Talk:Twister (game)

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Contents 1 Unreferenced statements 2 Recent edits 3 Recent edits 4 Photo 5 History expansion

[edit] Unreferenced statements

There are some questionable things in the article, mostly in the history section; where are the sales figures, etc. coming from, and who exactly called the game "sex in a box"?

Anyone have ideas?--Crazysunshine 07:02, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

No idea. But why isn't the Weird Al song Twister mentioned in here? mike 19:55, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

I know that there are quite a few questionable things in this article. My uncle is actually one of the inventors, so I have talked to him a bit about the TRUE story behind Twister. This is where I got the story about his meeting with Mel Taft. I hope to get more information so that this could be a reliable resource. Reynolds Guyer has been claiming that he invented Twister for years now, and my uncle and Neil haven't gotten the credit they deserve. I hope to help remedy that - even if it's only online. 66.168.28.168 14:45, 17 May 2007 (UTC)Dawn

It's also very much NPOV. I don't disbelieve you, but "my uncle said" is not a citable source. I've therefore reduced the history section to the bare facts that can be determined from the patent, i.e. that Mssrs Foley and Rabens invented Twister. If you want to restore the rest, particularly the sections making claims about Mr Guyver, then please be prepared to cite sources, or I will feel obliged to keep removing anything contentious and flag the section as libel if it persists. Again, to be clear: I don't disbelieve you, but Wikipedia needs to cite claims, not make them. Note carefully that what is required is an external source that makes those claims and which therefore accepts the liability for doing so. If such a source doesn't exist, then you could create it yourself (accepting responsibility for the consequences), and then cite it. What you can't do is to use Wikipedia as the primary source for making those claims. Rogerborg 10:17, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Recent edits

I appreciate the recent edits by the anonymous user at 66.168.28.168. The anecdote about the meeting with Mel Taft adds a lot to the article. However, unless we can find a published source, we may not be able to keep it in the article. WP:NOR says that we can't use information unless it is in a published source. Sorry. Heavy Metal Cellist^talk_contribs

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I will try to put up some published resources - I'm still new at this wikipedia thing - any help is appreciated! Thanks! 66.168.28.168 16:00, 19 May 2007 (UTC)Dawn

Hey Dawn,

I met your uncle, Mr. Foley at his house in Charlotte. I actually showed him the twister Wikipedia entry for the first time. I started his wikipedia entry and I think it would be great if you could expand on it. Also, I'm the one who put in this information about the game being named Pretzel and then changed; I got this from Mr. Foley himself. How do we cite this?

User:oiuytre

"How do we cite this?" is a good question (I'm still new to this Wikipedia thing and trying to figure it out). In fact, I need to figure this out for my information about my uncle's first meeting with Mel Taft, since my uncle told me more of the details of the meeting than what is included in published information. I do know that there was a newspaper article done on him (and his role in inventing Twister with Neil W. Rabens) in "The Charlotte Observer" (September 4, 1994) in the Living section (section E) that discussed about his life and Twister. I have a copy of the paper and also a copy of the Twister patent along with numerous other forms of evidence that Charles F. Foley and Neil W. Rabens are the inventors of Twister. 66.168.28.168 23:46, 19 June 2007 (UTC)Dawn

Newspaper articles and patents can be sited because they are things that other people can consult and get the same source information. Val42 04:39, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photo

Couldn't we get a photo of people playing real twister or at least a photo of the box? ·:RedAugust 10:31, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

I've got the game, I might take a picture of it tonight. Would a photo of the box be considered fair use? —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 12:36, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree, need a new picture98.197.243.41 07:44, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History expansion

Twister owes its success, according to The Playmakers, to Johnny Carson and Eva Gabor's playing it on the Tonight Show. See: here. I don't think the preceding website is appropriate for a citation and I don't have a copy of The Playmakers to get info/verify the quote. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.32.98.161 (talk) 18:39, 4 December 2007 (UTC)