<p>I don't agree with the merge, and my reasoning is this: there are quite a few places on SE where one could ask ML-related questions:</p>

<ul>
<li>programmers.stackexchange.com</li>
<li>stats.stackexchange.com</li>
<li>quant.stackexchange.com</li>
<li>math.stackexchange.com</li>
<li>cstheory.stackexchange.com</li>
</ul>

<p>I personally immediately got confused as to where should I ask my ML questions for them to be best answered. And I was extremely relieved when I've heard about a dedicated MachineLearning site.</p>

<p>Although, unfortunately it doesn't go as well as some people expected it to! :)</p>
