Timeline for (4 years later) Dear Stack Exchange: can we change our site name?
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| Apr 22, 2016 at 21:10 | comment | added | Wildcard | Here is the link to the feature request for this, by the way. | |
| Apr 4, 2016 at 8:27 | history | edited | gnat | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 1, 2016 at 17:43 | comment | added | GrandmasterB | I've been pointing this out for a couple years. The 'how to ask' section needs to be changed because, as it is now, it only re-enforces the idea that various off topic questions are on topic here. I'm not under the illusion that once changed there would no longer be off topic questions. But if it cut the number down by 20%, it'd be a big improvement. | |
| Mar 31, 2016 at 18:51 | comment | added | Andres F. | @Evan Rachel's opinion is supported by some of us who do regularly use the site and whose participation isn't limited to this kind of meta threads. In any case, you can find one example from today (mentioned in another comment by Ixrec, I think). | |
| Mar 31, 2016 at 1:38 | comment | added | Evan | @Ixrec not to be incredulous, but do you have any actual examples of widespread confusion? Even this question was started by someone who hasn't been active on this site in years, and only seems to come back periodically to insist on changing the site name. | |
| Mar 31, 2016 at 1:32 | comment | added | Ixrec | @Evan We've seen multiple first time posters explicitly say "I'm asking for programming help on a site called programmers. How can this be off-topic?" under debugging questions or opinion polls. So whether or not other sites have a similar issue isn't really relevant; it's an empirical fact that we're seeing new users confused by the name. | |
| Mar 29, 2016 at 16:40 | comment | added | Adam Copley | Great suggestion, and I shall do on my return home! | |
| Mar 29, 2016 at 16:33 | comment | added | NoDataDumpNoContribution | "Why can't the more clear description of the sites scope on the 'Sign Up' page be repeated in at least the 'Ask Question' page?" It can. And I like these proposals. Just make a feature request for both. If you don't want to also I could do it. | |
| Mar 23, 2016 at 15:56 | comment | added | Evan | +1: nobody thinks "Tumblr" is for tumbling enthusiasts, or "Stack Overflow" is jus for stack overflow errors, because of their names, but that help box is egregiously bad. I noticed it too when I started only a few months ago. | |
| Mar 22, 2016 at 19:30 | history | answered | Adam Copley | CC BY-SA 3.0 |