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== White jerseys at home and non-white jerseys at road NBA MLB == |
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Why in MLB and NBA, teams wear white uniforms at home while they wear non-white uniforms on the road? What is the purpose of that? In NFL, CFL and NHL, they wear non-white jerseys at home and they wear white jerseys at road. [[User:Donmust90|Donmust90]] ([[User talk:Donmust90|talk]]) 01:18, 6 September 2016 (UTC)Donmust90[[User:Donmust90|Donmust90]] ([[User talk:Donmust90|talk]]) 01:18, 6 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:White at home and gray on the road was a long-established tradition in baseball, at least. The idea was that they might not be able to do laundry as frequently while on the road, and the gray would conceal dirt better than white would. In the NHL, there was a stretch of time when they wore white at home, but they switched back to their older tradition of wearing more of their team colors at home. ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 02:38, 6 September 2016 (UTC) |
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::It should be noted that teams in many of the sports mentioned now have three or four uniforms - and that isn't counting the NBA ones with sleeves or the retro unis that show up for special occasions. This, in part, is to drive sales of replica jerseys to the fans. [[User:MarnetteD|MarnetteD]]|[[User talk:MarnetteD|Talk]] 03:10, 6 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:::It should be noted that one exception to the NFL's home color/away white is the [[Dallas Cowboys]] who traditionally wear white at home. Since every other team wears colors at home, that means the Cowboys rarely wear their blue uniforms. Their divisional rivals, especially the [[Washington Redskins]], will wear white at home when playing the Cowboys just to make them wear their blues. The first time they ever wore their regula blue at home was in 2013: [http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/cowboys-wearing-blue-jerseys-at-home-for-first-time-in-team-history/]. They do have a special "third jersey" they traditionally wear for their Thanksgiving Day games which has blue with white shoulders. There was some controversy at [[Super Bowl V]] when the Cowboys were forced to wear their blue jerseys. --[[User:Jayron32|<span style="color:#009">Jayron</span>]][[User talk:Jayron32|<b style="color:#090">''32''</b>]] 15:33, 6 September 2016 (UTC) |
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::::Implicit in your information is that it is normally the home team which decides what colors it will wear, and then the road team has to go with something that will contrast sufficiently to avoid confusion on the field. Traditionally, home uniforms have borne the team logo while road uniforms would have the name of the city they represent. For example, "Cubs" vs. "Chicago". But that is no longer a hard-and-fast rule. The 1975 World Series was interesting, in that both teams wore red caps, red socks, and red trim on their uniforms. The white vs. gray was the most obvious way to tell them apart. ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 20:38, 6 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:::::The Red Sox had blue brims on their hats as well as blue trim on their white stirup socks. [http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/images/al_1975_boston.gif] The Reds had no blue accents. [http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/detail_page.asp?fileName=nl_1975_cincinnati.gif&Entryid=1277] --[[User:Jayron32|<span style="color:#009">Jayron</span>]][[User talk:Jayron32|<b style="color:#090">''32''</b>]] 01:40, 7 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:::::Another notable uniform quirk is the [[UCLA–USC rivalry]], for most of their history, especially when both schools shared a common home field, when they played each other, BOTH teams wore their home colors. It was a rare instance when neither team wore white. The NFL tried last year on a few Thursday Night games, with both teams wearing monochromatic home colors, as part of a Nike-sponsored thing called "Color Rush". [http://www.businessinsider.com/nikes-nfl-color-rush-uniforms-2015-11]. There have also been a few times when the Saints got to count their gold "third" Jersey as a "white", because of it's pale color and high contrast, see for example [http://www.weirdwolf.net/FFP/images/2000/Saints02.jpg here] from 2000. --[[User:Jayron32|<span style="color:#009">Jayron</span>]][[User talk:Jayron32|<b style="color:#090">''32''</b>]] 01:47, 7 September 2016 (UTC) |
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::::::The mention of "Color Rush" above touches on the advantage of white vs color on television. In the early days of televised sports, televisions were black and white (more like gray and gray). Depending on the location, many people in modern times still use a black and white television.[http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-35185652] One team needed to have a dark uniform and the other a light uniform to tell the teams apart. The home team gets to pick the uniform.[http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=lukas/050919] Overheating on a sunny field is an issue, so the home team generally chose to wear white, reflecting as much of the sunlight as possible. (For those who think that overheating ans sweating profusely was not an issue, read about the origins of the popularity of Gatorade in the NFL.[http://www.gatorade.com/company/heritage]) When televisions went to color, the picture was still fuzzy. So, it was easier to tell dark fuzzy guys from light fuzzy guys. Now, producers believe that everything is in color and high definition. So, the NFL tried to do "Color Rush" by having both teams wear their team colors. The result wasn't anything outstanding and had a side problem. Color blind people saw gray vs gray and couldn't figure out which team was which.[http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-we-didnt-account-for-color-blindness-with-color-rush-jerseys/] [[Special:Contributions/209.149.113.4|209.149.113.4]] ([[User talk:209.149.113.4|talk]]) 12:33, 7 September 2016 (UTC) |
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== Full Coverage of Olympic Events == |
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Presumably, the Olympics, (Summer or Winter, is heavily recorded. |
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So are official tapings of entire events made available or is it on a "need-to-know" basis? |
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Thanks. (edit, wasn't logged in.) [[User:PiousCorn|PiousCorn]] ([[User talk:PiousCorn|talk]]) 03:39, 6 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:They keep it under tight control because they want you to buy the footage. You will be able to buy DVDs and BluRays of the Rio games later this year but they will be edited highlights, not the entire event. --[[User:Viennese Waltz|Viennese Waltz]] 08:21, 6 September 2016 (UTC) |
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::For London 2012 almost everything was live streamed on the Olympics [[YouTube]] channel and they are still up. It is possible to watch every single of second of the athletics program for example. Not sure about Rio 2016 though. - '''[[User:Yellow Dingo|<b style="color:#FFCC33">Yellow</b> <b style="color:brown">Dingo</b>]]''' [[User talk:Yellow Dingo|<b style="color:BLUE">(talk)</b>]] 08:37, 6 September 2016 (UTC) |
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== Identifying a jazz(?) song from a Youtube video == |
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Does anyone know by chance what song is playing in the background here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7PJVcL1enM&t=32m31s right during the last sketch before the Years & Years act? I used to hear it a lot a long time ago, but I never found out its name. [[Special:Contributions/78.0.251.35|78.0.251.35]] ([[User talk:78.0.251.35|talk]]) 20:10, 6 September 2016 (UTC) |
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: Is it [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY85ET2gXGQ this]? -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]]'''··–·'''[[User talk:Finlay McWalter|Talk]] 20:40, 6 September 2016 (UTC) |
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: ... if so, it was the theme for ''[[Pick of the Pops]]'', of which that skit is a parody. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]]'''··–·'''[[User talk:Finlay McWalter|Talk]] 20:42, 6 September 2016 (UTC) |
