But before doing that, consider if the community you are trying to build already exists: - Lots here: http://area51.stackexchange.com/ http://area51.stackexcha

But before doing that, consider if the community you are trying to build already exists: - Lots here: http://area51.stackexchange.com/ http://area51.stackexchange.com/ - Programming, etc.: http://stackoverflow.com/ http://stackoverflow.com/ - Jobs: http://careers.stackoverflow.com/ http://careers.stackoverflow.com/ - Server Administration: http://serverfault.com/ http://serverfault.com/ - Web Applications: http://webapps.stackexchange.com/ http://webapps.stackexchange.com/ - Gaming: http://gaming.stackexchange.com/ http://gaming.stackexchange.com/ - Ubuntu: http://askubuntu.com/ http://askubuntu.com/ - Webmasters: http://webmasters.stackexchange.com/ http://webmasters.stackexchange.com/ - Cooking: http://cooking.stackexchange.com/ http://cooking.stackexchange.com/ - Game Development: http://gamedev.stackexchange.com/ http://gamedev.stackexchange.com/ - Math: http://math.stackexchange.com/ http://math.stackexchange.com/ - Photography: http://photo.stackexchange.com/ http://photo.stackexchange.com/ - Statistics: http://stats.stackexchange.com/ http://stats.stackexchange.com/ - TeX and LaTeX: http://tex.stackexchange.com/ http://tex.stackexchange.com/ - Computer Enthusiasts (OS, etc.): http://superuser.com/ http://superuser.com/ The other two sites are just for support/feedback purposes: - Stack Exchange API: http://stackapps.com/ http://stackapps.com/ - Questions about stack overflow/stack exchange itself: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/ http://meta.stackoverflow.com/ And there are a multitude of other sites that have Q&A, the new kid on the block being Quora ( http://www.quora.com/ http://www.quora.com/ ).