Answer by Gilles for Feedback Requested: Design-Independent Graduation
Graduation entails many things, which it made sense to group back when sites were supposed to graduate or fail after three months: Remove the sword of Damocles of shutdown. Give the site its own name —...
View ArticleAnswer by Dom for Feedback Requested: Design-Independent Graduation
As someone from an SE that was announced as ready for graduation about 10 months ago and has not graduated yet, this is a very good idea and is very important to the sites that are ready to graduate,...
View ArticleAnswer by Ismael Miguel for Feedback Requested: Design-Independent Graduation
One other suggestion is, like the banners for the website, to give the users a chance to showcase what they would like the site to look like. Some websites, where there aren't many...
View ArticleAnswer by PearsonArtPhoto for Feedback Requested: Design-Independent Graduation
I completely agree with this. I also agree that an increase of reputation is key. Having participated through more beta sites than just about anyone (Via Area51 badges), I can state for certain that...
View ArticleAnswer by Monica Cellio for Feedback Requested: Design-Independent Graduation
Great idea. I'm all for it. And I don't want to repeat other answers saying that. I just want to add one teeny, tiny tweak: Along with removing the "beta" label, change the site logo and base design in...
View ArticleAnswer by Earthliŋ for Feedback Requested: Design-Independent Graduation
Great idea. You have much to offer in allowing a site to graduate. In my personal loose order of priority, with an estimated amount of time you have to invest in parentheses definitely first removing...
View ArticleAnswer by Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 for Feedback Requested: Design-Independent Graduation
I think dropping the design dependency is a GREAT IDEA! It is an exciting step for a site to move on and not have that nasty Beta tag attached to their moniker. Awful, I tell you, just awful! One thing...
View ArticleAnswer by Deer Hunter for Feedback Requested: Design-Independent Graduation
I'm sorely disappointed and am afraid you've got it all backwards. Let's review the sequence: Stack Exchange pursues aggressive Area51 policy with frequent formation of new "beta" communities (no...
View ArticleAnswer by 200_success for Feedback Requested: Design-Independent Graduation
Dropping the site design change from the graduation package is understandable. It is obviously a large amount of effort to draft, consult, and implement a design. I agree that lack of a site design is...
View ArticleAnswer by rolfl for Feedback Requested: Design-Independent Graduation
I think the concept is great, but the motivation for the privilege levels is somewhat flawed. It should perhaps be considered on a case-by-case basis, but the privilege threshold is one of the key...
View ArticleAnswer by Undo for Feedback Requested: Design-Independent Graduation
I say do it. Why? Because you lose nothing, and gain a lot People on beta sites tend to lose interest after a while - there seems to be a natural drive to get the 'beta' label off the site. It almost...
View ArticleAnswer by Patrick Hofman for Feedback Requested: Design-Independent Graduation
What do you say, should we give design-independent graduation a try? I think that the design is the least important when graduating a site. If a site is ready, just let it graduate. Why hold back? I...
View ArticleAnswer by user259867 for Feedback Requested: Design-Independent Graduation
The recent elections on Blender, Network Engineering, Cryptography and Code Review (all betas) went reasonably well. On some of these the number of candidates was barely enough to hold an election, but...
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Last month's announcement about our updated criteria for graduation and site closure sparked some solid examination into the intended nature of public beta and graduation. One thing these discussions...
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