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Such a site will never fit within the scope of Stack Exchange's style and mission. Shopping questions just don't fit well into the Q&A model, but they can fit in if they can be reworded into a question. Most of the proposed questions on that site would be fine on Super User if rephrased in the form of a problem/solution, e.g. "how do I do _________" instead of "what software does __________".

Furthermore, closed question messages are not the place to promote an Area51 proposal. Can you imagine if you were a brand new user, just asked your question, and were immediately told "oh, sorry, you can't ask that, but if you want you can get involved in a lengthy process unlikely to be successful in attempting to create a site that might someday accept your question"? Not user friendly.

Such a site will never fit within the scope of Stack Exchange's style and mission. Furthermore, closed question messages are not the place to promote an Area51 proposal. Can you imagine if you were a brand new user, just asked your question, and were immediately told "oh, sorry, you can't ask that, but if you want you can get involved in a lengthy process unlikely to be successful in attempting to create a site that might someday accept your question"? Not user friendly.

Such a site will never fit within the scope of Stack Exchange's style and mission. Shopping questions just don't fit well into the Q&A model, but they can fit in if they can be reworded into a question. Most of the proposed questions on that site would be fine on Super User if rephrased in the form of a problem/solution, e.g. "how do I do _________" instead of "what software does __________".

Furthermore, closed question messages are not the place to promote an Area51 proposal. Can you imagine if you were a brand new user, just asked your question, and were immediately told "oh, sorry, you can't ask that, but if you want you can get involved in a lengthy process unlikely to be successful in attempting to create a site that might someday accept your question"? Not user friendly.

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nhinkle Mod
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Such a site will never fit within the scope of Stack Exchange's style and mission. Furthermore, closed question messages are not the place to promote an Area51 proposal. Can you imagine if you were a brand new user, just asked your question, and were immediately told "oh, sorry, you can't ask that, but if you want you can get involved in a lengthy process unlikely to be successful in attempting to create a site that might someday accept your question"? Not user friendly.