Talk:Trick shot

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[edit] Overhaul and expand post haste!

This baby-stub needs a total overhaul and expansion; this should be a major article, as trick shots are the subject of heated, televised intl. pro competition! — SMcCandlish [talk] [contrib] ツ 22:34, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Im working on this. Vandalfighter101 15:30, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

I've done some general cleanup myself, including removing a number of outright b.s. statements, cleaning up the broken English, improving the organization of the article, and wikifying the content. While it is still rather paltry, I think it would survive AfD now if at least one reliable source were added. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 22:21, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

You got any ideas to help this article out? and what do you mean "outright b.s. statements? right now im looking at the history of trick shot.Vandalfighter101 08:09, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Taken to user talk. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 16:53, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Marking this topic "Resolved", as the article has improved vastly in the last two days. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 16:53, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References

I came across this article and noticed that it needed some references. See WP:CITET for proper formatting templates.

• Interactive Trick shots
• Google Book search: billiards trick shot

Hope they help! Cheers. Cliff smith 20:58, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

thanks for the help manVandalfighter101 13:15, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

However, neither of those are suitable as references. The first is non-authoritative, and the second it just a list of books.— SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 22:24, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, um, the list of books was to possibly find a book in that list to use as a reference. It's fairly obvious that that simple link wouldn't actually be a reference. And I understand the first link being non-authoritative. Thanks for the explanation! Cliff smith 03:37, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Right. Wasn't meant as criticism; just a footnote. I see people paste all kinds of stuff in as "references" here and there. :-) — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 01:24, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Artistic pool

Because a.p. does not consist entirely of trick shots, it should probably move to its own article after it expands into a couple more sourced paragraphs. Between the two sites cited, there is certainly enough material to write up quite a bit more about it. Artistic billiards now mentions it and (for now) links here with {{Main}}. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 16:55, 23 July 2007 (UTC)