During football matches intervals, between halves or before overtime, are the referees able to take a look at the dubious episodes of the first half?  Should they be able to?
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What do football referees do and where do they go during halftime?  Is there a protocol or are there particular rules they have to obey during that time, like restrictions who to communicate with? Is it common to prepare in some way for the second half and review the decisions made in the first half, or do they simply spend the time recovering? I'm mainly asking about the situation in high-profile games (e.g. Champions League).
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I think I just witnessed a moderator decline a flag raised on his own comment. (I'm hesitant to discuss specifics unless I have to, as I don't mean to put anyone in a negative light.)  Since there are at least 2 other moderators per site, I'm not sure this should be allowed—I feel that either   only uninvolved moderator(s) should be able to view and handle flags on co-moderators' posts, or moderators should be able to view all flags, but a flagged moderator should not be allowed to decline a flag against him- or herself.   I have no personal issue with this moderator. I just felt in this case that there was truth in both sides (the moderator's as well as the flagging user's), and sought a win-win solution, i.e. by improving the disputed answer. Coming back an hour later to see that the moderator unilaterally declined the user's flag—that didn't seem fair to the user...  I am making some assumptions based on the "Last Seen" stat in the moderator tools, so if I'm simply mistaken on what happened, I apologize in advance.
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I just reviewed this:    But while reviewing, it already displays the "put on hold as not a real question" section, and it asked:     Should this question be closed as: ?   So as it stands, the audits are broken, since we already know that the question is "on hold" while reviewing, and it is incredibly hard to miss the huge grey box at the bottom.  Another with screenshot:
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I am wondering if a referee can reveal the title of the papers he/she has refereed for a journal (either by talking about it in the pub, posting it on facebook or another mean) after the decision has been made.  The reason for my question is that I have seen some people revealing titles of the papers they referee but I have not found an authoritative reference for judging this behaviour.
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It's the last ball of the over. The ball hits the helmet kept behind the keeper. 5 runs will be awarded, but my question here is, will the same batsman face the first ball of the next over?
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The other day, I got an obviously good question in a Close Vote Review.  Even if I didn't read the question,  is a bit of a giveaway.  Today I got one where   Also, on sites other than SO (where I understand the queues are huge), the number of reviews needed is often low enough (single digits) that you usually notice when you get an extra one.  I don't mind - I'm quite happy to get easy-to-pass audits - but maybe they could be a little harder...
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One of  is     104.3f If a player would both win and lose the game simultaneously, he or she loses the game.   . However, it seems to me like it "ought to be" the case that if there are only 2 players and  [A loses] ​ [B loses] ​ [B wins]  would occur simultaneously, then B should win, since  win-and-lose-simultaneously should be better than just-lose.  For that reason, it seems like the     Proposed Alternative : ​ ​ ​ If, simultaneously, all players would lose the game and      some players would win the game, then the players who would not win the game      lose the game, and the game is a draw between the remaining players. ​ Otherwise,      if a player would both win and lose the game simultaneously, he or she loses the game.   would make more sense. ​ However, I can't think of any situations in which that would matter.  Are there any possible situations in which my proposed alternative  would yield a different result from the actual rule?
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Is something wrong with StackOverflow's spam filter? Recently there have been huge numbers of spam topics related to football streaming. They have all been spam flagged and deleted but there are more getting posted all the time, I just flagged another 6 or so a few minutes ago. This has been going on for around 3 days now with these topics getting constantly posted over and over again in the  tag.
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Did your team win the football match yesterday?         The weather was very bad, so we weren't playing.   vs     The weather was very bad, so we didn't play.   Is the first one not correct? Why is it?
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What if, in soccer, right after the attacking team scores a goal, the defending team makes a foul? Say, it was a corner, and the ball already crossed the line, and then a defending player slide-tackles a attacking person. What is the result? A penalty? Or maybe a direct free kick inside the goal?!?
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On Stack Exchange sites I have always felt answering in the right time can result in a good score. The first few answers always get some advantage. If the scores are hidden for some specific time (maybe 6-12 hours) and all the answers are shown randomly, then I think the process will be more unbiased.  Edit: Considering what Gamecat has told, the score may be kept visible only for the respective answerers. May be for the questioner also.
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So how would I design a replay system?  You may know it from certain games like Warcraft 3 or Starcraft where you can watch the game again after it has been played already.  You end up with a relatively small replay file. So my questions are:   How to save the data? (custom format?) (small filesize) What shall be saved? How to make it generic so it can be used in other games to record a time period (and not a complete match for example)? Make it possible to forward and rewind (WC3 couldn't rewind as far as I remember)
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There is an unfair coin. It tends to land on one side more than on the other. It is unknown which side is it.  There is Mr. A and Mr. B. They argue about something and they want to use that coin to decide who is right.  Is there any technique of using that unfair coin to get fair result?  My solution: I can think of only that there is going to be 2 rounds. First time Mr. A chooses HEAD, than Mr. B chooses HEAD if any of them wins twice they win.
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I am stuck with this question, I thought $(\frac{1}{2})^7$ but it is wrong. Any help would be much appreciated. In a football​ game, the sides in the soccer field are determined on the basis of a single coin flip by the referee and the team which correctly guesses the flip result gets its desired side.  a) What is the probability that a team will have to wait until its 7th game to get its desired side?
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About a year ago I submitted a paper to a very good math journal.  After 10 months I asked the editor for its status,  and he said it is still with the referee, and that he will remind him about it.  Two more months have passed. Should/could I write the editor again? or am I risking annoying the editor/referee? How much time should I wait between such inquires?
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While watching the Liverpool vs Manchester United Premier League game in January 2020, I got confused on the offside rule when Salah scored a goal.  Salah was well offside when Allison passed the ball to him. I'm confused as to how that is not an offside. I thought it won't be offside when goalkeeper passes the ball only when it's a goal kick, but it wasn't a goal kick, Allison got the ball in open play after deflecting from one of the Manchester players.
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What is tie-breaking procedure in NHL (regular season)?  How are standings for the teams in the NHL table decided. What is used as a secondary criterion, if the teams have the same number of points?    For example, with one match remaining for Detroit and Washington the positions of wild card teams in Eastern Conference are     |            | GP | pts | diff  1 | Columbus   | 82 | 93  | +15  2 | Detroit    | 81 | 91  | -11  3 | Washington | 81 | 89  | -4   (GP = number of games played, pts = number of points, diff = )  I have seen in many sources that at this point the teams qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs are already decided and that Washington Capitals cannot qualify. But it is still possible that both Washington Capitals and Detroit Red Wings both finish at 91 points. (Capitals would have to win their last game, and Detroit would have to loose in regulation time.) Moreover, Washington would have better goal difference. So I wonder why they cannot qualify.