# kaal:claim:3995709-014

**Claim.** Increasing the number of reviewers who ask clarifying questions makes code simpler and clearer and thereby typically increases code quality, but hierarchical review processes make this impossible.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- hierarchical review structures

**Source quote.**

> Moreover, the more people review the code with comments that ask for clarification, the more likely it becomes that the code becomes simpler and clearer, which in turn typically increases code quality. However, that is no possible in hierarchical review processes.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *How DAOs Optimize Open-Source Code Reviews and Create Open-Source Standards* (2021), Flawed Code Review Process, page 13

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, How DAOs Optimize Open-Source Code Reviews and Create Open-Source Standards (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3995709

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `6d77dbfb15ee86080bfde0b98089180cabafeb6defdf0f05eaaeb3cb99871e89` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20How%20DAOs%20Optimize%20Open-Source%20Code%20Reviews%20and%20Create%20Open-Source%20Standards.pdf

**Failure mode.** hierarchy blocks clarifying review  (family: governance-participation-collapse)

**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** hierarchy, clarification, code-quality, failure-mode

**Related claims.**

- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4755632-020
- restated_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4734750-009

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