Talk:Pétanque

message: 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)
thread_title: Untitled

message: (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)
thread_title:  Le Premier Partie, the first Play

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

message: 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)
thread_title:  Pointer and Shooter 

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
replies: text: 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)

text: 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)
thread_title:  Popular Culture?

message: 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)
thread_title:  Part of the history should move to [[Boules]] games 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Translation 

message: Per the above 2014 proposal, I've opened a merge discussion. Please see Talk:Boules#Merge from Pétanque#Boules history.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ >ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ<  03:31, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  History section merge 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

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

message: 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)
thread_title:  Derived from what? 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Removed reference to La British Open