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53 questions linked to/from For an iterative review, is it okay to edit my own question to include revised code?
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Why was my conclusion edited out? [duplicate]
This question had a conclusion that I added after testing all of the submitted answers and updating to a newer compiler. This conclusion had information that can't be found in the actual answers. The ...
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How can I post updates/implementation of changes after a code review? [duplicate]
I have asked for a code review in a post and received nice feedback. I would now like to implement the suggestions, and possibly get new feedback ("Yes, that was the problem, good fix" or "No, dude, ...
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How many questions with same script can I ask, if code not only merged reviews but adds new functionality [duplicate]
How many questions with same script can I ask, if code not only merged reviews but adds new functionality?
Can I submit part of code(fully working part with new code) together with full code or ...
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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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Code in a question was changed after getting suggestions via answers and/or comments? [duplicate]
Today, I saw a question that asked to review the OP's code. On reading the answers, I found that they repeat or just explain the things seen in the code and say:
You can use xxx instead of yyy
when ...
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Do I edit my question based on answers? [duplicate]
A very simple question, but I haven't seen whether this is acceptable behaviour here. I do see mention of 'iterative' code reviews, which I assume refers to "post, receive answer(s), edit, answers ...
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Authors 'final result' post showing the 'final result' after the answer/corrections/suggestions [duplicate]
The case: Somebody posts code for review then follows up with all the analysis and some of the answers is accepted.
The suggestion: Some kind of finalization post by the dev who is asking the ...
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How can I ask for a review of the same item after making an update? [duplicate]
Suppose, I submit a code for review, and some reviewers suggest some corrections. Suppose I then want to update my code and show it to the same reviewers.
How should I do it? Should I edit my ...
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Is it appropriate to post a question about code which has already been reviewed? [duplicate]
I posted some code. Code Reviewers left me some great suggestions and helped me to drastically improve my code.
Is it appropriate to repost the updated code to get some additional feedback?
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If I want to re-review, should I open new question or edit old one? [duplicate]
I have a question here: Tic Tac Toe game in Haskell
I have followed the advices and edited the code, now I want a review for new version of the code.
It is doing the essentially same thing, but it ...
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I have an improved version of the code of this session, what should I do? [duplicate]
I published this session which already has an answer but I have a significantly improved version of that code which it is important for me to share. Is it okay to publish another question?
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Ok to repost code after incorporating suggestions? [duplicate]
If I've had a piece of code reviewed here, what's the consensus about posting the update for another review? Also, assuming it's ok, should it be an edit to the existing question, or a new post? (...
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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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Frequently Posted Comments
On Code Review we often encounter questions with the same kind of problem over and over again.
Some of us are using the auto comments script which allows you to maintain a list of comments to post.
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How to get the best value out of Code Review - Asking Questions
I have a project I am working on, and I would like some, or all of it
reviewed, how can I ask for this review on Code Review in a way that
produces the best possible value?
This is not about a ...
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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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On the huge amount of work needed for a CR answer
I'm a regular at Stack Overflow, and I just recently discovered Code Review, where I answered some questions with the d3.js tag. We all know that CR is quite different from SO: by its very nature, ...
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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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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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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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Should you edit someone else's code in a question?
I have seen several (suggested) reviews lately, where someone edits the code in the original poster's question. Should such edits be allowed?
The edits in question are mostly minor. Some add spaces ...
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Self-accepting own answer when competing answers exist
It came up in chat that one particular user seemed to be in the habit of:
Posting a good question;
Receiving good answers;
Posting his/her refactored code as community answer, after adapting some ...
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How should we deal with askers fixing off-topic questions when an answer has been posted?
I did 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 asker ...
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Can I ask the same question with a different language?
I am wondering if it would be bad to ask for the same code review, just under a different language.
For example:
Hypothetically I post a question asking for a code review of my Ruby "Hello World" ...
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Does this open the door for chameleon questions?
Obj-C wrapper for OpenLDAP
The user originally posted the top half of the code there. An answer was posted.
After the answer had upvotes and a comment from the questioner (noting his appreciation ...
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Check list for formatting questions and answers
I have seen that moderators work hard to format questions and answers.
Is there a check list they use (specially for CR), so others can also contribute by editing or properly formatting their own ...
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What is the best way to ask about distinct aspects of a project?
I have a project that I've undertaken to better understand several distinct aspects of the language and system I'm learning and am wondering what the best approach to asking about these aspects is.
I'...