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::... and we even have a stub on that theme song: ''[[At the Sign of the Swingin' Cymbal]]''. ---[[User:Sluzzelin|Sluzzelin]] [[User talk:Sluzzelin|<small>talk</small>]] 20:44, 6 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:::Yep, I think that's it, thanks guys! I thought it would be older, though... [[Special:Contributions/78.0.251.35|78.0.251.35]] ([[User talk:78.0.251.35|talk]]) 20:52, 6 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:::: None of the articles we've given actually says when it was written. We know it dates from at best 1961 (so it's already 55 years old), but it doesn't seem to have been written especially for the program, so it may be some time older than that. I don't know much about that period of music, but to me it sounds like later [[big band]] music rather than jazz (and there's something of a continuum between the two) so it may not have sounded especially cutting edge even in 1961. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]]'''··–·'''[[User talk:Finlay McWalter|Talk]] 21:01, 6 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:::::Following through the song's stub to the article on its composer, [[Brian Fahey (composer)|Brian Fahey]], reveals that in this era, a significant part of his work was indeed writing/arranging theme tunes for radio programmes, so absent evidence to the contrary, it seems likely that it ''was'' written for ''Pick of the Pops''. Remember that in 1961, the Popular Charts were not so youth oriented, so such a programme had to appeal to older listeners as well and therefore could not afford to be too "cutting edge". {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} [[Special:Contributions/90.202.211.191|90.202.211.191]] ([[User talk:90.202.211.191|talk]]) 16:24, 7 September 2016 (UTC) |
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== Pinch-back suits in The Music Man (1962) == |
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In the song "Ya Got Trouble", Harold Hill speaks disparagingly of those who wear pinch-back suits. But as best I can tell, he also appears to be wearing one. Was this intended to be ironic (to show Hill's chutzpah and/or the gullibility of the townsfolk), was it merely a production goof, or was he not technically wearing a pinch-back suit? --[[User:Lazar Taxon|Lazar Taxon]] ([[User talk:Lazar Taxon|talk]]) 21:54, 6 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:[http://www.arenastage.org/shows-tickets/sub-text/2011-12-season/the-music-man/the-music-man-glossary.shtml This] may be useful. --[[User:Jayron32|<span style="color:#009">Jayron</span>]][[User talk:Jayron32|<b style="color:#090">''32''</b>]] 01:36, 7 September 2016 (UTC) |
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= September 7 = |
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== Superboy Comic Book from a long time ago == |
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Hello all. I'm not much into comic books, but I have a question which had bothering me for many years. When I was a young boy, maybe 7 or 8, I remember seeing what looked like a Superboy comic book issue where the Superboy had been tricked by these two evil people (I think they were kids, actually) to put a helmet on and it pumped some kind of torture gas into itself and Superboy couldn't get it off. I remember the two villains gleefully watched as Superboy was in agony. It was a disturbing comic book to read at such a young age, does anyone know the issue or name?? -[[User:OberRanks|O.R.]]<sup>[[User talk:OberRanks|''Comms'']]</sup> 01:28, 7 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:In what year(s) were you 7-8? --[[User:Jayron32|<span style="color:#009">Jayron</span>]][[User talk:Jayron32|<b style="color:#090">''32''</b>]] 01:35, 7 September 2016 (UTC) |
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::Early 1980s, 1982-83 -[[User:OberRanks|O.R.]]<sup>[[User talk:OberRanks|''Comms'']]</sup> 01:40, 7 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:::''[[Superboy_(comic_book)#The_New_Adventures_of_Superboy_.281980-1984.29|The New Adventures of Superboy]]'' was out at that time. There are websites where you can go through each comic from the series. --[[User:Jayron32|<span style="color:#009">Jayron</span>]][[User talk:Jayron32|<b style="color:#090">''32''</b>]] 14:04, 7 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:::: [http://www.comics.org/series/2542/covers/ Here] are the covers to that series (continued onto a second page). [http://www.comics.org/series/name/superboy/sort/alpha/ Here] is a list of all the series published with "Superboy" in the title. The years are listed on the right hand side, but be aware that it also lists foreign editions, etc. It's also possible that it was not a Superboy comic book per se, but an appearance in an anthology series or group book. [[User:Matt Deres|Matt Deres]] ([[User talk:Matt Deres|talk]]) 16:32, 7 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:<small>Huh. When I was that age, most Superboy stories seemed to involve awkward but mostly harmless transformations by Red Kryptonite. —[[User:Tamfang|Tamfang]] ([[User talk:Tamfang|talk]]) 08:53, 9 September 2016 (UTC)</small> |
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Thank you everyone for the good information. It was so long ago (35+ years), I wonder if what I was looking at was even Superman or maybe some adult comic book about forcing someone to breath gas. Its interesting, right around the early 80s was when the whole [[Recreational use of nitrous oxide|laughing gas fetishism]] was just coming about. I wonder if this was a comic book I shouldn't have been looking at! -[[User:OberRanks|O.R.]]<sup>[[User talk:OberRanks|''Comms'']]</sup> 15:45, 9 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:<small>There was a nitrous oxide gag in ''[[The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers]]'' long before 1980! —[[User:Tamfang|Tamfang]] ([[User talk:Tamfang|talk]]) 01:50, 11 September 2016 (UTC)</small> |
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== Star Trek: The Cage == |
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In the Star Trek episode [[The Cage]], the actor Ed Madden who played the [[USS_Enterprise_(NCC-1701)|USS Enterprises]] Geologist can be seen in a number of scenes where you can see what looks like a plaster on the left hand side of his neck. Did he have a plaster on his neck & is this story related ? [[Special:Contributions/194.74.238.137|194.74.238.137]] ([[User talk:194.74.238.137|talk]]) 11:50, 7 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:Actually, you bring up something that a lot of people miss about that episode. You see, a major plot element was Captain Pike feeling he was not fit for command since he had just lead (shortly before the episode) a landing party mission where several members of his crew were wounded or killed. Spock is limping and there are a couple of other people with casts and bandages. So, good catch! -[[User:OberRanks|O.R.]]<sup>[[User talk:OberRanks|''Comms'']]</sup> 15:53, 9 September 2016 (UTC) |
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= September 8 = |
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== Middlebrow fiction == |
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Is there a comprehensive, generally accepted definition of middlebrow fiction? What are the characteristics which distinguish it from literary fiction on one hand, and from lowbrow fiction on the other? [[Special:Contributions/2601:646:8E01:7E0B:F88D:DE34:7772:8E5B|2601:646:8E01:7E0B:F88D:DE34:7772:8E5B]] ([[User talk:2601:646:8E01:7E0B:F88D:DE34:7772:8E5B|talk]]) 04:38, 8 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:When you eliminate [[literary fiction|literary]], [[Highbrow|highbrow]] and [[lowbrow]] fiction from the pool, [[middlebrow]] fiction is what is left. Likely no ''definitive'' answer is possible, because every individual perceives high- and lowbrow relative to the height of their own brow, and so is subjective. However, our articles/disambiguation page linked above may help. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} [[Special:Contributions/90.202.211.191|90.202.211.191]] ([[User talk:90.202.211.191|talk]]) 18:13, 8 September 2016 (UTC) |
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::So, for example, let's consider a novel with the following attributes: a realistic, coherent plot; few subplots; richly described setting; 2 or 3 main characters well-developed but remain unchanged throughout the book, whereas the secondary characters are one-dimensional; suspenseful but slow-paced, deliberately sacrificing pacing in order to increase suspense; educational, with lots of knowledge revealed through exposition; does not deal with any philosophical themes or any so-called universal truths (and in fact pointedly rejects such notions, instead emphasizing distinctions and hierarchies); avoids using symbols. Would such a book be considered middlebrow? (BTW, did I just accidentally describe [[The Hunt for Red October]]?) [[Special:Contributions/2601:646:8E01:7E0B:F88D:DE34:7772:8E5B|2601:646:8E01:7E0B:F88D:DE34:7772:8E5B]] ([[User talk:2601:646:8E01:7E0B:F88D:DE34:7772:8E5B|talk]]) 06:58, 9 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:::I, personally, might well consider it middlebrow, but someone else might not. However, aspects you didn't mention, but which I myself would consider important, would be the quality and style of the [[prose]]: prose quality might be definable/measurable to an extent, [[Writing style|style]] more a matter of personal taste. Much might depend on ''why'' one was seeking to determine the book's "brow height". |
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:::FWIW, I'd judge the majority of the fiction I prefer to be middle- or lowbrow. Its been thirty years since I read ''The Hunt for Red October'' (since you mentioned it), and on memory I'd place it slightly below the mid/low "cut", but I'm sure others would differ, and I might change my mind on a re-read. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} [[Special:Contributions/90.202.211.191|90.202.211.191]] ([[User talk:90.202.211.191|talk]]) 15:22, 9 September 2016 (UTC) |
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::::The reason I didn't mention the quality of the prose is because I don't know how it's defined. So, if you can give me the metrics for prose quality, I can specify this parameter too. [[Special:Contributions/2601:646:8E01:7E0B:F88D:DE34:7772:8E5B|2601:646:8E01:7E0B:F88D:DE34:7772:8E5B]] ([[User talk:2601:646:8E01:7E0B:F88D:DE34:7772:8E5B|talk]]) 21:57, 10 September 2016 (UTC) |
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== Germany or Deutschland? == |
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During the Olympics, German teams had "Germany" on the back of their shirts rather than Deutschland. Is that even a word in German? Why the English? They mostly speak Portuguese in Brazil. [[User:Spinningspark|<b style="background:#FAFAD2;color:#C08000">Spinning</b>]][[User talk:Spinningspark|<b style="color:#4840A0">Spark</b>]] 16:15, 8 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:The Olympics are always bilingual, or trilingual - they use English and French, plus the native language of the host country if that is neither of those two. [[User:Wymspen|Wymspen]] ([[User talk:Wymspen|talk]]) 17:20, 8 September 2016 (UTC) |
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::Ok, but those shirts were monolingual (French = Allemagne, Portuguese = Alemanha). They had clearly decided (or been told) to go with English. [http://www.footyheadlines.com/2016/08/germany-2016-olympics-pre-match-jersey.html See here] for instance. [[User:Spinningspark|<b style="background:#FAFAD2;color:#C08000">Spinning</b>]][[User talk:Spinningspark|<b style="color:#4840A0">Spark</b>]] 17:35, 8 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:::I couldn't find anything online, but it seems likely to me that the designers might have thought that Brazilians, along with just about everybody else, would be more likely to understand English than German. Russia on the other hand, decided [http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/32520/1/the-real-winner-of-the-olympics-russia-s-tracksuits-rio-2016-kit-uniform decided to stick with Cyrillic script]. [[User:Alansplodge|Alansplodge]] ([[User talk:Alansplodge|talk]]) 17:56, 8 September 2016 (UTC) |
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::::This article here: [http://www.ispo.com/en/companies/id_77671012/olympia-clothing-range-adidas-not-bogner-2016-in-rio.html] claims "So that the German athletes really are recognized by everyone in the Olympic Village and on the streets of Rio, some pieces of clothing like the training jacket have "Germany" printed on them, instead of the formerly customary "Deutschland."" --[[User:Jayron32|<span style="color:#009">Jayron</span>]][[User talk:Jayron32|<b style="color:#090">''32''</b>]] 18:03, 8 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:::In this instance, "trilingual" surely means they use one of the three, not all three at once, which would make the designs much too cluttered and difficult to read at a distance. The modern Games were instigated by a Frenchman when French was the international language of diplomacy (and is still very widely learned), and when English was fast becoming the general world ''lingua franca'' that it is now, so French or English or "Host-ish" combine to yield maximum spectator comprehension. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} [[Special:Contributions/90.202.211.191|90.202.211.191]] ([[User talk:90.202.211.191|talk]]) 18:05, 8 September 2016 (UTC) |
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== what is it, Ponyo == |
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:::: So how did Russia get to use a language that was none of English, French or Portuguese? -- [[User:JackofOz|<font face="Papyrus">Jack of Oz</font>]] [[User talk:JackofOz#top|<span style="font-size:85%"><font face="Verdana" ><sup>[pleasantries]</sup></font></span>]] 18:49, 8 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:::::Who was going to stop them? I think the trilinguality is a generally observed tradition or convention rather than an iron-clad rule, and if you've been following international news lately, you may have noticed that Putin's Russia is not currently big on meekly following international conventions and expectations. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.185} [[Special:Contributions/90.202.211.191|90.202.211.191]] ([[User talk:90.202.211.191|talk]]) 20:03, 8 September 2016 (UTC) |
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A Japanese movie made by Studio Ghibli. [[Special:Contributions/2001:44C8:4703:D1CB:40FE:D654:BB6B:929E|2001:44C8:4703:D1CB:40FE:D654:BB6B:929E]] ([[User talk:2001:44C8:4703:D1CB:40FE:D654:BB6B:929E|talk]]) 09:13, 11 December 2024 (UTC) |
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:::::: Yes, very true. -- [[User:JackofOz|<font face="Papyrus">Jack of Oz</font>]] [[User talk:JackofOz#top|<span style="font-size:85%"><font face="Verdana" ><sup>[pleasantries]</sup></font></span>]] 22:24, 9 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:See ''[[Ponyo]]''. Do you have a question? [[User:Shantavira|Shantavira]]|[[User talk:Shantavira|<sup>feed me</sup>]] 09:49, 11 December 2024 (UTC) |
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::The word "Germany" is widely recognized by Germans, and it's become a point of pride partly thanks to the success of the [[Made in Germany]] slogan, which you generally see written in English even in German text (see for example, "Die Sandalen von Birkenstock sind nicht komplett '''[http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/jahre-made-in-germany-so-deutsch-sind-adidas-becks-und-miele-1.1447056-4 made in Germany]'''" ("Birkenstock sandals are not entirely made in Germany")). [[User:Smurrayinchester|Smurrayinchester]] 09:20, 9 September 2016 (UTC) |
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== Small question about sourcing release dates == |
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== MLB American and National Leagues being Democratic and Republican == |
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Hello, I apologize if this is the wrong spot to ask this. I'm currently doing the "suggested edits" from my own home page, to try and gain a bit more practical editing experience, and the first I got was [[Superhero film]]. |
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Why people say that American League is Democratic or pro-Democratic and National League Republican or pro-Republican? is it because New York City, Boston, Chicago, Baltimore, Oakland, Seattle, Anaheim and Detroit are socially liberal while Atlanta, Miami (home of Marlins), Cincinnati, Arizona (home of Diamondbacks), and St. Louis are socially conservative? Where did they get the idea? [[User:Donmust90|Donmust90]] ([[User talk:Donmust90|talk]]) 00:36, 9 September 2016 (UTC)Donmust90[[User:Donmust90|Donmust90]] ([[User talk:Donmust90|talk]]) 00:36, 9 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:{{cn}}. I have been watching Baseball for 30+ years, and never heard such a thing. No one can answer "why" to a presumption which is not already established. --[[User:Jayron32|<span style="color:#009">Jayron</span>]][[User talk:Jayron32|<b style="color:#090">''32''</b>]] 00:43, 9 September 2016 (UTC) |
