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Where "What if..." doesn't work as a site
This site has been in the top five sites by progress and in the hot sites for months now. It is really not reasonable to close it now, just when it is about to go into private beta.
There is a ...
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Rename to "Social Skills"?
I can only speak for myself, but I think "social skills" misses the mark.
To me, "social skills" sounds like it's all about how people interact publicly in a social setting. But using the word "...
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Why was a proposal for a non-English site closed, based on a policy from 6 years ago?
There are more considerations to be had than just having some existing tooling in place to support it (e.g. do we use something like es.cooking.se.com or different domains entirely, and what happens ...
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Which of the following two types of interpersonal skills is this for?
"Interpersonal Skills" is the latest attempt to expand on failed proposals by include areas ranging from dating skills to relationship advice to navigating social situations. The example questions ...
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How does Interpersonal Skills differ from the failed "Relatioships and Dating" site?
Interpersonal Skills is essentially more broad of a topic than what Relationships and Dating was scoped to, which was:
Q&A site for people seeking answers to questions about dating and
long-...
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Are questions set in specific countries or cultures allowed?
Those questions are okay. I would even advocate a rule that bans questions about etiquette where the person asking the question fails to specify the cultural context.
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How many times is "covid-19" going to be proposed?
However, in each of these cases, it was a completely new person launching the proposal. We cannot expect that they'll have seen what was proposed and deleted last week. They also have no way to ...
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New stackexchange site needed for islam religion
There already is such a site at https://islam.stackexchange.com/
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How do we guarantee the factual element for Interpersonal Skills site?
It does propose an enormous gray area, but not one which is unprecedented.
Workplace.SE is the first one that comes to my mind. Even Software Engineering has many answers that are not completely ...
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Would questions about social media be on topic?
I think that social interaction as a whole will have different viewpoints instead of single answers, but that this will not be problematic so long as people back up their answers with arguments, ...
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New site: Community requirement
Materials Modeling had a Facebook group with nearly 2000 members that was supporting the proposal. Drones and Model Aircraft had a Youtuber with ~150,000 subscribers promoting the proposal, among ...
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Please someone propose for an identification.stackexchange.com site
Several Stack Exchange websites already allow identification questions:
You already mentioned story identification on Science Fiction & Fantasy, but Literature has this tag too
Species ...
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Would questions about social media be on topic?
Questions about social media would be on-topic. As social media interaction is simply social interaction in a very different context, it's just as important to discuss as verbal communication; ...
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Which of the following two types of interpersonal skills is this for?
It seems to me you are talking about manners vs emotional intelligence. I would consider both to be interpersonal skills and subject to this SE.
There are a few more areas I would lump into ...
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Rename to "Social Skills"?
I vote for Interpersonal Skills.
In my opinion (and agreeing with Robert), social skills connotes "social communication and interaction", and this includes interacting with groups of people as a ...
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Is it possible to launch a generalist site related to education for a specific country?
Similar proposal have been suggested several times. While a good idea it does not work well with the StackExchange model.
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Are questions asking for references allowed?
Opinion-based questions like this would usually be found to be off-topic.
But, if this site accepts that there is a learning aspect that would cater to people who want to improve their general ...
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How can i change the topic of my proposal?
As a proposal owner, you can change the title and description of the proposal, but not the category (i.e. a change to Business, Culture, Life, etc).
For those cases, you can either flag the proposal ...
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Casinos & Gambling - what area would this fit in?
You need to note that Casino gaming was proposed and removed because of its inactivity.
I am not sure how your proposal would be different from the closed one, but the linked meta post Casino Gaming ...
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Would a "Gender and Sexuality Studies" site be useful?
We launched a site in this subject space twice with little sign that it could work well in our format. The latest attempt was more of a personal-advice site, as you noted, but the first site was ...
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With conflicting Trinity doctrine ideas, would arguments about it be avoided if questions stuck to applying its principles in Christian living?
Debate is never entirely avoidable. As long as there are people with different mindsets, and with tongues by which to express them, there will be room for debate. The Bible itself is interpreted to ...
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With conflicting Trinity doctrine ideas, would arguments about it be avoided if questions stuck to applying its principles in Christian living?
The purpose of the new site is not to be the place for every possible question related to the Bible, but to open up an area for questions that can’t be answered at the existing sites and frequently ...
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With conflicting Trinity doctrine ideas, would arguments about it be avoided if questions stuck to applying its principles in Christian living?
I think you're wondering whether instead of asking:
Which Bible teachings about the Trinity can be applied to personal relationships within a marriage?
it would be better to ask:
For those that ...
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Why closed this proposal?
The short version is that your current proposal seems more akin to Русский язык than to Russian Language.
Look at the example questions from the four proposals you linked: some questions are in ...
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Stack Exchange Website Idea: Brainstorm Stack Exchange
This idea will most likely be closed as it doesn't fit the Stack Exchange format. At Stack Exchange we expect to have a community on a specific subject space that is based on facts and not opinions.
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StackExchange about Brands
Without having seen the proposal, it would almost certainly be closed as not viable. Sites are typically scoped around a specific community with an expertise in a specific area of study or interest. A ...
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How does Interpersonal Skills differ from the failed "Relatioships and Dating" site?
"Relationships and Dating" is a subset of "Interpersonal Skills." Or, if you prefer, this is a superset of the other.
The better questions from "Relationships and Dating" can be migrated here. The ...
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Casinos & Gambling - what area would this fit in?
Casinos & Gambling has been proposed under Recreation on 7 October 2016.
Followers and supporters are now able to give potential questions and commit support.
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Proposal: The World & Everyday Life
Offhand, all of the example question you presented here seem to me as primarily opinion based, and you'll have a hard time getting an objective answer for them.
Having said that, if you think this ...
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Is it right to have non-professionals answering questions on mental health?
One of two things will happen:
Everyone who gives any sort of advice for how to not need a medication will be showered upvotes. Especially if they write about how they suffer from a <severe mental ...
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