Questions tagged [comments]
Comments are small addendum to each question or answer, intentionally limited in size and formatting. Comments are second-class citizens.
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Flagging conversational comments
In my opinion, comments under this answer can be qualified as conversational and not relevant to the post.
Why? char limit
– Pimgd 2014-10-17 14:45:24Z, License: CC BY-SA 3.0
@Pimgd What? What char ...
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Can we have the first VTC post a comment? [closed]
I quite often encounter questions with at least one vote to close (VTC), but no comment or down vote. This means the OP doesn't know there is anything wrong with the question.
Would it be possible for ...
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Where's the auto-move-to-chat link?
The auto-chat link is not appearing in this very, very long comments section (12 comments): https://codereview.stackexchange.com/a/261592/25834
(Note: A diamond moderator has since moved the comments ...
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Adding alternative answer comment to low quality posts queue
When I review posts in the low quality posts queue, sometimes I stumble upon answers which provide alternative solutions instead of reviewing the OP's code.
It would be nice to add this entry (...
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Comments Lost Days after Posted
Recently I noticed twice that my comments under answers (answer 1 and answer 2) were gone several days after they were posted. In answer 2, only part of the comments, which I actually referred to in ...
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Add images in comments
Sometimes I would like to add an image to the comment. So far, I used postimg, for example here.
To add an image in a question I see that imgur is the default option.
Is imgur the recommended service ...
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Is a memory leak and a lack of concurrent safety enough to make code unreviewable?
There is this question which has one close vote and three down-votes. The only comments are
The code is broken because it doesn't deallocate memory (and because it uses a global variable although ...
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How can I comment on or ask a question about a post edit?
On several occasions, my posts have been edited, but the editor did not leave any comment(s) on the edits. This is not helpful, as I am left with the question of the rationale behind the edit and/or ...
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Dealing with defamation and site-policy
Yesterday I got two separate accounts of defamation against me.
The first one Find the rotation point of a sorted array that is "rotated" accused me of using multiple accounts to down-vote their ...
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Let's not close fixable posts without explanation
There's one thing that's hooked me to CR more than on other sites and it's the fact that the community is really great. But recently I've noticed (I don't have any data to back it up) that we have ...
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Why were comments removed that reported bugs in my question code?
The comments on my question here appear to have been removed.
Some of these comments reported bugs in the original code. Given that question code can't be updated, and new questions or selfie answers ...
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Thanking someone for a good code review
Is it appropriate to comment on a good Code Review answer to one of my posts with a "Thank you"?
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Unnecessary comments
Should I keep my comments or remove them if they are wrong or no longer serve a purpose under an answer/question?
When I remove my comment(s), the other comments (by others) become meaningless. If ...
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Answering questions in comments
On Code Review SE, users should avoid answering questions in comments, because that's not what comments are for:
Do not provide suggestions for improvements in a comment, even if your suggestion ...
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Should vote to close for Code Review comments be flagged?
In The accepted answer by durron597 to A guide to Code Review for Stack Overflow users, it is prescribed:
Please do not vote to close with a custom reason that "it belongs on Code Review".
Some of ...
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