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What should I do if someone continues to edit the question after being told to stop?
The particular rule is "What you can and cannot do after receiving answers." As I understand it, when we see someone edit code after receiving an answer, we should revert the edit and post a comment ...
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Is it allowed to edit code if there is no answer?
If I have kept working on the code, and there are no answers (say one week after the original post), am I allowed to edit the code to reflect the changes I have made to it?
I believe this question is ...
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Do we even need to keep following [meta-tag:site-policy]?
I recently stumbled across site-policy.
The tag has:
77 questions
of which 10 are tagged faq
and of which 11 are tagged specific-question
no tag wiki
the following tag excerpt:
This tag is for ...
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Strict requirements around code examples in questions leading to counterproductive results?
Here's a post that exemplifies my question:
Extension method to enumerate a hierarchical object
Looking at the history, all I can think of is "poor OP." Several items of note:
In an attempt to ...
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Request to re-open "Find out relation between Devices…" question
I had sought out review for a question about some proprietary code that I am working on. The code in question retrieves information from a list of one-to-many mappings and seeks to build a ...
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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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Old messy questions
Considering the somewhat-still-new guidelines we have for editing own question to include revised code, how should we handle old questions which violates this guideline and are, more or less, a mess?
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Should Code Review serve as a refactoring cookbook?
NB. It's not an argument against "keeping the original code intact". I understand the point, I agree with the benefits and I realize the issues that may arise should we digress.
I'd like to hear the ...
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Selfie code-only answers as an offsite link
This question Gees - GPL Euler equation solver and its revisions were recently affected by this policy we have about how to add selfie-answers to your question
Specifically (I have bolded the ...
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Respond to an answer?
I've asked a question and someone answered it. But inside the answer, there are some questionings, like "I'm not sure I understand your code here...".
Should I attempt to answer the questions of the ...
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On/off-topicness of "conclusions" added to the original question
I wonder what is your opinion about on/off-topicness of conclusions added to the original question like it has be done here at the bottom?
Should such edits be rejected and a self-answer posted ...
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A "The answer's author agreed to this edit in question" button which could be used only if code was expanded
In this question I added a segment to the code scope only after describing the essential addition before the answerer in comments and getting his consent to make this addition in a reply comment.
I ...
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Self-answers that re-write code with little/no explanation
I came across this self-answer today:
https://codereview.stackexchange.com/a/10844/46800
It had no explanation or evaluation of the code in question, just a code rewrite. This seems to me to not ...
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Should I answer my own question with the improved code?
More to the point, should I delete this answer? I went through the help center pretty thoroughly and searched on here on Meta and couldn't really find anything that answers that question.
The answer ...
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How long should we wait before asking for an iterative review?
In my search for the gory details of the Dos and Don'ts of iterative reviews, I saw that we should always ask another question with our follow-up. However, I haven't found anything about how long we ...
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Why is my self answer being downvoted?
I have shown that my code works. I have corrected people that they were wrong when they said my code does not create valid Sudoku. I'm awaiting valid reasons why my answer is being downvoted.
If you ...
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Changed question code - what to do?
As seen in This meta post, questions aren't supposed to change their code beyond copy/paste errors or minor syntax problems which aren't the subject of Code Review anyway.
It did happen here. How ...
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Code review of YouTube video
I have a YouTube playlist that I have created showing my iterative approach on a subject ("C# CUSTOM Script Language Creation").
I know that sites like this one have some limitations as to what is ...
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About answer-invalidating edits
As agreed by the community, editing a question to include changes suggested in answers is a bad edit, and these edits are regularly rolled back, for a good reason: we want the answers to refer to the ...
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Usage of 'obsolete' on CR meta titles for locked posts
This question drew my eye today:
https://codereview.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/41/obsolete-iterative-code-reviews-how-can-they-happen-successfully-obsolete
and I found out there are several ...
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Are 'follow up' questions on the same/similar code allowed?
I had a code that I submitted here for review, and got a review. Good. But the implementation was primitive, and I have since written a new, more refined implementation, but the concept/intended ...
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Add question editing recommendations to Community Tour
After receiving some good feedback on my first question, I decided to edit my question to incorporate the advice with the idea to create a copy-pasteable "final version" for future visitors. However, ...
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Asking for comparison of design of two code snippets giving same functionality
I had asked for the review of the part of a jQuery and as per the answer I made changes in the file. Now after making the changes (mainly moving from triggers to functions) I am not so sure whether I ...
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