Questions tagged [area51-meta]
Questions about Area 51 itself.
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Reputation Thresholds for Beta Sites
Current (crude) measurements of an "Excellent" number of core users consist of
150 users with 200+ rep
10 users with 2k+ rep
5 users with 3k+ rep.
In light of the new reputation changes for ...
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“Contact Us” form option for “I need to delete my user profile” gives 404 error
Title line says it all. Selecting the "I need to delete my user profile" option on the "Contact Us" form leads to a 404 error screen. This apparently has been a known bug since it was pointed out by a ...
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Does there exist clear description of each stage/phase for proposing new site? [duplicate]
Does there exist a clear/simple description of each phase going from definition to Commitment to beta and to finally becoming an official stack exchange site?
I looked at the area 51 faq but it is ...
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What's the best way to get the author of a proposal to re-engage?
If the starter of a proposed site seems to have had no activity for quite some time (over a month), whats the best way to try and get them to re-engage?
Other than tagging users in comments, what ...
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Ability to make your own stack sites
For example at another domain like stack.com: For smaller companies/ local regions: The ability to start your own stack project: Something like myproject.stack.com
As an example would be the Code ...
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Confused by a message about e-mail I didn't catch, am I okay?
I'm an active SE user and have just joined area51 and then the Materials Modeling proposal where I successfully voted five times.
But I am worried about a message about confirming e-mail that I ...
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Might it be considered, to add the “new user” box for users of Area51 that are brand new to Stack Exchange?
Proposal: Materials Modeling
I understand that to make an Area 51 proposal, we are supposed to have our own user community already organized. Because of this, I sent out a message about my Area51 ...
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Localization of Stack Exchange site [duplicate]
I'm planning on opening a site proposal for an Arabic Language Stack Exchange site, but thought many Arabic speakers might find hardships since the interface is completely in English.
So is there ...
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Why are there no NSFW Stack Exchange communities?
I get that Stack Exchange is a "professional question asking site" (I'm dubious of this claim, mostly because the sheer number of sites dedicated to non-professional topics), however, I think it's ...
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Why a discussion of a proposal just get deleted? [duplicate]
I made a proposal few days ago, and a discussion about it.
It did not go through, it's ok, there were no interest but resistance.
Or anything else happened? Then what? I'm eager to learn the policies.
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Quantum Computing (and Operations Research) are not Showing up in Accounts Tab
Proposal: Quantum Computing
QC doesn't show up in the site list (Accounts Tab) in my profile:
Elsewhere, on every other site, it shows up correctly:
This bug also affects Operations Research, which ...
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Is it possible to see how many proposals there have been for a subject?
I was wondering how many different (now deleted) proposals there have been about one particular subject, but then I found I didn't know how to search.
So, how do you search? Is there a search form ...
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Add a List of Does and Don'ts?
The help/FAQ page https://area51.stackexchange.com/faq has a lot of good info, but we have been seeing a lot of new proposals making the same mistakes that are not really addressed there.
Would it be ...
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Can I submit a proposal for a product still in development? (Proposing too early)
If I have a product that is in some sort of state which that it's not fully developed, should I propose a site about it?
To me it sounds like it could be a bad idea for the reason that since the ...
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Beta RSS feed link has misleading tooltip “the 30 oldest proposals in beta”
The tooltip on the RSS feed link on the beta tab says
the 30 oldest proposals in beta
When looking at the content, it rather looks like it contains the 30 newest proposals in beta; Operations ...
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Badge total is cut off in user lists
On various pages, where there's a list of users, the number of badges is cut off when the total width of the preceding characters pushes the remaining content out of the div.
I did read Does Area 51 ...
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What happens when the commitment percentage reaches 100%
Proposal: Operations Research
Does the private beta start instantly when the commitment percentage reaches 100%, or a CM needs to take action?
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Why can't I see the revision history of a proposal?
I sometimes want to view the revision history of a proposal, since it has been edited by someone. However, this is impossible - at least in new proposals, e.g. this one and generally all of these that ...
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I don't have enough rep, how can I see whether something has already been proposed on Area51?
I wanted to discuss the expansion of a proposal's scope but before doing that I wanted to see whether the topics I'd like to include in the scope expending were already proposed on Area51.
I read ...
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What happened to K-12 Teaching?
I was wondering if there should be such a site and decided to poke around Area 51 for it. I see that there was some discussion, but it's not easy to piece together what took place or to disentangle it ...
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Segregating questions between two SE sites (Stack Overflow and proposed site)
I wanted to expand on my earlier question.
SAP's proprietary programming language, called ABAP, is represented on Stack Overflow in very small proportions. Yet ABAP code questions could belong there. ...
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Global SAP Community (a proposal)
I am thinking of ways to organize support and propose a new SE site for SAP-related topics, both functional and technical.
Just in case you are not familiar, here is an overview of what this company/...
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What type of website does Area 51 want me to gather support for my proposal on?
I'm confused as to what exactly is wanted here, question 3. Does Area 51 want me to build a website? A change.org petition? A subreddit or a discord? What do I need to do here, are there pre ...
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Help with approach when designing a site proposal
I am trying to sort out a design problem before proposing a new site.
