Talk:Pétanque

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Please refer to our site for rules Brighton & Hove Pétanque Clubs -How to play Official rules of Pétanque in English --Indofilm 09:58, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Very good article, but it leaves out the one crucial piece of information that I came here to find: how scores are computed. We bought a boule set with completely useless instructions, and have devised scoring rules that work for us, but it would be nice to know what the real rules are. Obviously, I can't add this to the article myself... --Lars Marius Garshol, 2006-07-05

The information was there, but I've clarified it for you (I hope). In theory it's possible for one team to score six points in a round -- that's as rare as a hole-in-one at golf, however.

--El Ingles 17:54, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, now I get it. However, I can see nothing there that says how you could get six points. If you have three boules and get one point for each one that is closer than the opponent's closest... Anyway, thanks a lot of clearing this up.

--Lars Marius Garshol, 2006-07-08

Look at the bullet points under the Rules heading. In most configurations of the game, each team has six boules.

El Ingles 16:11, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Le Premier Partie, the first Play
(A [L' histoire de la "Pétanque"] (LE MUSEE CIOTADEN) marqué quelque part, la première partie aurait eu lieu en 1907. Je edit les article allemande, mais mon petit français ce n'est suffisant pas, edit ici. A 2eme juin 2007 fêter mondial a "Jour de la pétanque" (Pardon pour moin français) --Chauki 12:34, 3 January 2007 (UTC))

Sorry, I think that was in the french Wikipedia. I try in English. On the Website [L' histoire de la "Pétanque"] (LE MUSEE CIOTADEN) you can read, that the first play was in 2007. I have it edit in the german wikipedia, but my little english is not enough to write here,, At the 2nd June 2007 on celebrate world-wide the "Day of Pétanque" Sorry for me english $$Insert formula here$$

Cleanup
Good article, I have made a little cleanup only on grammar and style points. RomaC (talk) 09:51, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Pointer and Shooter
For the benefit of those of us who know nothing of the sport, it would be handy to have definitions of "Pointer" and "Shooter". Thanks. Tim Ross  (talk)  12:53, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Popular Culture?
Should there be a mention of the fact that most americans would be aware of petanque solely because of the Cosby Show? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.104.138.164 (talk) 02:07, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I would not be in favour of that. I'm only vaguely aware of what The Cosby Show is. My bet is that the majority of the readers of this article are non-American. El Ingles (talk) 13:12, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
 * There should be a mention of the Cosby Show's patanque episode. But speculating on it's impact should be avoided. Slowart (talk) 15:22, 24 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm American and dispute this "fact" cited above.  I've never heard of anyone having picked up the game from watching a TV show.  108.254.160.23 (talk) 23:42, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

Part of the history should move to Boules games
The first paragraph of History section and the first paragraph 'Boules games in history' should be IMO moved to Boules article as it talks about the history of boules games that later evolved in different games in different countries. The Petanque article should mention that the game derives from these ancient games.

User:mkljun 08:30, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

Translation
Shouldn't the governing body (CMFB) be rendered in English as something like "International Federation of Boules Sports" or similar? The noun and article are plural in French; the body seems to seek jurisdiction over all boules-type sports, not just one sport alone. 2600:1004:B152:7609:A592:C778:907C:634 (talk) 23:07, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

History section merge
Per the above 2014 proposal, I've opened a merge discussion. Please see Talk:Boules. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ &gt;ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ&lt;  03:31, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

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?remove template “does not cite sources”
this now has links to the governing body; is this enough to remove the template? Nick Mawby (talk) 18:53, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

Derived from what?
The opening section says The French name pétanque comes from petanca in the Provençal dialect of the Occitan language, deriving from the expression pè tancat. Then, in the history section it writes They called the game pieds tanqués, "feet planted" (on the ground), a name that eventually evolved into the game's current name, pétanque. While there is an obvious similarity between petanca/pè tancat/pieds tanqués, as stated now, it's confusing.

I've long given up on consistency between Wikipedia articles, but some consistency inside the same article would be nice. 62.216.5.216 (talk) 12:22, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

Removed reference to La British Open
I removed the follow text --

"La British Open is a major Pétanque tournament held in the North of England which attracts players from across the United Kingdom and Europe."

This appears to be some self-promotion for a minor event sponsored by a sports apparel manufacturer (TOG24). The event was NOT a major petanque event, and it was held only twice, in 2018 and 2019. (see https://www.facebook.com/labritishopen/). The page being linked to (http://labritishopenpetanque.uk/) no longer exists. Stephen.R.Ferg (talk) 02:04, 15 March 2024 (UTC)