I'm wondering something: in 2015, all the previous proposals for non-English SO sites that had reached 100% commitment were closed and deleted, with the team stating that it would take some time before they can take on a new language. Does this mean that if space opens up for a new language, they will simply accept one of the previous 100% commitment proposals and put it in beta, or will they have to be re-proposed and go through the process again?

Some of them went through the process as far back as 2011, so it may be worth checking if there is still interest.

Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.SE cover the subject; ask about the origin there.

@MSOGA The proposals did reach 100% commitment. So technically, according to the written contract between users and SE, SE still has to launch a beta site for them. (It doesn't specify how much time, just that they have to.)

@SonictheWizardWerehog um, no. They don't have to do anything. There is no contract.

You'd do well to remember what SE is. It's a benevolently dictated pseudo-democratic Q&A site. Not a society governed by contracts and laws and a justice system.

@MSOGA Don't you mean, Chinese Emigration?

@ArtOfCode Ah, I remember; they dropped the words "democratic, community-driven" from the description of Area 51 recently.

Saying that SE has to do such and such because something says they might comes across really badly.

I would agree that they're worth revisiting if the capacity exists. But it's not my decision, or yours, and it's certainly nobody's place but SE's to dictate what they must or must not do.

@SonictheWizardWerehog I'd think restarting the process would make sense.

And there's probably a whole can of worms about running sites in languages none potentially few of the staff can read.

I'd actually think you'd need folks you explicitly trust, have a robust internal moderation system... and you'd still have issues.

and I don't think the old option of "hiring a CM to handle the site" scales that well.

The original core of the russian language sites basically came "prebuilt" and they still provide ... kinda unique issues on chat (and that's true of some of the other SOs)

I read it as "make em spider", thanks morning call...

@Bookends ._.

I had 2 packs of noodles and my normal dinner. Then two international microwave rolls...

("Sczuan paneer rolls - which are an indian interpretation of chinese food, in a wrap, which is very much a western thing...")

lol XD

"side by side", "parallel to", or "opposite". Choose one.

I don't think abreast is the right word ;p

appraised?

perhaps the intention was the 3rd definition: "informed" ... but why chose "abreast" instead...

@Bookends Language differences across people?

Well, while it's understandable, it certainly won't help ESL...

True

@JourneymanGeek I noticed that my [cv-pls] messages are also being moved to Chimney in addition to Smokey posts, whereas it wasn't done in the past. Was there a relevant discussion about it that I missed?

Do you mean it should be moved to the Trash instead?

@SonictheWizardWerehog yes, they are. No, we have not discussed that and please don't tell me you want to have a relevant discussion about that.

Who Moved My Message?

@rene No, I'm just asking about it.

Feel free to move them as you please.

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@rene I want to have a relevant discussion. Sounds delicious

don't push it @M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ

I'm not pushing it, I'm punning it

Nevermind

@M.A.R.>_> delicious discussion. I'm hungry

echo echo echo

@rene KABOOM

@rene KABONG

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ what drama did I miss this time? sob

Oh

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Dharma meditation - left, right, or not at all.

Huh?

okay, nvm...

@SonictheWizardWerehog naw. I just switched scripts. It's not an issue once they are handled right?

@MSOGA nothing some googly eyes cannot fix

One of the perils of being a MSE mod - I want to post an answer, but not want it to be taken as official. But its enough of my opinion I don't want to sock it.

Time for a disclaimer? Or just to not answer at all, it comes with modding that there's some things you just don't say ;)

I don't use my blog for SE stuff at this point of time

@Tinkeringbell well - its not controversial or anything

This is my official opinion. Deal with it

@rene that's easy

you're welcome. You may use it without attribution

I'm that cool

This is my mod hat speaking, not myself. Help.

@Bookends Sorry. It won't come off!

@MSOGA post an angry bug report on their meta site!

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unix.stackexchange.com/election/3

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I have a number of positively-received questions that ended up being closed for procedural reasons. Are moderators generally willing to entertain requests to reopen and re-close those questions so that those count as positively-received questions for the Curious/Inquisitive/Socratic badge?

For instance, valid questions about April Fool's pranks, or one case where I was the first to report a bug but an SE dev answered a newer question instead and closed mine as a duplicate.

If the latest closure is when the question is more than 60 days old, it's not counted as "closed" for the purposes of the badge.

> o that those count as positively-received questions for the Curious/Inquisitive/Socratic badge?

No

@JourneymanGeek Why not?

It's abuse of mod tools.

Please don't request those sorts of things.

We're not going to spend time opening and closing questions so someone can get a badge.

@JourneymanGeek But, but

No

Hey I have no idea what's going on, lemme read up

. . .

I have no idea what's going on

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ in that case I'm overruling your objections.

But, but,

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Absolutely not

Do Moderators Need to Be Cooperative or Not

Makoto, nice

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ No.

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Yes we do not

Posts a link to that old 2014 blog post about Why Stack Overflow Sucks

also don't forget, mods are volunteers and we don't want to make extra work for overselves

so we need better reasons than "But I'll get a badge!"

A semicolon is better than an exclamation mark

But I'll get a badge;

true;

Teehee

Two 1-rep accounts always reminds me of spammers

Stack Overflow Brain Enhancer™ T9000

Debug requests?

@MSOGA PM: "Yay! Metric is going up. Win!" Developer a couple weeks later: "Why do we have 2500 open issues?"

Howly crap, how is that even possible . . .

What is the purpose of this room?

it's a tavern

generally containing random chit-chat

occasional stars

and lots of backlog

!!/watch indiaevisas\.org

@SonictheWizardWerehog You don't have code privileges, but I've created PR#2665 for you.