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We should create a tiled-source or source-tiling tag.

From Default for Code Golf: Program, Function or Snippet?, it is clear that the default for code-golf is to allow program and function answers. For function-only answers, it may be advantageous for a …

A test program should be required. Functions are useless to users unfamiliar with the language of the given answer.

A test program is helpful, but not required. The usefulness of an answer drives the vote score. This should be incentive enough for users to include a test program.

Yes. I would advise scoring-by-bytes. I think scoring-by-characters encourages weird base256/unicode compression of the source, which IMO generally doesn't really add anything to the contest, and me …

$ printf 😀 | wc 0 1 4 $ 1 character and 4 bytes (as the other answers point out). Certain applications (generally those dealing with fixed-width fonts, e.g terminals and text e …

This question jogged my memory that we have an expert in our ranks who might give a brilliant answer to this question - Glenn Randers-Perhson: Coauthor of PNG spec, developer/maintainer of libpng, on …

Stitch a Picture A few weeks ago, I asked Stitch a picture. Since then: The question has received several upvotes and no downvotes - hopefully an indication that the community thinks this is as inte …

Do-nothing Polyglot I think this one is pretty awful. But perhaps there is something to be salvaged.

Golf the numbers round a dartboard In its current state, this one is fairly trivial, without a ton of creativity required for solutions. But the sequence is interesting. Perhaps there is some inspi …

Digital Trauma A new-ish user posts a well-posed challenge that quickly gets many answers. An hour later, they edit in a restriction that invalidates most of the existing answers. An experienced use …

Many Happy Returns! I'm not sure whether to make this code-golf or code-challenge. Write a function that when it returns, it returns an extra frame up the stack. In other words, functions usually re …

Showcase of Most Promising New Golfing Language There seem to be quite a few of these new languages that have popped up in the last year.

Golden Oldie Best answer in a language that has been around for 40 years or more.

Against the odds Best answer in a non-golfing language that is as short or shorter than golfing-language answers. Defining "golfing" vs "non-golfing" language may be tricky in some cases, but I think …