Area 51 » Science

The Astronomy site didn't have enough activity during the beta. It has been closed, and its content has been merged into Physics. You can download the data dump of all questions here.

closed after

338

days in beta

At the end of beta, this site had...

questions
per day

Needs Work – 15 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.

97%

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.

avid users

1,282

total users

Okay – Every site needs a solid group of core users to assist in moderating the site. We recommend:

150 users with 200+ rep (currently 92 users with 200+ rep)
10 users with 2,000+ rep (currently 9 users with 2,000+ rep)
5 users with 3,000+ rep (currently 4 users with 3,000+ rep)

2.0

answer ratio

Okay – 2.5 answers per question is good, only 1 answer per question needs some work. In a healthy site, questions receive multiple answers and the best answer is voted to the top.

351

visits/day

Needs Work – 1,500 visits per day is good, 500 visits per day needs some work. A great site benefits people outside the community. Eventually, 90% of a site's traffic should come from search engines.