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Why did the question "Which is faster: the horizontal or vertical dolphin kick, and why?" get closed by a mod as off-topic?
The question Which is faster: the horizontal or vertical dolphin kick, and why? got closed by a mod as off-topic:
Questions on exercise and fitness unrelated to a specific, competitive sport are off-...
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Where should I ask a history of sports question
Where should I ask a history of sports question, where is it better in History or in Sports?
I asked in History.Meta if would be on topic in History: Would a question about history of sports be on ...
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2024: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we bid farewell to the year that's concluded and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of ...
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Are we okay with questions for which the only correct answer is an extensive list of objects meeting specific conditions?
The question How do the Olympics influence a sport's world rankings? asks for the effect of Olympic results on the athlete or team's general world ranking.
It identifies 36 sports for which there is ...
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Would a question regarding a list of outdated sports techniques be appropriate?
I am interested in techniques that were used in the past to have a high(er) chance of winning in certain sports, but are getting more and more obsolete these days.
An example is the one-handed ...
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Why are comments getting removed? Interacting with bot comments about posts being unclear
I noticed a bot make the following comment to the question On a ground rule double on a walk off play is there anyway that the hitter only gets one base.?
Please clarify your specific problem or ...
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Are purchase recommendations for airsoft guns on topic?
I've had a look and seen that airsoft in general is considered a sport in this site and questions about it are accepted. I'm just wondering, specifically, if purchase recommendations are on-topic here?...
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2023: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we wave goodbye to last year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here might be ...
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A list question is opinion-based?
How could a hypothetical corrupt basketball federation change game / tournament formats to favour a team?
It's a list question like
Besides iCarly, has there ever been an (official) adult sequel to a ...
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I can't get the autobiographer badge
I can't get the autobiographer badge even though I thought I completed the requirements.
I waited several days after meeting the requirements, but it still does not work.
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2022: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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Don't delete answers silently: instead, inform the author
I've just noticed that one of my answers got deleted by a mod. I was not informed of the deletion. Please don't delete answer silently but instead, inform the author.
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Preparation in sports?
What was wrong please with the question on sports preparation? https://sports.stackexchange.com/questions/28474/in-top-level-physical-sports-do-players-analyse-opponents-games-strategise-e
Is there a ...
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How should questions about 'Canadian football' tagged?
I think there is no tag for 'Canadian football.'
Canadian football is different from American football, but they share a lot of things.
Should we create a 'Canadian football' tag, or such questions ...
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Improving question on championship privilege
Re When does/do a champion/s 'defend' vs start from scratch? Difference between 'champion' and '(recurring) tournament winner'?
I mean for whatever sport championships there are tennis, boxing, ...
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2021: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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Why did the mods downvote my answer
I provided this answer to the question
How do NFL players know a fair catch has been called?
It was downvoted by 2 of the moderators since
it's just your supposition, and not something from either ...
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What is wrong with my question ? What can I do to improve it?
This is the Question I am talking about :
In Cricket T20 World Cup 2021, why are Bangladesh & SriLanka Demoted to Group A/B with Afghanistan Promoted to Group 2?
What is wrong with my question ?
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Aren't most statistics sport-specific?
This question asks if an own-goal counts for a hat trick. It originally was tagged football, although that was edited out. And in association football, the answer is basically, "mostly not"...
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Getting my edit suggestion processed
In regards to this answer, it's been almost a week and my edit suggestion has not been approved or rejected. Is something broken that it's not going through the review queues? Is there some reason ...
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Accepted Answers - to pin or not to pin?
Stack Exchange staff have announced an upcoming change to the way answer acceptance works.
Currently, the original poster of a question can accept one non-deleted answer. This does several things,
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Can someone Create a Yoga Tag?
Can someone create a Yoga Tag, there are yoga sport competitions. I don't have enough points to create this tag.
Thanks,
Question Reference:
What is this bent knee handstand position called in Yoga or ...
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Are questions on sports commentary on topic?
I guess most commentary questions would be off topic, since they are not technically 'sport'. But I am not sure. Are questions on sports commentary allowed?
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Why so many 'bar bet' questions?
It seems to me (and I admit, I may be wrong) that a large percentage of our questions are what I would call 'bar bet' questions. Some examples would be:
How many goalkeepers scored goals in the old ...
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Could someone create a "petanque" tag?
I have a question about my Sports Stack Exchange post: Differences between leisure and competition boules in petanque
I wanted to tag this question with "petanque" but no such tag exists &...
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Is cheerleading on-topic?
