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Should the FAQ on Off-Topic Questions link to other SE sites?
In the FAQ, there is a list of concepts that would make a question off-topic. It seems to me like this would be a great place to redirect users to StackOverflow and Programmers, as what is off-topic ...
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What is the difference of Code Review (beta) with StackOverflow?
I know StackOverflow and Code Review are sites intended for two separate purposes, as the names suggest. However, I don't see any difference on how people ask and answer here compared to ...
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Meaningful question titles
I visited Code Review the first time and noticed that many question titles are meaningless. For example I found the following titles on the front page.
How can I make this program a bit more ...
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Is it Acceptable to Ask questions Based Upon and Entire solution Uploaded to SkyDrive?
All, I am new to WPF and I have a basic application that I am using to learn MVVM etc. Now, I have an issue with data binding to a DataGrid but due to the verbosity of the MVVM pattern to get the ...
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The Question in the About Page is about Unicorns eating Daisies?
Why not use an actual question from code review in the about page?
It seams that it would give people a better idea about how to ask questions, and what exactly this Q&A is for.
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How long is long code
I usually hang out at the JavaScript tag, with a mix of jQuery, HTML and CSS where the code reviewed are usually snippets, which run around 100 lines and code that needs micro-optimizations. These are ...
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Should we help others reinvent the wheel?
I've seen a lot of people asking us to review their DBAL, or MVC framework, or templating system, etc. While I totally support these people's efforts as a good way to learn, I think answering such ...
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How to deal with code asking “Is this correct” when it is in fact correct
I'm wondering what a good guideline is when dealing with questions asking (primarily or completely) about correctness. Generally this is not what Codereview is about. However, when the code is ...
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How to respond to reviews? Where to post revised code? [duplicate]
I've had 2 reviews suggesting I add more comments. (http://codereview.stackexchange.com/a/25091/5912, http://codereview.stackexchange.com/a/25936/5912)
I fully agree that I should do this. But should ...
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Advice for reviewing edits
I just became eligible to approve pending edits and would like some advice. At the time of writing, this post has a pending edit:
Best practices in PHP
The edit changes the code posted in an answer ...
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Is example code on-topic?
From the FAQ:
I'm confused! What questions are on-topic for this site?
Simply ask yourself the following questions. To be on-topic the answer must be yes to all questions:
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3. Is ...
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Move to SO or Programers
I can find it with a quick search; But:
But there must already be a question here on meta about moving off-topic posts to SO or Programmers.stackexchange.com ore automatic.
Like:
Off-Topic move to ...
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Would it be on topic to request a review of a stackoverflow answer I gave?
A stackoverflow answer I gave prompted a downvote from the very beginning plus snide remarks about my skills and so forth.
The downvote I can handle, the snide remarks are unfair in my opinion, but ...
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Character limit on Code Review
I understand why a character limit is imposed on question lengths on most Stack Exchange websites, but I take issue with the fact that there is a 30,000 character limit on the Code Review website.
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Are questions about how to further golf a program on-topic here?
I have a simple algorithm that I'm using for code golf, and I'm hoping to find ways to golf it further. The algorithm is somewhat golfed in Python already, and works flawlessly. I asked on ...
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Review focus on code or on solution?
I was wondering what should be the focus of review.
I thought the focus would have been more on:
correctness (no syntax or logic error)
readability (clarity, respect of coding standard ...)
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Is it appropriate to post 1k+ lines of code?
I recently asked a question on CR, and got an interesting suggestion that I'd like to look into. However, due to the class that the method is part of, and me still being green, I'm having a hard time ...
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How to get feedback on whole projects
As far as I understand on Stack Overflow - Code Review, only smaller amounts of code are posted. It is expected to post the code there, a whole project is way to much for one single question.
On a ...
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Sharing code over a lot of files
I'm working on a multithreaded server and have a few questions regarding it, especially the best way of going around decoupling the server module (that manages the connections) from the application ...
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Should there be some obligatory tags on question
By seeing how meta works and by the specificity of the CR.SE, I think that could be a good fit.
On metas, questions have to be tag with at least one of bug, feature-request, discussion or support. ...
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Be newbie friendly
Here is the example of question that was closed without any explanation.
Without even try to help Leon to improve his question by posting some advices in the comments.
He has only 1 point - newbie - ...
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The opportunity to post an anonymised code. To have no problems at the place where you work
[This is in respect of this question on Code Review, which contained anonymised proprietary code, and which was closed as discussed here.]
My feature-request to make is possible to post the ...
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Is it appropriate to edit excessive line breaks from code?
Some questions (2) have quite a few extra lines which are kind of unnecessary. I guess they could be attributed to "style" but in my opinion they make to more lines and less to readable code. For ...
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Please create “pyramid” tag
I am new on codereview so I don't have the privilege to create a tag.
Can one of you create it for me?
tag name: "pyramid" or "pyramid framework"
Thank you in advance.
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My question was closed without any explanation
My question Verify collection as a method parameter was closed.
I havent found any explanation why it was closed.
According to FAQ http://codereview.stackexchange.com/faq we can aks the question ...
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Review of code reviews?
I'm just wondering if there is any need to change the 'review' label here or (much worse) change the name of this site, since review in the title bar means something very different from review in ...
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Redundant thank you notes in questions
Would it be wise to consider such posts as a subject for "auto" edit or add to the faq?
It seems redundant to ask for review or little personal notes on the site which purpose is to review the code ...
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Would code review be a good place to ask for a review of a presentation?
Pretty much what the title says? I have a presentation on AMD and I need a few good reviews on it. Would this type of "review" be a good fit for the site?
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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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maybe a bug? Unanswered Tags “html” missing
Sometimes if I just click on Unanswered then the Unanswered Tags "html" is missing in the right column, just sometimes (but mostly). if I scroll down the page I see unanswered html questions...
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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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Increase number of edits before post becomes community wiki
According to this answer on meta.stackoverflow.com:
Posts enter community wiki mode when one of the following happens: [...]
The post has been edited ten (10) times by the original owner.
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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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Will my rampant upvoting help?
I recently discovered Code Review. As a beginner programmer who wants to improve, I consider the site essential. I want it to move beyond the Beta phase.
I read in this post that the key is ...
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Three “Keep open”s and it still closes
This is about review http://codereview.stackexchange.com/review/close/3161 and this related question
I check the review history every now and again just for my own sanity. (Making sure I've made the ...
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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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Was my answer deleted?
How can I tell if my answer was deleted?
There's no evidence of the answer on my profile page, except for the fact that I have the Teacher badge.
I haven't recieved any notifications about this.
I ...
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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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Missing tag: .htaccess (mod_rewrite, url-rewriting, …)
A .htaccess tag would be suitable for:
Can my .htaccess be improved? (better performance? shortened?)
Suggestions on how to improve this .htaccess file for page load speed
Maybe finer grained tags ...
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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 ...
