10 votes

Could this be merged with Weapons?

Yes I think so! Firearms never made it out of beta the first time. Or the second or third times either. Weapons is a bit more broad, and so we'll be able to share our knowledge, and our userbase.
Cullub's user avatar
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8 votes
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The Bone Yard. Question limbo, SE Rule boot camp, or low-quality purgatory. A place where questions go to die?

What you are asking for is not a Stack Exchange site. It's an overgrown chat room that that looks more like the magazine rack at a grocery store than a book shelf at Harvard. — Robert Scoble ...
Robert Cartaino's user avatar
7 votes
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What is Wrong With This Proposal?

In no particular order, things I can think of (I didn't notice this proposal til after it was closed): no well-defined audience would practically require multimedia (audio and/or video) to work can ...
warren's user avatar
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7 votes
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Isn't Wilderness survival & Bushcraft a subset of The Great Outdoors

Yes, it is a duplicate. As we can see by checking on The Great Outdoors, survival is tagged to 167 questions. emergencies and variation thereof, are tagged on 60 questions. search-and-rescue is ...
Nij's user avatar
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6 votes

Are naval vessels like destroyers and corvettes in scope?

Naval Vessels do contain weapons. After all, we wanted a Weapons community without really specifying what kind of weapons we can discussion about. Even if you use evidences : https://en.wikipedia.org/...
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6 votes

Would discussing how everyday items can be used as weapons be on topic?

Maybe. The scope is not settled enough yet. This is the kind of thing that gets brought up in meta, even several years later on a small public beta, when there is enough growth in the community to ...
Nij's user avatar
  • 151
6 votes
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Why this proposal is located in recreation?

Looking at the description and example questions, this proposal seems geared more towards a hobbyist/enthusiast community than something being built by a professional organization or society.
Robert Cartaino's user avatar
5 votes

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 ...
Glorfindel's user avatar
5 votes

Weapons as catagory based on individual fighters usage possibly best direction for proposal

Naw. Take Stack Overflow as an example. They are about every programming language under the sun. Just because there's a lot of info doesn't mean that we need to have separate sites for it. ...
Cullub's user avatar
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5 votes

Are 5 users willing to Follow a proposal for ebikes.stackexchange.com?

It appears ebikes.stackexchange, will need 4 other users besides me to follow its proposal, for it to be created... No. Not even close. 5 followers are required to meet the minimal activity ...
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4 votes

Merge to "Arms & Armor?"

From the Weapons proposal here. I'm all for it - it seems like there are three proposals that are pretty much the same thing. It looks like your question is downvoted though - maybe someone should ...
Cullub's user avatar
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4 votes

How can we help this proposal to succeed when the previous one failed?

After reading the example questions, from the prior attempt [Edit: presuming those are the ones shown now], I have a number of ideas: 1) For each example question, preface the question with an ...
James Olson's user avatar
4 votes

How can we help this proposal to succeed when the previous one failed?

I’ve actually seen two iterations of this proposal be restarted. We came closer this January than last year. I think, our chances are getting better every time simply because of the SE userbase ...
Jan's user avatar
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4 votes

Shogi Stack Exchange

You should try your questions on Board & Card Games. This proposal would likely be closed as a duplicate.
Robert Cartaino's user avatar
4 votes

Why this proposal is located in recreation?

I am a professional in railway signalling software, and have tried to post example questions that would be interesting to enthusiasts and other professionals. I don't believe it really matters ...
Chenmunka's user avatar
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4 votes

What is the Holiday Lighting Stack Exchange for?

The purpose of this proposal, whether intended or not, is to duplicate a range of existing Stack Exchange sites, on the false premises that this subject requires its own space and is not currently ...
Nij's user avatar
  • 151
3 votes
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Did this proposal ever get through to a full site?

The banner on the top right says This site has Launched! Click the Visit the site now! link to visit the site.
Robert Cartaino's user avatar
3 votes

DC and Marvel Universe

Both fictional worlds are on-topic on Science Fiction and Fantasy SE. DC Comics has a tag with more than 500 questions (with more than 93% of them answered), and a bunch of smaller tags for the movie ...
Mureinik's user avatar
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3 votes

How is this proposal any different than Arqade?

For the socio-cultural questions that don't fit Arqade, they are also on topic at Community Building.
Robert Cartaino's user avatar
2 votes
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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 ...
Rathony's user avatar
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2 votes

Could this be merged with Weapons?

That's great idea. Currently there is Weapons proposal, it's almost at the end of Definition stage. Hopefully in the next month, we'll move into Commitment stage.
kenorb's user avatar
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2 votes

Fantasy "weapons" are not in scope

I feel that to be in-scope a weapon has to have real objective characteristics that people can discuss, so if a movie uses a gun or a sword that's "fantasy" but is clearly modified real item, then it ...
Maxim's user avatar
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2 votes

People who follow a proposal but do not appear in the list of followers

New users on Area51 needs to verify their email ID from profile. Only those who have verified their mail will be counted as followers when they click follow button.
Pandya's user avatar
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2 votes

What makes a proposal a duplicate?

It's a matter of what is and isn't on topic on existing sites. With the exception of questions related to tech support of modded Minecraft, anything that would be on topic on a "Minecraft" ...
Mark's user avatar
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1 vote

Site Proposal: Rubik's cubing

however, most of these questions are puzzles about it, Well, that depends on what you count as a puzzle and what as pure cubing skills. There are quite a few questions about algorithms and ...
Glorfindel's user avatar
1 vote
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Would an Urban Exploration site be violating any laws?

It depends on the example questions asked. If there's several questions that ask for advice on things like, how to tresspass private property, I won't be surprised if it gets closed. You can always ...
Nike Dattani's user avatar
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1 vote

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 ...
Robert Cartaino's user avatar
1 vote
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Why there's no go (AKA baduk or weiqi) site?

It is generally covered under board games, and the tag sees very little use. Maybe there would be more traffic if it had its own site like chess has.
BBS's user avatar
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