Timeline for Things to avoid when writing challenges
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| Oct 29, 2017 at 0:01 | comment | added | gaazkam | From codegolf.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic : "Non-challenge questions that are related to solving programming puzzles or a particular type of challenge are also on topic." | |
| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:39 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
replaced http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/ with https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/
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| Sep 13, 2016 at 17:03 | comment | added | xnor | @trichoplax Good idea, I changed it to "Pure programming puzzles". | |
| Sep 13, 2016 at 17:00 | history | edited | xnor | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 13, 2016 at 13:05 | comment | added | trichoplax is on Codidact now | To reduce the problem of instant voting without reading the full content, would it be useful to change the title to "Programming puzzles without a winning criterion" or "Programming puzzles without a scoring method"? | |
| Sep 13, 2016 at 13:03 | comment | added | trichoplax is on Codidact now | The more recent discussion Should we change our name showed more support for keeping the current name, but there are lots of different issues mixed up in choosing a name, so I'm glad this answer now provides a place for voting on whether programming puzzles without a winning criterion should be avoided. | |
| Sep 13, 2016 at 12:59 | comment | added | trichoplax is on Codidact now | For those not familiar with the history: Is the name of the community correct? showed strong community support that "Puzzles" in the site name should be changed, so we would be "Programming Contests & Code Golf", which would allow all types of competitive contests, and avoid puzzles without a winning criterion. | |
| Sep 13, 2016 at 7:30 | comment | added | xnor | As a sidenote, I don't think programming puzzles should necessarily be off-topic. It seems that whether pure programming puzzles are on-topic is still up for debate, but the reality seems to be that such questions get closed, so it's kinder to well-intentioned newbies to warn against posting them. | |
| Sep 13, 2016 at 7:24 | history | answered | xnor | CC BY-SA 3.0 |