunderstanding about the use of Area 51. The problem stems from the lack of clarity into the purpose of each phase. We made some interface and programming changes ...
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Is it possible to get a combined flair like the ones on Area 51?
Is it possible to get a combined flair like the ones on Area 51?
See follower list on the right side of an A51 proposal for examples.
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What can be done with Area 51?
I'm going to argue that Area 51 is not the optimal solution for Stack Exchange. Right now, as it stands, the following occurs:
Someone, probably an expert or at least a strong enthusiast, proposes a ...
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How to "follow through" on an area51 proposal
Can someone explain what it means to "follow through" on an Area51 proposal? It's not clear to me from the Area51 FAQ.
I am committed to three proposals-- one of them is in beta. I have participated ...
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Why I can't edit "Your Communities" list in stackexchange.com and Area 51?
I can edit "YOUR COMMUNITIES" in the upper left drop-down menu from any of my communities: (e.g. graphicdesign.stackexchange.com)
But in stackexchange.com portal there's no "edit" ...
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What are the success criteria for an Area 51 beta site?
In other words, what determines the future of a Beta site, i.e. which path it goes down:
beta is closed (failure) or
beta becomes a public live site with its own artwork (success)
And what is the ...
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Allow users to un-commit from locked proposals in the commitment phase
I committed to the Apocalyptic Defense proposal to test to see whether I could commit to a closed proposal. However, the proposal has now been locked as well. While locking does prevent users from ...
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Unable to log in with your OpenID provider: Message signature was incorrect on Area51 only
I have registered to meta.stackexchange.com successfully, I was also able to Sign Up on superuser fine using the same credentials.
However when I tried to log in with Stack Exchange details at Area51,...
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Can’t login to Area 51 ( Unable to log in with your OpenID provider: No user found)
I think I originally signed up with a Launchpad account, but looking at “My Logins” I see two accounts: a StackExchange one (used yesterday) and Launchpad (used Jun 28 ’18) so I suppose I created a ...
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Example question links don't work
Typing http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/1338/gaming/3311#3311 into the address bar just sends me to the first page. It's as though the "3311#3311" isn't there.
It doesn't appear to be ...
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Log-in bug with Area 51 [duplicate]
I recentely tried to log-in / sign-up for Area 51 SE using my SE account (which works on crypto, infosec and sign-up here) but it showed me an OpenID related error. (See below)
I could reproduce this ...
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Area 51 is miscounting my proposal followers
I know of one person who is following my proposal who doesn't show up on the proposal webpage.
My proposal is for quantitative finance: http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/117/quantitative-...
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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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Add a "number of active users" statistic
Both, Area 51 and stackexchange.com display the total number of users as one of the statistics available for each site. Area 51 additionally displays the number of avid users defined by meeting a ...
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What is "Ask Patents" and why is it secret?
Looks like our SE overlords are about to launch a new Stack Exchange site - Ask Patents. I've been hinted at its existence by a user who committed to the (now closed) Software Law proposal on 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
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Russian
Portuguese
I'll admit that ...
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Should we "Sympathy Commit" to a site proposal?
Take these users in the Persian IT Proposal:
alt text http://www.juanformoso.com.ar/images/sympathy.png
Although I know you can type whatever you want, or nothing at all, those "reasons to commit" ...
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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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