The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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Find Maximum without using conditional statements or Operators [closed]
No if/else, or >=<, or ternary(?) operators allowed.
This is disucssed in, ...
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Is the Flag Usage Different on Code Review
I do a lot of flagging on Stack Overflow to clean the site. When you review "first answers" or "late answers" you often fall on answer that are not answer and that post some code and finish by a ...
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Should I Ask Separated Question
This examples applies for web mainly, but could apply for other stuff also.
Let say I develop a web plugin that has both JavaScript code and CSS.
Should I post one question to review the JavaScript ...
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Javascript onload function [migrated]
I've been using this code for quite some time, but am wondering if there's any improvements I can make to it. Basically it's just code that runs when the page loads or if the code is run after page ...
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Flagging closed questions for deletion
I've flagged two questions recently:
C - How to take file ownership to the current user using win32 api
What Am I Doing Wrong? (SQL connection in vb.net)
Both are closed without any answer and it ...
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I want a peer review, but the code cannot be copy-pasted on a question
I've created an opensource library wrapping some JDBC functions. I'm not satisfied with JUnit tests, and I would like it to be peer reviewed. The code is not so much and it shouldn't be reviewed line ...
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Copyrighted code on codereview
This question:
Please review my poker sorting hand.
has code based on copyrighted code, the copyright is still in the provided code:
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Questions that ask for you to e-mail them to get the code
What is the appropriate way to handle a question that doesn't post the code to review, but posts an e-mail address that you can I assume e-mail and get the code?
An example is Automatic craigslist ...
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Does Community Evaluation make sense for Code Review?
A “Community Evaluation” queue just appeared on the review page. It seems one of the main reasons for that queue is to compare each question with other sources on the internet for that same question:
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Is there a need for OP to mention their expertise?
Is it relevant to include expertise with a code review question? Should this change the code review/answer?
For example, First C++ Project mentions that the OP is new to the language. I suggested an ...
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Why are these two questions not closed as exact duplicates (and merged)?
This question was asked on Code Review:
How to work with List<TreeNode>
This question was migrated to Code Review (by me, from Stack Overflow), which is an exact duplicate (word-for-word) from ...
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Is it valid to reask (many) question on same script?
I have asked a question about a Python script a few months ago. Now I have developed that script furthermore fixing the issues described in the answer of that question.
Now I have another questions ...
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Getting feedback on functionality and not code
I am writing a Template Engine, I don't really want my code reviewed, but I would like people to test it and give me feedback about what they think what I could add/remove/change. Would something like ...
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Is flash card code optimization appropriate for Code Review?
I have considered trying to learn languages using spaced repetition (e.g., http://sivers.org/srs), but in the past my desire to learn the 'best' approach has stopped me from pursuing this method.
For ...
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Should different questions be made for style and functional questions?
Ongoing example: functional, style.
As far as I know, focusing on any aspect of the code is fair game in a review. Do we want to allow such specialised-duplicates and request reviewers to answer in ...
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How to choose a correct answer in Code Review? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Which answer to accept?
Just discovered Code Review and I think it's great.
I posted my first question and got two answers full of great advice.
What advice do you ...
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Code remove after question answered
If the user that posted the question deletes the code to which the question belongs to, after accepting an answer, should one restore the code or simply notify the user or moderator?
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Is there a better format for posting questions for code review
At times I have seen quite a bit of code posted for review. This might be because there are a number of classes that interact so the person is giving as much information as possible, or they might be ...
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When to post new answer (suggested edit rejected)
It's about this Suggested edit I made: History, and the suggestion to create a new answer to the question.
In this case the change I made, the IList<> to IEnumerable<> on the private ...
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Do not prematurely accept answers
With the voting debate going on, I'd like to make a related point:
Please do not prematurely accept answers.
As much as I love getting the tick mark, it is a signal that tells the community that ...
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Vote Early, Vote Often
Lack of voting has already been identified as an issue that prevents the site from graduating. I'm shamelessly stealing this post from Meta Biblical Hermeneutics, hoping it will inspire all of us to ...
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Can graphical notation count as code or should questions with exclusively graphical notation be considered off topic?
As a community, are we willing to accept graphical notation as a form of code that is subject to Code Review?
I recently answered a question that asked for review of a database model as presented in ...
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What if we have an entire (small) application we want reviewed?
I asked about this on Stack Overflow, and was referred here (to code review) though I still think it may be out of scope for CR.
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google-application-engine tag synonym request
Should we create a synonym to google-app-engine for google-application-engine?
There are 2 questions on code review tagged google-application-engine, no questions on SO tagged ...
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why are they 'questions' if this site is primarily for code review requests?
"why are they 'questions' if this site is primarily for code review requests?"
This is not originally my question, but it never-the-less is still a good one that deserves more attention. I'm sort of ...
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Is pseudo-code alright when asking about performance?