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::The closest thing to this would be spurious correlations of which league wins an election year World Series. I question the core premise characterizing the cities. But the premise fails anyway, because New York, Chicago, the Bay Area and the Los Angeles area have teams in each league. ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 03:48, 9 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:::Also, the premise is demonstratedly wrong. Donmust claims Atlanta is in the "Pro-republican/Conservative" camp. [[List of mayors of Atlanta]] shows Atlanta hasn't elected a Republican mayor since the 1870s, and has been reliably Democratic for over a century. --[[User:Jayron32|<span style="color:#009">Jayron</span>]][[User talk:Jayron32|<b style="color:#090">''32''</b>]] 12:30, 9 September 2016 (UTC) |
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::::Ditto with St. Louis. A major reason for the [[Missouri bellwether]] phenomenon is the two big cities and their Democratic-favoring politics, because without them, the state would be strongly Republican. [[User:Nyttend|Nyttend]] ([[User talk:Nyttend|talk]]) 16:21, 10 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:In Chicago, the National League Cubs are associated with the white-collar neighborhood their stadium is in (and previous team owner, the Tribune is the more conservative newspaper in town) while the American League Whie Sox are associated with a blue collar area. But in New York I believe the situation is reverse with the Yankees/Mets. [[User:Rmhermen|Rmhermen]] ([[User talk:Rmhermen|talk]]) 17:05, 9 September 2016 (UTC) |
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::The Cubs are also currently owned by the Ricketts family, which has been a donor to the Republicans. I don't know anything about the political persuasions of the Reinsdorfs. ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 16:51, 10 September 2016 (UTC) |
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A lot of the "citation needed" templates seem to be concerning justifying the release dates of each work; right now, I'm looking e.g. at {{tq|"The following year, the sequel titled ''Ultraman Zearth 2: Superhuman Big Battle - Light and Shadow'' premiered."}} from the "'''1978–1998: Rising popularity with ''Superman'', ''Kamen Rider'', ''Batman'', and ''Ultraman Zearth'''''" section, and I'm wondering what's the best practice to source this kind of thing. |
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== Video from the 90s, techno, bunny dancing == |
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I'm assuming that, per [[WP:IMDB]], that website (which on my personal time would be the first source I look at for release dates) doesn't work because it's [[WP:USERGENERATED|USERGENERATED]]; so, where else should I be looking? |
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Trying to find a video from the 90s. There was a guy dressed as a bunny dancing on the scenario. The music was kind of techno. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Llaanngg|Llaanngg]] ([[User talk:Llaanngg|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Llaanngg|contribs]]) 16:31, 9 September 2016 (UTC)</span></small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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Thank you for any help! [[User:NewBorders|NewBorders]] ([[User talk:NewBorders|talk]]) 17:55, 13 December 2024 (UTC) |
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:Putting the title of this section into Google gave me a Yahoo Answers link which had these videos listed: |
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:[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1_NtckgpXU Happyland - Don't You Know Who I Am] |
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:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eQ4-QfQWpI Love Inc. - Broken Bones] (though a quick scan of it didn't have any bunnies.) |
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:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_zLBsRYD8w And this from Love Inc.] but that's blocked in my country. †<span style="font-family:monospace;">[[User:Dismas|Dismas]]</span>†|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 00:00, 10 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:"[[The Bad Touch]]" by [[Bloodhound Gang]]. --[[User:Jayron32|<span style="color:#009">Jayron</span>]][[User talk:Jayron32|<b style="color:#090">''32''</b>]] 00:47, 10 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:Two sources for the year 1997: [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ultraman_zearth_2 Rotten Tomatoes], [https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/ultraman-zearth-2/umc.cmc.2ilkr8c5n28b1hrz9nqctmfuh Apple TV+]. --[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 18:57, 13 December 2024 (UTC) |
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= September 10 = |
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::Hmm - I would normally be okay with Rotten Tomatoes, but [[WP:ROTTENTOMATOES]] does also state that {{tq|"There is consensus that Rotten Tomatoes should not be used for biographical information, cast and crew data, or other film and television data, as it is sourced from user-generated and user-provided content with a lack of oversight and verification."}} |
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::Should I just use Apple TV and be done with it, then? Or do you think RT, in this case, is fine despite the above? [[User:NewBorders|NewBorders]] ([[User talk:NewBorders|talk]]) 20:00, 13 December 2024 (UTC) |
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:::[https://www.roku.com/whats-on/movies/ultraman-zearth-2?id=2be18e6bd97c585f97b75e2045866f1e Roku], not listed at [[WP:RSP]], also has 1997. --[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 15:32, 14 December 2024 (UTC) |
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::::Thanks again for your help! I think I'll try using the two you mentioned that aren't at RSP, then. |
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::::Anyway, if editors looking at the page in the future find issue with these sources, they can always discuss on the talk page, or at [[WP:RSN]]. Or better yet, add more reliable sourcing. [[User:NewBorders|NewBorders]] ([[User talk:NewBorders|talk]]) 17:19, 14 December 2024 (UTC) |
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= December 15 = |
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== Help identifying a tune == |
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Well, it's more like a snippet. The beginning, I think. Been bothering me for a few weeks. Usually I eventually figure out where I've heard something that pops into my inner ear out of nowhere, but not this one. I must have heard it played on a [[shawm]]-type instrument, and it definitely sounded medieval, which makes me think I might have heard it in a movie, which makes me think it might not actually be from the middle ages. Anyway, here it is: |
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<score> |
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\relative c'' { |
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\key b \minor |
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\time 2/4 |
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a8 a8 b8 d8 | d4 cis8 d8 | e8 d16 cis16 b4 | a8 a8 b8 d8 | d4 cis8 d8 | e8 d16 cis16 b4 |
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} |
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</score> |
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== BBC Sunday-Night Play DVD == |
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Thanks in advance! ---[[User:Sluzzelin|Sluzzelin]] [[User talk:Sluzzelin|<small>talk</small>]] 08:39, 10 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:Do you have an audio recording of it? For me personally, it would be easier to ID that way. [[Special:Contributions/2601:646:8E01:7E0B:F88D:DE34:7772:8E5B|2601:646:8E01:7E0B:F88D:DE34:7772:8E5B]] ([[User talk:2601:646:8E01:7E0B:F88D:DE34:7772:8E5B|talk]]) 21:58, 10 September 2016 (UTC) |
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[[BBC Sunday-Night Play]] was a British tv series which air on the [[BBC Television]] from 1960-1963. A very short amount of the episodes have survived and I've been trying to find out if any of the surviving episodes have ever been released on DVD. [[User:Matthew John Drummond|Matthew John Drummond]] ([[User talk:Matthew John Drummond|talk]]) 14:34, 15 December 2024 (UTC) |
