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This was pretty similar to my experience trying to add up to date participation numbers to Australian sport. There is a big survey done in Australia, the Auspl
by sien 7y ago
This was pretty similar to my experience trying to add up to date participation numbers to Australian sport.
There is a big survey done in Australia, the Ausplay survey:
https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/research/smi/ausplay/results/national https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/research/smi/auspla...
They have extensive tables on adult participation.
Two editors would not let this data into the sport in Australia article. The reason was fairly obvious, it shows that soccer/football is the most played team sport in Australia. Roy Morgan, a statistical agency also had similar figures.
There was much time spent in the talk pages spent asking these two what would be acceptable for quoting these sporting statistics. The answer was nothing.
If you can't get fairly unobjectionable material like that into wikipedia what else is being blocked?
- FalconSensei 7y ago> The reason was fairly obvious, it shows that soccer/football is the most played team sport in Australia I'm not familiar with Australian culture, can you explain why would that be obvious?
- sien 7y agoGood point. Sorry. Some older Australians are parochial about sport. Soccer is seen as foreign and something not really Australian. It's similar to the way soccer has been described as un-American in the US.