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22: 91:. The apparent fact is that the contributor has largely invented his own classification scheme which is, at least in some places, at odds with other, more authoritative schemes. Since classification is just about the only content of the article, you can perhaps understand why there has been some desire to delete them or merge the descriptive sections into a larger article like 75:
visible in the assembled state; this is not so in burr puzzles, where the shape of each piece is not fully visible in the assembled state. However, I admit I currently have no basis for these two features as attributes of disentanglement puzzles other than my own intuition and the classification I linked to above.
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In my mind (as a casual collector of disentanglement puzzles), there are two features which distinguish burr puzzles from disentanglement puzzles. First, disentanglement puzzles are not rigid in the assembled state; burr puzzles are. Second, all relevant features of disentanglement puzzles are
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against white backgrounds. Let me know if you think a couple of these would be better for the article. I haven't released them under a Knowledge-compatible license yet, but would be willing to do so.
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sold in gift shops are a fond childhood memory. This specific puzzle isn't mentioned on any of the other pages, so it might make sense to note them here. --
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places them in "Interlocking Puzzles" which is distinct from their "Tanglement Puzzles," although I don't know how well their classification is accepted.
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Looks good to me. The less cruft we have here, the easier it will be to merge this into a more general, more useful article when the time comes.
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Any thoughts on whether burr puzzles and ball-in-cage puzzles actually belong in the list of disentanglement puzzles?
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before taking a picture of your puzzle to post on wikipedia?--
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and remove them. If anyone disagrees, please cite a source.
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This article was nominated for deletion. The result was
164:. Please wait a bit before putting this up again. -- 28:This article has not yet been rated on Knowledge's 162:Knowledge:Votes_for_deletion/KarlSchererRevisited2 83:I think you have hit on the main reason that 8: 49:Knowledge:Votes for deletion/MoreKarlScherer 274: 248: 21: 19: 247:, or is it just a piece of sculpture? 193:I've got pictures of a few of mine at 87:has been putting these articles up on 69:Dalgety & Hordern's classification 7: 273:solution, then it's not a puzzle. 114:Having heard no objection, I will 14: 213:horseshoe Disentanglement puzzle 20: 269:I have to agree. If there is 263:22:05, 24 September 2018 (UTC) 1: 230:01:00, 9 September 2012 (UTC) 289:19:54, 5 December 2022 (UTC) 122:17:59, August 1, 2005 (UTC) 79:19:44, July 22, 2005 (UTC) 59:00:35, July 14, 2005 (UTC) 321: 173: 148:22:02, 1 August 2005 (UTC) 109:20:45, July 22, 2005 (UTC) 169:02:33, 27 July 2005 (UTC) 207:04:59, 11 May 2009 (UTC) 188:00:52, 11 May 2009 (UTC) 218:horseshoe-ring puzzles 160:Keep vote on vfd per 305:Unassessed articles 239:Is a "puzzle" with 94:mechanical puzzles 30:content assessment 291: 279:comment added by 265: 253:comment added by 36: 35: 312: 174:Can't you vacuum 146: 144: 138: 132: 107: 101: 55: 25: 24: 23: 16: 320: 319: 315: 314: 313: 311: 310: 309: 295: 294: 237: 215: 176: 158: 142: 136: 134: 130: 105: 99: 65: 53: 41: 12: 11: 5: 318: 316: 308: 307: 297: 296: 293: 292: 236: 233: 214: 211: 210: 209: 175: 172: 157: 154: 153: 152: 151: 150: 124: 123: 111: 110: 64: 61: 40: 37: 34: 33: 26: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 317: 306: 303: 302: 300: 290: 286: 282: 278: 272: 268: 267: 266: 264: 260: 256: 255:70.89.176.249 252: 246: 242: 234: 232: 231: 227: 223: 219: 212: 208: 204: 200: 195: 192: 191: 190: 189: 185: 181: 171: 170: 167: 163: 155: 149: 145: 139: 137:HorsePunchKid 128: 127: 126: 125: 121: 117: 113: 112: 108: 102: 100:HorsePunchKid 96: 95: 90: 86: 82: 81: 80: 78: 72: 70: 62: 60: 58: 56: 50: 46: 38: 31: 27: 18: 17: 281:74.95.43.253 275:— Preceding 270: 249:— Preceding 244: 240: 238: 216: 177: 159: 92: 73: 66: 63:Burr puzzles 45:no consensus 44: 42: 241:no solution 235:Impossible? 166:Woohookitty 39:VfD results 243:really a 299:Category 277:unsigned 251:unsigned 116:be bold 245:puzzle 222:Zqrrld 180:345Kai 54:BD2412 32:scale. 199:Chuck 120:Chuck 85:-Ril- 77:Chuck 285:talk 259:talk 226:talk 203:talk 184:talk 51:. -- 156:Vfd 97:. — 89:VfD 301:: 287:) 271:no 261:) 228:) 205:) 186:) 131::) 283:( 257:( 224:( 201:( 182:( 143:龜 140:→ 133:— 106:龜 103:→

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content assessment
Knowledge:Votes for deletion/MoreKarlScherer
 BD2412

Dalgety & Hordern's classification
Chuck
-Ril-
VfD
mechanical puzzles
HorsePunchKid

be bold
Chuck
HorsePunchKid

22:02, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
Knowledge:Votes_for_deletion/KarlSchererRevisited2
Woohookitty
02:33, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
345Kai
talk
00:52, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Chuck
talk
04:59, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
horseshoe-ring puzzles
Zqrrld
talk
01:00, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

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