Questions tagged [new-site-name]
For questions about changing site name from Programmers.
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Change the name of Programmers to something that more accurately reflects the site scope? [duplicate]
This is a follow-up to the discussion on renaming the site to match its FAQ, or changing the FAQ to match the site name.
That discussion is one of the highest voted questions on here, so this ...
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(4 years later) Dear Stack Exchange: can we change our site name?
Four years ago we asked for a name change, which was rejected by SE because there was no evidence to support the claim it was causing user confusion, and there were other things the site should focus ...
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New Site Name and Scope Proposals
From Ana, a Stack Exchange Community Manager in the previous question about changing the site name:
It took us a good while, but the Community Team has circled up and
here's where we stand on your ...
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It's official! Programmers is now Software Engineering Stack Exchange
Awww yeah. WOoooooooOOOOoooOOOOOoooT! PARTY TIME. Check out that domain name and logo!
Thanks Stack Exchange :-)
If you see any problems anywhere, please leave an answer to this question so we can ...
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Follow-Up 2: New Site Name and Scope Proposals
After a discussion today (July 22nd) with Ana and Shog9, we've made some more progress toward a new site name and scope. You can check out the transcript for the full details, but we talked about the ...
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What is this "Software Engineering" site you speak of, and what kinds of questions can I ask there?
Programmers has changed its name.
Why has this name change occurred?
Has anything else changed?
What kinds of questions will I be able to ask, now that the name has changed?
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New logo for Software Engineering Stack Exchange
Changing this site from the increasingly anachronistic "Programmers" to the more fitting "Software Engineering" has been... A long road. So far, we've discussed...
...the name ...
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Follow-Up: New Site Name and Scope Proposals
I've been pondering these proposed changes to the site's name and scope for the past few weeks. This was, you'll recall, instigated by Ana's response to Rachel's proposal for a new name for this site.....
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Follow-Up 3: New Site Name and Help Center Discussions
Chat Transcript: New Site Name discussion Sep 9, 2016
Previous Discussion: Follow-Up 2: New Site Name and Scope Proposals
Ana stopped by (Shog was not available today), and maple_shaft was around. ...
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New Site Name and Help Center: Phase I Complete
Previous Discussion: Follow-Up 3: New Site Name and Help Center Discussions
After approval from Ana, I published the discussed updates to the Help Center's /help/on-topic page and the site's /tour. ...
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New Site Name and Scope Proposals: what happens to the hyperlinks?
I'm following more or less all the current buzz about changing the site name. I entirely agree with the proposal.
However, I haven't seen mentioned (maybe it was, but, well, there are a lot of ...
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New Site Name and Scope: how to handle blatant debugging questions?
Per my reading of July 22nd discussion primary focus of the coming changes is to prevent the flood of debugging questions. Both SE Community Manager and our moderators appear to be in agreement about ...
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