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I really don't think it is a good idea to merge all the pages on lesser known sub pages into this one. For one thing you are not going to include all pub games in the one article — darts is always going to be too big in its own right. Besides, I can't see any benefit from doing this. This page should really just be a list of what pub games there are, with some discussion of changes in popularity over time and geographic variation. -- Solipsist 12:22, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
I have reinstated the original bullet point summary list of traditional pub games, as this serves as a useful overview and index to other Wikipedia articles, and moreover I think some of the games in the list were no longer referred to in the article when the list was taken out. Ben Finn 13:45, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
can i just ask, what the image of a yard of ale has to do with pub games, aside from being alcoholic and available in pubs? i dont know any pub games that involve yards of tasty beverage... downing a pint isnt really a game, is it? 88.108.146.129 ( talk) 01:19, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
What the USA calls checkers is called draughts in real english, as far as I am aware, it is never referred to as chequers, as this is the British spelling, and British people would call it draughts, if that makes sense, so it should either be linked as Draughts or Checkers, preferably the former as pub games are more British than American Lovefist233 ( talk) 13:55, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
You are having a laugh? First, this is drinking game and games such a boat race are much more common. Secondly there is no verification of its popularity - I have never heard of it. Martin Hogbin ( talk) 15:09, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
Well blow me down, it is a real game, but I do not think that common. I have left the reference in under 'other games'. Martin Hogbin ( talk) 19:35, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
Can someone please explain the criteria used to determine the style of sub-heading attributed to each Pub Game. Why, for example, is the popular game of darts given such a small heading, whilst games I've never even heard of ('Devil among the tailors' and 'Ringing the Bell') given such a prominent heading? Obscurasky ( talk) 21:53, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
This article is a real mess. I'd like to have a go at tidying it up, but would appreciate some comments/suggestions before I do. It's pretty clear that we can't list, for example, all the card games played in pubs, so surely the best approach is to have a brief explanation of what a card game is, and a link to the card games page?
Separating out 'sports' and 'games' also seems overly complicated. Some activities are both sports and games, some can be either, depending on the context of how they're played. Ideas anyone? Obscurasky ( talk) 14:37, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
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I really don't think it is a good idea to merge all the pages on lesser known sub pages into this one. For one thing you are not going to include all pub games in the one article — darts is always going to be too big in its own right. Besides, I can't see any benefit from doing this. This page should really just be a list of what pub games there are, with some discussion of changes in popularity over time and geographic variation. -- Solipsist 12:22, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
I have reinstated the original bullet point summary list of traditional pub games, as this serves as a useful overview and index to other Wikipedia articles, and moreover I think some of the games in the list were no longer referred to in the article when the list was taken out. Ben Finn 13:45, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
can i just ask, what the image of a yard of ale has to do with pub games, aside from being alcoholic and available in pubs? i dont know any pub games that involve yards of tasty beverage... downing a pint isnt really a game, is it? 88.108.146.129 ( talk) 01:19, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
What the USA calls checkers is called draughts in real english, as far as I am aware, it is never referred to as chequers, as this is the British spelling, and British people would call it draughts, if that makes sense, so it should either be linked as Draughts or Checkers, preferably the former as pub games are more British than American Lovefist233 ( talk) 13:55, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
You are having a laugh? First, this is drinking game and games such a boat race are much more common. Secondly there is no verification of its popularity - I have never heard of it. Martin Hogbin ( talk) 15:09, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
Well blow me down, it is a real game, but I do not think that common. I have left the reference in under 'other games'. Martin Hogbin ( talk) 19:35, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
Can someone please explain the criteria used to determine the style of sub-heading attributed to each Pub Game. Why, for example, is the popular game of darts given such a small heading, whilst games I've never even heard of ('Devil among the tailors' and 'Ringing the Bell') given such a prominent heading? Obscurasky ( talk) 21:53, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
This article is a real mess. I'd like to have a go at tidying it up, but would appreciate some comments/suggestions before I do. It's pretty clear that we can't list, for example, all the card games played in pubs, so surely the best approach is to have a brief explanation of what a card game is, and a link to the card games page?
Separating out 'sports' and 'games' also seems overly complicated. Some activities are both sports and games, some can be either, depending on the context of how they're played. Ideas anyone? Obscurasky ( talk) 14:37, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
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