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moving the goalposts

phrase originating from goal sports, now describing by metaphor a kind of logical fallacy or debate tactic
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moving the goalposts

Summary

moving the goalposts is an informal fallacy[1]. It draws 245 Wikipedia views per month (informal_fallacy category, ranking #2 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • moving the goalposts's instance of is recorded as informal fallacy[3].
  • moving the goalposts's instance of is recorded as metaphor[4].
  • goalpost is named after moving the goalposts[5].
  • moving the goalposts's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03c4rgr[6].
  • moving the goalposts's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/MovingTheGoalposts[7].

Why It Matters

moving the goalposts draws 245 Wikipedia views per month (informal_fallacy category, ranking #2 of 6).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). moving the goalposts. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/moving-the-goalposts
MLA “moving the goalposts.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/moving-the-goalposts.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_moving-the-goalposts_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{moving the goalposts}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/moving-the-goalposts}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): moving the goalposts — https://4ort.xyz/entity/moving-the-goalposts (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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