Talk:Table football

message: we still need...
*better description of skill shots
Matthewmayer 00:35, 21 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title:  Skill shots 

message: "omoneapethic"? there's no such word, and I can't figure out what was meant by that.
It's a most hilarious manner of butchering 'onomatopoeia'==>onomatopoeiac(?)===>(insert illiteracy)===>'omoneapethic'.
:Ohmanhowpathetic... 惑乱 分からん 19:49, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Omoneapethic 

message: In the article it mentioned that jitz is frequently called gettone in Toronto while mentioned that its done by the french population (which are a minority in Toronto). The sentence serves no purpose, it would be better to say that in Canada, fooseball can be alternatively called jitz (English) or gettone (French) with no mention of Toronto.
:O__O I can't even see the word gettone in this article anymore. What happened to it? I think it deserves mention, at least under the 'Canada' section. I don't know about other parts of Canada, but teens in Toronto usually call the game jitz, not foosball. (But of course, in catalogues and other things of that nature, it's referred to as foosball or table soccer) I'd add it myself but I was just wondering if there was a specific reason as to why it got deleted altogether.Ham let 20:08, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Toronto-gettone 

message: was the deletion of the table about what it is called in different parts of the world needed? i found it quite interesting. Finbar Canavan 23:50, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Table 

message: In the Spanish wikipedia it is strongly stated that table football is a Spanish invention by Alejandro Finisterre. In the discussion page they are asking for there to follow more this English version, in it that the inventor is unknown and disputed. But it is true that in Spain there is a strong popular belief that the table football is a Spanish invention. Should this claim be included in this article, and it's corresponding answer? --Francisco Valverde 02:41, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Spaniards are always claiming they invented things (stick candy,mop etc.) ... the fact is that the patent is not by a Spaniard.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.38.137.53 (talk) 15:08, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Table football in the Spanish wikipedia 

message: I undid the mass delete of external links and want to explain why.  Perhaps there are too many external links.  I happen to like them, but I can see how other people may not.  However, I have an issue when someone comes in and mass deletes all the external links except one that points to a commercial website selling a product.  On top of that, the link is mentioned three times on the page, which I have since trimmed down to the one most appropriate one.  Why would a link be left to a website selling something, but all the links to valuable foosball associations and groups be deleted?
If someone wants to be a little more discriminating in trimming down the external links, I don't think I'd have such an issue with it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.250.178.30  (talk • contribs) 09:20, 3 March 2007‎ 
At least the first link (tablesoccerfriends.com) seems inappropriate. I think they even stopped developing it, as I was unable to find the app in the Google Play Store. There are way better examples for tournament software out there, that are ready and widely used. (kickertool.com, netfoos.com)   Arueris (talk) 11:12, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  External Links 

message: I could be mistaken here, but I've always understood Foosball to be a "sport" commonly associated with the Dot-Com boom, and even companies like Google today.  Y'know... dot-com companies bringing in so much money that there are foosball sets in the lobbies?  Am I totally off base here?
Either way, should we mention this in the article somewhere?
Sammysunset 22:42, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relevence to the dot-com boom? 

message: I removed a number of references which were of the form 'show X showed a table in the corner' or some other minor appearance.  I left in refs that seemed to be the focus of the show or episode, but most need citations. --Chuck Sirloin 13:24, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Television references 

message: The picture doesn't have the same layout as described in the text. Why? 202.180.72.232 09:09, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Layout 

message: The arrangement of the foosball might be standard in each country, but it is not universal. In Brazil, for example, the row of defenders, after the one goalie, has 3 foosmen. I think it should be mentioned in the article that the layout is very much varied from country to country.
Goldencako 22:23, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arrangement of foosmen 

message: I saw the "doubtful" tag near the term biliardino. I'm Italian. In spoken language, "biliardino" often refers to Table Soccer, especially in southern Italy. Looking at the dictionary I see that "biliardino" is recognized as an improper synonimous of "calcio-balilla". Accourding to me there is no reason to doubt about "biliardino" term.
i am laura and i am the best!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.106.113.128 (talk) 07:14, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Another italian here. If needed, I confirm that "biliardino" is indeed sometimes used to describe foosball.--ZeframCochrane (talk) 18:42, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Italian name 

message: Are those little figures actually called "foosmen"?  The term pops up several times in the article, but doesn't cite its origins or whether the term is official.  Out of curiosity, is it possible to have "fooswomen" or even gender-neutral "foospersons"?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dwr12 (talk • contribs) 22:41, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Foosmen? 