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:Suggest you try [http://www.musipedia.org/ Musipedia].--[[User:Shantavira|Shantavira]]|[[User talk:Shantavira|<sup>feed me</sup>]] 05:45, 11 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:In the cases (perhaps all of them) where the true answer is "no", it may be hard to demonstrate (though it's not logically ''impossible'' to [[Burden of proof#Proving a negative|prove a negative]], it can be impractically difficult), but it would help to try to find answers if you could list the 15 plays in question, by using the references in the series' article to subtract the 123 listed 'lost' plays (Reference 4) from the list of all 138 of the plays (Reference 1). {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 17:45, 16 December 2024 (UTC) [[Special:Contributions/94.1.223.204|94.1.223.204]] ([[User talk:94.1.223.204|talk]]) 17:45, 16 December 2024 (UTC) |
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:I tried searching for the [[Parsons code]] (*RUURDUUDDDDRUURDUUDDD) at http://www.musipedia.org/melodic_contour.html, but without success. |
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:—[[User:Wavelength|Wavelength]] ([[User talk:Wavelength|talk]]) 05:53, 11 September 2016 (UTC) |
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== regarding the comparative difficulty of Chopin's etudes == |
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::Thank you, Shantavira & Wavelength. I had tried Musipedia, with the keyboard function, using the exact same notes I posted, but no success either. 2601:646..., I have no audio recording, sorry, I tried to link to my Musipedia search, where you can play the melody too, but somehow Wikipedia couldn't read my link (it got cut off at some weird place before an apostrophe, even though the link contained no space). The link is <nowiki>"http://www.musipedia.org/result.html?sourceid=melody-url&tx_mpsearch_pi1%5bsubmit_button%5d=Search&tx_mpsearch_pi1%5bpc%5d=lilya'8+a'8+b'8+d''8+d''4+cis''8+d''8+e''8+d''16+cis''16+b'4+a'8+a'8+b'8+d''8+d''4+cis''8+d''8+e''8+d''16+cis''16+b'4+&filtertext=&coll=m&onlymatchfrom=0.3"</nowiki>. Maybe try copy/pasting it, then click on the little speaker icon to the right of the line starting with "Your search query". ---[[User:Sluzzelin|Sluzzelin]] [[User talk:Sluzzelin|<small>talk</small>]] 08:39, 11 September 2016 (UTC) |
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I'm curious: is Op.10 No.1 or Op.10 No.2 commonly considered to be harder? |
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:::Don't know why you can't get that to link, [http://www.musipedia.org/result.html?sourceid=melody-url&tx_mpsearch_pi1%5bsubmit_button%5d=Search&tx_mpsearch_pi1%5bpc%5d=lilya%278+a%278+b%278+d%27%278+d%27%274+cis%27%278+d%27%278+e%27%278+d%27%2716+cis%27%2716+b%274+a%278+a%278+b%278+d%27%278+d%27%274+cis%27%278+d%27%278+e%27%278+d%27%2716+cis%27%2716+b%274+&filtertext=&coll=m&onlymatchfrom=0.3#a38359 it works] for me. [[User:Spinningspark|<b style="background:#FAFAD2;color:#C08000">Spinning</b>]][[User talk:Spinningspark|<b style="color:#4840A0">Spark</b>]] 17:24, 11 September 2016 (UTC) |
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(I always found Op.10 No.1 much harder, but this is probably because for me stretching beyond an octave hurts.) [[User:Double sharp|Double sharp]] ([[User talk:Double sharp|talk]]) 18:12, 15 December 2024 (UTC) |
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::::Sounds kind of similar to the French folk tune "Bransle des pois", if you ask me. So if I'm right, then it would in fact be (late) medieval. [[Special:Contributions/2601:646:8E01:7E0B:F88D:DE34:7772:8E5B|2601:646:8E01:7E0B:F88D:DE34:7772:8E5B]] ([[User talk:2601:646:8E01:7E0B:F88D:DE34:7772:8E5B|talk]]) 00:52, 12 September 2016 (UTC) |
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: Hard is a somewhat subjective judgement. For me, comparing these two is like comparing one kind of impossible with another. Oh, I can play the notes ok but my speed is ridiculously slow. -- [[User:JackofOz|<span style="font-family: Papyrus;">Jack of Oz</span>]] [[User talk:JackofOz#top|<span style="font-size:85%; font-family: Verdana;"><sup>[pleasantries]</sup></span>]] 19:22, 15 December 2024 (UTC) |
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== National Football League schedules == |
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:{{tq|‘Mr. Horowitz, which are the most difficult of the Chopin Etudes?’ — “Ah, all are terrible. [...] For me, the most difficult of all is the C Major, the first one, Op. 10, No. 1. [...] Also, I can’t do the A minor, Op. 10, No. 2. Richter told me he could never do it, either.”}}<sup>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4r54DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA57-IA34&dq=%22For+me,+the+most+difficult+of+all+is+the+C+Major,+the+first+one,+Op.+10,+No.+1.%22&hl=en]</sup> --[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 10:59, 16 December 2024 (UTC) |
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:[https://johnmenadue.com/standard-piano-keys-are-too-wide-for-too-many-but-alternatively-sized-keyboards-are-on-the-way/"Mass production of both grand and upright pianos consolidated a ‘standard’ key size that is too big for most pianists. It took more than 100 years for serious questioning of this situation and, since the 1990s, there has been increasing interest in, and agitation for, providing keyboards that suit more of the piano playing population. Now, a movement advocating narrower key options is providing hope." Rhonda Boyle'', Standard piano keys are too wide for too many. But alternatively sized keyboards are on the way.'' May 20, 2021, (Pearls and Irritations, John Menadue's Public Policy Journal).] [[User:Modocc|Modocc]] ([[User talk:Modocc|talk]]) 23:00, 24 December 2024 (UTC) |
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= December 18 = |
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[[National Football League#Regular season]] says ''NFL games are rarely scheduled for Tuesday or Wednesday''. Why? The existence of Thursday games demonstrates that middle-of-the-week games aren't necessarily a bad idea financially. I can't think of another reason why they'd not have Tuesday games, especially for teams that are scheduled to have a bye in the next week and thus wouldn't be badly affected by playing on a different day. [[User:Nyttend|Nyttend]] ([[User talk:Nyttend|talk]]) 16:32, 10 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:There's no obvious reason not to except custom or tradition. The NFL used to be pretty much "always on Sunday" except for the Turkey Day game(s). Monday Night Football began soon after the NFL-AFL merger. Thursday night games are a relatively recent phenomenon. Fridays and Saturdays are typically for high school and college, respectively, until they stop playing. ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 16:49, 10 September 2016 (UTC) |
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::Midweek games are highly unpopular among players and coaches, even the recently instituted Thursday Night Game, which is liked by no one except the TV network that gets to air it. Read, for example [http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2013/10/16/4843312/nfl-thursday-night-football-second-game here]. Players often feel the don't get enough rest on a Thursday Night game. --[[User:Jayron32|<span style="color:#009">Jayron</span>]][[User talk:Jayron32|<b style="color:#090">''32''</b>]] 20:44, 10 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:::I'm surprised by what I read. I just assumed that these games would be played in concert with a bye week: a team might play on 4 September, have their bye on 11 September, play on 15 September instead of the normal 18 September for that week, and then play their next game on 25 September. [[User:Nyttend|Nyttend]] ([[User talk:Nyttend|talk]]) 04:13, 11 September 2016 (UTC) |
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::::That would short-change their bye week. Given Jayron's point, I doubt they would stand for that. ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 08:51, 11 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:::::What hasn't been mentioned is that a Tuesday game for teams that played on Sunday would leave approximately 48 hours between games. That is not enough time to physically recover nor does it leave enough time to install a game plan. The travel for the away team (especially if it is a west coast to east) would be a nightmare. 00:53, 12 September 2016 (UTC) |
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== White flashes in the 90s music videos == |
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= September 11 = |
