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Bugs (Known)

• New user’s question closed without explanation

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• OP says it works, the contest engine says it doesn’t

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• Are code snippets with known memory leaks broken?

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• Is this a good question for this site?

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• Are JavaScript questions about leaking memory on/off topic? [duplicate]

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• Can I post some code that has a small potential bug?

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• Would it be okay to ask a question about an algorithm from a paper that’s not freely available?

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• Made a code-review of broken code, but flagged it as well

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• I think my code might have a bug, but I am not sure if it actually does, is it broken code?

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• Why is my post still on hold after several edits?

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• Code that handles n% of test cases but not all

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• Code that handles n% of test cases but not all

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• Is it ok to post code that didn’t work out as intended?

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• Caesar Cipher in C++

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• Clarifying Code Review Scope

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Troubleshooting

• Do questions about specific issues belong here or on StackOverflow?

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• Correcting an error vs reviewing code

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• My code works in most scenarios, but this one scenario breaks, and I’d like help fixing that one scenario!

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• Can I ask questions about where my code went wrong in algorithms and problem solving?

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• Are specific troubleshooting questions on topic?

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• Asking a question to understand why code is broken gets closed

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• “Count maximum number of thieves that can be caught” question should be reopened

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• Wouldn’t it be better to edit this question instead of closing it?

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Ignore

• Why was my request to review my website voted off-topic?

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• Posting a question where part of the code contains a known bug

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Bugs (Unknown)

• Should mostly working but a little bit broken code stay or be deleted?

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• Can working code be: off-topic -> not-working?

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• What to do if the asker’s code contains bugs?

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• Active Directory querying Review - On Topic?

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• Major bugs caught in questions

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• How to resolve 3 numbers - that’s the question

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• How broken does code have to be to for a question to be closed?

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• Is it okay to modify code in a post if we’ve discovered a bug, before receiving an answer?

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• Upon finding a bug, should you continue reviewing? [duplicate]

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• Should minor broken code be reviewed?

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• What to do with question with compiler warnings/errors due to copy & paste error

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• Why was this question closed as off-topic after a bug was discovered by the answers?

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• Links in snippets

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• How should I fix a problem in my code (which is not addressed in existing answers)?

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• Are questions with undiscovered bugs allowed?

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• “Password validation” question appears to have been wrongfully closed

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• Closure of finding the longest word in a string

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• Found a serious bug in my question after posting it

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• I found a (trivial) solution to my problem after submitting it

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• Reviewing non-working code when author thinks it’s working?

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• Is a memory leak and a lack of concurrent safety enough to make code unreviewable?

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Correctness

• What if OP has doubts about the code being working?

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• Is asking for correctness check on-topic or not?

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• Is my question really too broad? How could I improve it?

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• Are questions asking for opinion regarding all edge cases on topic?

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Feature Request

• How can I make my question on-topic?

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• Users unhappy with voting to close/move

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• Code Review vs. Help me solve my problem

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• Can I post this stored procedure as a question for review?

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• Completed class definition put on hold as broken code or code not yet written

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• What’s the best way to change how my code looks?

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Translating

• Questions about code translation

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• Project translation from Java to C#

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• Code typed in from a non-text source or converted from another language and isn’t working - is this in the scope here?

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• Can you post code that works on one version of a interpreter (ex:Python 2) but not on another (ex:Python 3)

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Non-standard

• Valid HTML Vs. Viewable HTML

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• Topicality of question “Project Euler #52 - Permuted multiples”

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Security

• Is “how good is this encryption” in the scope of code review

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• “How secure…” questions - Code Review vs. Information Security SE

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• Are requests to diagnose a known security problem on-topic?

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• Rehash “How secure is my X” cryptography questions

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Scale

• Are questions about performance on-topic?

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• “SQL sometimes times out” - on or off topic?

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• Should we close “Improve performance for “Unfriendly Numbers” problem”?

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• Are these [performance] questions on-topic?

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• Multithreading issue freezes the system - working code?

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• Can we answer these Javascript/CSS3 performance questions?

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• Is this slow-loading images question off-topic?

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• Reviewing AI based on how it performs

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• “Time Limit Exceeded” and programming challenges

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• Optimizing a Neural Network - on topic?

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• Does getting OutOfMemoryError really mean broken code?

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• Why is “parsing large data file in the context of multiple processes” on hold?

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• “Time Limit Exceeded” and programming challenges

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• Is stack overflow on-topic for Code Review?

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• Sum of Maximum GCD from two arrays. Incorrectly closed, due to memory error

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• Poor mans count, is it off-topic?

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• PSA: Excel going “Not Responding” isn’t broken code

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Moderation

• Should mostly working but a little bit broken code stay or be deleted?

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• Should this question be left open?

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• What to do if the asker’s code contains bugs?

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• Major bugs caught in questions

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• What to do with question with compiler warnings/errors due to copy & paste error

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• Why was “Get minimum of four and maximum up to a limit” not reopened after the code was fixed?

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• Made a code-review of broken code, but flagged it as well

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• How should I fix a problem in my code (which is not addressed in existing answers)?

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• Found a serious bug in my question after posting it

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• I found a (trivial) solution to my problem after submitting it

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Edits

• May another user fix broken code in a question to make it on-topic?

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• Non-OP edits to change the original question to make it on-topic

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• Is it okay to modify code in a post if we’ve discovered a bug, before receiving an answer?

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• Should minor broken code be reviewed?

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• Can I edit broken code if I’m sure I’m recreating OP’s original code?

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Other

• Why did Q33859 (“Parsing text from reports”) get closed?

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• Could incomplete or not-quite-working code be suitable for review?

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• Should we care about “stepping on toes”?

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• What exactly does it mean for code to be “Working Code”?

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• “How get all id from the db insert” question closed as “not ready for review”

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• “How get all id from the db insert” question closed as “not ready for review”

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• Please reopen “Trick circumvents [position: sticky] restriction to parent”?

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• Post was put on hold stating that code is not working

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• What is “best to the author’s knowledge”?

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