Missing articles that need to be created, that don't fall under the categories already covered at
WP:CUEBIOS,
WP:CUEORGS or
WP:CUEEVENTS or showing up as missing game articles at the top of
WP:CUETODO (or as redlinks in the game list at
Cue sport). Things like films, books, equipment, companies, etc. that need entire articles (not just
WP:CUEGLOSS entries) go here.
Priority should first be given to those that are the most redlinked from other articles.
Businesses
Companies
Cue manufacturers
Diamond Billiard Products (official name is
Diamond Billiard Products Inc. and a common error to redirect would be
Diamond Billiard Products, Inc. The best-reputation "
bar box" mfr. in the US (they have less market penetration that
Valley-Dynamo, but that's because of the price and because of decades-standing coin-op vending contracts, and etc. Players almost unversially prefer the Diamond tables, because they play more like the big ones – tight corner pockets, highly predictable cushion rebound angles, etc.)
Presidential Billiards (actually a subsidiary of a more general furniture company, the lowest-cost teak supplier in the US; do article on that company, with Presidential Billiards section)
Master Billiards (possibly the leading mfr. in Australia; based in Sydney)
Rileys (British chain of pool, snooker, darts and poker clubs; operates some kind of pool & snooker instructional program; really is spelled "Rileys", not "Riley's";
official website)
Rileys (British chain of clubs with an instructional program; see under "Venues" above for details)
Equipment/products
Sardo Tight Rack (high prominence in pro. tournaments, and an engineering marvel; deserves mention at
Rack (billiards), and will need photos which means one of us has to buy the thing)
Delta-13 rack (as of 2010-2011 also has high prominence in pro tournaments; very thin - especially good for straight pool)
9-ball: The Movie (still in production or possibly post-production as of October 2011)
Kiss Shot (1989) (Whoopie Goldberg & Dennis Franz made-for-TV movie; exists on DVD;
IMDb)
Number One (1985 film) (and update
Number One (film) dab page; Bob Geldoff & various others; made for UK TV; rarely available on VHS, and possibly only in PAL video format, no DVDs;
IMDb)
The Baron and the Kid (1984) (Johnny & June Carter Cash, Claude Akins, and numerous pro cameos; made for TV; available on DVD;
IMDb)
道頓堀川(1982) (name translation needed from Japanese)
Carambola (2003 film) (2003) (Spanish-language comedy about a billiard hall; available on DVD (w/ English subtitles);
[1]; not to be confused with the two earlier westerns by this name)
Operación Carambola (1967) (Spanish-language, maybe or maybe not with Eng. subtitles - probably, as DVD is R1 and R4; comedy about billiards and apparently also a caper film; available on DVD
[2])
Amsterdam (TV show) (pool game show started by comedian
David Brenner; pilot featured
Jeanette Lee, then still an amateur, comedian
Richard Lewis and actor
Steve Landesberg; cover story of Pool and Billiard mag. September 1990 issue; pilot may never have actually aired, and regardless was never picked up; named for Amsterdam Billiards, Brenner's pool hall)
InsidePOOL Magazine (one of the three surviving national cue sports mags in the US)
AzBilliards.com (the most prominent e-magazine on the topic)
Billiards (magazine; redlinked from
Jose Parica; defunct, but once one of the two or three national cue sports mags in the US at that time)
American Cueist (magazine, defunct since ca. 2003; may not be notable enough for an article.)
Pro9.co.uk (UK-based, Europe-focused resource site that concentrates on nine-ball and "American pool" generally; tagline "The European Pool Player Resource")
Books
Daly's Billiard Book (1800s, by champion
Maurice Daly (billiards player); perhaps the first mass-produced, general-audience book on the topic; should start as a section in his bio and possibly stay that way)
The Compleat Gamester (1674, by
Charles Cotton; the earliest known written rules in English for billiards games, among many others; possibly should just be part of Cotton's article, but probably not, as it had its own lasting significance, and wasn't even attributed to Cotton until considerably later.
