Sports category reorganisation

CuLT

Howdy,

The Sports category is starting to get a bit unwieldy in size, so we'd like to organise it into some sort of sub-classification system. We're a bit stumped on the best way to do this ourselves, so thought you guys might have some suggestions on how we can break down the section into manageable chunks

Not really looking for a "Move X to Y" sort of thread here, more a "this list of forums could be categorised thusly", any help would be appreciated.

Agent Smith

Merge Greyhound racing and Horse Racing

6th

How about:

Team Sports -

Soccer
Rugby
Baseball
Basketball
etc?

Water Sports -

Swimming
Sailing
Scube
Angling
Surfing
etc?

Indoor Sports -

Darts
Bowling
Snooker & Pool
Self Defense
etc?

Something along those lines might work?

6th

Sports with Animals could be another one but its the naming of the catagories might cause problems?

Gandalf23

How about something like this;

"Fieldsports" for GAA, soccer, Rugby etc
"Snowsports" for snowboarding and skiing etc
"Horse Racing and Greyhounds" for, well, horseracing and greyhounds
"watersports" all water related stuff
"Athlethics and Running" all olympic kinda stuff
"Other sports" to include everything thats left

This is not a comprehensive list and will need some tweaking. Bt something along those lines could work.

The Hill Billy

6th beat me to it. Wot 'e said.

Gandalf23

6th wrote: »

Sports with Animals could be another one but its the naming of the catagories might cause problems?

Thats called beastiality 6th. Thought you woulda known that

Ron DMC

Gandalf23 wrote: »

How about something like this;

"Fieldsports" for GAA, soccer, Rugby etc
"Snowsports" for snowboarding and skiing etc
"Horse Racing and Greyhounds" for, well, horseracing and greyhounds
"watersports" all water related stuff
"Athlethics and Running" all olympic kinda stuff
"Other sports" to include everything thats left

This is not a comprehensive list and will need some tweaking. Bt something along those lines could work.

I was also going to suggest Fieldsports, Watersports etc.

Not sure about Horse Racing and Greyhounds needing it's own category, plus what would happen to Equestrian in that case?

Skiing/snowboarding are already together in Wintersports.

Athletics/ Running sounds good that way.

And other sports sounds almost insulting to them. Plus it'd leave out Sports and Sports Trivia which wouldn't really fit in any of those categories.

6th

A general Sports section is good with Sports trivia as a sub-forum. Where else could I have asked about Lawn Bowls?

r3nu4l

Could we have "Aqua sports" instead of "Water sports"?

I've a really filthy mind

I like 6th's suggestions but also think that Gandalf is right to say "Field Sports" instead of Team sports as Basketball is a (mostly) indoor team sport.

6th

Yeah feild is better than team, swimming can be a team event as can alot of others.

How about Ball Sports?

Beruthiel

r3nu4l wrote: »

Could we have "Aqua sports" instead of "Water sports"?

You're not alone. T'was the first thing that popped into my mind too.

Hail 2 Da Chimp

If it would help you to clean them up a little, you could delete Darts, Horse racing, Pro-wrestling and Snooker & Pool. As these are not really sports.

Ron DMC

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »

If it would help you to clean them up a little, you could delete Darts, Horse racing, Pro-wrestling and Snooker & Pool. As these are not really sports.

I'd disagree with you on Horseracing as it's a very active for jockeys. Greyhound racing on the other hand...

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Can the Boards Team Forum be unattached from "Soccer" please.

I feel we have become more than a Sub Forum now, so if that is possible, I'd like it to be done.

r3nu4l

Okay, I've had some thoughts, what do people think of this?

r3nu4l wrote:

Category: Sports

Airsoft & Paintball
Airsoft
Airsoft Reviews
Airsoft Troubleshooting
Airsoft Adverts
Paintball


Aqua Sports
Angling
Sailing / Boating
Scuba Diving
Surfing
Swimming


Field Sports
American Football
Aussie Rules Football
Baseball
Cricket
GAA
Hockey
Rugby
Rugby League


Indoor Sports
Basketball
Bowling
Boxing
Darts
Self Defence / Martial Arts
Snooker / Pool


Outdoor Sports
Archery
Cycling
Frisbee
Golf


Shooting
Hunting
Target Shooting
Shooting For Sale/Wanted


Soccer
Boards Team
Soccer
Soccer Access Requests
Soccer Tickets &Travel


Sports
Sports
Sports Trivia


Track, Field and Outdoor pursuits
Athletics
Marathon / Triathlon
Outdoor Pursuits
Parkour / Free Running


Winter Sports
Extreme Sports
Greyhound Racing
Horse Racing
Motorsport
Pro Wrestling
Racket Sports

I haven't grouped Winter Sports, Extreme Sports, Greyhound Racing, Horse Racing, Motorsport, Pro Wrestling or Racket Sports into any categories and don't know where they would fit.

Also, there may be problems with one or two others but...it's the best I can do for now.

