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= December 21 =


= December 10 =
== Solo: A Star Wars Story and the Star Wars Timeline ==


== Set building articles for a musical ==
I have a question about the film [[Solo: A Star Wars Story]] - how do the events shown in the film fit into the [[Star Wars]] timeline? Specifically, are the events of the film supposed to occur before, after, or at some point during the events shown in the TV series [[Star Wars Rebels]]? [[User:FreeKnowledgeCreator|FreeKnowledgeCreator]] ([[User talk:FreeKnowledgeCreator|talk]]) 06:04, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
:[[Wookiepedia]] would be the best place to go to research the answer to this question.--[[User:Jayron32|<span style="color:#009">Jayron</span>]][[User talk:Jayron32|<b style="color:#090">''32''</b>]] 23:20, 21 December 2018 (UTC)
:Our articles that you linked to say that Rebels is 14 to 5 years before A New Hope. And Solo is ten years before. [[User:Rmhermen|Rmhermen]] ([[User talk:Rmhermen|talk]]) 02:05, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
:There are clues in the works themselves. For example, [[Darth Maul]] appears in ''Solo'', then he dies toward the end of season 3 in ''Rebels''. So, of course, Solo had to have been set before that.--[[User:WilliamThweatt|William Thweatt]] <sup>[[User talk:WilliamThweatt|Talk]]</sup><sup>[[Special:Contributions/WilliamThweatt|Contribs]]</sup> 03:43, 23 December 2018 (UTC)


Note: I've written a similar, but different post over at Wikimedia Commons here: [[commons:Commons:Help_desk#How_to_effectively_use_search_-_example_given]].
== Soccer stats - red cards ==


I'm helping to build the set for an amateur showing of [[Little Shop of Horrors (musical)]], set in the early 1960s in poor areas in an unnamed US city, centering around a flower shop. What Wikipedia articles or general information is there on unmaintained city design and material, flower shops, posters of the era, etc.?
I wonder if there are any soccer statistics databases that chronice red cards? More specifically I seek information on the red cards given to [[John Arne Riise]]. [[Special:Contributions/128.39.13.201|128.39.13.201]] ([[User talk:128.39.13.201|talk]]) 10:33, 21 December 2018 (UTC)


He had zero red cards. Try googling Riise red cards. [[User:Widneymanor|Widneymanor]] ([[User talk:Widneymanor|talk]]) 17:06, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
Already, I've found and made use of [[Skid row]], [[Distressing]], and [[Visual merchandising]]. Cheers. [[User:LR.127|LR.127]] ([[User talk:LR.127|talk]]) 20:18, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
:Sorry, that’s just English Premier league red cards.[[User:Widneymanor|Widneymanor]] ([[User talk:Widneymanor|talk]]) 18:40, 24 December 2018 (UTC)


:[https://www.craiyon.com/image/KK-cPFwkRKauVSHRTXKepQ Here] is a photo of a 1960s flower shop. For a few posters of that time you can look at the files in [[:commons:Category:1960 posters of the United States]] through [[:commons:Category:1964 posters of the United States]]. &nbsp;--[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 10:00, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
= December 22 =


= December 11 =
== is there a list for Japan only released games? ==


== what is it, Ponyo ==
Some time ago I looked at [[Rhythm game]] and about a day ago. On the ps4 there was a function, where you can watch people play games. And it was a Japan only game on ps3, during the year 2007 or 2008. Then it was brought on the ps4. (When you press the game info, the ps4 shows you the ps store and it has that short info about it.) While in one part of the video, it had a type of Hatsune Miku presence. But in the game you can see at least 20 of them singing. But not as to love live? And they just sing on a stage, rearrange how the song line up is, like in a V formation, a X, etc. As that's pretty much it. From that video.
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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)


:See ''[[Ponyo]]''. Do you have a question? [[User:Shantavira|Shantavira]]|[[User talk:Shantavira|<sup>feed me</sup>]] 09:49, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
And is there a website that I can find a narrower search about it? Or does playstation have some archive of it's game release. Because I just got the ps4 from a friend that's going to the army and he gave it as an early x-mas gift. As that was about 3 days ago. [[Special:Contributions/66.87.69.36|66.87.69.36]] ([[User talk:66.87.69.36|talk]]) 02:50, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
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= December 13 =
:Was it [[Dream Club]]? Does that come close to the 'you see 20 people singing at once?' [[User:Unblue box|Unblue box]] ([[User talk:Unblue box|talk]]) 04:29, 22 December 2018 (UTC)


