Talk:Lacrosse

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	Lacrosse was a Sports and recreation good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
Article milestones Date Process Result May 11, 2006 Good article nominee Not listed March 22, 2007 Good article nominee Not listed August 8, 2018 Good article nominee Not listed November 27, 2019 Good article nominee Not listed Current status: Former good article nominee

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Native American perspective?

This article fails to address how various Native American groups feel about the appropriation of an aspect of their spiritual life. Rklawton (talk) 03:24, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 15 February 2023

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players must were padded coatings to play or else injuries are going to occure on more than one occasion

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 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:11, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

correct spelling

In the main page photograph (top rightmost photo) North Carolina is misspelled in the photo description as North Carolinia. Please consider correcting the spelling to North Carolina. OranjeBosch (talk) 16:34, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 15 November 2023

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Change the North Carolina vs Duke game picture to a more recent picture Noahryzhikov (talk) 19:36, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Have one in mind? Check out WP:Image Use Policy for guidelines on what images we can use Cannolis (talk) 19:54, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

cities

Correct: "cites" to "cities". 87.0.218.161 (talk) 16:49, 13 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oldest in North America?

The article for the Mesoamerican ballgame says it's been practiced since 1650 BCE, while this article mentions Lacrosse being the oldest organized sport in North America while originating in the 1100s CE. Shouldn't the Mesoamerican ballgame be considered the oldest? Diegonals (talk) 03:05, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 10 November 2025

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This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= parameter to no to reactivate your request. ~2025-32169-67 (talk) 07:37, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply] Not to be changed; simply add the fact that it is the national summer sport of Canada ~2025-32169-67 (talk) 07:40, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]  Not done. We are not adding AI to our article per WP:HATGPT. This discussion has been closed. NotJamestack (talk) 13:18, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply] AI Overview +4 Lacrosse is officially Canada's national summer sport.