Talk:Pinsetter

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 7 January 2019 and 21 March 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Snethaleth.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 06:40, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Whoa...

I wish only to add to the 'history' of the life of a 'pinboy' during WW II. My experience: In 1942, manpower was scarce, and so, in the Los Angeles area, mostly high school boys of 15 or 16 years of age could find work at almost any bowling alley for evenings and make very good money. While most full time jobs for low skilled workers paid 35 to 65 cents per hour, a good pin setter could work 3 to 4 hours and make anywhere from 5 to 8 dollars, counting tips. The key to the good money was to be fast, not knock over standing pins and have them all set in order by the time the ball reached the bowler. For myself, and most of my friends, if you had a date set for the weekend, all you had to do was go to almost any bowling alley, get hired and you would make enough money to do almost anything a teen aged boy would want to do with a girlfriend. Dance, movie, dinner, or even go bowling,whatever. Most alleys would pay about 50 cents an hour, but if you were good, many bowlers would tip you from fifty cents to a dollar per game. For me, it was sure date money whenever I wanted it. ≈≈≈ Rick V. ≈≈≈

Is it just me, or is this line: "Other centers will only load the pinsetter with 19 pins. Having only 19 pins in the machine will cause fewer "stops" this is normally done by centers who don't take care of their property like they should." really charged? Suggesting a rewrite. Glandrid (talk) 00:45, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Should rope-based pinsetters be included (such as those from http://www.bowlingbau.com/pinsetter_eng.html)94.1.210.2 (talk) 00:58, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

External links

There are sixteen entries in the "External links". Three seems to be an acceptable number and of course, everyone has their favorite to add for four. The problem is that none is needed for article promotion.

• ELpoints #3) states: Links in the "External links" section should be kept to a minimum. A lack of external links or a small number of external links is not a reason to add external links.
• LINKFARM states: There is nothing wrong with adding one or more useful content-relevant links to the external links section of an article; however, excessive lists can dwarf articles and detract from the purpose of Wikipedia. On articles about topics with many fansites, for example, including a link to one major fansite may be appropriate.
• WP:ELMIN: Minimize the number of links.
• WP:ELCITE: ...access dates are not appropriate in the external links section. Do not use {{cite web}} or other citation templates in the External links section. Citation templates are permitted in the Further reading section. --Trimmed links. -- Otr500 (talk) 22:42, 8 March 2023 (UTC)