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Is this question popularity normal?
The algorithm that makes a question hit the Hot Network Questions (HNQ) list isn't public AFAIK, but it definitely involves views, votes, answers, and a time factor is documented here.
Your question ...
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Clarification on close reason
Yea that close-reason is a bit difficult. It's two, maybe three different reasons packed into one.
"Authorship of code: Since Code Review is a community where programmers improve their skills ...
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Why was this question closed as off-topic after a bug was discovered by the answers?
I'm one of the users who voted to close. I saw that at least two bugs were discovered, and that made me think the code is severely buggy and therefore troublesome to review.
But I saw it wrong. After ...
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Are questions with undiscovered bugs allowed?
For this particular case, it's a common beginner error, that wouldn't show up during runtime unless the out-of-bounds reads lead to a win because it happened to look like 4 in a row. I've had plenty ...
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Why were two very similar questions posted by possibly the same user?
I originally saw the CR version and later saw the SO one. I flagged the latter for migration here, but since the code wasn't exactly the same, I decided not to merge the answers into one and delete ...
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Are questions with undiscovered bugs allowed?
If you ask yourself:
Can you play a game of connect four with their code?
And your answer is:
Yes, except in some special case - which someone may be unlikely to test.
Then no the question ...
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Removing a question I don't like anymore
Just because you can't think of a better option doesn't mean someone else can't. It doesn't make sense to me why you'd close a question because you can't answer it.
If you don't think the approach is ...
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Does a question with (a lot of) OP response to a posted review qualify for a rollback?
The state of the question as seen in https://codereview.stackexchange.com/revisions/214917/6 (before my rollback) literally says "In response to Peter Taylor's answer".
It makes the question ...
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Why is my self answer being downvoted?
Sorry that you're feeling that your answer is not appreciated, but looking through it, I can understand why it has been downvoted.... your answer does not review your code, it just presents an ...
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Someone plagiarized my question when cross-posting, and now it's locked. How do I unlock it?
Moderators lock questions when they need to cool things down. There's nothing an ordinary user can do about it.
This time we just needed some time to figure out what was going on. Since neither ...
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Is stack overflow on-topic for Code Review?
To an extent, yes. In this particular case, no.
I don't see a problem with allowing questions that have Stack Overflow Exceptions, provided the code works acceptably on a smaller input set. If we ...
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Help a new user avoid being off-topic
The problem in your question is that your code looks simplified just for posting it here. Although you state that it is real code, the name ProcessCommand() is a ...
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Why is "Building a good C++11 template library - compile-time checked enum array" on-topic?
I have long been uneasy about this opinion that interfaces are reviewable. In my opinion, it conflicts with the current site standard, which is that stub code is off-topic.
I suppose that it might be ...
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Not notified of unwanted edits to question
Let's try adressing the questions first and then some more general stuff:
Why did I not get a notification that my question received and edit?
This MSE post suggests that edits need to meet ...
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has the site became less welcoming...?
No, the site has not become less welcoming. Code Review users are not out to harm anyone. Rather, we're looking out for the quality of questions on the site. The comments you received were trying ...
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Are questions mostly unrelated to the presented code on-topic?
Existing rules
These are covered in multiple questions
Question body:
Should a post with no specific question(s) imply a general review?
Should [programming-challenge] questions require a summary of ...
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Are just data structures enough for a question?
Questions asking to have a database schema reviewed are on-topic. However, without any background information about what the application does, this code cannot be meaningfully reviewed. I recommend ...
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Why is my post still on hold after several edits?
From box below your question
Questions containing broken code or asking for advice about code not yet written are off-topic
Your question has
Try changing top 0 to Bottom 0 for the .text:after and ...
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Major edits made to my question about using a string or array to index object in JavaScript
Thank you for revising the question — Rev 5 is much better as a Code Review question than the original.
That said, I hesitate to reopen it, because I'm not 100% sure I understand what you are trying ...
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A moderator edited my question. I don't like the way it looks now
Let's check the edit diff and see what it's about:
title diff
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Question about "Polymorphic implementation of == with CRTP" on hold as off topic
So, do you think my original post it theoretical? or maybe pseudo-code or hypothetical? do you think it is off topic?
Yes, and unclear, since it was lacking a description. In my opinion, it has been ...
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Caesar Cipher in C++
I can see why the question has been closed. It clearly does not work as intended, the author states:
So essentially I can encrypt a single word, but not a sentence. The
program crashes on me if I ...
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Caesar Cipher in C++
As I see it, being nice to new contributors means that we give them more friendly guidance on how to make their questions and answers acceptable for Code Review. It doesn't mean that we lower our ...
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Changed question code - what to do?
It somewhat pains me to do this, but as it stands, the question needs to be rolled back. So that's also what I did.
As MartinR observed in the comments to your inquiry here, answers to off-topic ...
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Forcing detail when none is needed
You have just asked a question on Meta that:
has a title that is clear, specific, and concise
has an introduction that provides great context, and examples of what your expectations are based on
it ...
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How long does it usually take to get code reviewed on this site?
Here is a Stack Exchange Data Explorer query, written by @LokiAstari and tweaked by me, showing the average time between the question and the first answer.
As you can see, there can be huge ...
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Is it ok to conceal the origin of a programming challenge?
What's relevant is not the origin of the programming challenge, but its actual task. That's what the answer you linked to already states. It's also the primary guideline here.
What you describe at ...
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Are questions with undiscovered bugs allowed?
I just voted to Reopen. My reasoning:
As far as the poster knew at the time of posting, the code worked. The code works for most situations. Two people answered, so the poster can't fix the code ...
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Are questions with undiscovered bugs allowed?
It is unreasonable to insist that code posted for review has no bugs.
It is reasonable to require that code posted for review has no known bugs.
The rule exists so that we can concentrate on ...
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How has an on-hold question been answered?
There's a window of 4 hours (often referred to as "grace period") after a question being closed in which answers can still be posted.
The "Post Your Answer" button and the box in which to type your ...
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Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible