It's a little odd; this is the first beta I've seen where this kind of discussion happened between the nominations and the appointment. I was vague initially because I wasn't sure how I felt about that.
I mean, the nominations are public and there was some pretty clear clustering, so it makes sense that they'd ask us, but they might have also asked other people (deciding we're too similar in some important way or other).
@Shokhet this is the fifth beta I committed to (= was there at the beginning for), though one of those was Mi Yodeya and that was different because it was a 1.0 site. So, I've seen four private betas. I've also participated on several other betas, some very early in public beta, but on those (that I remember), the mods seemed like a done deal before the site ever went public. I think they're doing this later now than they used to, probably to give others a chance to participate.
@Shokhet yes, and lower privilege requirements so people can bootstrap the site. (Less rep needed to do most things.) "Officially" private beta is only for people who committed to the Area 51 proposal, but in practice, you can get in if you want to.
@Shokhet yes. Like, 1 rep to create tags, because you need to seed those even if you're going to refactor them later. See the "private beta" column on this post:
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@Shokhet you're welcome! I noticed a few of those values are out of date, like it says it takes 100 rep to downvote but it's really 125 (public and graduated), but I think that's mostly right.
@Shokhet I was just looking at that. Those are the requirements for graduated sites (other than SO, which raises some further and has its own column), but why it's called "golden" I don't know.
@MonicaCellio Found it referenced in a couple other MSE questions, like this one, but no explanation given. I guess it's just a term.
@Fulli What part of it is bothering you? ....if someone who has <1K rep suggests an edit, it has to be approved by either the original poster or two >1K users. (source: worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/edit)
When I go to WB Meta, I see the "Where are the magic questions?" and read it as "Where are the 'magic questions'?" rather than "Where are the questions on the subject of magic?" :)
I think that's tied to "edit without peer review" on the main site. Which is 1K rep. I have 694 just now, probably as an effect of much of my contributions being on meta in the first place!
First off, I am asking similar, but logistically different question to What process do I follow to land a civilian aircraft on a military base?
If I am in the US Military (with a valid ID), am I free to land my personal (civilian style) airplane (with my civilian licence) at military bases - in ...
So first we need to get a list of what life requires in a planet:
Energy Source
All planets with life need to have some sort of energy source. The most common one is a star, but probably there are other options. The energy source needs to be capable of bringing the planet up to the proper tempe...
This answer was started by Pink's comment on the question.
Kepler/NASA have discovered what they call "circumbinary" planets -- planets that orbit multiple suns (or "stars" or whatever you want to call them).
The way it works is that there is a planet that orbits two suns, both of which orbi...
that article's from 2012, and since then it seems the main thing we've discovered about planets and habitability is that we increasingly don't know a damn thing about either :D
but give a planet multiple stars and all it needs is for them to be dull enough and it to be far away enough for decent non-incendiary non-frozen conditions
The number of upvotes for a question is a flawed measure of question quality, one particular issue is that the amount of exposure a question gets matters a lot. Questions that were linked in the hot questions list tend to get an enormous amount of votes, much more than any questions gets organica...
I don't think this is useful.
I support forcing reputation to be earned on a site before votes are granted on meta. But I don't want to have to re-earn privileges on every site I participate in before I can vote.
I realize that you're trying to solve a problem with regard to the hot questions ...
Why should I have to participate at all, if I want to vote? ....I have my 100 association benefit points, and that should be enough.
I think the the point they are making is that people look at the hot list, go "that question sounds cool" click it, and then click upvote on the question / top answer.
In a fantasy world steeped in magic, gunpowder has emerged as a force to be reckoned with. Cannon and muskets have become commonplace on the battlefield; and far from replacing magic, have synergized with it to create deadly enchanted weapons.
Assuming a magical system like that of Pathfinder ...
It also doesn't say anything about what kind of magic. "Magic" on its own is a rather catch-all term in my book. Try asking "how can magic technology plausibly turn mundane cannons into devastating weapons?" -- if that is too broad, it stands to reason that asking the same about magic is also too broad.
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@Mourdos That might be some of the things that a cannon has over magic -- assume your military commander is not a wizard -- he has to hire a magician to magic for him. The magician might be in a position to charge a lot of money, come as he pleases, work only as much as he wants etc.
You'll get no argument, price hikes, "I'm just not interested right now" from your average cannon
@DannyReagan Which of course means that anyone trying to answer has to be familiar with the Pathfinder magic system. And I still think it's too broad; it's asking for a list of possibilities, which is a big flashing warning sign for precisely closing as "too broad". It would be better if the question was turned on its head, asking something more like "I want a cannon to do X within magic system Y, what is needed for that?".
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So first we need to get a list of what life requires in a planet:
Energy Source
All planets with life need to have some sort of energy source. The most common one is a star, but probably there are other options. The energy source needs to be capable of bringing the planet up to the proper tempe...
This answer was started by Pink's comment on the question.
Kepler/NASA have discovered what they call "circumbinary" planets -- planets that orbit multiple suns (or "stars" or whatever you want to call them).
The way it works is that there is a planet that orbits two suns, both of which orbi...
I don't think this is useful.
I support forcing reputation to be earned on a site before votes are granted on meta. But I don't want to have to re-earn privileges on every site I participate in before I can vote.
I realize that you're trying to solve a problem with regard to the hot questions ...
In a fantasy world steeped in magic, gunpowder has emerged as a force to be reckoned with. Cannon and muskets have become commonplace on the battlefield; and far from replacing magic, have synergized with it to create deadly enchanted weapons.
Assuming a magical system like that of Pathfinder ...
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