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Welcome to the staging ground for new communities! Each proposal has a description in the "Descriptions" category and a body of questions and answers in "Incubator Q&A". You can ask questions (and get answers, we hope!) right away, and start new proposals.

Discussions about proposals or the proposal process.

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How do we encourage answerable Philosophy questions?

Philosophy is an academic discipline and also a more informal conversational pursuit. How should the Philosophy community be structured to support and encourage answerable objective questions and ...

3 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by Michael‭

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Use a mainstream definition of politics

The current description says: “politics” as human social phenomena which come from humanity’s tendency for subjectivity - that people may have fundamentally different beliefs, preferences, or wi...

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Home Improvement versus a more general "home stuff" community?

Would the proposed Home Improvement community be open to questions about "house stuff" more broadly? I have in mind not just home improvement, but household operations more generally. I'd been co...

3 answers  ·  posted 10mo ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 4mo ago by Lundin‭

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Make proposed community tags mandatory

Every question in the Incubator Q&A category should have 1 or more tags for a proposed community, so that it is clear which community or communities the question is intended for. Currently it ...

3 answers  ·  posted 6mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 6mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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How can I propose a new website in Codidact?

I want to propose a new website to be launched at Codidact. How can I formally make this proposal?

1 answer  ·  posted 6mo ago by aminabzz‭  ·  last activity 6mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Show post views

Hello. I have seen that the post view isn't shown. But it would be very helpful to see post views. Please add it.

0 answers  ·  posted 6mo ago by aminabzz‭

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What happened to Finance questions on Incubator Q&A?

I remember seeing some Finance questions on our Incubator Q&A? Where did they go? I can't find them!

1 answer  ·  posted 9mo ago by Ethen‭  ·  edited 6mo ago by Mithical‭

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Is economics on topic for everyday science?

Is economics considered on topic for "everyday science"? There are many everyday situations which seem counterintuitive from an economics perspective, but a closer look reveals interesting forces ...

1 answer  ·  posted 7mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 7mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭

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Should recommendation questions be on-topic?

Home Improvement seems like a site where recommendation type questions might happen quite frequently, including product/component recommendations as well as tool recommendations. I think these can ...

3 answers  ·  posted 7mo ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 7mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Add proposals to Codidact.com

We should add proposals.codidact.com to the main site https://codidact.com/. The natural place to put it IMO would be at the end of the listed communities, just after meta.codidact.

0 answers  ·  posted 8mo ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 8mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Home Improvement: Is it necessary to expand acronyms like OSB?

There are some acronyms related to home improvement that are very well known: OSB, MDF, PVC. Most people who know the material they refer to, know the acronym. In fact, I would guess that a lot of ...

4 answers  ·  posted 9mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 9mo ago by manassehkatz‭

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Should proposals all have MathJax or none have MathJax?

Some Codidact communities have MathJax enabled, while others do not. Each community decides whether they want MathJax based on weighing up the advantages and disadvantages. However, Codidact Propo...

1 answer  ·  posted 9mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 9mo ago by samcarter‭

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Image upload broken in Incubator Q&A

Meta issue: https://meta.codidact.com/posts/288441 I uploaded an image into this question: How accurate are the browser usage statistics at caniuse.com? However it isn't showing up. When I upl...

2 answers  ·  posted 11mo ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭  ·  last activity 9mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Would it be possible to enable special features in the Incubator Q&A?

Is it possible to have special features enabled in the Incubator Q&A? I have tried to port one of my an answers for a question on Machine Learning, but it was written for markdown with MathJax...

1 answer  ·  posted 9mo ago by mr Tsjolder‭  ·  edited 9mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Broaden the scope of AI tech into all ML?

I created the AI tech proposal primarily because I thought it would be good to have a place to discuss doing stuff with AI models rather than the details of how they are trained and how they work. ...

0 answers  ·  posted 9mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  edited 9mo ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Experiment: indicating interest and expertise

A healthy community requires both activity and people. The Incubator Q&A category is the place to build activity (and Meta is the place to flesh out issues that come up in doing so), but we'd ...

1 answer  ·  posted 9mo ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 9mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Reduce the number of characters needed in description titles from fifteen

Could number of characters required in the title of descriptions be lowered from 15 to 4? I would have liked to name my proposal just "Webmasters," but that is too short. It seems like the propose...

1 answer  ·  posted 11mo ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭  ·  edited 9mo ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Can Tabletop Games Codidact be given as the support site for a board game?

If I design a board game, can I list Tabletop Games Codidact as a place to ask any questions? Does this depend on whether the game is free or paid for? Does this depend on whether the game is open...

