Talk:Horseshoes (game)

Horseshoes or Horseshoe
Do we really need two pages on this topic? Should this page be a redirct so that people get to the main article and just merge in any additional information from here? Vegaswikian 21:37, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)


 * It probably should be restored to how it was: Horseshoe being the article about the items themselves and Horseshoes being about the game, but with a little disambig link notice at the top pointing to the main article. Horseshoes (game) (the name, not the content that is currently there) is unnecessary. DreamGuy 15:23, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)


 * I've detailed the situation on Duplicate_articles. Sorry for the mixup. --Rossumcapek 21:08, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The history section has a weasel phrase that needs citation, although I'm not sure how to mark it as such: "Nonetheless, there is a theory that the camp followers of the Grecian armies, who could not afford the discus, took discarded horseshoes, set up a stake and began throwing horseshoes at it." Who's theory is this? Can we get a citation or have it deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.154.167.153 (talk) 19:10, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

This website
éThis website is coolƏ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.193.242.106 (talk) 20:04, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Second point
From the article, I cannot tell whether the second shoe has to be within six inches of the stake in order to qualify for a second point. (Obviously, it has to be closer to the stake than any shoe of the opponent.) — Q uantling (talk &#124; contribs) 18:49, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

"Close only counts in horseshoes"
That's the quote, really? For over thirty years I've always heard it as "Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades" not merely just horseshoes. The one being about scoring in the game, the other being about the effectiveness of the weapon. - annonymous 4/9/2012 5:02 AM EST — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.64.5.105 (talk) 09:02, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
 * "Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades and brain surgery." 50.202.81.2 (talk) 02:01, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I don't know about brain surgery, but the modern version is "close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and atom bombs". It's probably quite silly to even mention the saying.  But then, this article needs a lot more cleanup than that... Huw Powell (talk) 19:48, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

BOH Cup?
What's the BOH Cup? That section has existed citation-free since 2007, and Google finds no relevant hits. Rojomoke (talk) 13:16, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
 * I have no problem with the section being deleted. Ibadibam (talk) 22:08, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 16 November 2022

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: moved (non-admin closure)  &ddagger; The Night Watch &omega;     (talk)   05:19, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

Horseshoes → Horseshoes (game) – Moved without discussion all the way back in 2005. I'd recommend that Horseshoes be a primary redirect to Horseshoe. 162 etc. (talk) 23:37, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Support BUT it shouldn't redirect right to Horseshoe. Instead, it should redirect to the dab page Horseshoe (disambiguation). Paintspot Infez (talk) 02:36, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Support this.--Ortizesp (talk) 04:20, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Support move not concerned about whether redirects to horseshoe or dab page. Possibly dab marginally preferable. In ictu oculi (talk) 13:06, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Support and redirect to Horseshoes. Seems obvious, thanks 162 etc. Randy Kryn (talk) 16:25, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Support and redirect to the Horseshoe DAB page. I think it's just as likely that someone searching for "horseshoes" on Wikipedia is looking for the game as opposed to the actual object. Rreagan007 (talk) 19:58, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Support the game is clearly based on the object and the object has more views (10,308) than the game (2,539) the 1927 film has 17, the song has 15 and the 1923 film has 9|Horseshoes_(1923_film)|Horseshoes_(song)|Horseshoe|Horse_Shoes_(1927_film)] but the DAB may be better than a redirect to the object to avoid breaking external links pointing to the game.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 10:58, 18 November 2022 (UTC)