Questions tagged [faq]
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How can I make my question get more attention?
I have written a question that hasn't gotten an answer in several days, and there's not much activity on my question (votes, views, comments).
What can I do to draw more attention to my question?
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Welcome to The 2nd Monitor!
So, you have found your way to the Code Review main chat room, The 2nd Monitor, perhaps for one of these reasons:
You were invited or "pinged" by a site moderator or other user to discuss a post on ...
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A guide to Code Review for Stack Overflow users
You're on Stack Overflow and you've found a question that seems to be about improving code. You are trying to be helpful, and you put a comment in the question:
You should try asking on CodeReview....
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My question was closed as being off-topic. What are my options?
I can understand that sometimes questions are closed as being too opinionated, too broad, or unclear, but my question was closed as being off-topic. I have read the On-Topic Help Center page for Code ...
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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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What's on and off topic in The 2nd Monitor chat room?
Exactly what is considered strictly off-topic there?
Anyone can assume the obvious: NSFW (Not Safe for Work) are off topic, and should be flagged.
Anything else?
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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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Checklist for how to write a good Code Review question
Many questions of new users lack some parts or common style of the site. There already are some meta questions that aggregate tips on this issue but letting new users walk through all of them is ...
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First Post Review Queue — what is it? Why is it a bad idea to click "No Action Needed"?
When you pass 500 reputation you gain access to the Review Queues. One of them is the "First Post" queue.
What is this queue, what purpose does it serve, and how should I process items in that queue?
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How can I replace tabs with spaces in code?
The code in my post appears to have improper indentation, but the indentation in the editor differs. There is usually a different amount of indentation between the two, which must be so because there ...
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For an iterative review, is it okay to edit my own question to include revised code?
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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Why is hypothetical example code off-topic for Code Review?
As stated in the Help Center, one of the criteria for a question to be on topic is:
Is it actual code from a project rather than pseudo-code or hypothetical code?
Details matter! In order to give good ...
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What questions are suitable for migration to Code Review, and how does the process work?
Consider this situation:
There is this question on another site which I think would be a good
candidate for migration to Code Review. What should I consider before
flagging the question, or ...
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Do one-liners and other narrowed-down code qualify for a code review?
Every once in a blue moon, a question gets posted (often as a new user's first post) where the OP is asking a quite specific question about very minimalistic code, for example:
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So votes are good for us. How can I find answers/reviews to vote for?
In fall 2013, we went on a mission, and bumped the site's answered% from 88% to 93%. As new questions flow in, the answered% has been remaining steady at 93% for several weeks, we're doing good (...
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