Talk:Dominoes

message: "The Netherlands has hosted an annual domino toppling exhibition called Domino Day since 1986." There were Domino Day like Events as early as 1986, and the Domino Day itself was annual (except 2003), but only from 1998 until 2009. Proof is on the german Entry of Domino Day. Now, I'm just to shy to edit by myself... 188.22.35.39 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 14:23, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Domino Day

message: There are 28, not 21, tiles in a double 6 set. I'll try to revert if I can find the change in the history. ... The issue is this: the triangular # formulas are correct, but dominoes include a blank "number" as well. Therefore, for a double-6 set "n" == 7 !! (7*(7+1)/2 = 28) Kace7 (talk) 21:56, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Corrected. And, clarified. Kace7 (talk) 22:02, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, you gave a different formula than the one in the article. In the formula in the article that is [(n+1)(n+2)]/2 tiles and if n=6, and that gives [(6+1)(6+2)]/2 = 7*8/2 = 56/2 = 28. Try to use n=7 on this formula. - 上村七美 (Nanami-chan) | talkback | contribs 16:47, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sort of. :) The version I was looking at had the equation as I put it above (see [before  my undo]). In my rush to correct the plainly wrong article, I undid the bad revision, then, very soon after, I wrote the clarifying note -- without noticing that the formulas had been changed by the undo.   Kace7 (talk) 21:19, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: fixed the math

message: I removed this passage from the end of the article:
"Another less common variation of dominos is known as Stacy Dominos in which the rules are less concrete and alter according to the whims of the creator of the game. At the time of the publication of this definition, there is actually only one person who knows how to play this game."
Regardless of the spelling errors, there are problems with this.  If this is true, and it sounds too far-fetched to be true, it is not widespread enough to be included in an encyclopedic article.  Also, the entry is unreferenced.  A Google search of "Stacy Dominoes" yields zero hits.  All of this leads me to believe the entry needed to be removed.
Jamesfett 15:08, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Stacy Dominoes?

message: :"Muggins (or, All Fives or Five Up)
:Points are earned when a player plays a bone with the result that the count (the sum of all open ends) is a multiple of five. The points earned are equal to the sum of the ends. Therefore, if in the course of play a player plays a bone that makes the sum of the ends 5, 10, 15 or 20, the player scores that number. All pips on a crosswise doublet are included in the count."
;Is this right, wrong, or poorly phrased? The way I learned to play, a player gets points for the multiple of 5, not the number of spots. E.g. if your sum is 15, you get 3 points. And the spots on a double count as long as it's on an end, but not after another dom has been played on it.
;—wwoods 23:17, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Is this an unsigned comment? I thought if someone didn't identify themselves that the computer used would be automatically identified? Ileanadu (talk) 12:12, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

text: ... the winner can often be determined by counting the pips in all players' hands.
Who wins? Who gets to add to their score? The player with the most pips or the player with the fewest pips? Are the winner's pips included in the winner's score? Totally clueless here. By the way, this is not the first time I've ended up with that same question while looking up domino rules. 
I guess the answer is supposed to be obvious once you know the rules, but it isn't to me. If the opponent or opposing team's score is determined by the pips in one's hand, then one goal would be to end up with few points. The person with the fewest pips would seem to be closer to being "empty" than the person with more pips and thus would win. On the other hand, since the objective is to achieve a high score, the person with the most pips would have the advantage. Also, in a basic game does the person who blocked the last end get any points for their move? Ileanadu (talk) 12:12, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Scoring

message: Why Dominoes may not be played on Sunday in Alabama? --84.61.54.65 16:21, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alabama 

message: No offense guys, but this article needs help.  Overlooking the monstrous intro paragraph for a moment, I was reading the Common domino games section, trying to learn the game, and was assaulted by these opening sentences:
Are these really the first four things we want to say about common domino games?  As someone who hasn't played dominoes before, this contains very little information.  What is a boneyard?  What does it mean to "draw" from the boneyard?  What is a "bone", and what is a "matching bone"?  I realize some of these terms may be defined earlier in the article, but that's not sufficient.  A Wikipedia article is not like a software program: you can't just define a bunch of jargon at the top of the article and use it later on without expecting readers to become confused.
To me, the most basic thing about dominoes is that the objective is to play all of one's dominoes before the other player does.  Thankfully, this appears in the first paragraph, but for some reason it's hidden at the end.  The next most basic thing about dominoes is that a domino is played by matching half of one domino to half of another one.  I haven't scanned the article to see if this appears somewhere in it; frankly, I shouldn't have to.  I think it should be one of the very first things we say in Common domino games.  Instead, the current first sentence digresses to "train games" and "Mexican dominoes" before even describing the basic gameplay.
I don't know enough about dominoes to rewrite large parts of this article, but I'm willing to help with the effort if any of the domino experts in the crowd can pitch in.  The first suggestion I'd make is to have a "basic gameplay" section followed by a section on variations.  Any takers?  --Doradus 15:50, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reorganization needed 

message: Does anyone know what the difference between Mexican train and Private train to me they sound the same.--Psjoding 20:48, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Mexican train

message: Isn't the etymology derived from Polyominoes? 81.208.165.173
:No. It's the other way around. The resemblence between "do-" and the greek prefix "di-" is coincidental, and suggested the coinage of the much newer word "polyomino." -Stellmach 15:42, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology 

message: Who set the 4M-fall record in '06?  Pete Townsend 18:25, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Who are you?

