Talk:Ball

72.192.34.33 edited this to state that balls can be used for "solitary activities such as... fondling"; I see this as basically being vandalism, but a page on "balls" probably DOES need to mention the anatomic connotations of the word. I know WP is not the Urban Dictionary, but the OED records this use as far back as the 14th century. I've edited accordingly. ombret 00:02, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Testicles are covered on the disambiguation page, which I added a link to, so it doesn't need to be covered here. I removed the sentence. Dave6^talk 04:32, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wiktionary?

I think this should be transwikied to Wiktionary. Either that, or made more like a Wikipedia article. Bellito 23:53, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Removed sections

I removed the "Popular ball games" section which seemed to have been directly copied from the ball game article and the "Phrases" section which consisted of a few phrases of little value to the article. I know that this means there is not much of the article left but I think it is better with a empty article than irrelevant information. Jeltz talk 15:47, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

balls

Where is the link to the disembag page about ball? JayKeaton 18:24, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Since when inflatable balls used in sports?

Since when are inflatable balls commonly available? And how did their availability change the world of sports? There's certainly more potential in this article! -- 77.7.131.196 16:41, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

or solid

"Balls are usually spherical but can be ovoid or solid (as in billiards)."

So, a filled or solid sphere is not a proper sphere, only an empty sphere counts as a real sphere? Since when?!?

Shouldn't the opening sentence have simply read, "A ball is any spherical shaped object"

Then perhaps, further into the article, "In a few sporting games, like Australian Rules Football, the egg shaped object used in play, is often referred to as 'the ball'".