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14 questions linked to/from Should you edit someone else's code in a question?
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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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Jamal
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This suggested edit was rejected. As it should be - rolfl here has the correct reason: Whitespace "fixes" should be part of an answer, not an edit. Please do not fix code problems in the question. ...
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I know, I know: "Never edit the code, leave it for the review!". But please, hear me out before answering. What should I do if I encounter a code that doesn't work, but I'm 99.99% sure it's because OP ...
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This suggested edit attempts to format the code in the question. Since this meta post states that it would be better to leave formatting advice as part of answer, I am inclined to reject this ...
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I've made a couple of suggested edits to this question. The first one was rejected because it deviated from he original intent / it edited code. When I looked at the suggested edit, it did look like ...
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I have edited this question as the code in it is not bracketed properly. One reviewer accepted it, but the OP rejected it. But what is the logic behind it? I want to draw moderators attention. Update: ...
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I noticed this suggest edit: This suggested edit does two things: Replace using namespace std;, which is considered bad practice in C++, with ...
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There is currently a question on hold, which really should never have been posted to Code Review, but I think it actually highlights a point that would be worth an answer. I started to edit the ...
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First off, this question is related to several other meta posts, but as far as I can tell none of the questions cover it. First a list of similar questions and why they are different: Is it ...
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The scenario: An asker posts a question. A low rep user notices some improvements to the questions code, and edits them into the question. The edit gets accepted in the review queues. Another user ...
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The pending edit screen is very confusing to me as someone who has never seen it before: It says I have 0 edits rejected. The rejection notice on the second line uses "this" vaguely. This question? ...
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I thought about pre-defined reject reasons for suggested edits, and here are two I think might be helpful: Edit changes code of question As discussed in this meta post, editing the code of a ...
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As code edits are reviewed by peers, anyone who has rights to review the edits can approve or reject edits. I suggested this edit and, AFAIK, my edits are correct. But this got rejected. I know this ...
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Three questions have used the review tag here on Meta CR so far. I find however that this tag is very vague. Is it about the review queues, is it about Code Reviewing itself (which is what the entire ...
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