<p>I also think having another closely related site creates more problems than it solves and that the data science site is an ill-conceived project. Others have already outlined the main reasons for that.</p>

<p>But this is at least the third attempt at creating another site (two “machine learning” attempts and now “data science”) in spite of warnings that the distinction was not clear and that much of the material would be welcome here anyway.</p>

<p>I suspect it also has a lot to do with “identity issues” and it's not clear that there is a lot we can do about it. I fully expect that once the new “Data science” fails and closes, someone will show up on Area51 and create yet another proposal along the same lines.</p>
