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How do I create a new community on Stack Exchange?

Being a registered user of Stack Exchange, is there any special privilege required to create a community? … Or, are any administrative people there who only can create a new community on Stack Exchange? …
Loganathan's user avatar
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How do I complain to Stack Exchange about one of its communities? [closed]

I am having a difference of opinion with the users and moderators on a Stack Exchange community. … How can I escalate my compalint about this injustice to Stack Exchange authorities? For example, this is my question. …
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How do I gather the people to create a new Stack Exchange community?

Technically, to create a new Stack Exchange site, there is a procedure on Area51. This is covered by the question How do I create a new community on Stack Exchange?. …
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How to handle "drive-by" users on a Stack Exchange site?

On the Stack Exchange community that I moderate, we have a lot questions from new users who ask a question, get a response, and then leave right away. …
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On Stack Exchange, how to help others dealing with being annoyed by new users?

I have noticed, in myself but also in others, that some users can follow a specific path through a Stack Exchange community. … On Stack Exchange Cooking, it is interesting to explain once in depth how the protein in muscle behave under heat and when they are overcooked and your meat becomes a shoesole because of this. …
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As a Stack Exchange moderator how should I share a close vote opinion without using my Moder...

On Stack Exchange sites, there is a no way for moderators to cast a normal, non binding vote, If I have an opinion but I am not sure it represents the community response how can I best share my opinion …
James Jenkins's user avatar
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6 answers
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On Stack Exchange, how do I motivate users to prioritize the needs of the community over per...

On Stack Exchange, users gain valuable Internet points (reputation) when their questions or answers are upvoted and lose (fewer) points when they're downvoted. …
Monica Cellio's user avatar
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How is trolling dealt with within the Stack Exchange's ecosystem?

I'm hoping for answers about the mechanics of dealing with trolling and misbehavior. Edit: I asked this question on SE Meta, but was told that such a question might be more welcome here. I've been go …
Quarktaart's user avatar
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How can I persuade Redditors on a Subreddit to use Stack Exchange for the same subject?

Some SEs would gain more value from more experts, and subreddits usually have more users than a given SE. For example — How can you convince users at r/ask_lawyers, r/auslaw, r/canadalaw, r/law, r/l …
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How do I start an active userbase for a tag in on a question and answer site (like Stack Exc...

I like to code in AS3 (ActionScript 3) in my spare time. My code quality is okay, but because I write most of the code after work or in weekends when I'm tired, I make a few mistakes. I'd like to be a …
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What are the objective benefits of allowing display name changes?

Stack Exchange allows its users to change their display name once every 30 days. … Note: I'm not asking Stack Exchange to change their policy; I'd ask such a question on Meta Stack Exchange but I guess I've learned to live with the current system. …
Glorfindel's user avatar
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How can I promote my site/forum?

As a moderator on a young Stack Exchange site, I've been wondering how I can promote my site. This is a general question, so it shouldn't be Stack Exchange specific. …
hichris123's user avatar
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What can we do to reduce problems from comment explosions?

I moderate a Stack Exchange site that gets a lot of comments on posts. On Stack Exchange, comments aren't meant for discussion or chit-chat; they're meant to help improve the post. … Comment curation (for example, to remove obsolete or rude comments) is a pretty normal part of Stack Exchange sites. …
Monica Cellio's user avatar
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How do we maintain answer quality when everybody thinks they're experts?

I participate on several Stack Exchange sites that have scope that's a little more subjective than the norm. … While this question arises out of Stack Exchange, this isn't a technical question. …
Monica Cellio's user avatar
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How to retain new users on a Q&A site effectively?

On a Q&A site I co-moderate on the Stack Exchange network, sometimes we see a brand new user asking a good question, and another brand new user posting a good answer. … They're using the features of the site as if they're experienced, although neither user appears to have been active on any Stack Exchange website before. …
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