Questions tagged [discussion]
The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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Enough. The inevitable has come
11 years have passed since I signed up on Code Review. More than 14 years since I've signed up on Stack Overflow.
I've... seen things. Learned things. Some of those things, I'm glad I saw and learned. ...
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Should we adopt the "Copy button for code blocks” feature on Code Review?
As of today (November 4, 2025), all code blocks on Stack Overflow have a “Copy” button. From Results of the October 2025 Community Asks Sprint: copy button for code blocks, and more on Meta:
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Questions pertaining to deleted APIs
I already know that a moderator disagrees with me on this topic, so I expect a dissenting answer but I am posting this for transparency's sake anyway.
For questions like Analyze Stock Market Bottom ...
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2024: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we bid farewell to the year that's concluded and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of ...
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My content on Code Review was used by some YouTubers to make bad videos, what can I do about it?
I don't know if it is on topic here, but it does involve this website. In fact this is only possible because this website exists, but the Stack Exchange network is not at fault.
So a little ...
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Complex review how much context?
I have some code that needs reviewing based on the C++ Co-Routines that were released with C++20.
This is a non trivial update to the language (I am not sure I understand it). If I just put the code ...
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Can I improve my answer based on other answers?
The situation is this: recently, I answered a question here on CodeReview.SE.
I was the first to post, and my answer was pretty well-received (5 upvotes and originally accepted). I mainly redesigned ...
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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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2024 Community Moderator Election Results
Moderator election #4 on Code Review has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the new moderator is:
They will be joining the existing crew shortly — please thank them for volunteering ...
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Candidate changes in 2024 Moderator Election – review your ballot
TL;DR: There's been a change in the candidate list for the 2024 Moderator Election. The voting period has been extended for a week. If you've already voted, you should confirm your votes still ...
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Do the default first questions Share feedback canned comments make sense for Code Review?
Most sites have 2 default Share feedback comments in the First questions queue:
Question is unclear
Please clarify your specific problem or provide additional details to highlight exactly what you ...
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2024 Community Moderator Election
The 2024 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
Nomination phase
Primary phase
Election phase
Most elections take between two and three weeks, ...
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2024 Moderator Election Q&A – Question Collection
The purpose of this thread was to collect questions for the questionnaire. The questionnaire is now live, and you may find it here.
Code Review Stack Exchange is scheduled for an election next week, ...
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What is the best strategy to reopen: text based adventure in python
What's the best strategy to re-open
Text based Game Python? As I wish to invite others to also review the existing working code.
My current understanding is the question is off-topic exclusively due ...
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2023: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we wave goodbye to last year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here might be ...
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