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What does "referred" mean in the commitment phase page in Area 51?
I see that in the commitment phase page in a proposed Stack Exchange site in Area 51 associated with each committed user, there is a "referred" counter and sometimes a "referred by" indicator.
What ...
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How on earth can this proposal be only at 29% definition when it has over 200 commits?
After browsing around on area51, I noticed that the proposal, Stackoverflow in Korean, has over 200 commits, but is only about 29% to beta.
Then there's there's this proposal, Startups, with less ...
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When a site fails private beta, how quickly are commitments reusable?
If a site fails beta, can the commitments, particularly for those who otherwise succeeded in fulfilling commitments, how quickly can they recommit? The faq doesn't seem very clear about this, and it'...
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Re: Are you having trouble accessing the *** private beta you committed to
This is a public feedback on email titled "Are you having trouble accessing the ********* private beta you committed to?", not really a question.
Are you having trouble accessing the ********* ...
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Does the referral bonus still count in Area 51 if you re-commit?
So, commitment score slowly decreases with time. In addition, a person can gain reputation if they refer someone. So, what happens if I un-commit a proposal, and then re-commit, as far as the people ...
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Ask questions for sites in commitment phase? [closed]
This has been asked before and been answered with:
Users are not allowed to vote, comment and ask questions in the commitment phase. This status is by-design
But the Area 51 FAQ states
Once ...
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Can you edit the title of an Area 51 proposal during the commitment stage?
...and if so, how? It has been suggested that I change Managers and Leaders to "Management and Leadership," a change I agree with, but I'm not able to make the edit. I don't believe I have the ...
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Why not have Commitment Percent for Area 51 be an average, rather than a minimum?
I've been musing about the Area 51 commit percent today, and I have a question. The stated goal of the system is to make sure the sites that launch are pretty sure to succeed, as I understand it.
But ...
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What can be done to keep users active in the commitment phase?
From the What can be done with Area 51? question, it seems like the biggest complaint is that there is very little connectivity during the commitment phase. A user merely signs up, then can't do ...
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Allow committed users to continue to expand the site definition on Area 51
I've discussed previously about Area 51's broken model. After experimenting with a site in the definition stage, I've learned a few things, and I think I have an idea.
Let's just simply let users who ...
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What should happen to users who fulfill their commitments to failed Area 51 betas?
I'm torn on this one. I committed to the How things work proposal because it seemed like an interesting idea and I enjoy finding concise ways to explain the complex underpinnings of everyday life in ...
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area51 commit requirements biased too heavily towards overlap w/ existing sites?
Just read this metaSO question to find out what is required to launch a site:
Put another way, every proposal that
launches must satisfy these three
criteria:
A total Commitment Score of 500,
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What do the commiter roles mean? [duplicate]
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Do you do anything with the proficiency level given when committing?
I've just noticed that Area51 got a new interface element: commitment roles. Committed users are divided ...
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Do you do anything with the proficiency level given when committing?
Since March 8th, when you commit to a proposal on Area51, it asks you how well you know the topic (Professional or Expert, Academic or Research-Level Student, Merely Curious, etc.).
Is that ...
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Why do some sites require more commitments than others to launch? [duplicate]
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Area 51 Commit Percent
For example, Writers launched with just over 200 commitments, but Atheism has more than twice as many and is only at 54%. What determines how many ...
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Impossible to Launch Site With All New Users on Area 51?
I've been trying to get a technical support site for our game, ROBLOX up and running on Area-51 for the past several days.
I whipped 180 people into a fury and sent that to that page (for some reason ...
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Is reputation from Area 51 counted towards the commitment score?
According to the updated commitment formula system, the percentage is taken as the minimum of 3 factors:
Total Commitment Score / 500
Total # of committers / 200
Total # of committers with 200+ rep ...
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How much score a proposal has to accumulate in order to reach 100% of commitment in area51?
This Post states how a single UserScore is calculated but it doesn't state how much of that has to be accumulated to reach 100%.
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What is the relationship between UserScore and commit percentage - how "cost effective" is it to work on increasing rep on other SE sites?
There is a formula for calculating a UserScore which is apparently used when determining the commit percentage for a site in commitment stage.
However, the formula given there doesn't seem to ...