== Small question about sourcing release dates ==
== name of a movie ==


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]].
I'm trying to find a movie I saw a long time ago, but I can't remember its name, it's about a man that works in a company that the ceo just dyed and at the end he get to become ceo... sort of, I don't remember the exact details


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.
in a subplot he tries to bang a model that play hard to catch, and he record almost all calls and do lots of questionable stuff


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?
his family is not that proud of people with to much money. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Iskander HFC|Iskander HFC]] ([[User talk:Iskander HFC#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Iskander HFC|contribs]]) 15:00, 22 December 2018 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->


: Wild guess: ''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]''? What is the company's business? [[User:Tamfang|Tamfang]] ([[User talk:Tamfang|talk]]) 17:02, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for any help! [[User:NewBorders|NewBorders]] ([[User talk:NewBorders|talk]]) 17:55, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
:: Nop, that's not the film, I don't remember exactly what was the company business, but is more a drama than comedy, I remember that right at the beginning of the movie the boss dies of an illness, possibly cancer, and everyone is like expecting, to try to take control of the company or to get the best of the situation, and the daughter of the boss that was part of the board (they show her as not very bright) get casted aside by the new management.
the man record almost all conversations in pendrives...
[[User:Iskander HFC|Iskánder Vigoa Pérez]] ([[User talk:Iskander HFC|talk]]) 19:25, 28 December 2018 (UTC)


: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+]. &nbsp;--[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 18:57, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
== Help finding info about pulp author in Publisher's Weekly, finding promotional images ==
::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."}}
::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)
:::[https://www.roku.com/whats-on/movies/ultraman-zearth-2?id=2be18e6bd97c585f97b75e2045866f1e Roku], not listed at [[WP:RSP]], also has 1997. &nbsp;--[[User talk:Lambiam#top|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. [[User:NewBorders|NewBorders]] ([[User talk:NewBorders|talk]]) 17:19, 14 December 2024 (UTC)


= December 15 =
I'm working on [[Marty Holland]] and have some related questions:
* There is a reference to an unpublished screenplay/novel "Scar of Encounter" in The Publishers Weekly, Volume 156, Part 1 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=NgO-AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Scar+of+Encounter%22&dq=%22Scar+of+Encounter%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZ4Ki28bLfAhWETt8KHZGYAiwQ6AEIKjAA extract here]). Could someone access this and report the contents of the article?
* Holland published a pulp novel, "Fast Woman", for which I can find a cover image, copyright extract, and a partial image of the first page (see [[Talk:Marty Holland]]), but because pulps were often published under multiple titles, I'm unsure if this is a wholly new work (despite publisher claims) or a republished version of another story. Can anyone find more info?
* Can anyone locate a publicity image of Holland from her film productions? If so, I'd like to use these for the imagebox in her article. I have an image of her from a dust jacket, but am unsure if that passes fair use as a promotional image or not.
Thanks [[User:Kellen`|Kellen]]<sup>[[User_talk:Kellen`|T]]</sup> 20:38, 22 December 2018 (UTC)


== BBC Sunday-Night Play DVD ==
= December 24 =


[[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)
== sf: phrases as currency ==


: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)
Name the story, maybe by [[Vernor Vinge]]. Post-apocalyptic. The tribe uses sacred sentences as currency: I can pay you by teaching you one of them, and I thereafter must not spend it again. (I don't remember if the story touches on how double-spending is prevented, but it's not hard to imagine.) The protagonist is banished for collecting these sentences by eavesdropping. He suspects that the sacred sentences are fragments of the instruction manual for an Ancient machine hidden nearby. —[[User:Tamfang|Tamfang]] ([[User talk:Tamfang|talk]]) 22:01, 24 December 2018 (UTC)


== regarding the comparative difficulty of Chopin's etudes ==
== TV series that played with the "Will they/won't they?" trope?` ==


I'm curious: is Op.10 No.1 or Op.10 No.2 commonly considered to be harder?
[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WillTheyOrWontThey Will They or Won't They?] is a well known [[trope]] of sitcoms. I think I remember a recent show (in the last years) that started off as if they were going to set up a "will they or won't they" with characters spekulating how long it will take but then brought the two leads together within the first episode(s). I just can't remember the name of the show. Any guesses which I could mean? Regards [[User:SoWhy|<span style="color:#7A2F2F;font-variant:small-caps">So</span>]][[User talk:SoWhy|<span style="color:#474F84;font-variant:small-caps">Why</span>]] 22:52, 24 December 2018 (UTC)


