Question: I don't see why we shouldn't have Coffee.SE at least an option for people to vote up as an SE community we advertise for on P.SE

Can anybody (perhaps Robert Cartaino the diamond that deleted the post) tell me why it was removed? If not, I intend to just add it back, I think we definitely should be advertising Coffee.SE on P.SE..

[10k link to see the original but deleted coffee.SE community ad](https://softwareengineering.meta.stackexchange.com/a/7177/35276)

Answer: 
If we cannot have a coffee ad, then we cannot use the current site icon either.

[![Favicon screen shot](https://i.stack.imgur.com/zjmuv.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/zjmuv.png)

All or nothing.
I don't agree with the decision to delete the ad. [Coffee is a fundamental portion of the lives of many programmers](https://softwareengineering.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7547/is-every-day-coffee-day). We discuss it in [The Whiteboard](http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/21/the-whiteboard) often.

[@RobertCartarino states:](https://coffee.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/97/what-should-a-community-ad-for-coffee-stackexchange-look-like/100#comment1149_100)

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> @fredley The community-driven advertisements/bulletins have to be at least roughly aligned with the topic of the community. This advertisement is not appropriate for Programmers SE.
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I don't agree with this statement on both counts:

1. I don't agree that it isn't roughly aligned with with the topic of the community.
	* This community is about issues that directly concern Programmers as idea people and thinkers, and *many* of us would not have ideas nor be able to think without coffee.
2. I don't agree that it should have to be roughly aligned with the topic of the community.
	* Programmers are people in addition being bots that transform coffee and pizza into code. We have lives just like everyone else.
	* If we, as a community, have overwhelming support for an ad to another community, we should be made available to that community.

Recently, [@abbyhairboat](https://coffee.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1156) wrote:

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> Why limit the hunt to Seasoned Advice?
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> Sure, they get coffee questions, and that's why you've got a community promotion ad up there. But what if we try thinking beyond "where are the coffee questions and how do we get them here?", and instead, think: "where are the coffee people and how do we get them here?".
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> **What kind of people are coffee Q&A people? Millions of people drink coffee, but what we're looking for here is coffee hobbyists, not just drinkers.** People who like to experiment with brewing methods, spend money on gear, and optimize for various qualities. They aren't just coffee drinkers - they're coffee tinkerers. So people who might be drawn to this site are tinkerers in other fields who dabble in coffee (among many other likely hobbies).
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This statement applies just as much here as it does to Seasoned Advice.

We should be able to have this Community Ad.
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