Linked Questions
14 questions linked to/from Do we even need to keep following [meta-tag:site-policy]?
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Short answers and code-only answers
What should we do with:
Short answers (for example, "I suggest you use [hyperlink to this standard API] instead.")
Code-only answers (for example, an improved version of the code in the OP)
Such ...
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How to post a follow-up question?
Sometimes I stumble upon follow-up questions, where code is being posted again after having gone through a review (or two).
Examples of possible sets of follow up questions:
Find missing numbers - ...
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What's a Zombie? And what are the many other memes of Code Review?
What is a Zombie? Why are Code Reviewers so violent and talking about killing Zombies all the time? And what ammo are they talking about? What is a TS? What does RSA mean?
And what other Code Review-...
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Can I put my code on a third party site and link to the site in my question?
Is it OK if I write a question and include a link to GitHub/Pastebin/other similar site instead of putting the code here on Code Review?
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Why is only my own written code on-topic?
I tend to disagree with point #2 on the Help Center:
Did I write that code?
I believe any code, written by one self or anyone else should be eligible for code review. Many a times, you're ...
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What is the appropriate length of a Code Review question?
While Stack Overflow questions often contain segments of pseudocode or purposely abbreviated code in order to make the question more palatable to other readers, for something like a Code Review, the ...
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For an iterative review, is it okay to edit my own question to include revised code?
Is it okay to edit the question to include the improved code?
I would like to do so for the following reasons:
To share the improved code with others
To show the answering persons that I take their ...
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Is code ever clean enough? - Can there be too many follow-up questions?
Some posts can at times have several follow-up questions, sometimes a couple of follow-up questions on the same day.
All this brings us to the question of Can there be too many follow-up questions?
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Congratulations! Code Review is undergoing design-independent graduation!
It's a big day. You've been cleared for graduation by the Stack Exchange Community Team! Code Review has already met our threshold for graduation-worthy sites, and today joins in the new design-...
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What would you say is the biggest problem Code Review is facing as a site as of June 2015?
Hopefully, by raising concerns, we may generate some ideas for improving the site!
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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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Graduation update: it's election season!
I'll start off by addressing the elephant in the room. It's been the better part of a year since the announcement that Code Review was graduating. In all those months, there haven't been any visible ...
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Why is Code Review still in beta?
Code Review has been in beta for 1041 days, so nearly 3 years (Area 51).
I was wondering: why is it still in beta and will it ever graduate?
Update: Just graduated... ;)
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Should line numbers for code snippets be added?
I recall seeing a request for this in meta SO in the pass, but for various reasons that escape me at the moment, there were no plans to do that. Should this be reconsidered for code review considering ...