Questions tagged [closed-sites]
Questions about how closed Stack Exchange sites affect other sites on the network.
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The Windows Phone SE site has been archived
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We are announcing that as of November 17, 2022, Windows Phone SE has been archived.
Why now?
The Stack Exchange network is a lot like a neighborhood. Each individual site makes up a house in ...
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Why did Theoretical Physics fail?
Theoretical Physics (TP or TP.SE), a Stack Exchange site for research-level questions, is going to be closed.
It was clear that the traffic was declining, even though the quality of questions (...
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Why did Literature fail?
In the interest of not repeating the same mistakes if another book- or literature-related site is proposed: why did the first incarnation of Literature Stack Exchange (2011–2012) fail? What should we ...
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Salvage questions on closed sites via migration
I was pretty sad to hear that some sites are being closed. I understand why it's necessary, though.
But, some of the sites have overlap with other, established sited. TheoreticalPhy.SE and Astro.SE ...
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What happened to Startups SE?
I really enjoyed that site. I've only posted on it once, but I enjoyed seeing other people's posts and appreciated reading about entrepreneurial dilemmas.
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Keeping links to the closed sites
Is there any way to keep links from the closed sites, so they can redirect to the migrated questions?
See here for the migration of the recently-closed sites.
The problem is with links on external ...
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Keeping dead beta sites as "archive sites"
This is not a duplicate of Keeping closed sites in suspended animation: a modest proposal because the main point of that is to allow for a process in Area 51 to "reopen" a closed site, while this one ...
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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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Keeping closed sites in suspended animation: a modest proposal
At the moment, when a site is closed to due to insufficient activity, it's taken offline and archived.
I'd like to propose an alternative approach.
Let's keep all the content online.
Keep the "link" ...
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Why does the closed beta site "Big Data" have no data dump available?
I wonder why the closed beta site Big Data has no data dump available.
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Could Stack Exchange sites be shut down because of recent events?
Is there a possibility that recent high tensions between moderators and Stack Exchange managers will result in the shutdown of a number of Stack Exchange sites?
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Can graduated Stack Exchange sites get closed too? [duplicate]
For Beta sites, it is not uncommon to get closed if they for example don't fullfill the desired activity criteria as explained in Stack Exchange blog post
When a Site Grows Quiet (2012-04-24).
My ...
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What happens to chat rooms whose parent sites get closed?
Stack Exchange sites can get closed if the become inactive.. The site contents are removed and are available only as data dumps.
However, chat rooms have a more liberal retention policy: they are kept ...
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Most links to old, closed Stack Exchange sites don't redirect to their Area 51 proposals anymore
A while ago, old links to Stack Exchange beta sites that were closed would redirect back to their Area 51 proposal, which would serve to inform users that the site didn't have enough activity during ...
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Can I make the data dump of a closed SE site public?
Let’s say I download the data dump of a closed site. The SE site is not available any more and not every one can read the data dump easily. Am I allowed to display the data in readable form on a ...
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Where is the list of closed beta sites?
When I know the name of the site that was closed during public beta, I can search for that site in Area51 search.
However, is there any place where I can find the list of all closed public betas? I'm ...
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Is it allowed to read the data dump of a closed SE site into a clone SE site model to start a new Q&A site?
Is it allowed to read the data dump of a closed SE site into one of the Stack Exchange site models listed for example here and use it as a base of questions to start a new Q&A site (or continue ...
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Was there any full-featured site that managed to get out of beta and then got closed?
Was there any site in the Stack Exchange network that managed to become a full-featured SE site, i.e. got out of beta, and then got closed after some time, due to not having enough attention? Or, if a ...
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Data dump of closed beta sites
The data dump of some closed beta sites are available in xml format. Is it possible to see their content in a more readable form? Why are not these data available in HTML format too?
One of the ...
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When are closed sites removed from SEDE?
Augur Stack Exchange has been closed down four days ago, according to its Area 51 page. Yet, it's still visible in SEDE. I was wondering how long it would be kept; sites which have been closed for ...
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Links to questions on metas of closed sites should redirect to the Area 51 proposal (for the main site)
If you click on a link to a question that was on a site that is now closed, you get redirected to the Area 51 proposal page for that site - for example, Why is the timeline of Catch-22 all messed up?, ...
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When a beta SE gets closed, make the data dump available on Area 51
When a beta SE gets closed, a data dump can be downloaded for a few days right after, then it's not possible to have access to the dump. It's annoying for several reasons:
People who took part in the ...
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Is there a nice browser to view a data-dump?
Flipping through text files of XML to try to read what was going on at a dead site makes it difficult to get the gist of it. Is there some tool that will order the posts into Q and A's and sprinkle ...
