Questions tagged [culture]
The Culture category includes proposals in subjects like language, religion, society, groups, and politics.
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Is this a site for brewers or just drinkers?
Proposal: *Beer * Are homebrew questions appropriate?
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Sign Languages and Deaf Culture?
There should be Q&A for sign language students and educators, others that use sign languages in their professions, the Deaf, and the curious.
American Sign Language, the most internationally ...
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Shouldn't Alchoholic Beverages be combined with Beer?
Proposal: *Beer *
One of the other proposed recreational sites is Alcoholic Beverages. Wouldn't having both Beer and Alcoholic Beverages just confuse users and interfere with each other?
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What language will be on topic?
Proposal: Dutch Language & Culture
Example questions both include English and Dutch questions. I don't think two languages should be allowed, since that would fragment the userbase. Allowing only ...
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Expand the proposal to a taxonomically broader scope
What do you mean by "Alternate?" No matter how you look at it, though, I'm pretty sure it's already covered.
If you mean fictional histories, I would say they belong at scifi.stackexchange.com.
If ...
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The scientific way of living : hinduism [closed]
Proposal: Hinduism
As I heard a speech about science in Hindusim yesterday, I wish other people get a brief introduction about this great ancient Indian culture and know how much it is related to ...
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Hinduism was not a religion before britishers came to Bharat?
Proposal: Hinduism
Before the British invasion of Bharat, there was no term called Hinduism, this term was introduced by britishers.
The Sanskrit name for Indus river is "Sindhu" and with the coming ...
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Would knowing origin of any festival be considered too localized here?
Proposal: Hinduism
Just want to confirm whether knowing an origin of any festival is too localized or not here. Because there are lots of festivals in the Hindu religion. So I think knowing it's ...
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When will IL&U start?
Proposal: Italian Language & Usage
'We are preparing for its launch and expect to create it soon.' said the banner.
Since the proposal has reached 100% commitment some days ago, when will IL&...
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How many days should I wait before I restart a closed proposal?
My question is very simple and straightforward. How much time should I wait before I restart a closed proposal? Its been over 2months IIRC that particular proposal is closed. Can I restart now?
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Will this stack be for advanced questions or for everyone?
Proposal: Italian Language & Usage
Will I be able to use this group for basic questions (I'm beginner, A1)? If not, is there any suitable group for that kind of discussions and questions?
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Should we encourage writing in Italian only?
Proposal: Italian Language & Usage
Motivated by a response to my previous discussion, should we encourage people to submit and answer in Italian?
Despite the heavy editing that that requires, it ...
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How down to 7 from 3 questions?
Proposal: Hinduism
How did this happen? I doubt that only 10 vote questions are downvoted by someone?It was down to 9 actually, I changed some of my votes to make this 7 now..
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Not a copy of sci-fi/fantasy
Proposal: Doctor Who
Doctor who is a cult more than a TV show, therefore it would not entirely fall under sci-fi/fantasy.
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Move 'Bharat' to 'Culture' category?
Proposal: Bharat
While creating the proposal, I failed to notice that i have selected wrong category i.e. 'Life'. Please move it to 'Culture' category?
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Should the person who starts a proposal be automatically a moderator?
For the Proposal of Mythology.
Should the person who started a proposal automatically become a moderator? If I make a proposal I want it to be a website in which I and others feel comfortable.
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What should Mythology include? [duplicate]
Proposal: Mythology
Mythology is full of gods, demi-gods, ferocious creatures and wonderful stories. Should origins be included? What I mean is the origin of say the Native Americans. They believe ...
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Should it just be Greco-Roman?
Proposal: Mythology
The description says that this is about Greco-Roman mythology, but there is a lot more mythology than just that: Egyptian, Norse, various Native American tribes. Should we expand ...
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Disagree with an ethics site because it is entirely subjective and opinionated
Proposal: Ethics
I disagree with this proposal, I do not think it is a good idea to open up a place to discuss ethics.
My reasoning behind this is that ethics is something entirely based on opinion, ...
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Game Of Thrones
Proposed Q&A site for Game Of Thrones Fans and Enthusiasts! Everything related to Game Of Thrones books and the TV Show. Game Of Thrones is an Epic Fantasy series written by George R. R. Martin ...
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Should the description of the **beer** site be more specific?
Currently the proposed beer site's description says "proposed Q&A site for connoisseurs and lovers of Beer." Shouldn't it be more specific?
Proposal: *Beer *
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This is a possible duplicate of India
Proposal: Indian Tourism
The questions related to travel in India can very well be asked with-in India proposal which is already very close to getting into Commitment phase!
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What's stopping this proposal?
Proposal: India
Update 2:
We now need just 8 more questions with a score of 10 or more.
One quick tip: To adjust your already existing up-vote, you need not to down-vote that question, but you need ...
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Is this just for within the legal boundaries of the city, or are the suburbs included?
Proposal: Philadelphia
Do questions about the outlying suburbs count as on-topic? Is City Line Ave. the boundary, or can questions cover topics that include areas like Bala Cynwyd, Belmont Hills, ...
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How to help the proposal's progress towards beta?
I committed to this proposal in its early days and I've done my best to help it advance, so I was very happy when we reached the commitment phase. However, this happened over a month ago and so far we ...
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What will make this third Atheism proposal succeed after the previous two failed?
Proposal: Atheism and Agnosticism
There have been two proposed Atheism SE's that have failed. One was recently closed in the commitment phase, as it was considered a duplicate of philosophy and the ...
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Maybe it dosn't fit, but this is ok
I'm pledging my support for this idea, it's such a good one.
Maybe the ideas of this tend away from the usual SE format, but maybe in this case and this case alone this is ok. I hope SE is flexible ...
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"Rumor Countrol" is "Skeptics" - but with a less-useful name
Proposal: Rumor Control sounds like a bad version of Skeptics. How does it differ?
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How broad is the site?
Proposal: India
I am feeling like the site is too broad, since asking questions about each and everything related to India would be too fragmented. Can we have a list of topics which should be there ...
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Dedicated chat room
Proposal: India
Do you think we should have a dedicated chat room for this proposal? If yes what would be the topic we would be discussing there?
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What about question of Social figures?
Proposal: India
Are we going to allow question about social figures/icons of India. Like Mahatma gandhi, APJ Abdul kalam etc?
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Why aren't people voting up questions?
Proposal: India
There are some 100 followers and some 250 votes in total on questions. What could be the reason for that?
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Country specific Proposal
Would it be a good idea to have a proposal about a specific country. The questions in it can be about their culture, history, policies etc.
I can see religion specific proposal in Area-51, such as on ...
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Questions about bollywood
Proposal: India
Should questions about Bollywood or Indian Film Industry be allowed in India proposal?
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What about groups that are not considered by some to be Christian, who consider themselves Christian? [closed]
Proposal: Christianity
For example, here in the USA, there are many evangelicals that do not consider Mormons to be Christian, even though (some) will argue against that intensely. And there are a (...
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Done! Now restore this site to ESL ("English as a Second Language")
Proposal: English Language Learners
A Brief Background — 6 months ago as part of the Area 51 process, this proposal was renamed from "English as a Second Language" to "English Language Learners....
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Is the 'Yoga and Meditation' proposal really also about meditation?
Proposal: Yoga and Meditation
The proposal name is 'Yoga and Meditation', but in the proposal description I only read about Yoga. There is no mention of meditation. Is this site really about both, or ...
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Will Foreign languages be allowed? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Do questions have to be in English?
Proposal: English Language Learners
What if people do not know how to communicate in English?
Will we allow questions in Foreign language?
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Specifying: languages of the site
Proposal: Italian Language & Usage
Gilles and mac389 gave us ideas, about some topics that should be thought in the early stages:
Target public: natives or learners?
Questions written in english ...
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Will proofreading be allowed on ELL?
Proposal: English Language Learners
As we know, proofreading involves checking for grammatical, spelling, and mechanical errors, which may include problems with verb tense, subject-verb agreement, ...
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What about homeworks?
We are bound to get smartasses who will want us to do their school homeworks for them eventually. Their questions will be sufficiently nontrivial, they are unlikely to meet any common closure criteria,...
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There is a TV & Movies site, and there is a Music and Theory site, but where should one post questions about music and pop-culture?
As the title suggests, where can one ask questions regarding Musicians, bands, record albums, etc?
In my particular case, I was wanting to find out some information about the image on an iconic album ...
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What happened to the Shia Islam proposal?
There was a proposal called Shia Islam here and as far as I know at least 25 people were following this proposal.
What heppend to this proposal?
Is it deleted? If so, why? and who has done that?
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Putting a floor under Grammar questions
Proposal: English Language Learners
The question of “General Reference” raised by Cool Elf at Bottom Falling Out will be especially knotty with regard to grammar questions on this site.
Grammar ...
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Isn't it ironic that someone who barely knows English asking about English in English?
Proposal: English Language Learners
It will be more helpful if there is some way for people who are bi-lingual (English+Other) to participate as some kind of teachers.
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Should this be a place for improvement of the English level only or for discussions about ways of its studying as well?
Proposal: English Language Learners
I think, that the help to the intermediate learners should should contain not only the answers on the subject itself(the English language), but on the processes of ...
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Questions about National awards
Proposal: India
Should Questions about Civilian , Defence , Art ,Film awards , sports (eg. Arjuna award) etc in-terms of their individual contribution or for that matter Cricket in India and its ...
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Can I start asking questions here in ELL?
I know ELL site is under commitment stage. Can I start ask my questions in ELL and invite for answers? or do I need to wait unitl it gets moved to beta?
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English for Language Users
Proposal: English Language Learners
My basic issue is that ELU is for linguists, etymologists, and (serious) English language enthusiasts.
ELL is supposed to be for English learners
And we still ...
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Bottom Falling Out
Proposal: English as a Second Language
ESL will provide a venue for questions that are too basic for EL&U, but how does the new site draw the line for itself?
In the parent site, relatively easy ...
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