Fiction
Lush Life (1992 novel) (by
Dallas Murphy; "Life gets 'interesting' again for Artie Deemer – introduced in Lover Man, 1987 – when he falls for pool-shark Crystal Spivey, a woman wanted by bankers, mobsters, and the CIA ..."; Atria hardcover
ISBN9780671685553, Pocket Books mass-market paperback
ISBN978-0671685560 and paperback
ISBN978-0671685560; has pool scene on cover)
Funk the 9 Ball (Game Boy Color; TamSoft, 2000; Japanese, and may not exist for other languages; full title may be Pocket Billiards: Funk the 9 Ball or something like that, in Japanese or Engrish or whatever)
Hoyle Table Games (Win 98/ME/2000/XP; SelectSoft Publishing, year unknown
[5]; 18 games of various sorts, with the pool one called "
Maximum Pool" so redir that to this one.)
King of Pool (Wii; may be PAL-only; "Join the world of pool sharks and have the opportunity to play in five unique locations. Choose from one of the biggest selections of snooker and pool games available, triumph against your rivals in career mode, demonstrate your skills in Trick Shot mode, or use Free Play mode to test yourself.")
Multimedia Poo (Windows 3.1/95; Softkey; "Step into the ultimate multimedia pool hall")
Polar Games 2 (Windows XP/Vista; Mumbo Jumbo, 2008
[7]; includes a golf game and "Polar Pool", a pool-themed adventure game that is not really a simulated cue sport)
Pool Shark (PC video game) (subtitle: "The Best Pool Game...Ever!"; Cosmi/THQ, 1999, Win., CD-ROM; modes: single player (AI opponents), multiplayer, same machine, multiplayer LAN, multiplayer Internet; 3 table types, but pool only; 3 skill levels; 3 virtual venues; ESRB: E)
The Billiard (a game in the never-ending
Simple series, a.k.a. various different names on different platforms (with links here to their entries at [List of Simple series video games]]: Simple 1500 Series for PlaysStation Vol. 10:
Billiards, and Vol. 50:
The Billiard 2; Simple 2000 Series for PlayStation 2, Vol. 14:
Billiards Xciting; and Simple DS Series for Nintendo DS, Vol. 2:
Billiard Action; could collectively have an article, but an article for each would be insane overkill)
Pool Sharks (pinball) (
Bally Midway, 1990; User:SMcCandlish has art from manual - appears to be B&W line art version of some of the art from the backboard, with the characters, anthropomorpized sharks - not sure if useful for article; game has eight-ball and nine-ball scoring modes)
Billiards (play) (possibly the only stage production about cue sports; comedy by
Edwin F. Thorne; mentioned at
Yank Adams; google '"E. F. Thorne" billiard', etc., for sources)
Laws
Crooks Act, Canada (upheld in Hodge v. The Queen (1883) 9 App Cas 117; repealed when?; forbade "billiards" in any public place without a liquor license)
Unusual equipment
Irregular octagon (long sides) tables:
User:SMcCandlish has photos from late 1800s Germany
Stuff to avoid. See also the list of non-notable games already speedied/CfD'd at bottom of
WP:CUEGAMES.
Chalk to win (alleged academic theory,
successfully AfD'd, of one "Dr. M. Lee" that putting chalk on the cue leads to a higher chance of winning, not because chalk is useful but because it just increases confidence)
Pool Shark (slot simulator) (by
Pokies4Fun; an Australian Windows PC video game simulator of a 5-reel, 20-payline poker-style slot machine or "pokie" in .au slang, with a pool theme - the numbers are pool balls, and special symbols include a rack of balls, a cue and ball, a player at a pool table, etc.; not included above as a cue sports video game, since it's not really, it's a casino game sim)
The 9 Ball Diaries (movie, out on DVD now; despite the title and a big 9 ball on the cover, it has nothing to do with pool, and is about
cyclocross racing! WTF?; by DH Productions & Video Action Sports, 2011, UPC 730475623601)
Playboy, March 1981 (trick shot article "Hot Shots" by
Robert Byrne (author); cover feature is "Twins", rather distinctive issue and common on eBay)
The Girl's Home Companion (by "Mrs. Valentine", London: Frederick Warne and co, various editions, ca. 1891 to ca. 1900; presents English billiards instruction and propound that it is a good game for Victorian young ladies; see also Billiards and Snooker Bygones by Norman Clare, and Stein & Rubino's The Billiards Encyclopedia, for a number of prints featuring women playing; see also Shamos's The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards articles, e.g. "Mace", on prejudicial treatment of women in billiards since at least the 1700s.)