13
votes
Accepted
Does a question with (a lot of) OP response to a posted review qualify for a rollback?
The state of the question as seen in https://codereview.stackexchange.com/revisions/214917/6 (before my rollback) literally says "In response to Peter Taylor's answer".
It makes the question ...
- 59.8k
13
votes
Accepted
Is it allowed to edit code if there is no answer?
Sure you can edit your question/code if there are no answers. Just don't place alternative code-junks without adding the comperative-review tag.
Replacing the code in question is fine without ...
- 51k
13
votes
Accepted
Should we improve the code to be reviewed in an edit?
This specific case is a bit unusual in that the edit was "suggested" by a user with the same username as the original author. Note also that the original author's account is unregistered, which ...
- 25.5k
11
votes
Not notified of unwanted edits to question
Let's try adressing the questions first and then some more general stuff:
Why did I not get a notification that my question received and edit?
This MSE post suggests that edits need to meet certain ...
- 25.5k
10
votes
Major edits made to my question about using a string or array to index object in JavaScript
Thank you for revising the question — Rev 5 is much better as a Code Review question than the original.
That said, I hesitate to reopen it, because I'm not 100% sure I understand what you are trying ...
- 146k
10
votes
A moderator edited my question. I don't like the way it looks now
Let's check the edit diff and see what it's about:
title diff
...
- 25.5k
10
votes
Accepted
Preventing edit wars
If there were a mechanism (?) to impose an edit freeze while discussion happens, I'd vote for that, but I don't know that there is one.
Actually... there is a mechanism for that. It's just not ...
- 25.5k
9
votes
Regarding editing questions
The edit with approval system requires three people to participate. There was a decision made in the beginning that three people should not get bogged down in small edits that could be easily ...
- 22.4k
9
votes
Accepted
Rollback reason
Lock the question as soon as it is answered. Sound a bit too drastic.
Locking is a moderator tool with good reason. For one the lock mechanism implemented by SE currently only allows completely ...
- 25.5k
8
votes
Peculiar application of [reinventing-the-wheel] tag on my question
In the question, you wrote:
… so I am not relying on libraries like cats even if they might already provide solutions for what I am doing.
That sounds like a good reason for applying the reinventing-...
- 146k
8
votes
An edit of mine was rolled back and the question locked
The edit was a change to the code, and specifically a change to an aspect that has been mentioned in a review. If you make changes to your question, you are expected to ensure that the answers remain ...
- 88.3k
8
votes
How should question bodies be organized?
Honestly, as long as it's all there, I don't mind the order of things. Especially if headers or other methods of formatting are properly used to keep it all tidy.
Questions should contain a problem ...
MastMod
- 13.8k
8
votes
Accepted
On/off-topicness of "conclusions" added to the original question
We have an existing FAQ that discourages adding updated code.
You also should not append your revised code to the question. Posting improved code is an answering activity, not a questioning ...
PeilonrayzMod
- 44.6k
7
votes
Accepted
Can an OP add missing keyword(s) to code?
No the question should stay as it is,
because not only would this edit invalidate two answers (first, second) but I think we would send the wrong signals as well. It would look like it could be ...
- 51k
6
votes
Accepted
Should complexity formatted as code be updated to use MathJax?
Why not? Especially if there's more to edit than just a single instance of O(n)... I presume screen readers treat MathJax differently than inline code, too.
I ...
- 75.6k
6
votes
Is adding a single tag enough to constitute a meaningful edit?
I believe that adding a single, relevant tag is a meaningful edit. If it helps someone in the future to find a question that matches their search, or favourites, then, yes, it's a good edit.
Note ...
- 98.2k
6
votes
Regarding editing questions
Just to throw this out there for everyone: I'm actually not the most persistent SE editor ever, though I am on CR. ;)
Anyway, you're right that the system does place priority on those with editing ...
- 35.2k
6
votes
Accepted
Unmodified question looks modified
Gareth has an answer to that question that was posted at 16:14:13Z and self-deleted at 16:19:39Z.
- 59.8k
6
votes
Accepted
Should we allow answer invalidation for otherwise off-topic questions?
Let me quote the answer to which @Mast posted a link in his answer:
Answers to off-topic questions are already invalid
One way to look at this is to say that if a question is invalid, it
...
- 51k
6
votes
Preventing edit wars
Users that are new to the network may not intuitively understand that they do not own any of the content they post on Stack Exchange, as per terms of service all user content is licensed under CC-BY-...
- 75.6k
5
votes
Is it allowed to edit code if there is no answer?
I tend to agree that you can edit the original question if there are no answers to invalidate. However, you risk the possibility that someone is answering right at that moment. That person would be ...
- 22.4k
5
votes
Accepted
JavaScript concepts applying to JSX posts
The entire JavaScript ecosystem is a mess, because you have languages built on-top of other languages, with subsets of those languages it's a mess.
As we know JavaScript is a language, but it is also ...
PeilonrayzMod
- 44.6k
5
votes
Peculiar application of [reinventing-the-wheel] tag on my question
A moderator didn't edit your question to add the tag, a normal user did.
I did not rewrite anything from the library mentioned earlier or any other library I know, and this statement was supposed ...
PeilonrayzMod
- 44.6k
5
votes
Unmodified question looks modified
This is what the timeline looks like to me (10k+, not a moderator).
The deleted answer shows.
Whether <10k users should be able to see this in the timeline so as to explain why the post is ...
- 22.4k
5
votes
Accepted
How should I fix a problem in my code (which is not addressed in existing answers)?
Posting a self-answer is the best option in this case. You were not aware that there was any flaw when you posted your code for review, but you are aware of it now so therefore you found an issue in ...
- 59.8k
5
votes
Is "Hope this was helpful!" too chatty in an answer?
Yes*
If we think back to when the rule was made. It's '09 and Stack Overflow is pretty much the only site. (or the only site) Answers are typically (compared to Code Review) very short and can be as ...
PeilonrayzMod
- 44.6k
4
votes
Removing leading white space in question code blocks
Indentation vs conventions
I recently declined the following suggested edit: removing-leading-white-space-in-question-code-blocks.
While the indentation was a good suggestion, the editor took it a ...
- 14.2k
4
votes
Edits change the main topic of my question. Have I done things wrong?
I downvoted as you limited answers to only ways to increase performance by not using recursion. I posted a comment to this effect, however you didn't answer my question, or change your question to ...
PeilonrayzMod
- 44.6k
4
votes
On/off-topicness of "conclusions" added to the original question
I think that Matt said it best here when he said "readers seeing your post for the first time, don't need to see which part was in the original post, and which parts were added." Granted he ...
- 29.1k
4
votes
How to correct typos?
Are typos not worth it to correct?
Absolutely, but not at any and all cost.
When you suggest an edit, the edit will be placed in the review queue. Now, either the author of the post or two reviewers ...
MastMod
- 13.8k
Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible