Talk:Hearts (suit)

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Orphaned references in Hearts (card suit)

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Hearts (card suit)'s orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "pagat":

From Deuce (playing card): Games played with German suited cards at www.pagat.com. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
From Bauernschnapsen: Hans-Joachim Alscher (2012-10-08). "Bauernschnapsen" (HTML). pagat.com (in German). John McLeod. p. 7. Retrieved 2017-11-08. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |day=, |month=, and |deadurl= (help)
From Watten (card game): Watten at www.pagat.com. Retrieved 2 Jun 2018.
From Skat (card game): Skat at www.pagat.com. Retrieved 3 Jun 2018.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 12:51, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hearts because of Cupid

Original research is not allowed, but I am really convinced that the Hearts suit is a result of Cupid being used for Trionfi (cards) (circa 1440s). When the trump suits were dropped, the Italians kept Cupid on their Ace of Cups as can be seen on the Trentine pattern which is said to be the oldest surviving Italian pattern (circa 16th to 18th century). The Augsburg pattern also appeared around this time (circa 1500) where cupid is on the Deuce of Hearts. Trento and Augsburg aren't too far from each other, and adapting the cups to a more-logical hearts to represent cupid and his domain of love doesn't sound farfetched to me. Especially when hearts as a symbol for love were known to have developed during the 15th century. 72.216.186.113 (talk) 17:18, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]