Talk:Clapping game

All examples: Talk:Clapping game/Examples

Examples
Shouldn't the examples be moved to Wikisource? —Keenan Pepper 03:59, 1 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Why? Which examples would we keep? Hyacinth 07:20, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I also think they would be poor examples on Wikisource as they don't include any information about the clapping part of the games. Hyacinth 07:22, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
 * This is pretty horrendous. How many "THIS IS THE REAL VERSION" do we need? -- 12.116.162.162 21:49, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The real versions of these songs are unknown. The songs have changed from time to time, and from place to place.  THE REAL VERSION notes should be removed.
 * I agree. --WikiSlasher 03:06, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm going to remove all uncited examples. Hyacinth 05:15, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

All examples: Talk:Clapping game/Examples

Format
How should the examples be formatted? I propose they should be presented unitalicized and bulleted if possible. If bullets are impractical then they should be indented. Hyacinth 07:21, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Too haaarrrd...
I don't like this article it's too hard to tell whether or not an edit is vandalism...! --WikiSlasher 12:09, 11 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I've removed the examples (see above). I also cleaned up the introduction and added a citation. It should be easy to tell now when things are vandalized. Hyacinth 06:19, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Source, examples, and formatting
There's quite a number of things here, were they all from the source at the bottom? If not more references are needed. Also it needs better formatting and not so many examples, just the more common ones would be fine. --WikiSlasher 23:12, 1 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I agree, some of these songs should have their own page, and the actual page should have just an example. I'm not completly sure that we could find all the sources for some of the below mentioned songs, though. Unforgotten 04:04, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Proposal: Only two versions
No more than two versions of any song. Fair? --WikiSlasher 03:05, 3 January 2007 (UTC)


 * No way. I remember singing the songs as a child a certain way. Why not create a page for each song and then let the different versions be seen only if cited by each generation. That way, people can see how the song changed over the years. Also, I have one not added here. It's called Ms. Sue:

Ms Sue from Alabama

sitting in a rocker, eating Betty Crocker,

watching the clock go

tick-tock, tick-tock bannanarama

tick-tock, tick-tock bannanarama

A-B-C-D-E-F-G

Wash these boy germs off of me!

Moocha Moocha Moocha

FREEZE!

Both kids would see who could freeze the longest (80's)

Miss Lucy Had a Baby
 * The beginning of Miss LUCY is all wrong...I don't care if it came from a book. The first part is a completely different song

Miss Lucy had a baby,

his name was Tiny Tim.

She put him in the bathtub

to see if he could swim.

He drank up all the water

he ate up all the soap,

he tried to eat the bathtub

but it wouldn't go down his throat.

Miss Lucy called the doctor.

Miss Lucy called the nurse.

Miss Lucy called the lady with the alligator purse.

"Mumps," said the doctor.

"Measles," said the nurse.

"Nothing," said the lady with the alligator purse.

Miss Lucy kicked the doctor,

Miss Lucy whacked the nurse,

Miss Lucy paid the lady with the alligator purse.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.163.54.163 (talk • contribs) 17:35, 10 January 2007 (UTC)


 * YOU LOOSE EVERYTHING!!!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.217.10.107 (talk • contribs) 20:33, 22 January 2007 (UTC)


 * As stated above there is no canonical version of any game. Also, examples must be quoted and cited from books or other sources. The inclusion of examples which one personally knows is original research. Original research is not allowed on Wikipedia. See No original research. Hyacinth 06:19, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

What about that other clapping game?
I mean the one played mainly at schools where you have to be the last person to clap after the round of applauds following an award or something? You must have heard or played it! Atraxus 20:34, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Inappropriate tone
What about the tone of this article is or was inappropriate? Hyacinth 05:26, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

For one thing, it is a Eurocentric article. It glosses over the history of hand games as a Eurpean cultural thing, admits this is from many oral traditions, and then neglects to mention any other traditions. This history is not there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:147:C002:D83A:1F9:BD6F:3C5C:9D6E (talk) 13:03, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

You’re welcome to add other traditions. Wikipedia is largely edited in the developed world. You can always find some sources and add what you believe should be included. Alexandermoir (talk) 02:19, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Black American Music 209
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