message: I am curious as to exactly how the game became such a big part of African American culture.  Perhaps this page needs a section on cultural influence/popularity.  I know this game is very popular among Italians as well (at least in New York).  Scott Free 17:47, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  African American Culture 

message: Evidently invented in 2008-03, this was posted on this page on 2008-03-25. It is 2008-03-30 as I delete it from the page, while preserving the text here on the Talk page, should this "little-known game" have merit.
*Domino Wars is a little known game invented in March 2008 by Joel Stephenson and co in Coventry, UK. Whilst experimenting with ways to use the seemingly boring pieces. Two players are involved; they sit approximately 2meters apart (although this may vary according to the level of difficulty). Each player has 14 dominoes, and a Coaster. They must use 9 of their dominoes to build a "fortress" which must comprise of two layers. The other 5 dominoes must be used to knock down the opponents fortress. The winner of domino wars is the player with the most dominoes still standing after all 5 shots.
How about some evidence before adding such inventions to the Wikipedia? Or at least a definition of a "Coaster". -- Evertype·✆ 22:02, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This sounds imho more like a Pub game or a Drinking game than a valid variant of dominoes. Properly designed and with a stylish set of rules then it might qualify as a Dexterity game. Should be removed? Salisbury-99 (talk) 16:55, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Domino Wars 

message: If I were an alien looking at this page I would have a lot of trouble working out how big dominos are. There are details of materials but nothing about dimensions, and all the pictures lack any size context. RPTB1 (talk) 17:06, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Size 

message: I'm hoping someone can add a history for when toppling dominoes began and when it gained popularity.  That's the entire reason I came to Wikipedia today.  I'm sure there would be some significance to this. Kit Foxtrot (talk) 19:11, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  History of Domino Toppling 

message: The second paragraph discusses materials for dominoes. The last sentence in the paragraph talks about natural materials, and that they are "much more expensive than polymer materials". However, polymers aren't mentioned elsewhere as domino materials.
I'm guessing that polymers should be added early in the paragraph, but have no knowledge to back that up. Anyone? -- Dan Griscom (talk) 12:34, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Materials? 

message: For the most neophyte of players (me) there is confusion in the article (I think) as what is  known about the other player's hand. I found this:
: Once the players begin drawing tiles, they are typically placed on-edge before the players, so that each player can see his own tiles, but none can see the value of other players tiles. Every player can thus see how many tiles remain in the other players hands at all times during gameplay.
on another site (sorry about the cut and paste).
I'll not edit at this time because I'm a complete Dominoes dumbell but if some watchlister agrees then please add this information. If it is already in the article please feel free to slap me for the oversight. hydnjo (talk) 02:53, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Went bold and added info. Undo, delete or modify if I screwed up. hydnjo (talk) 03:58, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Missing Information

message: I see that there has been an edit conflict between dominos and dominoes I would like to point out there is a word dominos, In Chamber's it is only for the cloak and not for the playing piece.Tetron76 (talk) 16:00, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know what the "correct" spelling is (which is really what people are actually using, rather than what a dictionary defines, since a dictionary is descriptive, describing what people use, rather than prescriptive, prescribing what people should use). What I do know is that this article is inconsistent and should use one consistently throughout! http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=dominos%2C%20dominoes&cmpt=q&tz=Etc%2FGMT-1 clearly indicates that the version without an "e" is more popular as a search term, though maybe the pizza company of that name has a big influence, and I would want players of the game to give their views. Rugops (talk) 18:52, 18 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Spelling

message: I have removed the section saying the "oldest known domino set was found in Tutankhamen's tomb". There were *no* dominoes in King Tut's tomb. In his exhaustive contemporaneous handwritten cards of all the artefacts found in the tomb, the excavator Howard Carter makes no mention of dominoes. He does list three "games-boxes" (items that he numbered 345, 393 and 395): they contained only knuckle-bones, "playing pieces" (similar to draughtsmen) and throwing sticks. (Ref: http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/carter/)
In addition, these first six sentences I have excised were a direct lift from the website that was referenced as an external link (http://www.worlddomino.com/history.htm). Apart from the assertion that dominoes were found in King Tut's tomb, there are at least three other errors in this short section (the correct information below is from the Wikipedia entry on Tutankhamun]
* "Tutankhamen's tomb, among the ruins of Thebes." No, it is in the Valley of the Kings
* "Tutankhamen was king ... 1355 BC." No, his dates were approx. 1341 BC – 1323 BC
* "The set is now in King Tutankhamen's Museum, Cairo, Egypt. " No, there is no museum with this name.
I therefore consider the webpage  www.worlddomino.com/history.htm to be an unreliable source of facts, and have deleted it from the article.
Gallina3795 (talk) 15:58, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: History: King Tut

