Unanswered Questions
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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 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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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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A little “copy” button above each code block would be cool
Often, I want to highlight & copy the contents of a single posted code block so I can paste it into my IDE for a better look or into my answer for editing. This gets awkward especially if there's ...
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Removing tags in title
I just removed 5 (scheme) tags from 5 questions. Some examples:
Before: (Scheme) [SICP ex. 1.30]
Iterative Sum
After: [SICP ex. 1.30] Iterative
Sum
They were all in the similar format:
Before: ...
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Moderator Pro Tem Announcement
Throughout the beta, we need members from the site whose focus is to engage the community, both in community-building issues and site management. That's why we select a few members from each community ...
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Grammar problem in close reason
Our "off topic" close reason has a problem.
It should read either "generally relate to a code review request" or "generally relate to code review requests." Can we get fixed before anyone from ELU ...
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Change the “code” icon in markup editor toolbar?
Since a few weeks Stack Overflow has a new icon in the editor toolbar for code markup.
It's a pair of braces (curly brackets) which is much more recognizable than the old [101 010] icon still used ...
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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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New Beta Theme Launched
Your site looks a bit different today. Yes, we are getting rid of the 'Sketchy' look and replacing it with a more-polished and finished design for sites in beta.
You can read more about the redesign ...
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Highlight color for favorite-tagged questions
As you all know questions that have one of the user's favorite tags are highlighted (in all of the StackExchange sites), but the highlight color in this site is not easily recognized, it's not comfort ...
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What is the appropriate MINIMUM length of a Code Review question?
Obviously related to this, but I want to know the opposite. How short is too short? For example this doesn't seem long enough to be appropriate for a code review:
Highlight input if empty
The entire ...
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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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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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Does creating a new wiki summary without description count in the Research Assistant badge?
Recently I was awarded a Research Assistant badge but I would not think that I've edited 50+ tag wikis. If I'm right creating a new tag with only an excerpt creates an empty tag wiki description too.
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