A placeholder for old Area 51 commitment phase questions. Area 51 now has its own discussion (Meta) site, so all questions about Area 51 should be directed there.
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When a site fails private beta, how quickly are commitments reusable?
If a site fails beta, can the commitments, particularly for those who otherwise succeeded in fulfilling commitments, how quickly can they recommit? The faq doesn't seem very clear about this, and ...
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Do questions disappear from old Area 51 proposals?
I went to restart a proposal on Area 51 that was closed, and when I was viewing the old proposal, I noticed something strange: there were very few questions with 10 score or more.
An Area 51 proposal ...
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Re: Are you having trouble accessing the *** private beta you committed to
This is a public feedback on email titled "Are you having trouble accessing the *** private beta you committed to?", not really a question.
Are you having trouble accessing the *** private beta ...
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Strange behavior of referrals on Area 51
I advertised the Hinduism Proposal on Area 51 using this referral link. This is what I see in my Area 51 reputation point history:
However, the page itself shows that I have referred four ...
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What are the requirement to launch a stackexchange Q&A
I want to launch a stackexchange forum for a specific area of expertise. Unfortunately the audience is quite limited (one reason is that I need the forum to be in french).
I would like to see what ...
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Does the referral bonus still count in Area 51 if you re-commit?
So, commitment score slowly decreases with time. In addition, a person can gain reputation if they refer someone. So, what happens if I un-commit a proposal, and then re-commit, as far as the people ...
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Ask questions for sites in commitment phase? [closed]
This has been asked before and been answered with:
Users are not allowed to vote, comment and ask questions in the commitment phase. This status is by-design
But the Area 51 FAQ states
Once ...
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Give Area 51 proposals “advisers” when not enough people with 200+ rep commit
The Libraries & Information Science proposal currently has about 541 people who have committed to it. Unfortunately, only 81 of those people have more than 200 reputation on the site, so the site ...
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why such a large commitment score on Area51 for a proposal with only five eligible committers? [closed]
The Roblox proposal on Area51 has a component commitment score of 42% (though an overall commit score of only 5%, owing to having only 5 committed followers who have scored more than 200 on SE sites ...
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Halfway-mark commitment reminder email is slightly inaccurate
I just received a email about my commitment to the Workplace, explaining the proposal is over halfway there. However, it contains a call to action that's not entirely accurate:
Committing is the ...
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Area 51 Google+ link for promoting commitments
I'm looking at promoting The Workplace commitment and I notice that there's no Google+. Is this something that could be added?
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Allow commitments to expire, or provide amnesty for early-adopter commitments
In the halcyon days of 2010, I committed to Programming Puzzles and Code Golf. I was young and brash, and thought we were the perfect match.
But alas, it was not meant to be. Fair enough: commitments ...
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Can you edit the title of an Area 51 proposal during the commitment stage?
...and if so, how? It has been suggested that I change Managers and Leaders to "Management and Leadership," a change I agree with, but I'm not able to make the edit. I don't believe I have the ...
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Area 51 Movie proposal - over the line by a sock puppet (or two)
I noticed that the movie proposal is now at 100% and I thought "that's nice", considering they managed to do it with only 201 commitments which is a reasonable achievement.
However, when I looked at ...
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Why not have Commitment Percent for Area 51 be an average, rather than a minimum?
I've been musing about the Area 51 commit percent today, and I have a question. The stated goal of the system is to make sure the sites that launch are pretty sure to succeed, as I understand it.
But ...
