Talk:Skittles (sport)

Picture at the Top?
Someone without any prior knowledge of the game would probably benefit from there being a picture of it being played near or at the top of the article; it would give them an idea of what the game is like without them having to read through large blocks of text. Tanthanyes (talk) 22:04, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

I second this suggestion. The many varieties of bowling (indoor and outdoor) are difficult to distinguish from each other in text-based descriptions. Even just a photograph of the balls and pins together would be helpful, and an image of the game being played (historical or otherwise) would also be good. Zminer (talk) 15:12, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Could anyone supply a picture of skittles being played on an indoor alley, in the modern age? The existing pictures are interesting, but not how I remember the game. Snugglepuss (talk) 22:37, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

Ten-pin bowling peer review
The article Ten-pin bowling is currently undergoing a peer review to bring it up to featured article status. As others who are interested in bowling, I invite you to leave your comments--Danaman5 04:04, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

It would seem to me, that this article is somewhat too British in perspective, recounting English counties where the game is played, but only shortly mentioning central Europe (omitting countries as Czech Republic and Hungary along the way), where there are probably way more players and certainly different and thus arguably more important rules (the main thing being "One throw only", not three) which may be considered as the main rules. Ulkomaalainen 10:32, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

What about the other gane called Skittles?
The game I know as Skittles is much different, with a board and a top. I'm not familiar enough with it to give it a proper write-up, but you can watch a spin of it here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed5BL7YQicQ). 70.21.88.221 06:32, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Table Skittles, Scatties, Smite, Les Quilles de 9 etc...
... are NOT "skittles". Even the 'hood' skittles (albeit closely related) of the Midlands is a different game and deserves it's own entry... Somehow need to distinguish between skittles (3 balls, nine pins, played on an alley of 25'-60', no hood, no table, no leather) and the rest... any offers? —Preceding byatis comment added by 80.177.103.238 (talk) 00:44, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

This article is meaningless if you don't already know what skittles is
there are these long sections on "variations" of the game, but there's no single, comprehensible description of what the basic rules of the game are. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.181.180.108 (talk) 06:48, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

==Since when has Buckinghamshire ever been in the East Midlands!!?

Irish Skittles
Please link Irishskittles.com to this page,Irish skittles.com is the national website for skittles in irelan.I think this is very appropriate and will help promote the game in Ireland if this website is linked.This is second time i have put up a new section my first was deleted and my original section added to the article was deleted,so im am extremely annoyed by this as my aim is to promote the game in Ireland and promote our new websiteTobylonergan (talk) 23:19, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

History
I noticed that there is a mention of Skittles dating back to to circa 3000 BCE, but this article could benefit from any information on when the game came to specific countries. I'm doing research for a book and I'm having trouble finding games for the characters to play that wouldn't be anachronistic. I'm pretty sure Skittles would be safe, but without explicit information, I'm not sure! 207.179.101.8 (talk) 05:44, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

I think this could be split
I think this article needs to be split, Table skittles etc. have no place on this page, maybe with sub headings for British and european variations? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marcmothersruin (talk • contribs) 12:21, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

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More terminology
In Gloucestershire (Cheltenham, Civil Service) in the 1980s we called the left- and rightmost pins the policemen. A spare was gained when you knocked down all nine pins with one OR two balls out of three, so a flattener (all nine pins with one ball) constituted a spare, as well as getting all nine pins with two balls. We didn't HUM the Dambusters' March, we der DER der der derder der der'ed it. The person who put the pins back in place was the sticker (usually a young person doing it for pocket money, a team member if said young person failed to turn up). A player who scored 40 got a round of applause. Each team cheered the other at the end of the game. If we finished early we played killer, as described in the article, and anyone could join in, e.g. supporters who hadn't played in the main game. Happy days.Snugglepuss (talk) 22:34, 5 January 2019 (UTC)