Beruthial, glad I wasn't the only one

6th

Cult, r3nu4l as your problem 99% sorted right there ^^^^

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Is pro-wrestling actually a sport though?

Gandalf23

r3nu4l wrote: »

Okay, I've had some thoughts, what do people think of this?

Yessir, I likes it!

Sherifu

r3nu4l wrote: »

Okay, I've had some thoughts, what do people think of this?

Looks good.

Mitch Connor

DesF wrote: »

Is pro-wrestling actually a sport though?

depends. Actual wrstling is, and UFC/MMA definagtely are, and get discussed in the same area. As for TNA/WWE/ROH stuff, maybe it is not a sport, but i think it would look out of place in entertainment. And, when you boil it down, does it really matter if it is Sports.

Pherekydes

r3nu4l wrote: »

Airsoft & Paintball
Airsoft
Airsoft Reviews
Airsoft Troubleshooting
Airsoft Adverts
Paintball

Angling
Sailing / Boating
Scuba Diving
Surfing

Bowling
Darts
Snooker / Pool

Outdoor Sports
Archery
Frisbee
Golf

Shooting
Hunting
Target Shooting
Shooting For Sale/Wanted

Sports Trivia
Outdoor Pursuits
Parkour / Free Running

Winter Sports
Extreme Sports
Greyhound Racing
Horse Racing
Motorsport
Pro Wrestling

It's unwieldy because there are too many non-sports in there. Remove these ones and put them in a sub-category in the Rec category. Just my opinion.

Others, like soccer travel and other stuff like that could also be moved.

Hail 2 Da Chimp

Ronny Mitchell wrote: »

Greyhound racing on the other hand...

Well, just think of them as little horses!

DesF wrote: »

Is pro-wrestling actually a sport though?

No, no it's not. Actual wrestling is, pro-wrestling is more entertainment.

Tauren wrote: »

And, when you boil it down, does it really matter if it is Sports.

Well it's not a sport so maybe it should be moved to a sub forum of entertainment?

6th

CuLT wrote: »

Not really looking for a "Move X to Y" sort of thread here, more a "this list of forums could be categorised thusly", any help would be appreciated.

Just for clarification

r3nu4l

Slow coach wrote: »

It's unwieldy because there are too many non-sports in there. Remove these ones and put them in a sub-category in the Rec category. Just my opinion.

Others, like soccer travel and other stuff like that could also be moved.

Oh it's not perfect but part of the problem is individual definitions of what is and isn't a sport, this is often subjective. For 99% of people bowling is a recreational past time but for the 1% that compete, it's most definitely a sport and there's plenty of skill and technique required to become good. In the US bowling is a big sport, frequently televised and with big paypackets and 6 figure sponsorship deals for big names in the sport.

However, I just took the existing Sports category fora and rearranged them as seen above. I don't think it's our job to say what should and shouldn't be there, just how to recategorise what is there.
Just my 2c...but I do agree with some points and wouldn't object to bowling being moved if that's what was decided.

kaimera

No need to change it CuLT.

Subbed list ftw

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What about a "Games" SubCat for things like Darts and Bowling?

CuLT

We don't want to go down the road of one upmanship on what different people consider sports.

Wikipedia wrote:

The term "sport" is sometimes extended to encompass all competitive activities, regardless of the level of physical activity. Both games of skill and motor sport exhibit many of the characteristics of physical sports, such as skill, sportsmanship, and at the highest levels, even professional sponsorship associated with physical sports. Air sports, billiards, bridge, chess, motorcycle racing, and powerboating are all recognized as sports by the International Olympic Committee with their world governing bodies represented in the Association of the IOC Recognised International Sports Federations.

For what it's worth, bowling is recognized by the Internation Olympic Committee as a "sport".


r3nu4l: that's some stellar work right there, will put this to the lads.

Winter sports would be taxonomically worthy of it's own category if it had the traffic, so we can leave that on the upper category level as it might expand as global weather deteriorates and Ireland becomes embroiled in the beginning of an ice age.

Greyhound Racing and Horse Racing might be better off under Rec.

I think the Pro Wrestling forum is used as both a WWE thing and a place for Irish wrestlers to discuss, and I guess it's an "Indoor" sport, so might fit comfortable there.

Motorsport - could this be a subforum of Motors? Just putting it out there, I don't know much about cars or their associated sports

Racket Sports can probably sit at category level too (taxonomically)

Think Equestrian got left out of the list there...

Agent Smith

Of What Little is Said on the greyhound Forum, A good bit is about the social Aspect.

Perhaps the move to rec might help it!

r3nu4l

CuLT wrote: »

Think Equestrian got left out of the list there...

Oops, so it did, apologies to the equestrian-types, that wasn't intentional!

Xavi6

CuLT wrote: »

Motorsport - could this be a subforum of Motors? Just putting it out there, I don't know much about cars or their associated sports

Just on that, I'd personally have no real interest in cars but would be quite into Formula 1. I'd say there are others the same. I'd certainly consider it worthy of a place in the sports section.