7 votes
Accepted

Are 'follow up' questions on the same/similar code allowed?

A new question with a link back to the old question for history is how we generally do follow up questions. The follow up questions are not considered duplicates of your old question. We prefer to see ...
pacmaninbw's user avatar
  • 23.5k
5 votes

Can we disable "Questions that may already have your answer?"

Unfortunately, this is not something we can support or special-case, at least not in the foreseeable future. As most of you are aware, Code Review is a bit of a special site; questions are not asked ...
Shog9's user avatar
  • 101
5 votes
Accepted

Is it OK to ask for review on exercise solutions that have been asked previously?

Yes Code Review has very lax rules on duplicates. I've only closed a handful, at most, of duplicate python questions over the years. For example, we have 203 fizzbuzz questions. So your 'duplicate' is ...
Peilonrayz's user avatar
  • 42.7k
4 votes
Accepted

How to handle a VTC as duplicate that goes the wrong way around?

The problem as I see it is that the Poster created a new question rather than updating the original and getting that re-opened. Is there some way to instruct the poster that it would have been better ...
pacmaninbw's user avatar
  • 23.5k
1 vote

How to handle a VTC as duplicate that goes the wrong way around?

This is an example of incorrect handling I feel people are taking the idea that an OP should be able to improve their off-topic questions too far. To the point where they're only allowed to improve an ...
Peilonrayz's user avatar
  • 42.7k
1 vote

Can we disable "Questions that may already have your answer?"

As you said, it does not make sense to close them as a duplicate as they should be just as welcome, not only because the code may be a little different, but also that conventions may (READ: will) ...
FreezePhoenix's user avatar

Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible