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Does Stack Overflow count as a third party site?
I don't see any reason to treat other Stack Exchange sites in a special way regarding this issue: Reasons #3 and especially #4 are still very important.
Posts in the Stack Exchange network can always ...
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Code Review Community on GitHub: where is it going?
The CR GitHub organization seems to have been a solution in search of a problem.
If after all these years we still don't know what to use it for, let's just kill it.
If it's ever needed again, it ...
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Is it appropriate to record the review process and upload it to YouTube?
I think it's a brilliant idea! Done right, it can very well:
Increase CR visibility
Increase CR voting
Increase CR activity as a whole
My recommendations:
Start with an introductory video that ...
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Requesting a comparative review of own code with third-party code
Code Review only allows for reviews of code that is written/maintained by the author. We have that requirement for multiple reasons, including legal (copyright) and moral (to avoid code-shaming).
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Code review of YouTube video
Questions on Code Review must have the code in the post.
Can I put my code on a third party site and link to the site in my question?
Reviews of code not stored here
Can I ask for a review on a ...
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What was wrong with my question?
Like @1201ProgramAlarm mentioned in the comment
The problem is that the code to be reviewed must be embeded directly
in the question. As it stands, there is no code in the question and
nothing to ...
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Code Review Community on GitHub: where is it going?
If you want to leave the GitHub organization, leave.
That's what I did myself. I personally felt that it doesn't serve a purpose and I personally don't see a reason to stay inside the organization. ...
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How do I properly write a question that involves third-party libraries?
The bare minimum to post a question is to include some code.
If you were to post a question that only included main.cpp, but not ...
PeilonrayzMod
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When making a modification to a program, what do we include in the review?
I think you've missed a lot of context from your question, which can be found in chat.
Lack of response to your question
Should I close this question? Based on the lack of response, I am concluding ...
PeilonrayzMod
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Code review of YouTube video
Videos are no substitute for actual code.
However, if the code is included in the question and the question complies to the help center, I don't see a problem.
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Is the "I downvoted because..." site something that is useful here?
That's neat, I have something similar on my GitHub though it's meant for me, I like how this is designed to explain to a user how to improve their question. If you want to, I (and probably some other ...
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Code Review Community on GitHub: where is it going?
This sounded like a good idea that was poorly executed/supported IMHO. I can honestly say I have maybe half a dozen repos and even more Gists that would have probably been better suited as community ...
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Code Review Community on GitHub: where is it going?
Let me start by saying that although I'm relatively new to the community, I've really enjoyed it so far. Who doesn't want to create the best code possible? I don't fully understand with what purpose ...
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