Questions tagged [proposal-scope]
For discussing the scope of proposals.
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On proposals soliciting reviews, recommendations, comparisons, etc
Sites soliciting other types of research and advice (beyond our traditional Q&A subjects) were created in a time when the sheer size of our software developer audience allowed us to give sites ...
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Is overlap with GameDev SE a problem? -- Advice from the first private beta
Proposal: Computer Graphics
After it was announced that the first Computer Graphics private beta was closing, the community decided to make a new proposal. Prior to the site's closure, there was a ...
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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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Are theorem proving challenges or code review questions on-topic?
Proposal: Proof Assistants
Again it's probably better to ask in the site's meta, but I'm curious about others' opinions and thoughts on this.
Theorem proving challenges
Informally speaking, I'm ...
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What is "Metaverse"?
Proposal: Metaverse
Wikipedia lists a half-dozen articles under the heading of "metaverse", and none of them seems like a good match for the example questions that have been asked. What is ...
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Is asking questions on personal health tests a good idea?
Proposal: Personal Health
So the proposal's description ends with "here users can ask experts details about their conditions or symptoms." and already this seems like shaky ground. It's one thing to ...
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How would a device-specific site be better than a tag on a VR/AR/3D site?
Proposals: Oculus Rift, HTC Vive
There’s already a proposal for a generic Virtual and Augmented Reality site. A specific device like the Oculus Rift or the HTC Vive would seem to be on topic there ...
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Text Book and Paper Recommendations
Can we ask questions looking for text book recommendations and suggestions for academic papers in certain fields of economics in the Economics proposal?
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Is it good for AI.SE to overlap significantly with other SE sites? Should the amount overlap be reduced?
Proposal: Artificial Intelligence
I have a few concerns about the AI proposal.
1. The site content doesn't match the description.
The AI.SE proposal has the description
Beta Q&A site for ...
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How to describe a new proposal that is likely to be successful on SE?
Area 51 is what it is, and it is not perfect, nor likely to be updated anytime soon.
We have an FAQ but it does not really help to define what a viable or successful site might look like. There have ...
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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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This proposal is not a dupe
Proposal: French language
I don't agree that this is a duplicate of 'correct French usage'. It's a more generic forum that covers that, and translations. It seems too granular to split French ...
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Creating research paper study groups
Proposal: Open Science
I would like to know whether creating study groups for individual research papers will come under the scope of Open Science site? Actually my question is similar to :...
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How is ProgramErrors different from Stack Overflow?
Proposal: ProgramErrors
The description of this proposal is:
Proposed Q&A site for who doesn't like StackOverflow spamming, Copied questions, etc.
What exactly does that mean in terms of scope? ...
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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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How do I Inform Followers of a Related or Closed Proposal About a New Proposal Covering Their Topic?
I have created a new proposal, and it is a slightly wider scope than a related and closed proposal.
I am certainly using channels outside of SE to promote the area51 proposal.
Is there an ethical/...
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How can the proposal definition for Postgrad Mathematics be improved?
Right now, the proposal definition for this site says that it's for the questions that don't fit Mathematics and don't fit Mathematica. This isn't a good definition for a site, considering that a ...
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"Sales" is too broad a scope
Proposal: Sales
What would this site's purpose be? Its current description is basically "Oh, it covers sales", but in what sense? This is quite a broad topic, so without more targetted specifics, ...
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Should people be required to link to a protocol when asking for debugging help?
Proposal: Synthetic Biology
There is lots of variation between labs/practitioners on how to execute even common protocols. Thus, if people are asking for help on a protocol, it may be problematic to ...
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Possible overlap of Empirical Research proposal with Cross Validated site
Proposal: Empirical Research
Is all of this already covered sufficiently by the Cross Validated site?
Until I checked its tags, I wasn’t aware that survey and experiment design would be on topic ...
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Are questions about reimplementing languages that's made by others, on topic?
Proposal: Programming Language Design
Are questions about reimplementing languages that's made by others, on topic? (Title)
Examples:
Questions about adding new monads/dyads to a golfing language.
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Would it make sense to have a dedicated story identification SE?
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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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Do Diku and Merc MUD creation and design questions belong in an existing site?
I have been playing a particular MUD since 2003, have logged over 15k hours doing so, and have been playing with the idea of building my own. The only issue is that there is limited information to be ...
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Why different SE sites do not merge than their broader analog appears?
There are already sites for Bitcoin and Ethereum. Now emerges new site about all of the Blockchains. I have seen such situations many times, but as far as I have seen sub-sites do not join in to more ...
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School Administration Proposal
Is there (or has there) already a site such as School Administration? I assume by School Administration it would be for administration professionals at all level of the school sector whether public or ...
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What about strategy questions related to cryptograms?
Proposal: Puzzling
Would it be on topic to discuss strategies for solving simple-cypher puzzles, such as the cryptogram, theoretically, not "What's the meaning of [puzzle content]", but rather, "How ...
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A proposal scope?
I go straight. I think that there should be another website (xxxxx.stackexchange.com) where you can tell some symptoms for your disease and people with more information with biology may answer you.
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Is the scope of this proposal too broad?
Proposal: List of Websites
Currently the scope of this proposal seems to include just about every topic under the sun (even the sun itself). Everything's on topic as long as questions ask for a list ...
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Should food decoration be on topic here?
Proposal: Arts and Crafts
Should questions regarding cake or any food decoration be on topic on this site?
What does the community think?
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Process for shutting down a proposal
I just saw that Bible Applications was shut down by JNat as a duplicate of Biblical Hermeneutics with the notice that “This subject is already well-covered by a live Stack Exchange site. We generally ...
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Difference between complex networks as science of ecosystems rather than a branch of physics portal?
Complex networks can be described as a sub-area of physics and mathematics, where you study how things entangle with each other.
After Barabasi and Newman (in my personal point of view) complex ...
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In which category shall I put a proposal about comics and cartoons?
In which category to put a proposal about comics and cartoons? Perhaps in the "Culture" category?
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How does Atomic Coding still fit the Stack Exchange model?
Proposal: Atomic Coding
There has been a dispute about whether Atomic Coding still fits the Stack Exchange model. Atomic Coding has already been closed by a mod because it would require "too much ...
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Creating Email Etiquette Proposal
Is it okay to create the email etiquette page? This page will be dedicated for all the email related topics, because now that we are in the information age being ignorant about proper email header, ...
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Data Science Proposal
Proposal: I think its good time to have a Data Science community. The basic goal is that people from different disciplines like health, education, economics, agriculture, advertisement, etc working ...
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Proposal: Web design Q&A
I always have questions to do with web design considering the amount of frameworks out there that you can use, its massive! This site could be for questions ranging from React to bootstrap, HTML to ...
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Would I be in the right place if I wanted to make a Wiccan/Pagan Witchcraft Stack Exchange?
I was looking for a Wiccan Stack Exchange, but I didn't see any, so I'd like to make one. However, even though there's Islam/Christian/Buddhism/etc. Stack Exchanges I also didn't see a religion-...
