Questions tagged [asking-questions]
When examining the best-practices for asking questions.
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Competitive or Recreational Running
The question What is the most popular running (and fitness) application for mobile devices? was closed (partly) with the reason "Running questions must specifically relate to competitive running."
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Add a template close reason for autograph identification requests
The moderator tools show that, in the last 90 days, out of 48 questions closed with custom close reasons, 31 are autograph identification questions. This number is greater than questions closed as ...
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How do I write a good question on Sports SE?
This is a Canonical Question / FAQ Candidate to help our users ask
better questions
Consider these scenarios:
A question you asked was recently closed.
The community is misunderstanding what you'...
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How should the tag "Football" be used?
I saw a question with the tag football, but the content was not about football, as I use the term. The question was about "American football." What most countries call "football", Americans call "...
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Can we have a warning to posters when about to publish an autograph or signature question? [duplicate]
Every time I visit this site I notice some questions related to autographs and signatures in general.
In Revisiting autograph identification questions (conclusion: off-topic) it was discussed and the ...
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Are questions in the form/manner "How can I get started in [sport]?" on-topic?
I had assisted in narrowing the scope of this question: What kite-surfing equipment should I start with?, this question: https://sports.stackexchange.com/q/3783 , and this question: how to jump on a ...
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Is it okay to ask multiple questions of the same topic in a single question?
Is it okay to ask multiple questions of the same topic in a single question? I am not asking but I have noticed some questions like these:
Timed out in cricket
Cricket ground specifications
Is it a ...
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Issue with closing questions
I have a huge issue with certain individuals closing questions related to running stating that they are either subjective or belong in F&N. Running was my original proposal and the intent was to ...
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Are quiz questions on-topic?
In regards to this question:
Regardless of quality, it is clear what the OP is asking and it is not opinion-based. Moreover, Sports SE has chosen to allow trivia content.
Given the community ...
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Are questions about sports betting, spreads, and odds on topic?
I can see where questions in general about how spreads are determined, what they mean, and other functionality questions (especially specialty bets) being on topic.
But I see a snake pit of questions ...
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Is photo finder type questions on-topic?
I came across this question,
I don't think it's on-topic.
If it is off-topic, How to close it? Which reason suits it?
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Can I ask questions about mountaineering in Sports SE Site?
The question is clear! Can I ask questions about mountaineering in the beta site?