The faq states: "Is it actual code from a project rather then pseudo-code or example code?"
But often times pseudo-code is a lot more straight forward and easy to evaluate. It also applies to a wider ...
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Is it okay to post a series of exercises massively?
This website seems particularly interesting for users working on a book (like SICP or K&R) or any other series of exercises (like ProjectEuler), especially if they're working on their own and ...
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Why can I create new tags before I can re-tag questions?
This is just my opinion but it seems to me that these two should be switched around. By re-tagging questions I become familiar with the tags that are available, which, in my opinion sets a good ...
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Why was a question suitable for Stack Overflow closed, instead of being migrated
Yesterday, Jessica Burnett asked this question: CSS set-string/content properties.
Since the question is about code that does not work (as opposed to code that could be improved), ANeves politely ...
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Should we bother old off-topic questions?
Recently I've found some old questions which do not contain any code (usually just a link). Some of them have accepted answer.
Since these questions are off-topic (according to the FAQ), should I ...
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Before getting started
Well this question may b a perfect fit in meta. So, I want to know a bit more about this sister site of stack overflow. I have been looking for a site like this since long, and this being a stack ...
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The tag “interview-questions”
The tag interview-questions seems to be useless - should it be emptied?
If there are no comments within a week, I will proceed to empty it.
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What should the homework tag wiki contain on Code Review?
The homework tag has a pending tag wiki edit. It's same as the tag wiki of the homework tag on Stack Overflow and does not seem completely suitable for Code Review:
Questions regarding homework ...
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Duplicate answers - clean them up?
This question (originially from Stack Overflow has heaps of duplicate answers. Many users suggested the exact same changes to the code, presumably while the question was not yet migrated; most of the ...
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Are badges with a negative connotation useful?
This is a very minor point. I'm just curious to see what the thoughts might be on this. I just "earned" a tumbleweed badge. In the past I associated badges with good things but it seems this is not ...
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What is the best way to exchange a dialogue following a code review?
For most SE sites, a simple comment is sufficient to exchange a little additional dialogue about a solution. For code review though, it seems like one question can spawn a huge list of suggested ...
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Code review for learning purposes
I just found this site (New to stack exchange in general), and I am working on teaching myself c#. Would it be acceptable to post working code for people to pick apart and suggest better ways of doing ...
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Interview questions
It this a good site to ask others to review my interview question practice code? Or are you trying to keep it to "real world" questions?
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Question closed with no link to reopen
I found this question marked as closed.
It seemed to be asking a genuine question that seemed to be asking for best practices as defined in the scope.
Any particular reason it was closed? Also, no ...
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Why is Code Review still in beta?
Code Review is in beta for 517 days, so nearly 1,5 years. (Area 51)
I was wondering why it is still in beta and if it will ever launch as non-beta?
Thanks in advance for your explanations!
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How should a canonical question title be formatted on CodeReview.SE?
See the following 2 questions and their title edits by user palacsint:
Review my my Javascript for structure and best-practices (revisions)
Database output function (revisions)
While I understand ...
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Suggested edit breaks license due to pastebin
I am not a lawyer.
I am reviewing a suggested edit where a user created a jsFiddle from the code in someone elses question. I believe this breaches the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license that the code in the ...
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Is it intentional that there's no mention of copyright in the FAQ? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Put in FAQ: Will submitted code be licensed under the copyleft CC-BY_SA?
Surely it's important for users to know whether code contributed to this site is freely ...
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Are UML diagram reviews on-topic for CodeReview?
I would like to post a UML diagram for review on StackExchange. The response to the question I asked on Meta Stack Overflow seems to point to CodeReview being the place to ask, but the answer was ...
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Should I attempt to have a large amount of code reviewed?
I'd love it if someone out there was willing to critique my code base on a larger scale - the thing is I can't imagine why anyone would actually want to.
Do you think I'm wrong about this? Should I ...
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latex documents - is it code? can we review them?
A few reasons to allow them,
I recently found that there are best practices and document organization methods. That is, splitting the documents based on sections, tables and so forth and using input ...
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Ask for another code review, based on feedback from previous answer [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How are 'reposts' handled on Code Review?
I asked a question on http://codereview.stackexchange.com/ and got a very helpful answer, which I accepted as the ...
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Is “how good is this encryption” in the scope of code review
I recently asked a question on Cryptography, that involved an encryption that I wrote. Usually, asking simply "how good is this encryption" would be out of the scope for that site.
my question: being ...
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Is a question mostly pertaining to build configuration appropriate for this site?
I'm currently creating a somewhat complex Maven project (specifically, to automate this answer), and hence would like to submit it for review here - specifically, the POM and the general structure of ...
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Stack Overflow Worldwide Meetups 2012: You're invited!
We're having a Stack Overflow meetup to get together with fellow programming, web, and other technology enthusiasts. But not all of our programmers and technology enthusiasts live on Stack Overflow, ...
