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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Should we stay opted-in for Winter Bash 2016?
It's that time of year again!
This year's event will run from December 19th to January 8th. More information on this and individual hat-earning progress will eventually be posted here.
Once again, ...
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Ads on Code Review
Looks like Code Review was selected for enabling ads. Does anyone know when this goes live? Right now I run adblock, but I might as well turn it off when this comes.
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How should I improve my flags?
I came across a question that was using odd tabbing and I suspected it to be a copy and paste error. I commented on the post to ask if this were the case. This lead to roughly the following comments:
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Is it possible for me to get a review of my language? [duplicate]
I'm currently designing a stack-based language intended for scripting. I'm wondering if it's possible for me to have its syntax evaluated by this community, e.g., I'd describe the language and how it ...
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Downvotes on an answer which answers the question
I answered a question, followed the rules, then it gets downvoted and two other answers which are pretty much the same (you decide) don't. I feel the loss of the points.
I think one of the downvoters ...
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How should we deal with askers fixing off-topic questions when an answer has been posted?
I done a quick search to see if this has been asked, but it didn't seem to be. The intent behind this question is from how this question was handled, but is not limited to it.
The situation is an ...
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Should the “new questions” feed be made into a drop-down feed instead of one-boxing feed?
To quote @Vogel612 in chat today, with regards to CaptainObvious, the new questions feed in the main chat:
so many bot posts... at this point I think we should consider turning CaptainObvious into ...
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Should we [join] this tag with the other burninated ones?
I've just again realized that we have a join tag, which corresponds to SQL. It doesn't appear that the questions have anything else in common, either. Do we still need it?
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Can I submit invalid and funny code on Code Review?
I found some cool functions in some really old code that I have to maintain. I think it could be useful to review them. For fun, and to understand what they're supposed to do.
Finding what it is ...
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Change the licensing of code in Code Review contributions to GNU GPL
It seems that one of the community's main aversions to changing from the current CC license, to a more permissive MIT license, is the idea that people seem to not want to simply give code away.
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Should tag wikis contain frequently suggested style points?
Over in rust, there are a set of style points that come up in almost every review of substance. I've found myself becoming more and more terse when raising those issues, which is ultimately a ...
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Change the licensing of code in Code Review contributions to MIT
One of several problems of having a creative commons (CC) license for code generated on Code Review, is that it is incompatible with major software licenses. Your project would have to either have to ...
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Tags “Types” and their Usage
This is a question spawned from @Mat's Mug's comment on a question I had about a tag removal.
It seems that there is some consensus among the more senior users here about the way some tags should be ...
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Why are tags [functional-programming] and [haskell] mutually exclusive?
An edit was recently made on my question to remove the functional-programming tag. The edit comment was that
[functional-programming] is redundant with Haskell
I don't understand this, as I ...
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Is it really necessary to explain trivial answers? [closed]
OP: How do I rewrite x = a + 1 + b - 1?
Me: x = a + b.
Community: hey, you didn't explain how you did that! Take 5 ...
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Normalizing [data-structures]?
I feel that something should be done about data-structures. For instance, this question appears to include the tag just because it uses data structures. Also, we already have many specific tags for ...
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1answer
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Feedback on closing 'Separation of concerns in graph theory project'
Separation of concerns in graph theory project
This question is odd:
It has tons of code removed, making it hard to review (it sure does not run)
"I am having problems with separating the concerns" ...
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(Optionally) add Python sub tags to questions
The lack of version tags on some Python questions leads to reviewers having to 'pre-scan' the code to find out if it's Python2.7, Python3, both or neither. This seems strange as, I'd have thought that ...
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Can I have a question “series” for a major project?
I'm about to start my senior computer science project, which involves a web REST API (Rails or Node.js) as well as an Android app. I don't imagine that I'll have a ton of questions, but there could be ...
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Is it ok to post HTML code I made from free PSD templates I found on the internet? [duplicate]
I want to practice my HTML and I was thinking about coding some free templates I found on the internet. Can I post the template and the HTML I wrote so you can review it?
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Is it ok to create new tags, just to use them as fancy inline items?
I just read this
post and realized the reference to the "it-depends" tag in it.
I asked myself what might such a tag be useful for, and checked out what questions are asked with this tag, just to ...
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3answers
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Preventing the ability to re-open off-topic questions by explaining how it's broken in an answer
Earlier this year I posted an answer to a question,
saying that it's broken in a way that OP don't think, explaining it a bit, and then wrote a comment saying it's off-topic, and voted to close.
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Are application specific scripting languages on topic for this site?
I am an auditor and I would love some feedback on a script I wrote some time back using the Audit Command Language - ACL.
Is such application specific languages on topic here?
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2answers
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Can I ask a question about code explanation?
I'm experimenting with JS canvas, trying to create pan and zoom effect. I've got the pan working. I've also got the zoom working but with a little help from SO. The zoom effect seems much more ...
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Is stack overflow on-topic for Code Review?
We routinely allow questions where the code works correctly for small inputs but fails to scale to larger inputs. The time-limit-exceeded and memory-optimization tags are often applied to such ...
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If I implement suggestions from a review, where do I reply to say what I did / thank the reviewer?
