Granted, it wasn't gaining any traction, but my "Domestic Life"
proposal disappeared from Area 51 without so much as a "Howdy
Do." (I think it was alien abduction, frankly.) I noticed that
other proposals got "closed as duplicate" messages.  Is this
[status-bydesign]?  share|improve this question Agreed. Area51
needs more ceremony surrounding deletions. –  Shog9 Oct 1 '10 at
19:07 @Popular Demand: Thanks, but I claim "programmer quotes".
<<--<< ;) –  Dennis Williamson Oct 1 '10 at 19:11 bah,
programmer quotes don't -- ahem -- compile in English. Roll back
if you want though, I won't fight you over it or anything. – 
Pops Oct 1 '10 at 19:16 @Popular Demand: Well, typographically
." is only an approximation anyway. –  Dennis Williamson Oct 1
'10 at 19:17 add comment  1 Answer  It is completely unrelated
to the merging of proposals...  Proposals that do not receive
any activity whatsoever for over a month get cleaned out as a
matter of routine maintenance.  "Domestic Life" had was created
August 12th. By August