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[edit] Spam

Resolved. Spam deleted.

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". 71.83.189.142 20:23, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Carrom computer games

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. 71.83.189.142 20:23, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rules section needs work

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)

Agreed. Actually this entire article needs a lot or work; most of it is unsourced. But the rules section and using less less jargon would be a good start. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 16:58, 20 April 2007 (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)

Please, just make edits with simple edit summaries like "Fixed caption, per WP:NPOV." Moral outrage rants on article talk pages are not useful and can even be disruptive. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 16:56, 20 April 2007 (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)

[edit] Filipino variant

Some basics are discussed here, but being a webboard it is not a citable source. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 19:27, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Novuss and carrom

Someone who knows a lot about this stuff needs to clean up the novuss article, which was written by someone who does not understand that novuss is simply another cued variant of carrom. The relationship between the two articles needs to be tightened. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 17:06, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] British origin of cued version?

The novuss article suggests that Britain may be the origin of carrom games being played with cue sticks instead of directly with the hands. This bears further research, as it is obviously a very important part of the history of carrom and its divergence into two styles of gameplay. I think this theory is very plausible given Britain's involvement in India, and its fondness for cue sports.— SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 17:06, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Source for American carrom

[2] - has some good material in it. Because it is provided by the major current manufacturer, it cannot be considered a reliable source (due to [[WP:COI|conflict of interest) with regard to that company or its competitors, but there is no particular reason to believe it unreliable as to the nature and general history of such boards. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 17:26, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chinese cued variant

Allegedly exists. Needs to be researched. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 18:18, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NO Not At all donot merge

I am Creating the rules secton and i dont want it to merge in anyone as the article is about laws of international carrom federation. Myself harpreet singh website owner of http://www.psca.ca.pn/. Each article have independant existence so please dont do this if u want to do this then do a thing merge artciles related to cricket in cricket game as toss is there in cricket game too.user:hpt_lucky

 —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 06:20, 25 September 2007 (UTC)