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Apparently in the 1990s and early 2000s there was an international trend of using repeated white flashes for artistic effect in music videos, particularly when shooting indoors, e.g. in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UAwX1slv8g&t=16 Tarkan - Şımarık], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQvzRriiWbs&t=21 Philipp Kirkorov - Ogon i voda], etc. (now seemingly less used). Is this effect mentioned/discussed somewhere? [[User:Brandmeister|Brandmeister]]<sup>[[User talk:Brandmeister|talk]]</sup> 19:26, 18 December 2024 (UTC) |
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== Sculpture or monument == |
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== Frog and Toad All Year audiobook == |
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Does anybody where is this monument or sculpture located in? The scene of this video is at 11:15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXJ20H0iTIU [[User:Donmust90|Donmust90]] ([[User talk:Donmust90|talk]]) 02:20, 11 September 2016 (UTC)Donmust90[[User:Donmust90|Donmust90]] ([[User talk:Donmust90|talk]]) 02:20, 11 September 2016 (UTC) |
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: Are you sure? I don't see any statue around 11:15..--[[User:Jayron32|<span style="color:#009">Jayron</span>]][[User talk:Jayron32|<b style="color:#090">''32''</b>]] 04:01, 11 September 2016 (UTC) |
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British actor [[Peter Sallis]] narrated an audio cassette tape titled [[Frog and Toad All Year]] which I believe was released in 1976 although being trying to find out if the audio cassette tape is available to buy anywhere. [[User:Matthew John Drummond|Matthew John Drummond]] ([[User talk:Matthew John Drummond|talk]]) 21:47, 18 December 2024 (UTC) |
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:: I see a grey concrete object. I can't tell what it is. -- [[User:JackofOz|<font face="Papyrus">Jack of Oz</font>]] [[User talk:JackofOz#top|<span style="font-size:85%"><font face="Verdana" ><sup>[pleasantries]</sup></font></span>]] 05:27, 11 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:::According to [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0633253/ IMDb], the episode was filmed at [[Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute]] in Toronto. This might assist in tracking down the sculpture. [[User:Tevildo|Tevildo]] ([[User talk:Tevildo|talk]]) 10:56, 11 September 2016 (UTC) |
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::::The IMDb page says, "Save for the school track scenes which were filmed at Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute, all of the running sequences in this episode were shot at various locations throughout Toronto's High Park." Since in the scene the boys are running cross-country rather than on a track, a location in [[High Park]] seems likely. [[User:Deor|Deor]] ([[User talk:Deor|talk]]) 13:37, 11 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:The audio CD version (sold together with the book) is listed on Amazon (see [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Frog-Toad-Year-Around-Book/dp/0060786981/ref=sr_1_3?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.P0WDjEJVUjiuvcIYGxo8grE4H9g1qdZ8VnMcfh1vS9RZy2qCuBL6WGT2r5JBfTuHhIuorj6aMjIE3ZKwvhqyKcNpdwnazk8nCfNnNsFtfrs.w_hmrIrvIEzXlton18Pf5rTzwFJI3emHCG7OGwTJis4&dib_tag=se&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1734564732&refinements=p_27%3APeter+Sallis&s=books&sr=1-3 here]). Whether this is the Sallis recording or a different narrator is not mentioned. Copies ''might'' crop up on e.g. Ebay or similar 2nd-hand vendors, but cassette tape eventually deteriorates so the playability of one made almost 50 years ago would be iffy. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} [[Special:Contributions/94.1.223.204|94.1.223.204]] ([[User talk:94.1.223.204|talk]]) 23:47, 18 December 2024 (UTC) |
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== MI+ == |
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= December 19 = |
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At about the time of [[Mission: Impossible (film)|the first ''Mission: Impossible'' movie]], someone recorded a longer, more elaborate version of [[Lalo Schifrin]]'s theme; it got some play on [[VH1]] at least. Who was that? —[[User:Tamfang|Tamfang]] ([[User talk:Tamfang|talk]]) 07:03, 11 September 2016 (UTC) |
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== Little Bear 1996 Audiobooks == |
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:Do you mean the 1996 [[Adam Clayton]] & [[Larry Mullen Jr.]] version? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SGcncoqR8o Here's a clip]. It was used for the film too, however. It's also mentioned in the article on [[Theme from Mission: Impossible]]. ---[[User:Sluzzelin|Sluzzelin]] [[User talk:Sluzzelin|<small>talk</small>]] 08:09, 11 September 2016 (UTC) |
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In 1996 British actor [[Peter Sallis]] narrated two audiobooks those being [[Little Bear (book)|Little Bear]] and Little Bear's Visit and I've been trying to find if any websites that sell it so I can buy it. [[User:Matthew John Drummond|Matthew John Drummond]] ([[User talk:Matthew John Drummond|talk]]) 14:07, 19 December 2024 (UTC) |
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== Some dual role movies as Father & Son - Hollywood? == |
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:If any websites sell 'something', they need customers to be able to find them. The 'something' would therefore almost certainly show up in any appropriately-worded web search. If you have web-searched for 'something' and not found it, it's a strong indication that the 'something' is not currently being advertised and/or sold (at least online), either new or (currently) via Ebay and other resale sites. On the latter, of course, ''any'' 2nd-hand item ''might'' show up at any time. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} [[Special:Contributions/94.1.223.204|94.1.223.204]] ([[User talk:94.1.223.204|talk]]) 20:59, 19 December 2024 (UTC) |
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Friends please name some hollywood movies that has dual role by same actor as father and son. Not like the same character disguising for a scene (like mrs. doubtfire) but rather played by same actor as father and son or mother and daughter. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/183.83.51.177|183.83.51.177]] ([[User talk:183.83.51.177|talk]]) 10:54, 11 September 2016 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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:In [[Back to the Future Part II]], Michael J. Fox plays Marty McFly, Marty McFly Jr (his son), and Marlene McFly (his daughter). |
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:In [[The Nutty Professor (1996 film)]], Eddie Murphy plays the main character Sherman, and also plays as each one of: his father, his mother, his grandmother, and his brother. [[User:Staecker|Staecker]] ([[User talk:Staecker|talk]]) 17:53, 11 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:The question you have asked is likely to be a subset of [[List of actors who have played multiple roles in the same film]]. --[[User:Jayron32|<span style="color:#009">Jayron</span>]][[User talk:Jayron32|<b style="color:#090">''32''</b>]] 00:04, 12 September 2016 (UTC) |
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= December 20 = |
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:In a short-lived TV series called ''[[The Second Hundred Years (TV series)|The Second Hundred Years]]'', Monte Markham played his own grandson. ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 00:24, 12 September 2016 (UTC) |
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== Biggest game between two teams from Indiana ever? == |
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== Downloading sheet music == |
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Any candidates other than this Indiana+ND game? Thanks, [[User:Abeg92|Ab]]<span style="color:#00FF00;">e</span>[[User talk:Abeg92|g92]]<small>[[Special:Contributions/Abeg92|contribs]]</small> 04:13, 20 December 2024 (UTC) |
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I want to create a library of favorite classical '''piano''' music pieces. I want it in a digital form that I can print then on sheets of paper with a printer. What would be a safe website? I found one but they send you emails with attachments which turned me off. Safety is paramount for me. Thanks, - --[[User:AboutFace 22|AboutFace 22]] ([[User talk:AboutFace 22|talk]]) 14:32, 11 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:Define "biggest". ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 04:35, 20 December 2024 (UTC) |
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:: <small>"Most big" <small>←[[Special:Contributions/136.56.165.118|136.56.165.118]] ([[User talk:136.56.165.118|talk]]) 15:37, 20 December 2024 (UTC)</small></small> |
