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Would Area51 Be More Effective Without Down Votes?
Unfortunately, no — Area 51 would not be more effective without down-votes under the current process. Yes, we might be able to push more proposals through, but without a means of expressing ...
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Hypothetically, what if you fall below 25 rep?
Time, reputation (up or down) tends to fall away as proposals are deleted. Deleting a poorly received question will also remove lost reputation.
BUT
On Area 51 it does not always happen in real ...
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Should people have to comment on why they downvoted?
This has been discussed before countless times on Meta Stack Exchange:
Why isn't providing feedback mandatory on downvotes, and why are ideas suggesting such negatively received?
Encouraging ...
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Specify the reasons for your downvotes
There is no requirement on any Stack Exchange site to explain your downvotes.
And there shouldn't be.
Should everyone explain why they upvote? If you think someone should be required to comment when ...
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Does Area 51 have quality bans?
Question and answer blocking was not implemented in the proposal process, and there are no plans to do so; it doesn't really make sense in that context (not without significant re-engineering). The "...
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Does Area 51 have quality bans?
Kind of, if you collect a lot of down votes you can lose abilities.
See Related Hypothetically, what if you fall below 25 rep? & How does a user with no activity get to 35 rep on Area51?
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Is Area 51 somehow like a per-site meta?
Yes. See the answer here: Why doesn't Area 51 have its own Meta?, which was posted by a former Stack Overflow employee:
According to Robert Cartaino, the Area 51 Discussion Zone is intended to ...
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Should I ask off-topic questions?
According to the text above, I should ask off-topic.
No, that's not what it says. It says if you're not sure whether a question would be off-topic or not, you should ask it. If you're skeptical about ...
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Why is there no per user limitation for down vote at the definition phase?
Nope, that is not right. Not sure if the related comments are still around, but previous comments by SE Staff indicate they just don't care enough to address it.
Most believe it is not significant,
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