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What language(s) should we use for the site?

As far as I know, the existing sites for languages use both English and the language they are devoted to. So in our case this means that it should be allowed to ask questions in both Russian and Engli …
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Should the site be targeted at beginners or more advanced speakers?

Absolutely. If the question can't be easily looked up in a dictionary or in some other accessible place, it should definitely be allowed. Other StackExchange sites function in a similar way.
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English to Russian questions to be disallowed

English.SE doesn't contain Russian-to-English questions for a simple reason: they don't have the Russian language experts to understand all the subtleties required for a correct translation. However, …
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Questions about adages (Поговорка) and Proverbs (Пословица)

I think they definitely should. The answers to this questions will be interesting for many people, and the answers are often not trivial.
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Is it appropriate on RLU to ask for tutorials in private beta

Such a list of sources will be compiled sooner or later. For example, StackOverflow contains lists of books on certain topics in a limited number of questions (C++ books, C books). It's not good if a …
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Answers are too many, questions are too few

And I think that the problem of the site is that it is not used by the people who only speak Russian. How many questions are asked in Russian? I would say that very little, especially in comparison wi …
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