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Active Directory querying Review - On Topic?
Refer to can-these-lists-and-loops-be-refactored-into-something-better, it was brought up that the question may be off-topic for CR because "the code needs to work". I usually agree with this ...
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How do I un-ignore Captain Obvious?
I have ignored "Captain Obvious". How do I get him back?
I have tried this question, but It didn't work.
Any idea?
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How can I ignore certain questions from the chat feed?
I have ignored and hid programming-challenge so I won't get to see them and get spoilers.
I had to ignore the chatbot "Captain Obvious" for now, but I don't want to do that because I want to know the ...
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[hash-map]->[hash-table]
We have both hash-map and hash-table in the system. I have been trying to keep from having language-specific constructs in the tags.
Not sure how this one slipped through... again.
I propose ...
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Arguments for [arguments]
Back Story
I created arguments for this question: Is it possible to write reusable method that only some of its parameters are different? It has since been brought up that this may not be a good tag. ...
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What should I do if someone continues to edit the question after being told to stop?
The particular rule is "What you can and cannot do after receiving answers." As I understand it, when we see someone edit code after receiving an answer, we should revert the edit and post a comment ...
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The close reason for this question seems vague
Correct User Input - x86 Linux Assembly was closed for being "off topic", but looking at what's on topic, I noticed the likely reason was vaguely stated:
To the best of my knowledge, does the code ...
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1answer
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Do we really need to discuss every new tag?
So, I've been caught up in a bit of tag creation scandal lately. I have sufficient privileges to create new tags and do so when I feel they benefit the site. So far, in my six months here, I have ...
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Wiki for [finance] tag
I think that now we have an overlapping tag for everything to do with finance (thanks to @200_Success's comment on Do we need a [payment-system] tag?)
We need to decide what the description should be ...
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Do we have some rebel tags that shouldn't exist on Code Review?
I just found a question with finance and there are 45 questions tagged with it. what does that have to do with code review?
This led me to the Tags page and I found a few that look out of place
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1answer
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Why does it say “3 total posts awaiting review” when there's only one?
When I mouse over the 3 it says "3 total posts awaiting review". I click on it... there's 1 post awaiting review. No other posts.
The 3 disappears if the review queue is empty, but it always seems ...
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1answer
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Version tags for [actionscript], [actionscript-2] and [actionscript-3]?
The actionscript tag is ambiguous at the moment. It could either mean ActionScript 1, ActionScript 2, or ActionScript 3. And in the future, if that ever happens ActionScript 4 (not likely I think but ...
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Adding [Coordinate-System]
I recently created the coordinate-system tag and created a wiki for it. It made sense and I feel like it's a good tag. What I didn't realize is how many questions could potentially be tagged with it. ...
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1answer
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How can I improve this question?
I'm referring to this question: SQL-Server Merge Statement with .NET DataTable
I've given it a couple days to see what happened after I asked it initially. There's been very little traffic, no votes ...
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How was this off topic?
My question was closed with the stated reason being
Questions must involve real code that you own or maintain. Pseudocode, hypothetical code, or stub code should be replaced by a concrete example.
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Tags appear stretched in Chrome / Mobile (Android) [migrated]
I'm not sure if this is because of the latest Chrome app update, but for some time now I've noticed tags appear to stretch to random widths, in an inconsistent manner (sometimes they look fine).
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5answers
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My question was closed as being off-topic. What are my options?
I can understand that sometimes questions are closed as being too opinionated, too broad, or unclear, but my question was closed as being off-topic. I have read the On-Topic Help Center page for Code ...
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3answers
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Should we delete off-topic questions by new users right away?
Brand-new user likely only have 1 rep point, but trusted Stac kExchange users have 101 when they make their first post here.
When they post an off-topic question, they usually get downvoted and ...
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Close reasons and migrations (and stats?)
One of the close reasons that exists is:
Questions containing broken code or asking for advice about code not yet written are off-topic, as the code is not ready for review. Such questions may be ...
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2answers
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Why was my conclusion edited out?
This question had a conclusion that I added after testing all of the submitted answers and updating to a newer compiler. This conclusion had information that can't be found in the actual answers. The ...
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2answers
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Is this question closed inappropriately: “Operating on files from source directory”
I have been asked to evaluate the close reasons for this question here:
Operating on files from source directory
Has been closed "off-topic - example code".
Is the question actually on-topic?
If ...
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2answers
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Should answers to questions be in the same language?
This is in regards to Solving the Lazy Hobo Riddle.
Is it acceptable to have answers that have code written in a different language than the OP's? The OP has since accepted an answer, but others are ...
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How can I make this comment asking for better titles more polite and friendly?
My question is very much related to Stop mentioning major concerns in title.
Generic "My Code Smells. How do I refactor." titles are not very good for the site. I edit titles when I have a clear ...
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1answer
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Blockquotes and formatting
In many, many, many, many or my recent questions, I've [mis]used blockquotes to separate code files.
I always do it like this:
Identifier type of code file
As in
Foo class
and
IFoo ...
