Talk:Jigsaw puzzle

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I removed the sentence " This is a fairly rare practice today, but was more common at a time when puzzles were more of a novelty." because it has no factual basis. There are no sources listed, and personally I know several people who do it as a hobby. It doesn't belong in the article.

The French term for jigsaw puzzle is "casse-tête" and the Spanish term is "rompecabezas", both meaning "break-head", referring to the imputed difficulty of solving.

I'm removing this sentence because as far as I can tell from the respective language Wikipedias (fr, es), both of these words are more general and refer to any type of puzzle (the pages reference tangrams, Rubik's Cube etc.) They make clear that the French and Spanish for "jigsaw puzzle" are both "puzzle" (fr, es). Moreover I don't know (and Wikipedia doesn't link) any other French/Spanish word to mean "(more general) puzzle". -- Blotwell 01:50, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I've heard French people use case-tete (Parisians anyway, that's who taught me) to describe both general puzzles and the jigsaw variety.

-Mr. Tachyon

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I Q the "around 1760" bit. I've seen the first jigsaw dated to 1762. Can we get a more accurate date? Trekphiler 07:02, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

The Parker Brothers page claims that they made the first jigsaw puzzle, which would place the date much later. The 1760's date sounds more plausible, but I have no source.

I've fixed the contradiction on the Parker Brothers page. no problemo! grrowl 06:05, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Removed a request

This request was inserted into the body text of the article. I've moved it here:

Request: Would someone please add a section on (or a link to)what can be learned from doing puzzles? E.g. it gives one better spatial sense, it facilitates the brain moving info from one side to the other, it helps one better identify shades of color, recognize patterns. Thanks.

--Brandon Dilbeck 03:27, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Uncommon practice?

The article says "It is possible to glue completed puzzles to a backing for permanent display. This is a fairly rare practice today, but was more common at a time when puzzles were more of a novelty." Is this true? In Hungary (where jigsaw puzzles are common) this is by no means a rare practice, and indeed, even specific puzzle glues are available for purchase. (They are mostly made in Germany and Italy, so I assume gluing puzzles together is not so rare in those countries, either...?)

By the way, puzzles these days are glued together not on the back (to something, as the article suggests), but on the front. (There is even puzzle glue for puzzles with a metallic finish so that the - transparent - gluing doesn't react chemically to the finish.)

I can add details on gluing jigsaw puzzles together, but I'd like to know how much of a "worldwide view" I have...

--prezzey 00:56, 29 October 2006 (UTC)