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:::: {{Small|Most supercalifragilisticexpialidociously ginormous, of course. What do they teach in school, these days??? [[User:Clarityfiend|Clarityfiend]] ([[User talk:Clarityfiend|talk]]) 21:40, 20 December 2024 (UTC)}} |
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:::Most important potential outcome? Largest spectator attendance? Largest combined score? Most hyped in the media? ''We'' cannot know what ''you'' (or the OP, if different) mean by "biggest" (or "most big") unless you define it. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} [[Special:Contributions/94.1.223.204|94.1.223.204]] ([[User talk:94.1.223.204|talk]]) 20:43, 20 December 2024 (UTC) |
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== The Moonstone characters that die 1972 == |
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:This site offers free downloads of non-copyright sheet music - it might be what you are looking for. https://musopen.org/sheetmusic/ [[User:Wymspen|Wymspen]] ([[User talk:Wymspen|talk]]) 18:18, 11 September 2016 (UTC) |
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[[The Moonstone]] book appears to have three characters from the book that die and it appears that in the 1972 tv series adaptation less of the characters die so how many of the characters from The Moonstone 1972 tv series adaptation die. Also tell me if I was right saying that three of the characters from [[The Moonstone]] book die and if I was right tell me each character from the book that dies as well. [[User:Matthew John Drummond|Matthew John Drummond]] ([[User talk:Matthew John Drummond|talk]]) 19:58, 20 December 2024 (UTC) |
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:I'm wondering why you are concerned about email attachments, but you're ok with downloading files from a web site. Perhaps I am not understanding your concern about email? [[User:CodeTalker|CodeTalker]] ([[User talk:CodeTalker|talk]]) 20:10, 11 September 2016 (UTC) |
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:A question better asked on the Italian Wikipedia, since this Italian-language adaptation was made and broadcast in Italy. It's ''possible'' that some responder on this en.Wikipedia Ref desk might be able to find out, but seems to me unlikely. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} [[Special:Contributions/94.1.223.204|94.1.223.204]] ([[User talk:94.1.223.204|talk]]) 20:50, 20 December 2024 (UTC) |
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: Also try [[IMSLP]]. Not everything they have is copyright-free world-wide, but much of it is. I use it frequently. -- [[User:JackofOz|<font face="Papyrus">Jack of Oz</font>]] [[User talk:JackofOz#top|<span style="font-size:85%"><font face="Verdana" ><sup>[pleasantries]</sup></font></span>]] 22:02, 11 September 2016 (UTC) |
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::However, [[The Moonstone (1972 TV series)]] was made by the [[BBC]] in English and subsequently shown in the USA by [[PBS]] (but I don't know the answer). [[User:Alansplodge|Alansplodge]] ([[User talk:Alansplodge|talk]]) 13:01, 23 December 2024 (UTC) |
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:::Ah, right. I didn't spot this one, because in [[The Moonstone#Adaptations|The Moonstone#Adaptations]] (where I looked), it's appended to the entry for the 1959 version and thus less noticeable, and the next entry is for the Italian production, which I assumed was the one the OP meant – apologies. Obviously, one would have to both re-read the book (which would take days – it's 450+ pages, nearly 193,000 words) ''and'' watch the DVD to work out the answers to the questions, and I do not possess the latter. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} [[Special:Contributions/94.1.223.204|94.1.223.204]] ([[User talk:94.1.223.204|talk]]) 17:39, 23 December 2024 (UTC) |
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::::I have now separated the two BBC versions in our article. [[User:Alansplodge|Alansplodge]] ([[User talk:Alansplodge|talk]]) 21:40, 23 December 2024 (UTC) |
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= December 21 = |
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Thank you much. I am not necessarily after free downloads but I want reputable and safe. How about '''www.8notes.com'''? --[[User:AboutFace 22|AboutFace 22]] ([[User talk:AboutFace 22|talk]]) 00:24, 12 September 2016 (UTC) |
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@CodeTalker, everyone says that email attachments are a vehicle for bringing spyware into your computer. Downloading pdf files is not. --[[User:AboutFace 22|AboutFace 22]] ([[User talk:AboutFace 22|talk]]) 00:26, 12 September 2016 (UTC) |
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Have PEGI ever mentioned or otherwise announced why they discontinued their "Discrimination" content descriptor despite? |
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As WatZatSong is out of service again... Could someone help in identifying [https://clyp.it/gxlohl3a this]? The song's refrain is quite similar to "[[And the Beat Goes On (The Whispers song)|And The Beat Goes On]]" and generally similar to "[[Miami (Will Smith song)|Miami]]", but has female vocals. The refrain lyrics almost certainly had "people... goes on", but I don't see it among renditions of "And The Beat Goes On". The song is from the 80s-90s, certainly no later than the 90s. Had to resort to play piano tune. [[User:Brandmeister|Brandmeister]]<sup>[[User talk:Brandmeister|talk]]</sup> 19:55, 11 September 2016 (UTC) |
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https://pegi.info/en/search-pegi?q=&age%5B%5D=&descriptor%5B%5D=Discrimination |
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Looking at their database it was only used on five games from 2004 to 2006 which is miniscule [[User:Trade|Trade]] ([[User talk:Trade|talk]]) 02:47, 21 December 2024 (UTC) |
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1. Is Hum Dil Chupke & Hum Tumare the only 2 films Unfortunately for Salman Khan & Aishwarya Rai? |
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2. I hope There are Other Films?( |
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::[[Dhai Akshar Prem Ke]] , [[Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam]] (guest appearance) [[User:Rahuloof|<font face= "Papyrus" color="blue"><big>'''Rahul'''</big></font>]]<sup>[[User Talk:Rahuloof|'''''Text me''''']]</sup> 21:59, 11 September 2016 (UTC) |
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December 11
[edit]what is it, Ponyo
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A Japanese movie made by Studio Ghibli. 2001:44C8:4703:D1CB:40FE:D654:BB6B:929E (talk) 09:13, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
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December 13
[edit]Small question about sourcing release dates
[edit]Hello, I apologize if this is the wrong spot to ask this. I'm currently doing the "suggested edits" from my own home page, to try and gain a bit more practical editing experience, and the first I got was Superhero film.
A lot of the "citation needed" templates seem to be concerning justifying the release dates of each work; right now, I'm looking e.g. at "The following year, the sequel titled Ultraman Zearth 2: Superhuman Big Battle - Light and Shadow premiered."
from the "1978–1998: Rising popularity with Superman, Kamen Rider, Batman, and Ultraman Zearth" section, and I'm wondering what's the best practice to source this kind of thing.
I'm assuming that, per WP:IMDB, that website (which on my personal time would be the first source I look at for release dates) doesn't work because it's USERGENERATED; so, where else should I be looking?
Thank you for any help! NewBorders (talk) 17:55, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
- Two sources for the year 1997: Rotten Tomatoes, Apple TV+. --Lambiam 18:57, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
- Hmm - I would normally be okay with Rotten Tomatoes, but WP:ROTTENTOMATOES does also state that
"There is consensus that Rotten Tomatoes should not be used for biographical information, cast and crew data, or other film and television data, as it is sourced from user-generated and user-provided content with a lack of oversight and verification."
- Should I just use Apple TV and be done with it, then? Or do you think RT, in this case, is fine despite the above? NewBorders (talk) 20:00, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
- Roku, not listed at WP:RSP, also has 1997. --Lambiam 15:32, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks again for your help! I think I'll try using the two you mentioned that aren't at RSP, then.