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Migrated questions from closed sites link to real pages on the closed site [closed]
File this under "Bug or Feature?", but Cog Sci got this migration from Economics. Economics is closed. Now if you click the "migrated from" link on Cog Sci, you get
the actual question on Economics ...
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What should have happened to make Arduino.SE a real SE site?
What sort of things were overlooked by the community that caused this site to fall short?
Here's a screenshot of the original "Arduino.SE is closing" post
Also relevant: What should be the scope of ...
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Is there a list of closed sites? [closed]
Is there a way to list all the closed sites (Atheism, How Things Work etc) on Area 51?
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Why did a mod answer a meta question on a beta site that has been closed down?
A mod, @AbbyTMiller (note that the link redirects to the area 51 site because the site is closed), just now answered a question I asked on the Gamification Meta site before it closed.
The link ...
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What is the largest Stack Exchange website that got shut down?
Several Stack Exchange websites got shut down over time. What is the largest Stack Exchange website that got shut down? I'm open to the definition of "largest", one way to define is with the ...
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Can one propose a new SE site for a topic which has been already closed as a beta?
There was a proposal for an Arabic Language SE closed after 61 days in beta.
Can one suggest to re-open such a closed beta site after several years? There may be increased attention and public ...
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Questions migrated from old Economics site erroneously link back to new one
In May 2012, a question was migrated from the old Economics Stack Exchange to Academia Stack Exchange:
Are European schools experiencing the same cost raise as American schools?
The question has a ...
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Stack Exchange 2.0 sites not mentioned in attribution notice of Stack Exchange data dumps
Looking at the data dump for the recently closed Freelancers Stack Exchange beta, I note the license.txt file reads:
So let me clarify what we mean by attribution. If you republish this content, we ...
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Closed site is not being removed from app favorite sites list [duplicate]
Recently I was in the private beta for Game Theory, however it didn't take off and the site was closed down. When the site was closed, it was automatically removed my from my favorites in the drop ...
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Is there a way I can still gain access to answers from closed Literature site?
I would like to obtain some answers to questions I have posted on now closed stack exchange Literature site. Is there still a way for me to do it?
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Has any Stack Exchange site been closed after public beta? [duplicate]
Going over the impressive list of topics discussed on the Stack Exchange network, it got me thinking - has there ever been a site that was in public beta, but then closed? Is there a list of these ...
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What happens to the reputation of active users if a private beta was closed?
What happens to the reputation of users of a private beta when it is closed?
Is it counted anywhere on the SE network?
It seems to me that this may only appear for users who are active in Area 51, ...
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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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How do I see when an SE site was closed? [duplicate]
It was announced today that the Windows Phone SE site had been closed. The Area 51 page lists that the site was closed after 3857 days, but is there a way to see what date an SE site was closed?
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Do mature Stack Exchange sites ever close? [duplicate]
Communities need to pass some critical mass and quality criteria in order to come out of Area51 into StackExchange proper, and be "born". But do sites ever "die" ?
Put another way - is the number of ...
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Are closed sites ever archived?
A site may be on a very specialized topic, and may open and get some good questions and answers but not enough to satisfy the SE rules for keeping a site open.
For example, on the Podcast #68 blog ...
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What happens to the content of a SE site that has been closed?
The SE questions/answers are under the CC BY-SA license (ref). When a beta site does not make it and is closed, what happens to its content? Is it lost forever or is there a way to access the CC BY-SA ...
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Finding a SE user from a chat user whose parent user is on a dead site
At https://chat.stackexchange.com/users/3786, the "parent user" link links to a user page on a dead site, and that URL redirects to the Area 51 proposal page for that site. Is there a way to ...
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Answers.OnStartups isn't "offline for maintenance", is it? [closed]
If you visit http://answers.onstartups.com/ (which was formerly a beta site, and is now closed), you get the following message:
We are currently offline for maintenance
This Stack Exchange ...
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Should Windows Phone site be removed from SEDE?
I have noticed that it is possible to see Windows Phone as one of the sites where one can run SEDE queries. As an example, here is a query listing the recent posts.
This query shows the date as the ...
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When an SE site is closed, redirect the dead URLs to Area 51 instead of 404s [duplicate]
Example: https://productivity.stackexchange.com/ was closed. It'd be better if it redirects to https://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/4296/personal-productivity instead of some 404 message, so ...
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Has a graduated site ever closed down? [duplicate]
Sometimes, sites in beta can be shut down due to stuff like lack of activity. Has this ever happened to a Stack Exchange Network site that had already left beta? If so, what caused that?
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Any help hosting a closed site?
With the site "On Startups" recently closed, I understand that its content now is only available via Data Dump. It is however much less user-friendly. I wonder if SE can provide any help hosting it in ...
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