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Allow site proposers to post an admin message during commitment phase
So, Jeff and Robert left admin messages at Developer Testing : Unit Testing and more… and Electronics and Robotics:
So, technically the [feature-request] Allow one announcement during commitment ...
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Area 51 Commitment "critical mass"
Is the commitment "critical mass" too strict?
Let me start by stating I total agree with the principles of the "commitment phase", however there are issues worth discussing.
1. Users from my ...
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Will increasing reputation on sites cause a recalc in the percentage of weight toward a commitment?
As discussed in another question, the amount of weight someone's commitment to a Stack Exchange has is based on their reputation. Now if a user who currently has low rep works their way up, will the ...
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Commit percentage formula update?
Hi,
In an answer to this question, David Fullerton sketched out a formula by which commit progress is calculated for area51 proposals, and mentioned that the formula would undergo updates over time ...
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Who should commit to site proposals on Area 51?
When the first site proposals on Area 51 went to the commitment phase, I eagerly slapped my name down on the petitions for both Web Apps and Gaming. I was honestly excited about both sites and wanted ...
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Why does reputation make your commitment 'heavier'?
If you require a lot of people with lots of reputation across the SO sites, doesn't that mean only programmers will be attracted? In order to get a proposal to beta, you need high rep users, while ...
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Should commit-phase proposals have another method of interaction?
Shouldn't proposals that are heading towards beta have some other way for committees to stay engaged?
A more general question than just adding comments or discussion to proposals that are in the ...
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Should you encourage users from outside to commit on an Area 51 proposal?
When a proposal gets in the commitment phase, you are asked to spread the word and let everyone know that such a site is about to start so that they can commit to it.
However, is it really useful to ...
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Are Area 51 private betas automatic yet?
So, I'm aware that the first few Stack Exchange sites were pushed into private beta one at a time so that the team could work out the kinks in the process. I'm also aware that the commitment counter ...
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What's the benefit of committing?
What is the benefit of committing to a site? So far the only benefit is getting to participate in the 1-week private beta. That's a bit weak don't you think?
I say committing should give some sort ...
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Losing momentum in commit phase?
I understand the idea behind the commit phase, but when a site can easily spend weeks in the commit phase, isn't there a big danger that it's going to lose momentum? That all those who signed up for ...
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Why no voting for on-topic/off-topic during commitment phase in Area 51? [duplicate]
Why can't users cast on-topic/off-topic votes on suggested questions once a site proposal has reached commitment phase? I'm assuming the rationale is that the definition phase is over, so you want the ...
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Why does the Area 51 "Commit" dialog require my real name? [duplicate]
I am somewhat concerned about my online privacy, and as such do not give out any personally identifying information to any online site. I thus ask, why do you want my real name?
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Should rep from other (non-trilogy) SE 1.0 sites count for commitment phase?
Given that there are several other fairly-active SE-based sites, with high-rep users, would it be reasonable to count that rep in the commitment phase? I presume it's technically possible, given that ...
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Please add comments to the commitment phase
Given the high bar on commitment, I submit that it would be very helpful to allow communications amongst the participants. They might coordinate drumming up more participants, or even in drumming up ...
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Area51/SE Commitment Favors Topics well-covered by existing SO sites?
Currently, the Area51 commitment process seems to be based in large part on the rep that is used to commit to a proposal. This is somewhat understandable: so long as many of the areas of interest are ...
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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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Adding/Revising comments for Area 51 Commitment Phase after commiting
Yesterday, I saw that some of the proposals I am following on Area 51 went into the commitment phase, so I quickly committed to them, as I want to participate in them. Unfortunately, as I am currently ...
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How do commit allowances work on Area 51?
I have a couple of questions related to the 3 (actual) commitment allowance:
Is committing to your own proposal assumed, or does it use up one of the committments you're allowed?
Is there ever a time ...
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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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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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Commitment phase for non-English proposals, is there any chance without English community support?
Update: Do not sympathy commit. Only commit if you will spend significant time on the site when it enters private and public beta!
Update 2: So the English community should not sympathy commit to ...
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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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Mafia Wars: the Area 51 commitment phase
We're getting closer to launching the commitment phase on Area 51, but before we do we thought we'd gather some feedback on how it's going to work.
Joel describes the goals of the commitment phase in ...
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