Talk:Threes

Potential references

 * http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPad/Threes/news.asp?c=57122
 * http://kaijupop.com/2014/02/threes-ios-review/
 * http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/30/addictive-ios-puzzling-comes-in-threes/
 * http://www.macworld.com/article/2096944/staff-picks-forget-flappy-bird-you-want-to-play-threes.html
 * Posting on behalf of Czar: either used, unreliable, or redundant -Newyorkadam (talk) 23:00, 20 March 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam
 * I thought it was fine to delete these since they were unsigned when added and intended as refideas czar  ♔  23:13, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

factors of three
hi,

there's a lot of numbers involved in the game. yet the article only talks about "factors of three", which are 1 and 3, and combining them. i don't think 1 and 3 get combined, i guess 3 and 3 get combined, but there's much more to the game, like 6, 12 and many others! they should get mentioned too! 95.113.214.41 (talk) 23:04, 28 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I believe the second sentence of Gameplay covers this. czar  ♔  01:09, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I believe that any mention of "factors of three" is incorrect, or at least wrong enough to be meaningless. I understand that there is a source using that expression, but we just shouldn't be citing that. 95.113.214.41 (talk) 01:36, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
 * The solution would be finding other reliable sources that have a different way of phrasing it, ideally multiple reliable sources. czar  ♔  01:43, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't think we need a source to remove incorrect wording. Replacing "factors of threes" with existing wording like "numbers" or "numbered tiles" would be a strict increase in accuracy in the text and doesn't introduce any new claims that would need to be sourced. 95.113.215.7 (talk) 17:59, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
 * http://mashable.com/2014/03/12/threes-android/ seems to refer to 1, 2 and multiples of three, if that turns out to be preferable wording. 95.113.215.7 (talk) 18:01, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

I have performed some original research and it turns out that there's not in fact a lot of threes in this game, since you're almost always adding together equal numbers, two rather than three is actually making up the vast majority of prime factors of almost all the numbers. I'm not sure in what way this result could be used to improve the article, though. 95.113.215.7 (talk) 18:10, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I think "factors of three" was the easiest way to get the point across, though technically incorrect. I changed "factors" to "addends and multiples" and used the The Verge source. Should be good now. czar ♔  22:44, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you! 95.114.8.67 (talk) 17:14, 31 March 2014 (UTC)