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Media: Are announcer/commentator identification questions on-topic?

You missed out on this question: Commentator IBF events. As it currently stands, it has 750 views and is the third highest viewed question that I asked. It doesn't really fit the standard @waxeagle d …
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Sports Stack Exchange Google+ Fan Page

I would like to start a Google+ fan page of the Sports beta site. Primary goal could be: circle active users circle people who have answered/posted questions (users tab, new users) Make an invento …
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Let's get critical: Feb 2014 Site Self-Evaluation

I think I've noticed a drop in the answered questions percentage from 98% to 94%.
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Are questions in the form/manner "How can I get started in [sport]?" on-topic?

I skipped that close review post, because I was having second thoughts, only to realize this meta post afterwards. What strikes me is that people find the question too broad, but fail to edit the que …
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Location specific questions allowed?

I would consider it to be off-topic, for reasons of it being opinion based and not directly related to sports. We had such an instance on Web Applications as well. Somebody wanted to know where to fi …
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Should Moderators be Asking Questions?

Thanks for voicing your opinion here Esa. First, I was talking about moderators, and more specific towards the pro tempore ones Secondly, I posted my own answer, allowing me to express my opinion. …
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Should Moderators be Asking Questions?

In my 4 months career here on Sports beta, I've asked 11 questions. Two out of the three moderators get stuck asking only 2 questions in approximately 1.5 year. Should moderators, especially in beta …
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Should Moderators be Asking Questions?

I think moderators (at least the pro temp ones) should participate in the Q&A. Asking a good question is way more difficult than answering questions. If they are to lead by example, then asking ques …
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Should we have custom "Page not Found - 404 error" page?

Shouldn't we be having a customized error message: Something like a sports blooper perhaps?
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The cricket questions here are pretty good

For the badminton tag, I'm having the problem that the terminology used in badminton, often is explained on the internet, although many times on fora and/or (poor) badminton fan sites. Should I throw …
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Using Meta or Chat

I fully agree Jacob Jan. It will give a better overview to what the community feels/thinks/wants, rather than a set of comments or overly complete answers. Some stats: of the 130 questions asked, 5 …
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Using Meta or Chat

I've noticed that Sports meta is often used as a quasi chat room. Questions are asked, but without any answers. Some of them contain huge comment lists. I'm in favour of getting clear answers to the …
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Salvaging another user's question

Searching(1) the internet, using this query: oldest sport in the world will yield: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sport This question could've easily been closed as NARQ. (1): Google
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Exemption for Sports beta

I just found out on Web Applications Meta that a new threshold limit have been enforced, concerning the review queue: Propose a privilege to sit in the 500 reputation mark I propose to apply for an …
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Fantasy (American) Football 2013 - Who's in?

I'm not in. It clearly divides Sports SE. This could've been rallied in the chat as well.
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