Questions tagged [area51-meta]
Questions about Area 51 itself.
882
questions
-1
votes
0answers
44 views
Relation with Biology SE
Proposal: Botany
The project proposal has been closed on the grounds that it is a sub-topic of the already-existing biology site.
Stackexchange (SE) already has websites which specialize on topics ...
3
votes
0answers
23 views
Edited 'x days ago' link not working
When clicking on the 'x days ago' link in the 'edited' widget of a proposal, e.g. this one, you get an "Oops! Something Bad Happened!" page.
→
2
votes
1answer
69 views
What happend to post #31266?
Post 31265 and Post 31267 are working fine, but https://area51.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/31266 leads nowhere. I have earned enough rep to see deleted posts, and I do see them all the time, but ...
3
votes
0answers
41 views
Robert Cartaino's flair says he's a moderator on 3 other sites, but he isn't [duplicate]
Robert Cartaino's flair, displayed e.g. here, says he's a ♦ moderator on three other sites in the network:
He isn't anymore since the beginning of this year, so it looks like this is some kind of ...
-5
votes
1answer
33 views
Proposal about culture bias or culture difference?
I encountered the concept of culture bias years ago and I found that really matters when I went abroad. For example, showing knowledge may seem offensive, especially in front of the elderly. ...
-7
votes
2answers
77 views
Proposal of new site for Kali Linux
Users are posting in questions of kali in askubuntu which is not the place
So there should be a site for kali where people should only post questions of KALI
It will be helpful for ubuntu users as ...
1
vote
4answers
143 views
How can we get more people to ask example questions?
This proposal has 19 users and 13 questions. Ideally, everyone would help, but I know a lot of people think it's a good idea but don't really know about content creation. However, more dedicated users ...
0
votes
1answer
39 views
Would an Urban Exploration site be violating any laws?
I have noticed that the Pickpocketing proposal was (for obvious reasons) not well received. While I suppose that urban exploration does not necessitate breaking any laws, I know it often involves ...
2
votes
1answer
63 views
Accounts missing from account list
Somehow, my accounts page here doesn't show my Puzzling.SE account:
and scrolling further down, I miss MathOverflow, Software Recommendations and a couple of others too. Looking at my network profile ...
2
votes
0answers
31 views
How do I find a community or organization “eager and willing” to build my site?
I want to propose a new site for Scandinavian/Nordic Languages, e.g. Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, Icelandic, etc. I think, since these are modern languages, there may be more interest than there was ...
1
vote
0answers
24 views
What is the difference between “proposal-name” and “proposal-title”?
I am new to Area 51 and not aware of the many terms used here. I noticed that there are two tags- proposal-name and proposal-title- which seemed to me of having the same meaning. So, please explain to ...
2
votes
1answer
68 views
Health indicators are no longer being displayed for recently released Beta sites
Area51 stats shows indicators: Needs Work, Okay and Excellent based on the criteria. You can see that for any beta sites e.g. Area51 stats for Hinduism Beta but I have found that no such indicators ...
-1
votes
1answer
32 views
Is there a designated place on this site to advertise your proposals?
So, I just created a new proposal called "Digital Logic". I think I have a lot of people who would want a stack exchange based on this concept, but I have no way of letting them know. Is there a place ...
1
vote
0answers
24 views
What is the best stack site for pre-proposal disscusions?
I have a general idea for a new stack community but the idea is not yet well formed or defined enough to make a proposal. Where should this idea be discussed, Area51, MetaSE, or some other place? ...
6
votes
1answer
41 views
Can we undelete the Languages.SE idea please?
The question is Would a general Languages.SE supersite (synchronized with the current language sites) be feasible?, but it was deleted and the timeline says:
Via /api/posts/delete-related-...
3
votes
1answer
124 views
What happened to Stack Overflow in Turkish?
There are a few posts from many years ago saying that Stack Overflow in Turkish was on hold until after Stack Overflow in Portuguese was ironed out, and it seemed like Turkish was one of the next ...
51
votes
1answer
1k views
Is anybody out there?
The area51 list of moderators shows up as blank. Is anybody still moderating?
See also: Thank you, Robert Cartaino.
3
votes
1answer
79 views
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 ...
4
votes
0answers
36 views
“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 ...
3
votes
1answer
86 views
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 ...
-3
votes
1answer
77 views
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 ...
8
votes
2answers
258 views
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 ...
7
votes
1answer
78 views
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 ...
0
votes
0answers
39 views
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 ...
-3
votes
1answer
128 views
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 ...
3
votes
0answers
38 views
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.
...
0
votes
0answers
30 views
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 ...
2
votes
1answer
78 views
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 ...
-3
votes
1answer
85 views
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 ...
-5
votes
1answer
121 views
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 ...
2
votes
0answers
30 views
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 ...
2
votes
1answer
120 views
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 ...
4
votes
1answer
172 views
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?
12
votes
0answers
161 views
Please make sure you link your other Stack Exchange accounts!
If you have an account on any other Stack Exchange site (Stack Overflow, tex.SE, math.SE, etc.), please make sure it is linked to your commitment to the OR site on Area 51.
Here's how to check:
...
9
votes
0answers
136 views
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 ...
3
votes
2answers
76 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
44 views
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 ...
0
votes
1answer
50 views
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. ...
3
votes
0answers
29 views
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/...
5
votes
1answer
53 views
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 ...
1
vote
0answers
35 views
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 ...
3
votes
2answers
81 views
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 ...
2
votes
0answers
59 views
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 ...
3
votes
0answers
34 views
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 ...
4
votes
1answer
91 views
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 ...
1
vote
2answers
164 views
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 ...
2
votes
1answer
73 views
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 ...
-1
votes
1answer
68 views
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 ...
-1
votes
1answer
86 views
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 ...
6
votes
1answer
67 views
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 ...
