Questions tagged [closed-sites]
Questions about how closed Stack Exchange sites affect other sites on the network.
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Should Windows Phone site be removed from SEDE?
I have noticed that it is possible to see Windows Phone as one of the sites where one can run SEDE queries. As an example, here is a query listing the recent posts.
This query shows the date as the ...
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When an SE site is closed, redirect the dead URLs to Area 51 instead of 404s [duplicate]
Example: https://productivity.stackexchange.com/ was closed. It'd be better if it redirects to https://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/4296/personal-productivity instead of some 404 message, so ...
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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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How do I see when an SE site was closed? [duplicate]
It was announced today that the Windows Phone SE site had been closed. The Area 51 page lists that the site was closed after 3857 days, but is there a way to see what date an SE site was closed?
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The Windows Phone SE site has been archived
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We are announcing that as of November 17, 2022, Windows Phone SE has been archived.
Why now?
The Stack Exchange network is a lot like a neighborhood. Each individual site makes up a house in ...
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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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Most links to old, closed Stack Exchange sites don't redirect to their Area 51 proposals anymore
A while ago, old links to Stack Exchange beta sites that were closed would redirect back to their Area 51 proposal, which would serve to inform users that the site didn't have enough activity during ...
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What is the largest Stack Exchange website that got shut down?
Several Stack Exchange websites got shut down over time. What is the largest Stack Exchange website that got shut down? I'm open to the definition of "largest", one way to define is with the ...
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How can we preserve Area 51 sites that get closed during the beta?
This is the second time I've been hit by an Area 51 site I got really involved in (Productivity.SE), being closed due to "not enough activity" (the first was Startups).
Productivity.SE was ...
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Could Stack Exchange sites be shut down because of recent events?
Is there a possibility that recent high tensions between moderators and Stack Exchange managers will result in the shutdown of a number of Stack Exchange sites?
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When are closed sites removed from SEDE?
Augur Stack Exchange has been closed down four days ago, according to its Area 51 page. Yet, it's still visible in SEDE. I was wondering how long it would be kept; sites which have been closed for ...
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Has a graduated site ever closed down? [duplicate]
Sometimes, sites in beta can be shut down due to stuff like lack of activity. Has this ever happened to a Stack Exchange Network site that had already left beta? If so, what caused that?
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Do mature Stack Exchange sites ever close? [duplicate]
Communities need to pass some critical mass and quality criteria in order to come out of Area51 into StackExchange proper, and be "born". But do sites ever "die" ?
Put another way - is the number of ...
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What happens to the reputation of active users if a private beta was closed?
What happens to the reputation of users of a private beta when it is closed?
Is it counted anywhere on the SE network?
It seems to me that this may only appear for users who are active in Area 51, ...
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Has any Stack Exchange site been closed after public beta? [duplicate]
Going over the impressive list of topics discussed on the Stack Exchange network, it got me thinking - has there ever been a site that was in public beta, but then closed? Is there a list of these ...
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