Hello Josiah and all, Yes, the process is quite lengthy. But given the amount of exposure that StackExchange sites usually get, I would say it is actually surprisingly easy. There is no minimum time period for a proposal, only numerical requirements, so given enough users, a site can actually get going fairly quickly.
I believe during beta the moderators will be StackExchange employees. But that only really makes a difference until there are users with 10k+ rep on the site. Anyone with 10k+ rep has most of the permissions of an elected moderator. But most of the "moderating" can be done by anyone. It takes 5 close votes to close a question, 5 to reopen, and for more edge cases, you can always flag a post and leave a message for a moderator. Once you have 2000 rep (I believe), you can approve edits to posts. And, of course, upvotes generally gives an answer more visibility, so upvoting great answers will make them more visible. The accepted answer is always at the top. I don't know the exact process to create a user account, but it should be straight forward. And once you verify your email address, you're good to go. The way voting works is we need 40 questions that each have 10 votes. So if you have a certain question you want to be able to ask, post it, or find one along that line and vote for it. Once a question has 10 votes, it's good. Everyone has 5 votes they can give, so that equates to 80 followers. We're getting quite close to that number now, but we'll keep working until we get the votes in. I am expecting that once we get going, if all the questions on here get taken over there, there will probably be a good amount of activity. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask them on here or on the proposal there. With Jesus' peace, -Arlen On Jan 9, 2017 11:47, "Josiah" <[email protected]> wrote: > Ciao Arlen > > To help advance it it might be helpful to say a bit more about moderation > and who is in control of it. > > The sign-up hurdles to getting to a working situation seem pretty extreme. > > The Stack Overflow/Exchange route is, IMO, a potentially really good one. > But explicitness about both the process and the outcome seems important. > > Part of the problem you are likely encountering is the need to sign up in > order to express anything or see anything much. > > Best wishes > Josiah > > On Monday, 9 January 2017 15:50:55 UTC+1, Arlen Beiler wrote: >> >> Thank you everyone for your participation so far. We have 48 proposed >> questions so far. >> >> We have 48/60 followers needed so far, so let people know about. If you >> like, you could post a link on whatever plugin sites you have. When it >> enters the commitment phase, the same like should still work. >> >> We have 8 questions with 10 votes, and we need 40. So if you have not >> done so yet, find 5 questions with less than. 10 votes that you think >> should be on the site, and click the little up arrow on the left side. >> >> http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/105326/tiddlywiki? >> referrer=kk4xS6VP59WB49QQOgt7xA2 >> >> I'm looking forward to see how things go. After seeing a few other betas >> I think we might have the mass it takes to get this site off the ground. >> >> On Jan 1, 2017 22:18, "Dmitry Sokolov" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thank you Arlen, >>> >>> added to the list of TW Forums: >>> http://confocal-manawatu.pbworks.com/w/page/113792623/Tiddly >>> Wiki%20Forums >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Dmitry >>> >>> On Monday, 2 January 2017 13:36:41 UTC+13, Arlen Beiler wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello All, >>>> I thought I would post this again to bring it to everyone's attention. >>>> >>>> http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/105326/tiddlywiki? >>>> referrer=kk4xS6VP59WB49QQOgt7xA2 >>>> >>>> If you're interested in participating, go to that URL and click on the >>>> orange "Follow It!" button. >>>> >>>> If you like the format of Stack Overflow, this is for you. >>>> >>>> On Dec 28, 2016 15:59, "jwd" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Plus, by revisiting, commenting on, and editing content to improve it >>>> you earn 'badges' that contribute to your stackexchange community >>>> abilities. 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