(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)
:It's no longer "recent", but [[NewsRadio]] did this. The execs wanted the male and female leads to have a [[Sam and Diane]] relationship, where the romantic tension between them would drive storylines. Instead, the writers deliberately disobeyed and had them sleep with each other [[List of NewsRadio episodes|in the second episode]] and derived storylines from the fallout. [[User:Matt Deres|Matt Deres]] ([[User talk:Matt Deres|talk]]) 16:14, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
::{{re|Matt Deres}} Thanks but I was thinking about something more recent. Regards [[User:SoWhy|<span style="color:#7A2F2F;font-variant:small-caps">So</span>]][[User talk:SoWhy|<span style="color:#474F84;font-variant:small-caps">Why</span>]] 21:20, 25 December 2018 (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. -- [[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)
:I believe Jules and Grayson got together in some form quite fast in [[Cougar Town]] although it still took a while for the relationship to be resolved [http://cougartown.wikia.com/wiki/Grayson_Ellis] but I have no idea what their plans were and this sort of thing isn't uncommon [//www.vulture.com/2010/05/the_new_will-they-wont-they_co.html]. (I mean even the infamous friends case didn't take that long for them to have sex.) <small>There is of course also opposite, the infamous case of How I Met Your Mother? where the thing was supposedly completely answered by the first episode, only for the last episode to reveal, 'well actually.....'</small> [[User:Nil Einne|Nil Einne]] ([[User talk:Nil Einne|talk]]) 11:10, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
:{{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> &nbsp;--[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 10:59, 16 December 2024 (UTC)


= December 25 =
= December 18 =
==Trying to identify a style or technique of picture processing==
The following picture was processed in some technique which I can't identify. Does anyone recognize or know about it ? (it might have been processed by [[Photoshop]]).
[[File:unidentified technique of pic processing, 25.12.18.jpg|left|thumb|An example of the processing technique]]
[[User:בנצי|בנצי]] ([[User talk:בנצי|talk]]) 17:18, 25 December 2018 (UTC)


== White flashes in the 90s music videos ==
:It's had its [[color depth]] [[Downsampling (signal processing)|downsampled]]. This particular effect is called [[posterization]]. [[User:Matt Deres|Matt Deres]] ([[User talk:Matt Deres|talk]]) 22:07, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
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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)
= December 27 =


== Frog and Toad All Year audiobook ==
== Narrative sequence of the ''Hobbit'' and ''LotR'' ==


What is the correct chronological sequence of the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings films? [[User:Dodger67|Roger (Dodger67)]] ([[User talk:Dodger67|talk]]) 10:37, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
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)
:Fairly sure it's the same as the books i.e. the Hobbit films occured about 75-80 years before the Lord of the Rings films (discounting the flashbacks etc). [[User:Nil Einne|Nil Einne]] ([[User talk:Nil Einne|talk]]) 11:16, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
::Thanks {{u|Nil Einne}}, that makes sense, the opening scene of LotR is Bilbo Baggins' 111th birthday. [[User:Dodger67|Roger (Dodger67)]] ([[User talk:Dodger67|talk]]) 12:16, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
:::Check the opening narration for LOTR. That takes place first. At one point, it mentions that Gollum had the ring in his cave, and that the ring abandoned Gollum, to be found by a hobbit, Bilbo. That's the point where "The Hobbit" is located in the timeline. You saw the meeting of Bilbo and Gollum in full detail in the first Hobbit film, and how Bilbo got to be there and his eventual return home. [[User:Cambalachero|Cambalachero]] ([[User talk:Cambalachero|talk]]) 12:40, 27 December 2018 (UTC)


: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)
:The films aren't very explicit about it, but the books (specifically appendix B) are. They are consistent, except for the fact that in the film Pippin doesn't seem to age in the 17 years between the Long Expected Party (when he should have been 11 years old) and the Quest. This time interval is not completely skipped, as at the end of the film it is stated that Bilbo is 130 years old. The Hobbit is set in Shire Reckoning 1341 (returning home in 1342), the Party in 1401, the Quest begins in 1418, return home in 1419 and they leave from the Grey Havens in 1421. I think the first of the Hobbit films begins with a scene just before the Party and then says something like "60 years before". [[User:PiusImpavidus|PiusImpavidus]] ([[User talk:PiusImpavidus|talk]]) 10:14, 28 December 2018 (UTC)


= December 28 =
= December 19 =


== Little Bear 1996 Audiobooks ==
== [[Star India]]'s parent company within 21CF ==


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)
(I'm asking because I can't find annual reports and public filings from [[Star India|Star India Private Limited]].)


