Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2016 September 29

= September 29 =

Bowling record
Hello!!! I am curious to know if my bowling record is now or should be considered for the bowling Hall of Fame? On March 17, 1960 in the Texas State Bowling Tournament I bowled games of 233, 218, and 266 for a scratch series of 717. That record was maintained for 20 years. Please let me know if it is mentioned any where. Thank you!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.141.134.169 (talk) 07:04, 29 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Here are some records of top scores for three-game series. It looks like as of 2010, your score would not have been a record, as it lists 17 men who have bowled 900 point three game series, with the first occurring in 1997. I may be misunderstanding something about the scoring or how they are reported though. SemanticMantis (talk) 20:40, 29 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Not even close. Allie Brandt (appropriate first name, no?), for example, bowled 886 back in 1939. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:12, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
 * In OP's defense, their 717 score may have been a Texas record at the time. Now that I live in TX, I've found that the stereotypical self-obsession with Texas qua Texas  is largely accurate :) SemanticMantis (talk) 15:46, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
 * That's still rather doubtful. 717 is just not that high a score, especially in Texas, where everything's bigger. Maybe a record for that particular tournament, but that's not something worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:46, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Max Walker (cricketer)
I was just curious why there's no picture of the sportsman attached to his Wikipedia page? Many thanks for that information, didn't realise the limitations. Cheers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.239.207.2 (talk) 11:57, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Firstly, because no-one has added one. And secondly, because it's not as simple as just adding any old photo. The vast majority of photos are copyrighted, and we can't use them.  We need to find a free image (see WP:IUP), and it's entirely possible that there are no free images of Max Walker out there. --Viennese Waltz 12:06, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

Anyone interested in the life of Max Walker, aka "Tangles", might like to click the wikilink. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 13:04, 29 September 2016 (UTC)