For posts that are related to those Stack Exchange sites which are currently in beta phase.
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Stack Exchange beta sites have some dust on them
I was browsing around the exchange and noticed a speck of crud on my screen. Only, when I tried to wipe it off, it turned out to be part of the site. Have a look at some SE question between the ...
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Do not expire single use tags on Beta sites
Tags that have exactly one question are automatically pruned after six months, leaving their questions untagged, and their wikis orphaned. This is problematic on Beta sites, where it's not uncommon ...
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What is “Ask Patents” and why is it secret?
Looks like our SE overlords are about to launch a new Stack Exchange site - Ask Patents. I've been hinted at its existence by a user who committed to the (now closed) Software Law proposal on Area 51.
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Strategies for handling beta community quality evaluations
Periodically, the Community Team will evaluate the quality of a beta site. In addition to examining general site traffic stats and Meta activity, we check the content quality by selecting 10 random ...
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Are Stack Exchange 2.0 sites remaining in beta for too long?
One of the interesting things about Google is that they tend to have products in beta for a very long period of time, despite the fact that they for all purposes ceased to be a beta product some time ...
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Could we promote beta sites by compiling showcase eBooks?
One of the major challenges of new Beta sites is visibility; particularly in areas which don't have a strong correlation with the core demographic of SO and our major sites, it can be very difficult ...
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Please tell me the beta footer is just for April Fools
Way to mess with my muscle memory!
It's going back to normal tomorrow right? Right? Please?
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Beta favicons lost their letters in profile
I've been participating in SE for a while -- particularly in beta sites. I have an account on three and I checked my account page today. I did a double take upon seeing no distinguishing white letter ...
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Beta Newsletters Don't Match the Beta Theme
The newsletters for beta sites don't match the main theme of the beta sites. For example, compare the beta site theme and the beta site newsletter.
Look at those curves...
It's all ...
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Answer ratio trend stats for mods
Since the answer ratio (average number of answers per question) is one of the five health parameters mentioned in Area51 for beta sites, it would be great to have a historical trend graph for this ...
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Beyond the “ask and answer” feature, is there a way to motivate semi-dormant users to ask questions?
My focus in this regard is on 2.0/Beta sites. After the initial "honeymoon" period, there are often users who hang around, read questions, maybe answer a few now and again, but once the site is ...
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Where do our SE site promo ads go?
I'm a mod on Chess.SE beta, and we've come up with a couple ads for our site. Not knowing the ins and outs of site promotion, I asked what we would do with our ads. Another mod pro tem answered me ...
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CHAOS-like option for moderators to edit without bumping
CHAOS members have (had?) the ability to edit posts without bumping:
Because they are doing so many edits at once, CHAOS operates in a special mode where editing a title does not bump it to the ...
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Could we have badges targeting goals unique to Beta sites?
Beta sites currently use the same set of badges that established sites do. I think there are some behaviors worth encouraging, that badges would be well-suited for, except that these would be ...
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Is there any “schedule” available for when the different sites are going to get the new beta theme? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
New Stack Exchange Beta Theme
The good old Sketchy theme for beta sites is now going to be replaced with a new theme that is similar to the look on the StackExchange.com ...