message: === Popularity in Puerto Rico ===
Dominoes is a huge trend in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It's actually almost traditional to play it. However there doesn't seem to be much information about this in this wiki page. This could further provide the detail of the Dominoes history. Why don't you guys look into this?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.25.229.61 (talk) 23:17, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  (in the Caribbean) 

message: Dominoes is a huge trend in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It's actually almost traditional to play it. However there doesn't seem to be much information about this in this wiki page. This could further provide the detail of the Dominoes history. Why don't you guys look into this?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.25.229.61 (talk) 23:17, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Popularity in Puerto Rico 

message: Another comment above says the game is very popular in the Dominican Republic. It is also (or was) very popular in Cuba. The game could have been brought to the Caribbean by Spaniards or by the African slaves. Ileanadu (talk) 12:47, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other such examples, & history 

message: Should this page be linked to Bones (disambiguation) due to the nickname?
TauntingElf (talk) 22:24, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Linking to Disambiguation pages 

message: Andrew Lo asserts that Zhou Mi meant dominoes when referring to pupai, since the Ming author Lu Rong (1436–1494) explicitly defined pupai as dominoes (in regards to a story of a suitor who won a maiden's hand by drawing out four winning pupai from a set).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominoes#History
This maiden hand mentioned here,is it a winning hand consists of combination of the four winning pupai?
It's not a physical hand of a human maiden right?ShanghaiWu (talk) 11:36, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Maiden's Hand

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The description of the games seems to be identical with that at this site, but it is not clear which is the source. If onlinecasinobonuswelt.com is the source, it should be summarised and cited, not copied. If Wikipedia is the source, the section should be tagged as needing citations. Is anyone able to work out who has copied whom? Bermicourt (talk) 21:37, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: To me it looks like that site copied from this article.  Partially (just from the domain) it seems like a spammy site, but also most of the matching phrases in this article existed in 2016 (rev 694786397, chosen somewhat arbitrarily) and in 2019 just before the other page was created (rev 928502954).  --Pokechu22 (talk) 21:57, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plagiarism? 

message: Hello? I have not found much about domino toppling, even though it is much more popular than the original dominos game. It's sad that a game that is not interactive takes over 2/3 of the page, while constructing objects with dominoes is barely included. Could you try to expand it please? Thanks!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.184.63.8 (talk) 19:24, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a bit more info on this at Domino show ( redirects there).  It's mentioned very briefly in the  section, but I agree that it would be useful to add more information on it. --Pokechu22 (talk) 22:49, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  History of Domino Toppling 

message: The definition of dominoes in wikipedia is "Each domino is a rectangular tile with a line dividing its face into two square ends. Each end is marked with a number of spots (also called pips or dots) or is blank. The backs of the tiles in a set are indistinguishable, either blank or having some common design." I think that can be simplified to "Each domino is a plastic rectangular chip", and maybe also add in "in a 1:2 ratio".107.184.63.8 (talk) 17:50, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: There are lots of plastic rectangular chips that aren't dominoes and there are dominoes made of ivory, wood or other materials. I'm sure the ratio isn't always 1:2 either. I think it's also important to describe what a domino looks like i.e. there's always a dividing bar and the two ends are marked with pips unless blank. The backs are always uniform so that they can't be distinguished. Even the Cambridge Dictionary defines a domino as "one of a set of small rectangular pieces of wood or plastic marked with a particular number of spots on each half of one surface, used in playing a game" and, as an encylopaedia we can do better than that. Bermicourt (talk) 18:23, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I guess we have here a discussion between the viewpoint that a domino is first and foremost a playing piece in the game of Dominoes, vs that it is an object of a certain shape, used for a variety of purposes (games, tiling, toppling, etc.) The object can be two-dimensional (see e.g. Domino (mathematics) or three-dimensional (as for toppling). -- It is not obvious to me which view is most appropriate (but I lean towards the original meaning, i.e. the game).--Nø (talk) 17:04, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

text: The primary topic for "Dominoes" is the tile game as the Cambridge Dictionary definition verifies. The other topics that we have been discussing not actually called "Dominoes" but "Domino xxxx", so there is no need to add a disambiguator to this article. The issue is simply how many hatnotes we need and that is being discussed above. Bermicourt (talk) 22:02, 8 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fix the definition of "Dominoes" as a tile 

message: :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: Not moved & speedy close. Unanimous opposition & consensus to move highly unlikely to develop. "Dominoes" is the correct spelling of the board game. Google Translate is unreliable, and this incorrect translation simply demonstrates that fact.   Estar8806 (talk) 23:32, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Dominoes →  – Correct spelling of the board game. Google Translate says that correct translation is dominos, not dominoes. 2001:448A:11A8:11DB:FCA7:9447:478C:69D7 (talk) 13:14, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Correct translation of dominoes in Google Translate is dominos. That is the correct spelling, you know? 2001:448A:11A8:11DB:FCA7:9447:478C:69D7 (talk) 13:39, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm curious the pair of language you picked (from/to) and what exact input word you asked it to translate. Skynxnex (talk) 17:48, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 17 March 2023