Questions tagged [winning-criteria]
Indicates you are either proposing or asking for clarification on winning criteria.
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Should we consider dropping or modifying the "objective winning criteria" requirement?
Where as
The site has stableized (not to stay stagnated) with fairly low activity.
There have been from time to time questions that do not meet the requirements in our FAQ but do draw much attention ...
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Are pure programming puzzles on topic?
The tag wiki for programming puzzle says:
A programming puzzle includes a goal, a partially completed program,
and rules outlining how the program can be modified. The program is
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New Code-Golf metric: Atomic-Code-Golf
I posted this on the Puzzle Lab chat, but it didn't get much response (except for Gareth...thanks Gareth!). Thus, I'm posting it here. Please feel free to chat on the Puzzle Lab if you have input ...
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Why do we have objective winning criteria?
2 years ago, we discussed dropping the objective winning criterion requirement. No consensus was really reached. I'd really like to start that conversation again, as I feel like it is hindering our ...
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Does the OP have to explicitly state the winning criteria?
If a challenge is tagged with code-golf or fastest-code, do you really have to say that that is the winning criteria in the question? It seems pretty obvious, just by looking at the tags, right? After ...
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What makes winning criteria "objective"?
The FAQ says (in part)
All questions on this site, whether a programming puzzle or a code golf, should have [... an] objective primary winning criterion, so that it is possible to indisputably decide ...
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Close questions early!
Questions without winning criterion should be closed early (as 'not constructive', better, if possible, with an own category: Missing winning criterion.
Else, people start working on CG-solutions, and ...
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What should we do with challenges with unfortunate win conditions?
This has now happened three times in recent history:
Two-zero-one-five puzzle
Stringing a Pearl Necklace
How do I get more Klotski in my life?
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Do [tips] questions need an objective winning criterion?
The discussion surrounding a recent well-received non-code-golf tips question has brought up an interesting question: do tips questions need objective winning criteria?
My understanding of our ...
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Make the criteria tags obligatory
There is this question:
Should we consider dropping or modifying the "objective winning criteria" requirement?
Instead, think it is better to make the winning criteria tags:
atomic-...
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What are the winning criteria I can use for my challenge?
I'm writing a challenge, and I'm not sure what possible winning criteria exist. I know about code-golf, but what else is there to use, and how do I score answers with those criteria?
Every single ...
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Challenges with categories of winners
A challenge must have an objective winning criterion. However, does this have to define a single winner, or is it acceptable for a challenge to have categories of winners? We already encourage people ...
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Proposing new winning criterion tag: Voter-judged
I'm stepping into a hornet's nest here.
Popularity contests have been controversial. Some detractors believe that non-objective winning criteria are simply unacceptable. Others are OK with ...
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How to deal with questions that do not explain their winning criterion?
Recently there's been a bit of a discussion in chat about this challenge. It was put into the close vote queue as unclear, with the main reason being that it didn't state the winning criterion in the ...
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Is "A solution wins if there's no strictly better solution in multiple measures" a valid winning criterion?
To cite a recently sandboxed challenge by l4m2:
Solution win if there's no strictly better solution, aka. no solution that take less or same amount of items in mapping table, less or same amount of ...
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