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Monica

A possible tricky bit is that scope for these proto-sites can morph over time, so there might be some retagging along the way, but the incubator probably wouldn't be so huge that this would be unworkable.  I'll be interested in seeing how it works out if TA tries it.  One of the problems with Area 51 Somewhere Else is that you couldn't really try out questions; you got basically enough room for a title on the proposal, but I found on the proposals I participated on that you really have to ask the question to figure out if it works.

Jack Douglas replying to Monica

thanks that's an interesting idea @Monica :)

Monica

Maybe instead of no tags, a small set of (emergent) tags representing communities those questions would fit on?  This is for the "incubator" model, not the "end state" model -- the idea of a "misc" site being where interest and questions gather for sites that could ultimately be launched (and you'd migrate those questions).

hacknorris

me? okay

Jack Douglas

how would you feel about the 'other' community having no tags ever?

Jack Douglas

or a very discerning bot

hacknorris

or a bot

Jack Douglas

We'd need a volunteer to do that ;)

Jack Douglas replying to hacknorris

Maybe that would work, the 'other' community would have to be strict about not poaching questions though, flagging right away and commenting to point the user at the other community.

hacknorris

i was just saying bout a feature request, yes?

samcarter

@hacknorris, re: [your question](#question), About the catch all idea: I think in theory this would be a good place to see which tags can attract users, like an incubator for new communities, however in practise I think such a place will get a problem with post quality.

samcarter replying to hacknorris

Try and find out? There have been some questions about android, but not yet about ios.

hacknorris

mac. but ios? mobile?

samcarter

@hacknorris, re: [your question](#question), For general mac usage questions, you could head over to powerusers.codidact.com

hacknorris

not this. there is already tex channel. if someone will post bout it, you'll just say him to post there and if someone reposts correctly it'd be deleted from others

Jack Douglas

@hacknorris, re: [your question](#question), I'm happy to add the first two (though TA traffic has been pretty flat, so I don't expect a lot of activity). I'm not sure about the last - my worry would be that it could potentialy attract TeX questions and harm that community.

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