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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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Desynonymize web-extensions tag to firefox-webextensions
I got this message when trying to add web-extensions tag to my question Streaming messages for Chrome MV3 Web extensions
The tag [web-extensions] is too similar to [firefox-webextensions]. If you ...
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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:
As of ...
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Is pseudocode allowed in *answers*?
There are several meta questions plus the help center making it clear that questions must provide real code.
However, it is unclear to me whether answers must therefore also be runnable code. ...
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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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Lost in the bureaucracy
I have a question about usage of libraries, harming performance of other code. I thought the question would fit Code Review being a general point about coding, prepared and put it into CR.SE.
I ...
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Would a question asking an unimplemented feature about a fully working script be on-topic here?
Two days ago (or yesterday depending on your timezone) was π-day. So I thought it was a good day to calculate π.
I used Machin-like formula to calculate π, in homage of William Shanks, who calculated ...
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Improve the "good" example in "How to ask a good question"
Close to the end of of How do I ask a good question? , we see how a poor question can be transformed into a much better one.
It doesn't go quite as far as I would like, however. The ...
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Turn off code detection inside MathJax expressions [duplicate]
When you type MathJax expressions, it will often trigger the error:
Your post appears to contain code that is not properly formatted as
code.
Examples of MathJax that could trigger this would be <...
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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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Suspicious downvotes on questions
I have noticed a suspicious pattern of downvotes on questions.
Here is a typical sequence of my actions when I post an answer on another user's question:
I upvote the question
I edit the question
I ...
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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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Save rotting links by Google link shortener
I have rececently found a goo.gl link in a comment (here: Searching an element in a sorted array) and when followed, the link displayed a warning:
This link will no longer work in the near future
goo....
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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 post a question about my own answer to another question that has been criticized?
My situation is a bit peculiar and unusual: I posted an answer to a question around a month ago, and originally got 5 upvotes and accepted. Later OP unaccepted my answer, and recently a person told me ...
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Can I post partial code for review? [duplicate]
I have code which relies on my class internal structure and some API/libraries.
Can I post only the point of interest code if used class internals, API and libraries and not critical for 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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New contributor despite having more than 200 "points"?
I have been reading this question when I noticed the author is labeled as a new contributor despite the user's reputation and former questions contradict that:
Is this a bug, or am I missing ...
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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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Allow moderators to lock questions without locking answers
In a situation such as this one:
Capture multiple errors before raising an exception
It would help to give moderators the power to lock only question edits/deletion, without locking new or edited ...
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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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I try to refactor a working code and it's doesn't work. Would adding the failed attempt be on-topic?
Below is my draft:
I have a working code to have 2 search bars with dropdown suggestions, selectable by both mouse and arrow keys in TypeScript and Fresh/Preact. In there I have to explicitly declare ...
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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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Is it appropriate to ask to check exercises from Dragon Book here?
I am studying the Dragon Book about compilers and it has exercises which I try to solve. Unfortunately, there is no-one nearby who could check my solutions. Is it appropriate to post my solutions here ...
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Is it inappropriate to ask for code reviews on github pull requests?
I was wondering if there's a way to get code reviews on github. Although I think I know the answer to this question I want to double check.
There's a question open which is about asking a review of a ...
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Minor typo in Help center AI policy
The help center on AI policy has a typo:
ven when generative artificial intelligence tools appear ...
I assume "ven" should be "Even":
Even when generative artificial intelligence ...
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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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How to provide large code for code review?
What is the way to provide large code for code review at the codereview.stackexchange.com?
I do my best cutting the code into pieces which could be reviewed separately as components. I started from ...
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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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Code Review iterations
I posted a question at the https://codereview.stackexchange.com and got the answer, what's now?
I can't find to respective guide, so this a question of appropriate processing of the question/answer at ...
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Increase character limit to 75k
Let's increase the character limit to, say, 75 000 characters. 65 000 is not enough. I face that problem a second time now. I have to exclude some code and instead store it elsewhere and provide a ...
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Disable Anonymous Contributions
Note: Due to my position as a moderator I can't comment or point to specifics, which greatly obfuscates the validity of my question.
The moderator team has been brought aware of certain irregularities ...
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Are software recommendation questions welcome?
I came across a question to review. I skip the review because I do not know what to do when software (libraries, frameworks, tools) recommendations are asked.
I checked the Help Center, but I can not ...
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Can a user post code in an answer even if they don't fully understand how it works?
In this answer the OP of the question presented an alternative solution from github. The github repository shows that it uses the MIT license:
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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any ...
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Is it possible to have a "professional" take a look at my whole HTML / CSS Project here?
Is it possible to upload an entire HTML/CSS code project on this site for review, rather than just a small code snippet?
I'm currently working on a r/place clone and while my code works fine, it would ...
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Coroutines vs. async-await
I just created the coroutines tag. However, I then noticed that there is already the async-await tag. I think these are distinct concepts, even though in some languages, that distinction is a bit ...
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Was splitting my code review into 6 parts excessive?
Got this comment:
Please take rest, you already have monopolized the Code Review.
– S. M.
2023-09-20 18:28:46Z, License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Not sure what the best action is.
Going forward, should I limit ...
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Can another code review question count as 'review context?'
Questions about isolated code lacking context are closed as 'missing review context.' However, I have a question that, if another piece of code were part of, would count as review context. Suppose I ...
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Table incorrectly marked as Incorrectly formatted code
I have a simplistic table I posted on Code Review. Obviously, If it is marked as unformatted code, then I can only post an image here. I will attempt to post it here, and include a meta-screenshot. I ...
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How should I include resources (images, videos, audio, etc) in questions?
I know my code doesn't have to be complete.
However, in my specific case I have a project where I'd like to focus on performance improvements.
Some optimizations are obvious,
where others require ...
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Comparative Code Review [duplicate]
I manage a team of Java Engineer so I have recently been exposed to the "Builder" pattern that they use. It helps when you have a large number of parameters in a constructor were a lot of ...
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Reviewing Git commit messages alongside code
Recently, I have started using Git regularly for both my projects at work and my small personal projects. I was wondering if it would be acceptable to request Git commit message reviews alongside the ...
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Should Code Review improve the new-question Title hint?
I would like to suggest a UX improvement
for new users, so they're less likely
to encounter edits / pushback from mods.
1. Summarize the problem
Code Review posters are typically new users.
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Acknowledging code review contributions in academic projects
In the context of academia, consider the following scenario: a person, such as a PhD student or postdoc, shares parts of their code related to a scientific project on this platform and receives ...
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Nefarious user still allowed to contribute?
Yesterday, I flagged an answer from this user because he/she posted a harmful link which performs a drive-by download attack.
Should not the community ban them network wide?
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What are the most active languages on Code Review
Normally I ask and answer questions on C++. And the responses are reasonable.
But recently I asked question for review of my JavaScript (as I actually need a lot of help here). But I got a lot less ...
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New user posts 20+ times within 10 minutes?
How is it possible for a new user to post 20+ questions, with mostly the same content, within 10 minutes, on the same day the account was created? How is there no throttling? How do these posts remain ...
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