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Why do we need a SynBio.SE when we already have Bio.SE, Bioinformatics.SE and researchgate?
My take on this is two-fold:
First, SynBio is an extremely cross-disciplinary pursuit. This means that often the answer to a question doesn't fall into a category neatly.
For example, my answer to ...
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Do we only want to “discuss the finer points of the language”?
Adopting the new wording for German Lanugage SE, I propose as a new wording of the target audience:
linguists, teachers, and students of all levels who want to share and expand their knowledge of ...
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How will we discourage people asking for, or giving, legal advice in Law?
The question seems to assume that it has been agreed that this law SE will not accept questions asking legal advice.
It has not. Some people including myself think that legal advice questions are ...
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Should more Arts areas be added to this proposal?
The following is just my opinion. Hopefully others will chime in.
Printmaking - Yes.
Certain contemporary arts - Depends. If it involves creating something maybe it should. I don't think it should ...
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Is there any interest in an "Acting" site?
The best way to see if there's enough interest is to make a proposal. Go ahead, you can do it right now! Share it with people you know, and other people from the Stack Exchange network will also see ...
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Why do we need a SynBio.SE when we already have Bio.SE, Bioinformatics.SE and researchgate?
I'd like to add to the other answers a comparison with "Ask Ubuntu SE" and "Unix SE". There has been discussion for years on whether these two Stackexchanges should be merged, as ...
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Why do we need a SynBio.SE when we already have Bio.SE, Bioinformatics.SE and researchgate?
To me it's because in platforms like SE you can not cover al chemistry nor biology in a single place. In the information era we would like to filter and focus our attention in delimited fields, like ...
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Starting new versus joining and supporting existing beta community
The Area 51 FAQ page answers the question:
Should my idea be part of an existing site, or its own site?
In general, if a site makes sense as part of a bigger site, it's better to have one big ...
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How to advertise Arts and Crafts site?
These are usually "community ads" (e.g. on Android.SE), but for Area 51 proposals which reach 85% or so, the Stack Exchange team often (always?) promotes proposals separately from the community ads to ...
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Folks with health questions... or folks learning about health?
Proposed Q&A site for medical specialists and people learning about human health and wellness.
Adding wellness to your proposal, as it implies questions about staying healthy, while health ...
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