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I have to say, I'm opposed to not raising the requirements. I know this has been discussed in other posts, as you mentioned, but I believe that next to electing moderators, this is the most important change to happen when a community graduates. The raising of required reputation makes it so only those users really committed to a site will have moderator-like abilities. And there is rarely a lack of these users for sites that are near graduation. For instance, taking a look at the last few sites to graduate, here are the number of users with at least 3K+ reputation (Required to close), at the moment of graduation:

With the exception of Network Engineering, it is quite clear that all of the others have more than enough users to close questions quickly, and even Network Engineering has enough to close questions without moderators. Personally, if there isn't enough active users to close questions without moderators, I would question if it should graduate.

Also, I question giving migration paths to the beta privileges recommendations. It really takes some knowledge to know if another site can accept a question, and I believe the graduated site requirements is still the appropriate level for this. Beta level will lead to many more questions being migrated that shouldn't be. Most of the time that a migration link is established, the two sites share a similarity, which can often lead one to ask questions slightly off topic. For instance, Space and Astronomy often receive questions about the other, and likely would have a migration link to the other as a result. I can tell you as a moderator at Space.SE that not everything that people think should be migrated should really be migrated, it takes some time to really understand the nuances in some areas. Thus, I would not want to see migration links for Space.SE unless it came with the increased reputation.

I have to say, I'm opposed to not raising the requirements. I know this has been discussed in other posts, as you mentioned, but I believe that next to electing moderators, this is the most important change to happen when a community graduates. The raising of required reputation makes it so only those users really committed to a site will have moderator-like abilities. And there is rarely a lack of these users for sites that are near graduation. For instance, taking a look at the last few sites to graduate, here are the number of users with at least 3K+ reputation (Required to close), at the moment of graduation:

With the exception of Network Engineering, it is quite clear that all of the others have more than enough users to close questions quickly, and even Network Engineering has enough to close questions without moderators. Personally, if there isn't enough active users to close questions without moderators, I would question if it should graduate.

Also, I question giving migration paths to the beta privileges recommendations. It really takes some knowledge to know if another site can accept a question, and I believe the graduated site requirements is still the appropriate level for this. Beta level will lead to many more questions being migrated that shouldn't be.

I have to say, I'm opposed to not raising the requirements. I know this has been discussed in other posts, as you mentioned, but I believe that next to electing moderators, this is the most important change to happen when a community graduates. The raising of required reputation makes it so only those users really committed to a site will have moderator-like abilities. And there is rarely a lack of these users for sites that are near graduation. For instance, taking a look at the last few sites to graduate, here are the number of users with at least 3K+ reputation (Required to close), at the moment of graduation:

With the exception of Network Engineering, it is quite clear that all of the others have more than enough users to close questions quickly, and even Network Engineering has enough to close questions without moderators. Personally, if there isn't enough active users to close questions without moderators, I would question if it should graduate.

Also, I question giving migration paths to the beta privileges recommendations. It really takes some knowledge to know if another site can accept a question, and I believe the graduated site requirements is still the appropriate level for this. Beta level will lead to many more questions being migrated that shouldn't be. Most of the time that a migration link is established, the two sites share a similarity, which can often lead one to ask questions slightly off topic. For instance, Space and Astronomy often receive questions about the other, and likely would have a migration link to the other as a result. I can tell you as a moderator at Space.SE that not everything that people think should be migrated should really be migrated, it takes some time to really understand the nuances in some areas. Thus, I would not want to see migration links for Space.SE unless it came with the increased reputation.

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I have to say, I'm opposed to not raising the requirements. I know this has been discussed in other posts, as you mentioned, but I believe that next to electing moderators, this is the most important change to happen when a community graduates. The raising of required reputation makes it so only those users really committed to a site will have moderator-like abilities. And there is rarely a lack of these users for sites that are near graduation. For instance, taking a look at the last few sites to graduate, here are the number of users with at least 3K+ reputation (Required to close), at the moment of graduation:

With the exception of Network Engineering, it is quite clear that all of the others have more than enough users to close questions quickly, and even Network Engineering has enough to close questions without moderators. Personally, if there isn't enough active users to close questions without moderators, I would question if it should graduate.

Also, I question giving migration paths to the beta privileges recommendations. It really takes some knowledge to know if another site can accept a question, and I believe the graduated site requirements is still the appropriate level for this. Beta level will lead to many more questions being migrated that shouldn't be.

I have to say, I'm opposed to not raising the requirements. I know this has been discussed in other posts, as you mentioned, but I believe that next to electing moderators, this is the most important change to happen when a community graduates. The raising of required reputation makes it so only those users really committed to a site will have moderator-like abilities. And there is rarely a lack of these users for sites that are near graduation. For instance, taking a look at the last few sites to graduate, here are the number of users with at least 3K+ reputation (Required to close), at the moment of graduation:

With the exception of Network Engineering, it is quite clear that all of the others have more than enough users to close questions quickly, and even Network Engineering has enough to close questions without moderators. Personally, if there isn't enough active users to close questions without moderators, I would question if it should graduate.

I have to say, I'm opposed to not raising the requirements. I know this has been discussed in other posts, as you mentioned, but I believe that next to electing moderators, this is the most important change to happen when a community graduates. The raising of required reputation makes it so only those users really committed to a site will have moderator-like abilities. And there is rarely a lack of these users for sites that are near graduation. For instance, taking a look at the last few sites to graduate, here are the number of users with at least 3K+ reputation (Required to close), at the moment of graduation:

With the exception of Network Engineering, it is quite clear that all of the others have more than enough users to close questions quickly, and even Network Engineering has enough to close questions without moderators. Personally, if there isn't enough active users to close questions without moderators, I would question if it should graduate.

Also, I question giving migration paths to the beta privileges recommendations. It really takes some knowledge to know if another site can accept a question, and I believe the graduated site requirements is still the appropriate level for this. Beta level will lead to many more questions being migrated that shouldn't be.

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PearsonArtPhoto
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I have to say, I'm opposed to not raising the requirements. I know this has been discussed in other posts, as you mentioned, but I believe that next to electing moderators, this is the most important change to happen when a community graduates. The raising of required reputation makes it so only those users really committed to a site will have moderator-like abilities. And there is rarely a lack of these users for sites that are near graduation. For instance, taking a look at the last few sites to graduate, here are the number of users with at least 3K+ reputation (Required to close), at the moment of graduation:

With the exception of Network Engineering, it is quite clear that all of the others have more than enough users to close questions quickly, and even Network Engineering has enough to close questions without moderators. Personally, if there isn't enough active users to close questions without moderators, I would question if it should graduate.