Note that the scope and purpose of this proposal changed DRASTICALLY during the beta. Along with the name. Please refer to the Software Engineering Tour for the current definition.
At the end of beta, this site had...
35
questions
per day
per day
Excellent – 10 questions per day on average is a healthy beta, 5 questions or fewer per day needs some work.
A healthy site generates lots of good content to make sure users keep coming back.
99%
answered
Excellent – 90% answered is a healthy beta, 80% answered needs some work.
In the beta it's especially important that when new visitors ask questions they usually get a good answer.
916
avid users
10,202
total users
Excellent – Every site needs a solid group of core users to assist in moderating the site. We recommend:
- 150 users with 200+ rep (currently 916 users with 200+ rep)
- 10 users with 2,000+ rep (currently 85 users with 2,000+ rep)
- 5 users with 3,000+ rep (currently 52 users with 3,000+ rep)
7.0
answer ratio
Excellent – 2.5 answers per question is good, only 1 answer per question needs some work.
On a healthy site, questions receive multiple answers and the best answer is voted to the top.
12k
site rep
24
questions
195
answers
10k
site rep
2
questions
170
answers
9k
site rep
5
questions
238
answers
9k
site rep
7
questions
138
answers
8k
site rep
1
question
107
answers
8k
site rep
22
questions
337
answers
7k
site rep
2
questions
109
answers
7k
site rep
6
questions
135
answers
7k
site rep
2
questions
136
answers
This site has
Launched!
This Stack Exchange site's beta was successful, so it launched 14 years ago.
proposed by
15 years ago
edited by
public beta start
15 years ago
private beta start
15 years ago
commitment start
15 years ago
committed users
208 users committed
92.3% signed up for beta
47.1% fulfilled commitment
followers
132 users followed
75.8% signed up for beta
users also committed to
16.8% only this proposal