A meta answer from a while back speculates about whether cheerleading is on-topic, but doesn't reach a clear answer.
Cheerleading certainly has a strong association with competitive sports and the ...
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Bug in Editing help
In the Editing help page, under Preformatted Text, there is a section on "Monospace Spans", which reads:
`https://`If your browser's location bar starts with , then the connection is ...
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2020: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the past 12 months.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange network ...
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Should we reconsider allowing (some) fantasy questions?
Fantasy sports questions of any sort, unless they directly impact real sports (and not the other way around), have been considered off topic here since the beginning. The reasons given for this are ...
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Does the tag order matter?
Is the tag order important in questions?
I have asked a question recently and I put UEFA first, but after it posted, the tournaments became the first tag.
Will the first tags appear on the main site ...
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How do I embed a video in my question or answer?
This is a "help" question to explain how to embed a video in your question or answer. Please feel free to use the Answer space to test this functionality out!
You can embed a Youtube video ...
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Can we have a warning message on creation of new tags?
I find it very easy to mistakenly make new tags by mistyping an existing tag's name. I've also had the issue where I somehow changed the very first tag in the list, when adding a tag a new tag to a ...
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Is there an SE mechanism to deal with serial comment deletions by mods/whoever?
So I have this meta question - This SE site doesn't have a chance with the current users and mods, how does this get fixed?
Reference Points:
It is still unresolved as there are a wide variety of ...
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Videos and Questions on Sports.SE
As a result of the discussion about this question, we approached the CMs to find out whether there was a way we can support video material in questions on Sports.SE in a way that is beneficial for the ...
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Can we switch the "StackExchange" button on the menu bar with a Sports SE button?
On the very top left corner of the website we have the stack exchange logo, which looks like this:
Clicking on it gives you a pop up asking if you want to visit the stack exchange home page. Under ...
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What should moderators do with answers to questions that request factual answers but receive opinion/not supported answers?
This question arose in my head from this question, but would explicitly not apply to it as the asker specifically OK'ed dly's answer in comments. No action is suggested on that question/answer ...
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Timeline of Sports Moderators
As this site's moderators have changed over the years, here's a place to keep track of those changes for those curious.
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2020 Community Moderator Election Results
Sports's first moderator election has come to a close, the votes have been tallied and the three new moderators are:
They'll be your first elected moderators since you lost your "beta" label last ...
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2020 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire
In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected from an earlier thread have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as ...
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2020 Community Moderator Election
The 2020 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
Nomination phase
Primary phase
Election phase
Most elections take between two and three weeks, ...
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2020 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection
Sports is scheduled for an election next week, June 1st. In connection with that, we will be holding a Q&A with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose ...
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Pool (the game) site proposal
I was thinking of proposing a SE site about pool (the game). I saw we already have a pool here, which isn’t the most popular.
Topics could include:
Rules
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The online 8 ball pool game
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Q2 2020 Moderator Election — Community Interest Check
As people may have noted, we've been short of moderator cover on this site for the past few months. Thanks to the Stack Exchange staff who have covered some of the workload in the meantime.
The ...
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Why has this question been closed?
Which game is using the term "Butterfly Stroke"?
It asks about one single term used in a sport the OP doesn't (or didn't) know. Hence the question.
Yes, it's a bad question as it's easily ...
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Community Promotion Ads — 2020
You lost your “beta” label in 2019, so welcome to your very first edition of Community Promotion Ads, for the year of 2020!
What are Community Promotion Ads?
Community Promotion Ads are community-...
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This SE site doesn't have a chance with the current users and mods, how does this get fixed?
So there are a few users on here that have some really good knowledge about certain sports. You get pretty good quality answers - these guys are generally coaches or referees in their respective ...
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2019: a year in moderation
It's New Year's Day in Stack Exchange land...
A distinguishing characteristic of these sites is how they are moderated:
We designed the Stack Exchange network engine to be mostly self-regulating, ...
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Should autograph identification be a default reason to close?
Signature identification/verification is arguably the number 1 reason for closed questions on Sports SE.
Taking a quick look at the stats on closed posts, you can see that "Other" is the most common ...
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What should the tag (cards) be used for?
On the main site, there is a tag called cards. The tag-excerpt says: "Questions about sports trading cards, a common sports collectible."
However, it is not really surprising, that the tag is in ...
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Where can I ask about autograph identification?
In 2018 after a discussion on meta it was decided that autograph identification questions are no longer considered on-topic on Sports Stack Exchange. Since then, such question are typically closed ...
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