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How exactly do you play flag football? like what are the rules? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.249.85.9 (talk • contribs) 18:16, Apr 18, 2006 (UTC)
I rewrote this page substantially. At somepoint, the "Basics of the Game" section, which seemed like a useful introduction, had been removed; I put it back. I expanded a bit on "Variations". I also deleted entirely the section on the Worcester (Mass) league as being too regional and not generally useful or noteable. Bikeable 04:16, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
I think the external links section wil get bloated with leagues unless kept to WP:NOTABLE leagues. For now, I would take that to mean national level only, especially as North America probably has hundreds. --Bdoserror 03:38, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
I removed the following:
If someone can provide a citation to back it up, and to show noteworthiness, then it can be replaced. --Bdoserror 03:12, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
I have removed the following link:
As this league doesn't appear particularly notable. Please don't add it back until it's notability is established. --Bdoserror 21:34, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Not all leuges follow preset first downs, some leuges are more simmulier to nfl play in wich you must gain a sertain amount of yards to get a firs down -- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.31.103.10 (talk • contribs) 2007-07-27T01:55:11
After initially reformatting the entry about the Hall of Fame, I searched and could not find any reference to the "National Flag Football Council" anywhere online, so I have removed the following:
-- Bdoserror 16:44, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
xflagfootball is on the west coast, including hawaii. It is not a national league but it is in multiple states and will soon expand to Mexico, thus it would be an international league.
X Flag Football —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.247.37.61 (talk) 04:06, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
X does have the busiest message board of any league. Does that qualify as notability? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.247.37.61 (talk) 03:09, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
An active message board is notable, and the most active messageboard seems like a reason to include it in the list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by LouPepe (talk • contribs) 19:10, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
Two countries, 3 states, and the most active message board of any flag football league in the world is enough notability for me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by LouPepe (talk • contribs) 20:50, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
Obviously there isn't a website that clearly rates messageboards based on their page hits. I've went to many different websites and searched their message boards, x is getting several hundred posts each day! The closest competitor gets less than 10 per day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by LouPepe (talk • contribs) 05:55, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
This article is about flag football. External links to leagues just because they are flag football leagues are not relevant. Forum traffic is also irrelevant to notability or anything else to do with external links. External links here should only link to meritable websites that explain or delve into flag football in authoritative detail that we can't have here in one article. 2005 (talk) 05:53, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
OK, I do not know why flagmag.com would be taken off this list. It is an internation flag football website with information regarding flag football rules and plays. The site has been open for ten years. Can someone please tell me what the problem is? Thejimgaudet (talk) 15:16, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
I played this variety in an intra-mural league at college in the 1960's, yet this article only mentions 9 and few man versions. Wschart (talk) 19:13, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
Flag football is apparently called "tag football" in NZ: http://www.nztagfootball.co.nz/index.php?page=what-is-kiwitag but this is used for "touch football" in the US. --Espoo (talk) 07:25, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
A large chunk of this article appears to have been removed, I'm unsure if it should be reverted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by N8 Toe (talk • contribs) 00:50, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
Flag football is a bit of a tricky subject, because there literally hundreds of leagues and each use slightly different variations on things like field dimensions, scoring system, number and gender of players, fumble rules, kicking elements, blocking elements, and so on. Posting your home league's rules is actually misleading, as it does not reflect the diversity of rules out there. To the extent this article has a basic section it would have to include only elements universal to all flag football games--a rectangular field, throwing and catching, touchdowns (but not conversions, as leagues vary on whether they are worth 1 or 2 points, whether there is an option, whether they're returnable, and where they are attempted from), and flag-pulling. Given that I suspect that general language about how flag football differs from traditional and a link to the rule of American football may be a better approach. Certainly interested if others have better ideas though. Thomas Craven (talk) 15:18, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
Touch and flag football are effectively just variations of the same game. The only difference is that tackling is accomplished via flag-pulling or hand-contact. Street football (American) falls under the same umbrella. I see no reason for these not to be combined in a single article. The heading could be any of the three, or something like Non-tackle American football. Otherwise we will have three different versions of the same article varying only with regard to the specifics of what constitutes a tackle. Thomas Craven (talk) 15:26, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
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I assume that the Canadian Flag Football League plays by a ruleset more in line with Canadian football. If so, shouldn't the intro say "Flag football is a variant of American and Canadian football"? Or include Canadian football in SOME way. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 21:37, 1 October 2023 (UTC)