Talk:Carrom
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[edit] misc
I have no idea what the reference to "Arun Deshpande" and his email was doing in this article, but it's directly against the guidelines: "Please do not create an article to promote yourself, a website, a product, or a business".
Anybody has a computer Carrom game? I found a carrom game in a Nokia phone, called Pocket Carrom. It was nice. I want to play carrom on my computer.
This article has a good start, but the rules section is terrible. It needs to be explained in a manner that does not use the jargon of the game. It also doesn't talk about rules of using the striker. I have no idea how real carrom (non-American) is played, and I still don't.71.83.189.142 20:23, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Caption
The caption on the picture of the two boys and nun previously read: "A Catholic nun playing carrom with underprivileged kids in India". Anyone who is: 1. white, 2. Christian, 3. an adult, and 4. wearing a habit generally has more privilege in this world (i.e.: the internet) than shirtless minors of color from the predominantly non-Christian Global South. So I changed "underprivileged kids" (here and in Wikipedia Commons) to "two children" and had them switch places with the nun for more NPOV. After all, these are human children, not goats. — Morganfitzp 04:32, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Maze version
I have added a section on the maze version played in Southern California. I played it in elementary school in Los Angeles, in about third grade, in about 1960. My recollection is that we called it "carroms". Does anyone know what this game was actually called, who made it, or where there are pictures or other information about it? The only source I have found is searching carrom.org for the word MAZE. But mostly this just leads to people asking questions. At least we can all reassure one another that we do really remember this game! Keith Redenbaugh who lived in Canoga Park, California says that there was someone at the junior high school who was making these boards. [1] Greg Baxter says the board was about 4 by 4 feet, which matches my recollection. It is too bad that the one commercial source in 2006 (mazegame) looks quite different and has no history information. (But they are in Placentia, California.) Someone somewhere must have one of those old carrom maze boards left! 69.87.204.133 16:10, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