: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)
I know [[Star India]] is a part of [[21st Century Fox]], but I'd like to know the company's ownership structure so I can find out the parent company within 21CF. Is it a part of [[Fox Networks Group]]? If it isn't, is it still a part of [[Fox Entertainment Group]]? If it isn't, is it directly owned by 21CF? [[User:JSH-alive|JSH-alive]]/<sup>[[User talk:JSH-alive|talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/JSH-alive|cont]]/[[Special:Emailuser/JSH-alive|mail]]</sup> 18:38, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

= December 20 =

== Biggest game between two teams from Indiana ever? ==

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)
: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)
:: <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>
:::: {{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)}}
:::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)

== The Moonstone characters that die 1972 ==

[[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)

: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)
::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)
:::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 several hours – it's 450+ pages) ''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)
::::I have now separated the two BBC versions in our article. [[User:Alansplodge|Alansplodge]] ([[User talk:Alansplodge|talk]]) 21:40, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

= December 21 =

== [[PEGI]] "Discrimination" ==

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 [[User:Trade|Trade]] ([[User talk:Trade|talk]]) 02:47, 21 December 2024 (UTC)
:https://rating-system.fandom.com/wiki/Discrimination_descriptor [[User:Polygnotus|Polygnotus]] ([[User talk:Polygnotus|talk]]) 06:27, 21 December 2024 (UTC)


= December 24 =

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Set building articles for a musical

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Note: I've written a similar, but different post over at Wikimedia Commons here: commons:Commons:Help_desk#How_to_effectively_use_search_-_example_given.

I'm helping to build the set for an amateur showing of Little Shop of Horrors (musical), set in the early 1960s in poor areas in an unnamed US city, centering around a flower shop. What Wikipedia articles or general information is there on unmaintained city design and material, flower shops, posters of the era, etc.?

Already, I've found and made use of Skid row, Distressing, and Visual merchandising. Cheers. LR.127 (talk) 20:18, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a photo of a 1960s flower shop. For a few posters of that time you can look at the files in commons:Category:1960 posters of the United States through commons:Category:1964 posters of the United States.  --Lambiam 10:00, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

December 11

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what is it, Ponyo

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wp:deny
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

A Japanese movie made by Studio Ghibli. 2001:44C8:4703:D1CB:40FE:D654:BB6B:929E (talk) 09:13, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See Ponyo. Do you have a question? Shantavira|feed me 09:49, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

December 13

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Small question about sourcing release dates

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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.

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)[reply]

Two sources for the year 1997: Rotten Tomatoes, Apple TV+.  --Lambiam 18:57, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]
Roku, not listed at WP:RSP, also has 1997.  --Lambiam 15:32, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]

December 15

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BBC Sunday-Night Play DVD

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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. Matthew John Drummond (talk) 14:34, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

regarding the comparative difficulty of Chopin's etudes

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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)[reply]

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)[reply]
‘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)[reply]

December 18

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White flashes in the 90s music videos

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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 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)[reply]

Frog and Toad All Year audiobook

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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. Matthew John Drummond (talk) 21:47, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

December 19

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Little Bear 1996 Audiobooks

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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)[reply]

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)[reply]

December 20

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Biggest game between two teams from Indiana ever?

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Any candidates other than this Indiana+ND game? Thanks, Abeg92contribs 04:13, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Define "biggest". ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots04:35, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"Most big" 136.56.165.118 (talk) 15:37, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Most supercalifragilisticexpialidociously ginormous, of course. What do they teach in school, these days??? Clarityfiend (talk) 21:40, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]

The Moonstone characters that die 1972

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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. Matthew John Drummond (talk) 19:58, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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 several hours – it's 450+ pages) 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)[reply]
I have now separated the two BBC versions in our article. Alansplodge (talk) 21:40, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

December 21

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PEGI "Discrimination"

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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)[reply]

https://rating-system.fandom.com/wiki/Discrimination_descriptor Polygnotus (talk) 06:27, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]


December 24

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