1 answer  ·  posted 9mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 9mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Incubator Q&A should be the default landing page for Proposals

"Incubator Q&A" should be the default landing page when users go to proposals.codidact.com. The idea here is that whenever you propose a site, you can post some questions (and answers) to Incu...

0 answers  ·  posted 9mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  edited 9mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Use tags instead of posts to describe sites?

Is it better to put site proposal descriptions in tag descriptions, rather than posts?

2 answers  ·  posted 9mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 9mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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I can't edit the title "Site Proposal: Video Games" to "Video Game" [duplicate]

I am trying to edit the title of https://proposals.codidact.com/posts/288625 to simplify it. However, the text box for title goes red and I can't do so. How can I edit the title?

0 answers  ·  posted 9mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  closed as duplicate 9mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Are questions about selling one's crafts allowed?

Should questions about selling one's crafts be on topic? It seems common for people in the crafts community to sell their creations online (on sites like Etsy) and offline (in fairs, festivals and...

2 answers  ·  posted 10mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 10mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Video games: site scope

Please use this question for the discussion about site scope (on-/off-topic) for the Video Games site proposal. Answers below should make an argument regarding whether something should be on-topic...

1 answer  ·  posted 10mo ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 10mo ago by Lundin‭

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Add article type posts to the incubator

The recent Tabletop Games proposal proposes a Game Review/Blog category for non-Q&A-format posts. Could we add article posts to the Incubator to test this idea out?

0 answers  ·  posted 10mo ago by Moshi‭  ·  edited 10mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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$sitename in FAQ

Looks like the variables didn't get filled in in the proposals FAQ. I see $sitename several times in the copy:

0 answers  ·  posted 11mo ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭  ·  edited 10mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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What should the "webmasters" site name and url be?

When SE's webmasters community was just starting out, they had a Meta discussion about what the site name should be. Although they settled on "webmasters", some of the arguments given at the time m...

4 answers  ·  posted 11mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 10mo ago by Wicket‭

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Provide a template for proposals?

Currently, clicking Start Proposal starts you with a blank text box. There is some general advise in the "Posting Tips" box. However, it is not clear what exactly the format should be, what points ...

1 answer  ·  posted 11mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  edited 10mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Should Steam be on topic for the Video Games site?

Steam by Valve is a popular game platform and storefront. Features of Steam include: Purchasing games Running games (in fact, using Steam is mandatory games purchased on Steam) Compatibility a...

1 answer  ·  posted 11mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 10mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Tag collision between proposals

If/when we accumulate many proposals, I think we might run into an issue with tags colliding. For example, suppose someone adds the base tag to Video Games ask about base building in strategy game...

2 answers  ·  posted 11mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 10mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Should the game name be included in the title?

When questions in Video Games are about a specific game, should we expect askers to put that game's name in the title? Or is it enough to merely tag it with that game.

2 answers  ·  posted 11mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 11mo ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭

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How to tell that a proposal is ready for launch?

Previously in the old system, we asked around of how many that were willing to participate, posted scope proposals and declared interested with comments or voting. Now: The "Descriptions" tab...

1 answer  ·  posted 11mo ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 11mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Tagged "Webmasters" vs "webmasters" — tag sometimes hidden

Some of the posts in Incubator Q&A are tagged [Webmasters] (with a capital W) and some are tagged [webmasters] (with a lower case w). The posts with capital letter in the tag have that tag sh...

0 answers  ·  posted 11mo ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭  ·  edited 11mo ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭

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Should we replicate proposals from Site Proposals?

There are a couple proposals in Site Proposals that haven't been launched. Should we re-create them here on this new community, or should we avoid duplicating the content and just link questions he...

1 answer  ·  posted 11mo ago by Moshi‭  ·  last activity 11mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Will incubator Q/A questions get moved to the site once it is launched?

Once a proposal is out of the incubator and it has its own site, is the plan to move the incubator Q/A questions to it?

1 answer  ·  posted 11mo ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭  ·  last activity 11mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Introducing a new proposals process

Welcome to the new Proposals site! As we noted in the proposal for this change, we feel we need better way to propose and evaluate new communities for our network. A single post and people expres...

1 answer  ·  posted 11mo ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 11mo ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭

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How many tags should incubator Q/A questions get?

Should we tag question in the incubator Q/A with all the tags we expect them to have when used on their own site, or just with a tag for site. For example, I created the question Will an XML sitem...

1 answer  ·  posted 11mo ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭  ·  last activity 11mo ago by Moshi‭