- Anyway, if editors looking at the page in the future find issue with these sources, they can always discuss on the talk page, or at WP:RSN. Or better yet, add more reliable sourcing. NewBorders (talk) 17:19, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
- Roku, not listed at WP:RSP, also has 1997. --Lambiam 15:32, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
- Hmm - I would normally be okay with Rotten Tomatoes, but WP:ROTTENTOMATOES does also state that
December 15
[edit]BBC Sunday-Night Play DVD
[edit]BBC Sunday-Night Play was a British tv series which air on the BBC Television from 1960-1963. A very short amount of the episodes have survived and I've been trying to find out if any of the surviving episodes have ever been released on DVD. Matthew John Drummond (talk) 14:34, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
- In the cases (perhaps all of them) where the true answer is "no", it may be hard to demonstrate (though it's not logically impossible to prove a negative, it can be impractically difficult), but it would help to try to find answers if you could list the 15 plays in question, by using the references in the series' article to subtract the 123 listed 'lost' plays (Reference 4) from the list of all 138 of the plays (Reference 1). {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 17:45, 16 December 2024 (UTC) 94.1.223.204 (talk) 17:45, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
regarding the comparative difficulty of Chopin's etudes
[edit]I'm curious: is Op.10 No.1 or Op.10 No.2 commonly considered to be harder?
(I always found Op.10 No.1 much harder, but this is probably because for me stretching beyond an octave hurts.) Double sharp (talk) 18:12, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
- Hard is a somewhat subjective judgement. For me, comparing these two is like comparing one kind of impossible with another. Oh, I can play the notes ok but my speed is ridiculously slow. -- Jack of Oz [pleasantries] 19:22, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
‘Mr. Horowitz, which are the most difficult of the Chopin Etudes?’ — “Ah, all are terrible. [...] For me, the most difficult of all is the C Major, the first one, Op. 10, No. 1. [...] Also, I can’t do the A minor, Op. 10, No. 2. Richter told me he could never do it, either.”
[1] --Lambiam 10:59, 16 December 2024 (UTC)- "Mass production of both grand and upright pianos consolidated a ‘standard’ key size that is too big for most pianists. It took more than 100 years for serious questioning of this situation and, since the 1990s, there has been increasing interest in, and agitation for, providing keyboards that suit more of the piano playing population. Now, a movement advocating narrower key options is providing hope." Rhonda Boyle, Standard piano keys are too wide for too many. But alternatively sized keyboards are on the way. May 20, 2021, (Pearls and Irritations, John Menadue's Public Policy Journal). Modocc (talk) 23:00, 24 December 2024 (UTC)
December 18
[edit]White flashes in the 90s music videos
[edit]Apparently in the 1990s and early 2000s there was an international trend of using repeated white flashes for artistic effect in music videos, particularly when shooting indoors, e.g. in Tarkan - Şımarık, Philipp Kirkorov - Ogon i voda, etc. (now seemingly less used). Is this effect mentioned/discussed somewhere? Brandmeistertalk 19:26, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
Frog and Toad All Year audiobook
[edit]British actor Peter Sallis narrated an audio cassette tape titled Frog and Toad All Year which I believe was released in 1976 although being trying to find out if the audio cassette tape is available to buy anywhere. Matthew John Drummond (talk) 21:47, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
- The audio CD version (sold together with the book) is listed on Amazon (see here). Whether this is the Sallis recording or a different narrator is not mentioned. Copies might crop up on e.g. Ebay or similar 2nd-hand vendors, but cassette tape eventually deteriorates so the playability of one made almost 50 years ago would be iffy. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.223.204 (talk) 23:47, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
December 19
[edit]Little Bear 1996 Audiobooks
[edit]In 1996 British actor Peter Sallis narrated two audiobooks those being Little Bear and Little Bear's Visit and I've been trying to find if any websites that sell it so I can buy it. Matthew John Drummond (talk) 14:07, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
- If any websites sell 'something', they need customers to be able to find them. The 'something' would therefore almost certainly show up in any appropriately-worded web search. If you have web-searched for 'something' and not found it, it's a strong indication that the 'something' is not currently being advertised and/or sold (at least online), either new or (currently) via Ebay and other resale sites. On the latter, of course, any 2nd-hand item might show up at any time. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.223.204 (talk) 20:59, 19 December 2024 (UTC)
December 20
[edit]Biggest game between two teams from Indiana ever?
[edit]Any candidates other than this Indiana+ND game? Thanks, Abeg92contribs 04:13, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
- Define "biggest". ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 04:35, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
- "Most big" ←136.56.165.118 (talk) 15:37, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
- Most supercalifragilisticexpialidociously ginormous, of course. What do they teach in school, these days??? Clarityfiend (talk) 21:40, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
- Most important potential outcome? Largest spectator attendance? Largest combined score? Most hyped in the media? We cannot know what you (or the OP, if different) mean by "biggest" (or "most big") unless you define it. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.223.204 (talk) 20:43, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
- "Most big" ←136.56.165.118 (talk) 15:37, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
The Moonstone characters that die 1972
[edit]The Moonstone book appears to have three characters from the book that die and it appears that in the 1972 tv series adaptation less of the characters die so how many of the characters from The Moonstone 1972 tv series adaptation die. Also tell me if I was right saying that three of the characters from The Moonstone book die and if I was right tell me each character from the book that dies as well. Matthew John Drummond (talk) 19:58, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
- A question better asked on the Italian Wikipedia, since this Italian-language adaptation was made and broadcast in Italy. It's possible that some responder on this en.Wikipedia Ref desk might be able to find out, but seems to me unlikely. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.223.204 (talk) 20:50, 20 December 2024 (UTC)
- However, The Moonstone (1972 TV series) was made by the BBC in English and subsequently shown in the USA by PBS (but I don't know the answer). Alansplodge (talk) 13:01, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
- Ah, right. I didn't spot this one, because in The Moonstone#Adaptations (where I looked), it's appended to the entry for the 1959 version and thus less noticeable, and the next entry is for the Italian production, which I assumed was the one the OP meant – apologies. Obviously, one would have to both re-read the book (which would take days – it's 450+ pages, nearly 193,000 words) and watch the DVD to work out the answers to the questions, and I do not possess the latter. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.223.204 (talk) 17:39, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
- I have now separated the two BBC versions in our article. Alansplodge (talk) 21:40, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
- Ah, right. I didn't spot this one, because in The Moonstone#Adaptations (where I looked), it's appended to the entry for the 1959 version and thus less noticeable, and the next entry is for the Italian production, which I assumed was the one the OP meant – apologies. Obviously, one would have to both re-read the book (which would take days – it's 450+ pages, nearly 193,000 words) and watch the DVD to work out the answers to the questions, and I do not possess the latter. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.223.204 (talk) 17:39, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
- However, The Moonstone (1972 TV series) was made by the BBC in English and subsequently shown in the USA by PBS (but I don't know the answer). Alansplodge (talk) 13:01, 23 December 2024 (UTC)
December 21
[edit]Have PEGI ever mentioned or otherwise announced why they discontinued their "Discrimination" content descriptor despite?
https://pegi.info/en/search-pegi?q=&age%5B%5D=&descriptor%5B%5D=Discrimination
Looking at their database it was only used on five games from 2004 to 2006 which is miniscule Trade (talk) 02:47, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
- https://rating-system.fandom.com/wiki/Discrimination_descriptor Polygnotus (talk) 06:27, 21 December 2024 (UTC)