Talk:Candlepin bowling

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[edit] Ten-pin bowling peer review

The article Ten-pin bowling is currently undergoing a peer review to bring it up to featured article status. As others who are interested in bowling, I invite you to leave your comments--Danaman5 04:04, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Candlepin bowling =/= 10-pin bowling. 24.218.147.30 (talk) 01:15, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] External links

Is there a reason I'm not aware of that the link to the Internation Candlepin Bowling Association (ICBA) was removed and replaced with a link to the Western New England Candlepin Association? The ICBA is the larger group, more inclusive of the subject as a whole, and generally regarded as the authority on candlepin rules, standards, and certification. If there's no argument, I'm going to restore the link. Thanks! Mary quite contrary 19:36, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

adding it back sounds good to me, but should probably leave the WNE link too... Any idea why the dmoz link got pulled? I don't like uncommented edits by ip numbers removing content... -- Akb4 08:48, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
Done, and restored the dmoz link as well. --Mary quite contrary (hai?) 21:54, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] dmoz

who keeps removing the dmoz link? they are using an ip address and don't appear to be editing any other articles, at least from there. what do we do about this? while I'm on the topic, shouldn't that link go to the dmoz directory page instead of the faq? The faq isn't big; we could probably incorporate any info that it has that we don't already have... -- Akb4 08:06, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

ok, it's ugly but I put a note up to look here before removing the dmoz link. Let's see if it happens again. Hey, you, please stop removing that link without talking about it here. -- Akb4 07:03, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
the link list on this page is so far outdated, it's amazing. Each of the pages on the "dmoz link" has been left as is for several years, therefore it does not belong here. Questions? I can answer them: webmaster@candlepingallery.org Candlepinbruce 14:04, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] section removed

I have pulled the section "World Candlepin Bowling", which presented the top teams of 2006 and 2007. The problem is that the league is not identified; some web searching implies that the A+ Accounting team was competing in "Oland's Commercial Men's Pro League" ([1]). It's unclear to me how many leagues there are, how many categories within them (men's, women's, team, individual), and how wikipedia handles sports results, but I'm pretty sure that just listing two winning teams from a not clearly identified and described league isn't a great plan. This article is also getting pretty long, so if we're going to include results, they probably should get their own article. Here's the content I pulled:

The 2006 World Candlepin Bowling Champions from Nova Scotia

Halifax Fairlanes A+ Accounting
Doug Blackler
Todd Harrison
Gerry Dunn
John Harrietha
Matt Harnett
Matt McPhee
Matt Leblanc
Nate Leblanc

The 2007 World Candlepin Bowling Champions

The Churchill Drivers
Tony Hamilton
Matt Harley
Kathleen Holland
Jeff LeBrun
Ryan Monminie
Jeff Murray
Shannon Sinclair
Brett Spicer

-- Akb4 06:19, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

The World Candlepin Bowling Championships is a week long tournament, held yearly. Site alternates between the US and Canada. Last year, it was held in Bangor, ME. The teams listed above competed in this tournament. Questions? I can answer them. webmaster@candlepingallery.com Candlepinbruce 15:17, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "wood" vs. "dead wood"?

In Maine, I don't think I've ever heard the term "wood" used without "dead" in front of it. Felled pins are "dead wood". Is this different elsewhere? Or should all occurrences of "wood" be changed to "dead wood"? 12:56, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Wood in play is referred to as simply, "wood." If it's in the gutter, it's "dead wood" as it's not in play. For more information on candlepin bowling, please go to www.candlepingallery.org. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.235.255.143 (talk) 19:39, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] slang terms removed

  • Goll Roll: Slang for the sound of the ball rolling down the alley.
  • Glung Glung Glung: Slang for the sound of a bunch of pins falling, mainly a strike.

these were removed by me (TWICE) as they do not fall in any common vernacular and/or candlepin slang of which I'm aware. If you have proof they're widely used, I'd like to see it. Questions? I can answer them: webmaster@candlepingallery.org —Preceding unsigned comment added by Candlepinbruce (talk • contribs) 18:16, 3 June 2008 (UTC)