[twelfthnight]

I get the feeling this sort of solution is for a problem specific to a small number of devs. For example, "we have a new developer on the team and they don't know what to expect" or "we have an expert dev who only speaks in koans!". Instead of handling these on a case by case basis by team leads, a new requirement was made for all developers.

[PragmaticPulp]

Agreed. This type of process feels obvious to those who implement it, but becomes a burden that everyone else has to bear forever.

As this type of process accumulates, it becomes more and more painful for newcomers trying to join the team without breaking the rules. Obviously one requirement about prefixing code review comments isn't much, but in my experience it usually doesn't stop here. People who like creating process and rules tend to want to create a lot of process and rules for everyone else to follow.