Suppose I get a detailed review and implement many things in response. Where do I reply to say what I did? Presumably, reviewers want to know that their suggestions were useful.
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Is it OK to ask how to revise a golfed function?
After reading through a few question on here I found out that asking questions about refining code golf code is not on topic. However in this case I'm not asking for the code to be golfed but re-...
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If my review includes code, must it be a perfectly working solution to the OP's problem?
Often when I write an answer I write some code to go with it, ie "this method is written a little weird, you could simplify it as X, Y, Z, example". This code is ...
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Can I edit broken code if I'm sure I'm recreating OP's original code?
I know, I know: "Never edit the code, leave it for the review!". But please, hear me out before answering.
What should I do if I encounter a code that doesn't work, but I'm 99.99% sure it's because ...
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Your vote matters!
For a few months now I've been collecting specific data on the metrics of all SE sites throughout the network, and there's a disturbing fact that has arisen.
This data isn't yet public on my end, but ...
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September 2016 Community Challenge
We've just gotten the August 2016 Community Challenge going, so it's time to pick one for September.
It's time to choose a community-challenge for September 2016.
Post your challenge as an answer to ...
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I haven't reviewed it myself… Can I ask for help? [duplicate]
I'm fairly experienced in MATLAB, but a complete beginner in Python and VBA, as evident from the two linked questions.
I have to (and want to) use Python and VBA at work, but I don't have the time to ...
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Can I repost my question if the original received no answers or comments?
The question I posted received no comment or answer at all. It was just edited by another person to make the wording better and clearer. I reviewed the question but I can't find any way to improve it.
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Is it ok to ask for code review of a git repository that I have developed? [duplicate]
I was wondering if it is ok to ask for code review of a git repository that I have developed?
I have developed a library for circuit breaker pattern for async functions in C# and I wanted to submit ...
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Could Code Review also serve as a code repository? [duplicate]
The main purpose of Code Review is for asking questions and providing answers. But can we also use Code Review as a code repository because it will provide more search engine visibility. I have ...
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Should votes to close a question as containing broken code be paired with a comment?
First off; I'm not looking to enforce this via systems; just as a community guideline.
As an example to showcase my issue, here's a review that may pop up in the review queue for Close Votes. It's ...
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Please reopen this question on templates vs. non-templates in C++
Using templates and function overloads to set DOM attributes
This question was quickly marked "on hold", which means new answers cannot be posted (not even by me, who's already posted one incomplete ...
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Can I remake other people's websites using HTML/CSS (only for education purposes) and post in Code Review?
As I begin to learn Web Development I want to practice as much as possible and I thought that choosing random websites and trying to code them would be a good way to practice and improve my coding ...
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Frequently posted documentation - a new zombie weapon?
Background
The number of zombies have been on the rise. Lately we have almost stopped their growth, however they are still great in numbers.
There has been built many great weapons to combat this, ...
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Is it okay for OP to edit to include Benchmarking results?
The question is whether it should be allowed for the OP to edit to include timings of answers to a code related to benchmarking. Currently, there is a moderator who doesn't like this for this question....
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Reviewing Inexperience vs Reviewing Style
I just recently Posted a Review Question and got some fantastic feedback. Exactly the point of this site.
Although IMO I processed 3 separate 'types' of review points.
You Missed X, (In my case an ...
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Are implemented API reviews without code on-topic?
I've been reading through the various questions asking whether or not API reviews are on topic, but they've left me a bit confused.
In particular "Are questions about public interface (API) on topic?"...
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Can I edit parts of the code blocks that aren't part of the code itself?
First off, this question is related to several other meta posts, but as far as I can tell none of the questions cover it. First a list of similar questions and why they are different:
Is it ...
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Is 2nd Monitor too strict with which conversations are deemed okay?
Quite a while ago, an incident occurred in The 2nd Monitor where some users continued a loud conversation whilst 'site business' (a user asking about site scope) was happening. When they were told to ...
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Are just data structures enough for a question?
I am getting back in to CodeReview, and was reviewing one of my SEDE queries which pointed me to this question:
Flattened Data Model and noSQL data structure
There are no operations in this code, ...
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I saw no notification about my answer that was to be deleted
I spotted the deletion only because I forgot to close the browser tab:
http://codereview.stackexchange.com/a/134503/665
It's ridiculous that I was not notified that someone saw some issue with my ...
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Can the help page on what a good answer is be updated with specifics?
The How do I write a good answer? page seems to be generic SE help page rather than specific to Code Review; can this page be updated with specifics to this site? Is there a help page on how not to ...
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Must answers be limited to the code only?
Does the feedback for a Code Review question have to be limited to the scope of the explicit code cited, or can we infer direction and context and comment on that also?
For example, in this answer, I ...
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Posting code with different licence [duplicate]
Can I post a question about some of my code that I want to have a different licence under?
Say I want someone to review my code but have it posted so that a license covers it for not to be re-used or ...
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if ( [conditions].isGoodTag() ) { return “keep” } else { return “burninate” }
There are currently 246 questions tagged with conditions. It also has 2 synonyms, conditionals and ternary-operator
Reference: action = ([ternary-operator] == bad_tag ? “burninate” : “keep”)
The tag ...
