Talk:Cornhole (game)

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[edit] What the heck? Where is all the information

Why were the major organizations taken out of this page? This article used to have the major Cornhole leagues and associations. It's like writing an article about Basketball, and not mentioning the NBA.

Phil —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.198.138.234 (talk) 23:18, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] References in the Media

Section asks for citation for anal sex connotation for "cornhole". Frank Zappa, 1979 Album "Sheik Yerbouti", track 3, "Broken Hearts are for Assholes". 1. I do not see an example template for citing song lyrics so I am unsure of proper format. 2. Wiki article on Sheik_Yerbouti does not contain lyrics but they are available at several "guitar tabs" sites. Breakerslion (talk) 22:52, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Origination

There has been a lot of back and forth on what Cincinnati neightborhood can lay claim to originating the game. I'm going to remove these edits unless they are backed with a published source. Jokestress 19:22, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

There were a lot of references to Cincinnati inventing the game of cornhole in 1999-2000 and another which mentions the game growing in popularity when a group of college kids started playing. I removed these references since the orgin of the game is unknown, but we do know that it was at least being played in Chicagoland in the 18th century. 66.28.84.148 21:26, 26 April 2007 (UTC)User

[edit] Haverford

The persistent editor who keeps adding information about Haverford needs to cite a reliable published source (not a self-published blog), or the information will be removed. Jokestress 22:36, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rules

Many of the rules presented in the article are copied verbatim from the ACA's Official Rules without citation. Radjago 16:49, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nomenclature

I hate to aska wkard questions, but is there a tie between the game cornhjole and being cornholed?

[edit] External links

An external link to Cornhole Planet keeps getting added back in by someone apparently associated with the site. This appears to be a violation of WP:SPAM and WP:COI. Looking it over, it contains little information that is not available elsewhere. I vote for just keeping the national association site and leave out the others. If anyone wishes to include other sites, please discuss your reasons here. Thanks. Jokestress 16:17, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Over the last few weeks, there have been numerous attempts by cornholeetc.com and americancornhole.org to include their link in the resource section. cornholeetc.com is a complete commercial site with no information not available on the association site. americancornhole.org is the non-profit side of the commercial website. This also does not have any information that is not contained in the assocation site and, as far as I can tell, is just a doorway page to the commercial website at the .com address. I vote, like Jokestress prior to me, with just leaving the association website up. drighteous 20:17, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

I have no connection whatsoever to cornholeetc.com or americancornhole.org. However, I do see the same argument being made against the Association. Both sites offer commercial products. What I perceive is one organization attempting to prevent access to the other by continually deleting any mention that another organization supports the game. Frankly, I just don't care anymore. --Spacini 04:44, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Personally, I don't care much about who deletes it as long as their is a valid reason. Cornholeetc.com is clearly just out for commercial purposes so I think we can agree on that. Americancornhole.org is a little more subtle, but its a clear doorway to their commercial site and this is obvious to anyone who looks closely. playcornhole.org has been the oldest and most widely recognized authority on the subject and standardized the rules. americancornhole.org has basically copied the rules and inserted their products as 'official' equipment. It's pretty widely recognized that this is the case which is why I'm assuming it continues to get removed.drighteous 11:26, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

I removed a link to ajjcornhole.com's resource blog that I placed on there after reading this section about commercial sites. I made some updates to the popular terms section and wanted to add "Soft Horseshoes" to the top as other names that I've heard cornhole being called. It looks like there are a couple of self-proclaimed "official cornhole authority" sites with hidden agendas. To be fair, I'd either not link to any external site or I'd link to all of them with something fresh to offer, but what do I know? The only link that makes sense to me would be a link to a website that has a tournament listing that is updated regularly. This is a little difficult to find, since it appears that certain websites won't list your tournament unless it's approved by their "organization". This sport will never grow unless everybody can get along for the betterment (is that a word?) of the sport. AltherrWeb (talk) 04:03, 8 May 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by AltherrWeb (talk • contribs) 03:53, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

May 24th -- I don't understand why people are getting so excited about external links being added. As webmaster of CornholePlayers.net, I feel that our site is valid in wanting to be linked to this page. We provide very detailed information for people looking to build their own cornhole boards, we have rules, and there is also a section for people to post any ( even "non-sanctioned") tournaments. We are not selling boards or bags, in fact through the Summer we even have contests to give them away for free. I've readded our link, please let me know specificially why you MUST remove it, if you do. Also - the last person to remove my link was whoever added the ACO link, so thanks frank - way to spread the sport. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.146.219.151 (talk) 18:58, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Finley Peter Dunne

As noted in the article (sort of), beanbag has a history in Chicago as well.

I'd be curious to know if the game is specifically what Finley Peter Dunne was referring to when he coined his famous aphorism, "politics ain't beanbag." Anyone know?

--User--

It looks like that was what he was referring to. Bean bags has been around in Chicago for a LONG time so it wouldnt' surprise me. Here is an article that clarifies what he was referring to.

http://www.nfib.com/object/IO_25307.html

65.42.87.192 00:34, 24 April 2007 (UTC)


According to the Beanbag article, cornhole is a regional name for the game 'beanbag'. I have also heard it referred to as 'bags' by chicagoans. Should this possibly change the origin section? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 8.8.200.48 (talk) 03:26, August 26, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Category

I attached Category:Team sport to this article since it wasn't categorized. However, I am wondering if this is the proper category? Vbofficial 18:10, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Linking my webpage

I am interested in getting my webpage linked under "cornhole". Is this possible? My website is www.beccasports.com.

Thank you Beccasports 17:11, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Um, no, it isn't. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 23:16, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Copyvio

The bulk of this article is blatant copy-paste copyright violation from the American sactioning organization's ruleset. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 23:15, 7 December 2007 (UTC)