Problem: there are two main flavors of questions one would ask on the new site: technical and functional.
They are distinct yet ...
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What would be the 'easiest' way to gain first 200 points of reputation on area51?
It seems to me that editing and improving existing questions&answers — is the easiest way to gain your first 200 reputation points on stackoverflow or any other stackexchange site.
What would be ...
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Would it make sense to have a dedicated story identification SE?
Context:
I am a regular contributor to the Sci-FI & Fantasy SE. Every day, the feed is literally filled to the brim with people asking questions to the tune of
"Can someone help me identify ...
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Is it possible to view flagging histories on Area 51?
On most Stack Exchange sites, you can go to <site>/users/flag-summary/<userid> to see all flags you've cast on the site and their current state (pending, helpful, declined, etc).
On Area ...
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Understand “Total reputation”
My "total reputation" only shows my reputation from this site and from "Interpersonal skills". The reputation from all other sites like Stackoverflow, Mathoverflow, ... (about 20k) is not shown.
Is ...
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How do I discuss a proposal properly?
I was about to discuss the proposal at https://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/121892/operations-research-and-analytics and then saw that discussing a proposal is done in the form of ask a question ...
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Is there an automatic process to delete closed proposals on Area 51?
On Stack Exchange sites, there's an an automatic process to delete abandoned closed questions. Area 51 often has a lot of closed proposals that receive no activity for a long time. Area 51 is fairly ...
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Seeding our proposal with “Frequently Asked Questions”?
We are a large community and think we have what it takes get Stack Exchange proposal through Area 51 and to Beta Launch.
Most of our community is not familiar with Stack Exchange, but we do have a ...
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Should we make the rep requirement for the “trusted user” privilege lower?
Right now, out of all the users on Area 51, there are only seven trusted users. Seven. Reputation is incredibly hard to get on Area 51 compared to other sites. For example, this user has had 3 ...
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Is there a way to view the revision history of example questions?
When I edit my example questions or find that example question have been edited, I haven't found any links to the revision histories.
Is there any way to view the revision histories of example ...
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Would a Developer Relations stackexchange site be allowed?
Developer relations is ill defined, and different between different organisations. There's no playbook, and people come into the role from a wide variety of backgrounds and experience.
There are ...
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What is the “Please link to the community” input field in the Area 51 proposal creation webpage?
I have recently made an "Astrobiology" proposal on Area 51 (which was my first proposal). When I stumbled apon the "Please community link to the community...Area 51 cannot find that community for you" ...
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Time frame for involving experts
Are there any recommendations about when it's best to publicize a site proposal in the experts community? (I mean outside SE)
Does it make sense to advertise each new stage: definition, commitment ...
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Initial site proposal: how precise should it be?
How important is the initial proposal for the success of the site?
Should I try to define the scope as precisely as possible, or let the definition phase take care of it?
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Guidelines for a strong proposal
I'm planning to make a site proposal for which I think I can get reasonably good expert support (I mean that I've thought of ways to publicize the site outside SE).
Beside the FAQ and exploring ...
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Who can close proposals?
I'm very confused on how proposals get closed. All closed proposals I've seen were closed by a moderator. However, when I tried to delete my past proposal, it said something like "Wait for 2 days to ...
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I can't log in to Area 51
I want to login to Area 51 to propose a new community but when I click "Propose a new..." all I get is this:
and I'm not redirected. What do I do? I use e-mail and password from another account to ...
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Change the popup when hovering over accounts
Whenever I hover over the "accounts" section of a user's profile, the displayed popup says this:
Accounts this user has in the Stack Overflow family
Here's a screenshot of it:
It should say "...
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Main space header has issues
The main space header has issues. It has been this way since at least last night, is evident when using Chrome, and is persistent across multiple computers (so I don't think it is just me).
https://...
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Change the privileges link on meta to the main privileges page rather than the faq
I've noticed that, on Area 51 Meta, when you click "privileges" on the achievements tab, the link takes you to the faq rather than the privileges page. The faq doesn't talk about privileges nearly as ...
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How can I gather publicity about my proposal?
How do I gather followers for my proposal?
I have a site, but I don't know anyone on the site. In the first stage, I can't submit it until I have a community. This is reasonable, but how can I ...
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Are there plans to revamp the main site too?
I just saw the Discussion Zone got revamps to use the new standard responsive design.
Are there any plans to update the main's site GUI too?
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Why were these questions closed in Defintion?
I have spent four long months building up the Hashgraph proposal. I have been active in their Telegram and Discord channels, tweeted and retweeted about it, posted on their official website, and have ...
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would it not be better to have communities emerge out of existing Stack Exchange questions?
It seems to me that creating communities, splits StackExchange quite a lot, and makes them difficult to start too.
Would it not be better to allow all questions to be in one big pool, and then have ...
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As a new user how can I earn more reputation?
I'm trying to increase my user reputation. Do you have any tips and guides on how to increase the user's reputation?
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Why do we have so strange design?
I can't understand why we don't have simple design like on discussion zone. It is really uncomfortable to work with. Can we change it?
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Are there tools to track click through of shared links?
For promoting my proposal are there any tools that can help me track how people have arrived at it?
ie.
There are total views - is there a 'views over time' graph?
Can I track referral links?
