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"Piquet is widely regarded as the best card game for two players" -- how can something be widely regarded as the best card game for two players when I haven't heard of it before? --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 18:52, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
"Piquet is widely regarded as the best card game for two players" -- how can something be widely regarded as the best card game for two players when I haven't heard of it before? --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 18:52, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
:Perhaps this is what Wikipedia calls "weasel words". (Do we use that terminology?) The statement was taken directly from Parlett's ''Oxford Guide to Card Games'' (which is also the main source for my [[card game]]s article). Another book (which I can't identify from memory) says it's generally regarded as such by connoisseurs. Many (British) books on card games say it's the best. Other sources say it's essentially unknown in America (see also Hayford's edit summary). Perhaps an accurate statement would be that it's generally so regarded by connoisseurs in Britain & France. I'm rather vague on our verifiability policy (if any). [[User:Peter Jackson|Peter Jackson]] 10:54, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

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"Piquet is widely regarded as the best card game for two players" -- how can something be widely regarded as the best card game for two players when I haven't heard of it before? --Larry Sanger 18:52, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps this is what Wikipedia calls "weasel words". (Do we use that terminology?) The statement was taken directly from Parlett's Oxford Guide to Card Games (which is also the main source for my card games article). Another book (which I can't identify from memory) says it's generally regarded as such by connoisseurs. Many (British) books on card games say it's the best. Other sources say it's essentially unknown in America (see also Hayford's edit summary). Perhaps an accurate statement would be that it's generally so regarded by connoisseurs in Britain & France. I'm rather vague on our verifiability policy (if any). Peter Jackson 10:54, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
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