message: I'm Italian. The word "gitoni" doesn't exist in italian. Maybe it's a dialectal form.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.28.219.128 (talk) 14:13, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. I am italian and "gitoni" does not exist as an italian word. --Gspinoza (talk) 22:16, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Also in Ethiopia is called gitonì. I think that it could be derived from "gettoni" the italian name for the coins used to play it. --213.55.76.19 (talk) 17:24, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Names: Canada

message: The article contained a list of names for this game in a variety of languages. This kind of list belongs in dictionaries, not in a encyclopedia. See Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary.
I have moved the list to this talk page for now, in case someone wanted to use it in a dictionary project.
Region                          	Name
Arab countries                  	widely known as كرة قدم (Korah Fatel) in Arabic, which means "rolling football." It is also called بيبي فوت (baby-foot) in some Arabic regions, including Palestine and Jordan.
Argentina                       	metegol
Australia                       	Foosball or Table football
Austria                         	Wuzler (also spelled Wuzzler), playing table football is called wuzeln
Belgium                         	Tafelvoetbal/Kicker (after the brand of foosball tables)
Bolivia                         	Futbolín
Brazil                          	Pebolim or totó
Bulgaria                        	Футбол на маса ("table football"), also джаги
Canada                          	usually foosball, but often referred to as jitz which initiated from the Italian word "gitoni" which means foosball or table soccer. People called it gitz for short and spelled it "jitz" for elegance.  In the province of Quebec, it is known as baby-foot.
Chile                           	Taca-Taca
China                           	桌上足球 (table football)
Costa Rica                      	Futbolín
Croatia                         	Stolni nogomet
Czech Republic                  	fotbálek, regionally (mostly in Moravia) also kalčo (from "kalit" a slang for "to play")
Denmark                         	Bordfodbold (lit. "table football")
Estonia                         	Lauajalgpall
France                          	Baby-foot or Babyfoot
Germany                         	Table football is commonly known as Tischfußball, Tischkicker, Kicker or Krökeln in German.BFA - Table Football
Greece                          	Ποδοσφαιράκι ("Small footbal")
Guatemala                       	futío
Hungary                         	Csocsó
Iceland                         	Fótboltaspil
India                           	Fusball
Iran                            	فوتبال دستی (handheld football)
Ireland                         	Foosball or Table football
Israel                          	כדורגל שולחן (table football)
Italy                           	calcio balilla, bigliardino or biliardino (from "biglia", little ball) or even calcetto (less frequent, since "calcetto" is commonly used to indicate Five-a-side football), and in particular areas fubalino
Japan                           	テーブル・フットボール, loanword, pronounced teburu futtoboru
Latvia                          	Galda futbols
Lithuania                       	Stalo futbolas
Malta                           	Ċomba
México                          	futbolito
Netherlands                     	Tafelvoetbal
Other Spanish-speaking countries	In some other Spanish-speaking countries the terms fútbol de mesa or futbolito are used, although the latter might also refer to football played on a smaller field.
Pakistan                        	widely known as پٹّی (patti) in Urdu, which means "pitch or strip"
Peru                            	fulbito de mesa or futbolín
Poland                          	piłkarzyki, which roughly translated means "small football players"
Portugal                        	Matraquilhos or matrecos
Romania                         	Fusbal or Fotbal de masa
Russia                          	кикер or настольный футбол
Serbia                          	Stoni fudbal
Slovenia                        	Ročni nogomet
Slovakia                        	Kalčeto
South Africa                    	Tata box/Ma tata/Foosball
Spain, Colombia and Costa Rica  	futbolín (In Spanish autonomy of Galicia, where is spoken a language linked with Portuguese, it's also called matraquiños and ferriños)
Switzerland                     	Töggelichaschte
Taiwan                          	手足球(桌上足球)
Thailand                        	ฟุตบอลโต๊ะ (table football)
Turkey                          	Langırt
United Kingdom                  	table football
United States                   	foosball
Uruguay                         	futbolito
Venezuela                       	Futbolín
Zimbabwe                        	Slug
82.139.83.203 (talk) 00:33, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Once again the list of names in different countries is starting to grow. I'm deleting the non-english names.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.139.81.67 (talk) 01:17, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Names 

message: I just googled "The Dave" which is listed in the article as "When a player attempts to shoot up the table, but instead shoots the ball backwards into his own net".  The first result is this article and the next 9 have to do with someone called Dave, not a foosball move of that name.  Just in case it's a culture-specific thing, I also searched for it with "table football" instead of "foosball".  I still couldn't find any results, so I'm removing mention of "The Dave".  My best guess is that someone added it as a joke about someone named Dave being bad at foosball. --67.161.217.157 (talk) 16:54, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "The Dave" - Fake? 

message: Rather than restricting people from adding more associations, why not create a separate page for that alone? Then people can go crazy there, and it would remove tedious clutter from this page.
Varlaam (talk) 22:32, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  National associations list 

message: Not sure about marble or metal balls - highly dubious. Can anyone confirm either way? I've never seen either and have been playing a long time.JonathanMayUK (talk) 10:38, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ball Materials 

message: Currently, different table types are mentioned, followed by the consequences of the differences with some examples (but not explicitly linked to the types mentioned before). Wouldn't it be more informative if, with each mention of a table type, the characteristics of that table are explained? Now I still have no clue about the different types, other then the mere fact that there are different types and how they're called. In my opinion, after reading that section I should be able to walk into a pub, look at a table and say "that's a table of type X, because it has this and that characteristic". Jfresen (talk) 13:38, 17 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Table types 

message: This article seems to be focused on serious players.  I wonder if it would be appropriate to include a bit more casual play, such as the fact that kids play it, or that you'll sometimes find coin-op games in casual restaurants?  WhatamIdoing (talk) 03:19, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Casual play 

message: Currently the article contains the following sentence:”Although, if a spinning rod hits the ball and scores a spinning rod hits the ball backwards into his own goal, it will count as a goal for the opposing team.“
I honestly have no idea what to make of that.Tvx1 22:34, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nonsensical passage