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I think it'd be on-topic. To go through your points, bluntly and as a silly, silly, teenager: [on-topic] It's real code. [misc] It's general purpose. [misc] It's not yet bootstrapped, no code gener …

I don't think it's off-topic as at the end of the day we're just reviewing code. It may be a moral grey area, but it can be argued that any language, framework or program can be used for 'bad'. It ju …

Firstly it seems your question would fit great into our site. You desire feedback on how to improve your code, if there is anything to improve. And would generally be a good question here. There is o …

We don't really allow canonical question and answers. If you want to highlight something you can't whip up some example code and post a Q&A. Bit annoying, but it will prevent a wave of crap on the s …

In the UK homework isn't coursework and doesn't affect your final grade for that course. It is also used as a means to find gaps in student's and the class' knowledge, as a means for learning and a wa …

No, don't edit white-space Lets take Python's recommended style guide - PEP 8. A large part of PEP 8 dictates white space requirements. And tools like pycodestyle, pylint, pyflakes, etc all build of …

Either is fine Code is code, it doesn't matter if we don't think they relate, for all we know it could be a library of common things you're using. This seems like a good idea too. This way you can e …

No Code Review Stack Exchange is a place for performing code reviews, not a place for discussing how to code review. I would also class first time posters asking for our data on Code Review's Meta as …

Users' posts (on Stack Exchange) have been undeleted due to "vandalism". This can be when a user rage-quits the site and deletes all their posts. A post can be rolled back when a user defaces the post …

Firstly if you think a question is off topic there are two very important things to do: Put the question in the review queue. 3k+ reputation - vote to close the post. 15-3k reputation - flag the p …

The way Stack Exchange works is that volunteers get reputation, and when a user gets 3000 reputation they can vote to close questions. These moderators are different than elected moderators, who have …

I think you're coming at Code Review from the wrong angle. Let's pretend Code Review were a Reddit community; you likely wouldn't assume the site is going to help you. Because Reddit is largely a soci …

Well Received Examples 1. Question Series In my experience the exemplar question series is a specific manifestation of follow up questions: The asker, typically a more beginner programmer, posts a qu …

Zak Asking you questions about your picture, board games and dragons was enjoyable. Unfortunately custom rubber ducks are surprisingly expensive, so I went out on a limb and got you dragons, I hope yo …

No. If we look at the close-reason meta thread, it clearly says: We also expect you to understand how your code works. If you are seeking an explanation of how your code works, then we will treat the …