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Change "Football is the most popular sports among Bengalis" to "Football is one of the most popular sports among Bengalis".

In the very last paragraph change "Bengalis are very competitive when it comes to board and home games such as Pachisi and its modern counterpart Ludo, as well as Latim, Carrom Board, Chor-Pulish, Kanamachi and Chess" to "Bengalis are very competitive when it comes to board and home games such as pachisi and its modern counterpart ludo, as well as latim, carrom board, chor-pulish, kanamachi and chess", they should be lowercase because no board game here is trademarked. 009slam (talk) 21:38, 14 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Correction: **carrom board** not carrom board. 009slam (talk) 21:41, 14 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Done Regards, --Goldsztajn (talk) 13:17, 15 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Only minor, can [[Chess|shess]] be changed to [[chess]]. 009slam (talk) 20:53, 17 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Done. LizardJr8 (talk) 20:04, 17 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

@LizardJr8 @Goldsztajn Thank yous! 009slam (talk) 20:59, 17 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Facepalm ... "shess" Goldsztajn (talk) 12:27, 18 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

😂 009slam (talk) 14:04, 18 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

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