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1answer
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New reject reasons for suggested edits
I thought about pre-defined reject reasons for suggested edits, and here are two I think might be helpful:
Edit changes code of question
As discussed in this meta post, editing the code of a ...
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4answers
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When are edits too minor to approve?
Are there edits that are too small to make or to approve? Or is any improvement of a question or post good?
I am especially thinking about:
minor spelling mistakes, typos, or grammatical mistakes
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Isn't this whole site opinion based?
I was looking at some questions and also the guidelines of StackExchange clearly state that it's impossible to avoid opinion in something which is done by human being. According to SE, but also to ...
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1answer
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Question about flagging my own question
I have just recently asked this question in Code Review, and an answer to my question was found in StackOverflow minutes later. Is it a good idea to flag my own question as a duplicate since the ...
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4answers
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Bounties do not seem to achieve the desired effect
I think that the Bounty system is not working correctly on our site and needs a solution for it.
The issue I am seeing is that questions with a bounty on it barely get any extra attention, while they ...
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3answers
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How to handle possible trolling questions?
There has been primarily two questions that have been severely down-voted because of the code being childish / immature / possible "trolling".
How could I optimize this script?
Gay-o-meter (deleted)
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2answers
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“Time Limit Exceeded” and programming challenges
Lately I've seen many questions pertaining to Project Euler and similar that have problems with time limit exceeded. And this prompted the question, are these questions on topic? I mean, the code, ...
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2answers
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Should we encourage deliberately incomplete answers?
Let's say you have 5 ideas to criticize in a question.
I see some advantages in including only 3 of them in your answer:
Other answerers will have more things to say, making it easier to join in:
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1answer
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Tagging: C++ vs C
I've noticed more and more questions recently having their posts tagged with C++ both c++ and c. A couple examples that I have recently handled myself:
Karatsuba C++ implementation
Passing objects ...
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Let's make More Community Ads!
Back in April we got together and put together a shortlist of community ads that can be posted to other graduated sites. That was a very successful campaign with probably a thousand or two "click ...
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Do we need to strictly follow posed poster requirements when reviewing?
When answering questions, the asker of the question from time to time either explicitly or implicitly adds some constraints to the question.
Common constraints are:
We are bound to Java version x.
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1answer
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Stack Snippets broken — Insert Into Post doesn't work?
Does the snippet tool no longer works? "Insert into Post" seems to do absolutely nothing, and I could not find a stack-trace in the console either.
Observed on
Chrome version 40.0.2174.0 canary
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1answer
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Posting code to check a box
A few times, I've seen questions where a considerable bulk of the question text is devoted to a question that's really more appropriate for StackOverflow or Programmers. But by posting code, the ...
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First impressions on iOS SE app, as relates to Code Review
I have taken a number of screen captures of different interactions one would have with SE, specifically on the Code Review site. Here are some of my early observations.
Please note: Throughout this ...
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2answers
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Are we allowed to ask questions about just regular expressions?
Are we allowed to ask questions just about regular expressions?
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4answers
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Viewing the source code
When doing a CR, it's important to be able to quickly find methods/classes/whatever in the source. Currently, it's just terrible as you get a couple of small scrolling views and the search takes way ...
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1answer
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Non-OP edits to change the original question to make it on-topic
I feel that this topic is ambiguous at the current time, and I would like some clarification. When I see a question that is obviously, or at least appears to be off-topic based on how it is worded, my ...
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Review of code that is composed of multiple, closely related parts
So I have finally come up with a set of closely related classes that do what I want:
Color space (RGB, grayscale) classes with configurable channel width
Container classes for the colors that ...
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Code Review SE is graduating!
Many of you have already seen announcements both on main and on meta announcing this site's graduation. At the request of a few of you who were skeptical (or perhaps merely in shocked disbelief), I'm ...
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Tracking Graduation Progress
The following information relates to sites that are in the process of, or recently have, gradudated.
Announcement is when the site was notified that graduation was going to happen.
DesignMeta ... ...
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What exactly does it mean for code to be “Working Code”?
Why is it that Code Review's definition of "working code" is so misaligned with so many people's expectations?
@rolfl
Well, we've had a lot of discussion about broken code on meta, but we don't ...
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3answers
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Self-accepting own answer when competing answers exist
It came up in chat that one particular user seemed to be in the habit of:
Posting a good question;
Receiving good answers;
Posting his/her refactored code as community answer, after adapting some ...
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Code Review Graduation
I am pleased to announce that effective from September 22, Code Review has graduated! It has taken a bit of time for this announcement to filter through the red tape, so, today was the day we found ...
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Is it okay to convert a question code block into a working snippet?
We tend to leave the source code alone as all aspects are valid for code review.
But, questions like these are just asking to be converted to a snippet ( there's a link to JsFiddle even!)
Just wanted ...
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How to share an API Key to potential reviewers?
I'm cooking up a question where I use a GET method to download a CSV file and do some stuff with it (no spoilers for now).
The GET method requires an API key.
I do not want to embed it in the ...
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Are requests for review of language design on topic?
This is the question that prompts this meta: Is my language easy/hard enough? How badly is it designed?.
There was another question a while back, but I can't seem to find it right now...
So, this ...
