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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.

Are you here to participate in a specific proposal? Click on the proposal tag (with the dark outline) to see only posts about that proposal and not all of the others that are in progress. Tags are at the bottom of each post.

Discussions about proposals or the proposal process.

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Proposal authors can cause disruption by deleting their proposal

There is one specific issue here with one emergency solution. Because of this specific situation, we have discovered a flaw in our system. This flaw needs to be discussed further, and eventually re...

2 answers  ·  posted 27d ago by Andreas lost his angel wings‭  ·  last activity 1d ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Is Artificial Life alive?

Artificial Life, a community for "the cross-disciplinary study of life and its abstract processes, distinct from but cross-informed by the specific instance of life that is studied as Biology", was...

1 answer  ·  posted 21d ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 16d ago by Antares‭

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What should we do with older proposals that have no incubator activity?

We have several proposals that were made a long time ago but haven't had any incubator posts at all. That wasn't a use case we anticipated; we expected that proposals might be slow to build and th...

1 answer  ·  posted 21d ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 19d ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Does the Invasive Species proposal have support?

Invasive Species was proposed almost a year ago but has no incubator posts. The proposal includes outlines (titles) of sample questions that would be on-topic, but they haven't been developed into...

2 answers  ·  posted 21d ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 20d ago by Antares‭

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Welcoming a wide range of Artificial Life questions

I'd like to welcome questions at any level of understanding, in particular because Artificial Life is an interdisciplinary field, so even an expert in one field is an outsider in some sense. I'd al...

0 answers  ·  posted 20d ago by trichoplax‭

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Should Accounting merge into Finance?

Accounting was proposed about a year ago, but there have been no posts in the incubator. A comment on the proposal suggests that accounting should be within the scope of Finance. There is no over...

0 answers  ·  posted 21d ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Is the Open Source proposal currently viable?

Open Source Software was proposed about a year ago. Ten people have joined or are watching, which might be a record here, but there have been no posts in the incubator. The description is: A s...

0 answers  ·  posted 21d ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Is this one fishing for ideas?

There was a very nice question posted recently about an underground society not knowing overground war has ended. Just out of curiosity: The question could be regarded as "too broad", "genera...

2 answers  ·  posted 25d ago by Antares‭  ·  last activity 25d ago by Antares‭

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How can Worldbuilding successfully support creative exploration?

The Worldbuilding proposal currently includes this bullet: We would accept a fairly broad range of question types. Within reasonable limitations, questions that require focused brainstorming or ...

3 answers  ·  posted 27d ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 25d ago by Antares‭

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Is Worldbuilding fit for Q&A?

There is one simple answer to this question: No. No, it does not fit into the current concept of Q&A. The topic of Worldbuilding is fundamentally different to probably all other possible commun...

1 answer  ·  posted 26d ago by Antares‭  ·  last activity 26d ago by trichoplax‭

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Allowed types of questions for Worldbuilding

I like the proposal text and have actually very little to add. Should be a solid starting ground. One concern I have is the general thing with "malformed questions". I strongly advocate for not h...

2 answers  ·  posted 28d ago by Antares‭  ·  edited 27d ago by Andreas lost his angel wings‭

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Supporters for a Worldbuilding community on Codidact

I would like to get a picture of the general supporters (those who are "okay" with this) for a Worldbuilding community. Supporters are not meant to be obliged to participate actively. Just interest...

2 answers  ·  posted 28d ago by Antares‭  ·  last activity 27d ago by Antares‭

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Can I ask Worldbuilding questions here?

I would like to ask something about a world I am designing. Can I ask that here? Is this like in StackExchange and I get closed and downvoted without help? To the existing members: This is the i...

2 answers  ·  posted 29d ago by Antares‭  ·  last activity 28d ago by Antares‭

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Is there room for a long list of types of buildings and facilities in a city or country?

I'm looking for a very long and sufficiently detailed list of every possible type of facility that exists in the world today, or perhaps is likely to exist in the future. For example, the list woul...

3 answers  ·  posted 29d ago by Andreas lost his angel wings‭  ·  last activity 28d ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Link back to the proposal post in the wiki for the proposal's tag

When I'm browsing through questions in the Q/A category, I often want to look closer at the community proposal that the question belongs to. The most obvious path to follow, then, is to click on th...

1 answer  ·  posted 29d ago by Andreas lost his angel wings‭  ·  last activity 29d ago by Andreas lost his angel wings‭

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On a tag's wiki, list every community proposal using the tag on a question

When looking at a tag in the Incubator Q/A category, I often want to know which community that tag belongs to. As is the case today, tags in that category aren't actually confined to a single commu...

0 answers  ·  posted 29d ago by Andreas lost his angel wings‭

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Why can we not vote for community proposals?

Codidact is rather strongly centered around the idea of voting on content. Personally, I am open to revisit the manner in which we rank and asses content on the network, but for the time being, tha...

2 answers  ·  posted 1mo ago by Andreas lost his angel wings‭  ·  last activity 30d ago by Monica Cellio‭

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How do I object to a community proposal?

Codidact is wide open to have any sort of community proposed. This means that any kind of proposal can also gain a significant backing from either new or existing members. However, that does not me...

2 answers  ·  posted 1mo ago by Andreas lost his angel wings‭  ·  last activity 30d ago by Monica Cellio‭

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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 ...

4 answers  ·  posted 8mo ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 1mo ago by Antares‭

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Scope discussion for Sports

I have updated and formalized the scope definition of the Sports proposal. This post is intended as a general discussion post regarding site scope. Specifically as of 24-06-27, I would like feedba...

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

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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. ...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 5mo ago by pbloem‭

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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 8mo 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 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 9mo 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 11mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 11mo 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 11mo ago by aminabzz‭  ·  last activity 11mo 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 11mo 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 1y ago by Ethen‭  ·  edited 11mo 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 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 12mo 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 1y ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 1y 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 1y ago by Lundin‭  ·  edited 1y 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 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 1y 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 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 1y 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 1y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭  ·  last activity 1y 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 1y ago by mr Tsjolder‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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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 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 1y 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 1y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭  ·  edited 1y 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 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y 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 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  edited 1y 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 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 1y 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 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  closed as duplicate 1y 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 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 1y 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 1y ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 1y 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 1y ago by Moshi‭  ·  edited 1y 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 1y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭  ·  edited 1y 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 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 1y 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 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  edited 1y 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 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 1y 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 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 1y 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 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 1y 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 1y ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