Questions tagged [area-51]
Area 51 is the Stack Exchange Network staging zone. It's where groups of experts come together to build new Q&A sites that work just like Stack Overflow. Area 51 has its own discussion site, Area 51 Discussions. If a question is only related to Area 51, then you may ask it either here on MSE or on Area 51 Discussions (https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/323571).
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URL fails to change properly when clicking "Visit" links in Area 51, resulting in all internal links on page becoming broken
When visiting a beta site from the "Visit!" link on an Area 51 proposal page, one goes to a link of the form area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/[proposal ID]/proposal-name/visit. Previously, ...
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New identicons for all Area 51 users
A few years ago we switched to randomly generated Identicons for new profile images when users sign up on the network. Today we have extended this practice to Area 51 to complete that process.
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Accounts won't merge
When I tried to create an Area 51 account using my login it showed an error, so I pressed sign-in. This made an Area 51 account using the correct email but it wasn't linked to my profile.
I thought I ...
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Is Area 51 experiencing issues or are there actually no new proposals?
I visited Area 51 and, insofar as I can tell, there are no "proposals." Everything listed has been promoted to public beta.
Honestly, I'm assuming this after a half dozen spot checks (the ...
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Why community bot is a moderator on the Area 51, but a bot in Area 51 discussion zone and other sites?
Per the tag wiki of area-51 and this official staff post, questions about Area 51 are explicitly on-topic here and should not be closed as "only applicable to one specific site".
Simple ...
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The “Get more details” links and “Password recovery page” for the “I lost my password” option on Area 51 contact form leads to error page
This question is not the same like my recent question.
In the contact form for Area 51, we click “Account Issue—> I lost my password” option, a pop-up will be shown:
Click “Get more details” or “...
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Area 51-- Can't receive Email Verifications [duplicate]
I can't receive email for verification in Area 51 after repeated attempts of clicking.
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Not Receiving Email Confirmation for Proposal Creation on Area 51 [duplicate]
I'm experiencing an issue where I'm not receiving the email confirmation required to create a proposal on Area 51.
The goal is a register a Stack Exchange site for an open source community.
This is ...
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Area 51 account disappeared
I tried to login to Area 51 after a long hiatus and got:
Unable to log in:
No user found
I also notice it's now missing from my list of Stack Exchange accounts.
Instead, my Area 51 account is linked ...
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Why there is no link to Area 51 discussion in all sites in Stack Exchange?
Why is there no link to Area 51 discussion in all sites ?
Are there any other sites that are not included in all sites ?
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Area 51 login/signup links broken again
The login/signup links redirect to:
https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/login?returnurl=https%3a%2f%2farea51.stackexchange.com%2fusers%2flogin-or-signup%2fdelegated%3freturnurl%3dhttps%253a%252f%...
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Clicking the edit button on my Area 51 profile gives a server error page
I click the edit button, and a request is made for https://area51.stackexchange.com/users/edit/<my-user-id>, and the server returns with an HTTP 302 redirect to https://area51.stackexchange.com/...
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Verification emails don't seem to be sending from Area 51
It looks like a similar issue to Not getting any email confirmation mail from Area 51.
I hit "re-send email verification to my_email_address" for a couple of times, but I didn't receive ...
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Is it possible to start a niche site / community in Area 51?
I suffer from a rare chronic health condition (CSF leaks) and it has two major groups in Facebook with over 7000 members, over 100 posts/comments per day. It's a very helpful community, but the ...
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Attempting to ask a question on Area 51 Meta changes my profile picture
Every time I click the "Ask Question" button on Area 51 Meta, it changes any profile picture I have to a default gravatar. Further clicks of the "Ask Question" button just generate ...
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