Questions tagged [area51-meta]
For questions about Area 51 itself (or about Area 51 Discussions, i.e. this site).
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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?
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Unordered list after sorting after 'newest'
While browsing through Area51 I discovered that the big numbers at the beginning of a post do not appear to be in ascending order although I sorted it after newest. Is there some logic I just do not ...
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Can the moderator-only faq tag be added to Area 51 meta?
There are 2 sites in the SE network that have the faq moderator tag and the faq-proposed tag (Meta Stack Overflow and Meta Stack Exchange). Area 51 does have a small faq, but it's really just the tour ...
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What is tactical voting?
I have been hearing a term on Area51.meta its about something called tactical voting and I've been hearing it for about a good while now, so I will like to know:
What is a tactical voting system and ...
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Why am I not awared the Curious badge yet when I'm as Curious as Curious George?
Up to this day the Curious badge counter is saying I passed the requirements to get the badge, but it's not awarded to me yet.
It went up to 5/5 a good while ago and then as of now 9/5.
Am I missing ...
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How can I be more helpful on Area 51?
I need to find some ways on being a more helpful user on Area 51. I am basically someone who mainly likes to do moderation stuff like flagging and reviewing, which can't happen on the site because ...
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Shadow diamond attached to former staff name on edited by
Looking at a proposals I can see the "edited by" section which a former employee edited the proposal has a shadow diamond attached to the name.
This guy was an employee, but left the company and all ...
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Is it okay to recruit people in the Discussion Zone?
I was thinking of starting a new Q&A, but I don't have any audience (none of my friends are interested).
So, is it okay to start recruiting on Discussions, because there is no other way?
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What is the scope of solar energy science and economy?
Some of the students involved in either Solar Challenge U, Planet Stewardship Research, or TranSeed Labs indicated that they wanted to begin a Solar Energy Science and Economy Q&A site.
Being a ...
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Heading bug on profiles
I have found a bug. When we make heading like #Hello, visible as:
Hello
on our profile description, if the text is long then it is going outside its boundry.
It is shown here:
And it is also ...
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Is a user editing a example question to get rid of closure allowed?
The OP of a closed example question edited it to something completely different from the orignal, here is the revision.
Is this allowed especially since most of the votes are for the old version?
I ...
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Why is Area 51 so different from the other Stack Exchange sites?
Area 51 behaves a lot differently from all the other Stack Exchange sites.
For one - it seems like I have a different account on Area 51 (see this question).
Also - there is no meta discussion - (...
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League rep tables for Area 51
On my profile it says that my rep is in the "top 4% this year" with a link to the full league table. However, it doesn't exist!
Since rep on Area 51 is pretty meaningless, could we disable ...
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What is the point of the bounty badges if you can't give any in Area 51?
What is the point of the bounty badges if you can't give any in Area 51?
Altruist, Benefactor, Investor and Promoter don't serve any purpose as meta doesn't allow bounties due to no rep given, and ...
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The text is too close on 'recent achievements'
The text in the Recent Achievements is too small or you can say that there is not enough spacing between the text. Best way to explain is:
In the above screenshot you can see that the text is too ...
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What does following a proposal do?
So I just discovered a proposal I liked, and decided to follow it. But what does that actually do? Is there some place I can see all of the proposals I've followed? Will I be notified if the proposal ...
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Is there any trace of my closed proposal?
A while ago, my proposal that almost reached the second phase reached the time limit and was closed. If I click on my profile, it says I have no profile, no activity, etc. Is there any trace or hint ...
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How must I follow this newly created proposal?
I am a new contributor to Area 51. A user by the name of @TheSimpliFire recently formed a new proposal of a Q&A site called Math Challenges "for enthusiasts wanting to create and share their own ...
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Can we export data before removal/after deletion?
What happen with the data if a site doesn't meet the requirements anymore?
Can we export questions and answers if our proposal is deleted (due to lost of momentum for example)?
This should be ...
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Why Was The Name Area51 Chosen? [duplicate]
I love the name Area51, but I keep wondering what the thinking was behind naming a proposal site after a top secret military base famous for allegedly harbouring recovered UFOs!
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Long Lag updating User Rep and Badges
A Shorter Lag Would Be Nice
I've noticed there is a lag for updating the user rep and badges on Area51 from other Stack Exchange communities which can have a lag of several hours.
I'm guessing the ...
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Would Area51 Be More Effective Without Down Votes?
NOTE: I have seen other similar questions, but they weren't clear or informative, with no clear direction of what they were trying to achieve. This question is also a different spin to some degree.
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Reputation decreased from +1100 to 151 without any history change [duplicate]
A few days ago ,my repu was more than 1000 but today I noticed that my repu is 151. I checked history but there was nothing in the history. How does that happen?
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Does Area 51 have quality bans?
Many people know about the question and answer bans that are active on most sites.
Are there similar bans active on Area 51 or Area 51 Discussion Zone?
For example is there a:
Proposal Ban for ...
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Bug causes former Stack Exchange employees to show on the moderator list
Somehow every time someone who worked at Stack Exchange leaves the job there account will start to show on the list of moderators https://area51.meta.stackexchange.com/users?tab=moderators (Note: All ...
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No redirection to https
I typed in http://area51.stackexchange.com and I did not get redirected to the https version. Is this intentional or a bug?
The redirection works for stackoverflow and stackexchange
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What are the close reasons for Area 51 proposals? [duplicate]
The only reasons that I've seen a site proposal being closed for are "not a viable proposal" and "duplicate." Are there other close reasons? What are they?
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Area 51 and Discussion log-in problem
I logged into Area 51 with my email and password, but I was still logged out of Area 51 Discussions. I logged in again and again, but it always logged me in to Area 51 not Area 51 Discussions.
Then I ...
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Minimum number of people for a successful proposal
What is the minimum number of people that should be involved since the beginning for a proposal to be successful, that is, become a full-fledged member of StackExchange?
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Can we have a custom close reason: "This question is a proposal for a proposal"
I've seen many questions asked in the Area 51 Discussion Zone which are essentially proposing the idea of starting a site. It would make sense to me to have a custom close reason for such questions, ...
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Can the Area 51 entry for the renamed beta site "Writing" have its name changed to match?
This is a question with two parts: a support request and a feature request.
The beta site "Writing" recently had its name changed from "Writers." However, Area 51 still lists it under the original ...
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What type of things should you put in the "Publicizing Proposal" section?
I want to propose a new community, but one of the required blanks is "
Please describe or link to the community where you will be publicizing this proposal:". I do not know what to put in there. Could ...
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What is a private beta?
When I see an proposal saying "private beta" but I can go into it, what is a "private beta"? I think it is just saying the owner can visit, but I can visit the site.
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Area51 claims sites have zero or near-zero visits [duplicate]
Area51 is claiming beta sites have 0 visits/day. For example, iota:
For the most heavily visited beta site, islam, it claims 2 visits/day (35k/day according to the sites list):
Something is wrong!
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Don't delete questions about deleted proposals when they reference other (not deleted) proposals
There were two questions related to the Semitic Languages proposal which were also linked to the old proposal on that topic. Now that the old proposal has been removed, those questions have been ...
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How can I delete Area51 account?
The Area51 user profile looks other then for other sites, and it's the only profile where I've failed to find 'delete account' option.
I have no clue where I should click to find that option.
I ...
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How do I access this site from my web browser?
I was able to gain access to this group (which from the comment was supposed to be a question and discussions group (Q&D), although the commenter didn't explain what the difference is between Q&...
