Questions tagged [beta-sites]
For posts that are related to those Stack Exchange sites which are currently in beta phase.
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"Help us Grow This Site" Twitter/X and Facebook buttons on Public Beta sites broken
If you go to any public beta site's homepage, Programming Language Design and Implementation for example, you'll find a box like this:
The Facebook and Twitter/X share buttons rely on a service ...
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What was it like being a GenAI.SE stakeholder?
For those who don't know, Generative AI Stack Exchange (now in public beta) was an initiative started by Stack Exchange here slightly over one month ago, and involved "stakeholders" (who ...
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Sites freshly in public beta should not be on Hot Network Questions
While I'm generally supportive of new Betas, I feel like a site that's brand new—in this case PLDI, which hasn't had a moderation team in place, and is still working out the 'details' of scope—ought ...
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Why didn't CS50 (a Beta SE site) graduate?
I hope this doesn't open Pandora's Box regarding public beta site graduation. I read several posts on the topic and realize it has generated a lot of discussion. Let's break up with "Graduation&...
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Can one propose a new SE site for a topic which has been already closed as a beta?
There was a proposal for an Arabic Language SE closed after 61 days in beta.
Can one suggest to re-open such a closed beta site after several years? There may be increased attention and public ...
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Default election question about reaching 10k or 20k rep is inaccurate for sites with beta-level privileges
One of the default questions in election questionnaires is
In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep?
(source)
That was ...
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Should I advertise a Beta site by posting on Metas of other related sites?
Our Bioacoustics SE site has reached the beta stage. This multidisciplinary site encompasses many disciplines, and there are potential overlaps with other general SE sites.
I posted an "ad" ...
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Change "90 days" to "6 months" in public beta notice on Area 51, and change progress bar speed if possible
On proposals for sites in public beta, in the top right, Area 51 displays the following text regarding public beta sites
Sites remain in beta for at least 90 days to build up a critical mass of users,...
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What motivated the team to change the rules on migration paths to beta sites? Under what cases will implementing one be considered?
I was reading this post which states that:
Traditionally we avoided allowing [normal user] migration paths to [...] beta sites, though that's less true more recently.
In the past, SE enforced a ...
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Are the private-beta sites also under Creative Common license?
The SE questions/answers are under the CC BY-SA license (ref).
Does it also include the beta sites that are still in the private stage?
--> If yes, isn't there a contradiction between this license ...
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What happens to the content of a SE site that has been closed?
The SE questions/answers are under the CC BY-SA license (ref). When a beta site does not make it and is closed, what happens to its content? Is it lost forever or is there a way to access the CC BY-SA ...
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Are all undesigned graduated sites getting their design? [duplicate]
As of recently SE has hired new developers to make site designs it appears:
Bitcoin
Ethereum
Others?
There are many more sites that have lost their beta labels, and graduated since SE stopped ...
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Cardano is leaving Beta
Congratulations to the community on Cardano! They have officially left Public Beta as of today.
In December, we had 59 sites on the Stack Exchange Network shed their Beta labels. We also announced ...
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Can communities come up with their own site design?
What if a formerly beta site itself (on the site meta) comes up with a temporary design and provides all the needed images in the required formats and resolutions? Would Stack Exchange consider such a ...
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Congratulations to the 59 sites that just left Beta
This is an exciting day for all of us who work on community here, and for the communities that have given thousands of hours of their time to build sites on the Stack Exchange network. Today, we are ...
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