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June 1

Ø (Disambiguation)

Why was Ø (Disambiguation) given that title? Did the creators want to parody Wikipedia, or what? Nyttend (talk) 04:04, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

We do have an article with the title "Ø (disambiguation)". Maybe the album's title was intended as an homage. Note that the band styled its name as UNDERØATH on an earlier album.  --Lambiam 12:11, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

There is a discussion of this question at Talk:Ø_(Disambiguation)#Was_this_album_based_on_the_title_of_a_Wikipedia_disambiguation_page?. --Wrongfilter (talk) 12:33, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

June 6

The video to James The King Brown's version of Whole Lotta Rosie

James "The King" Brown came up with a great version of AC/DC's "Whole Lotta Rosie" sung in the style of Elvis Presley. Its video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuBAqCBFNF8) is also among the best music videos I've seen. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find any information about it (director, actors, location, synopsis, etc.).

Can any of you search engine wizzards do better? Not difficult since I've achieved about nothing.

In particular I'd like to know:

1. Who is the actress who plays the blonde woman?

2. Who/what is she supposed to be?

3. What's the underlying story? For example: Is the singer, James "The King" Brown, trying to pick her up, at the beginning of the video? Is she supposed to be as huge as the original Rosie? She looks more or less normal to me. Why isn't she happy when he asks the guitar player "Do you know Whole Lotta Rosie?"

4. What location was the video filmed in?

5. Who directed the video? 178.51.21.181 (talk) 09:35, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Londonbeat's I've Been Thinking About You

Does anyone know or can anyone find out who the model/actress who plays the "Cowgirl" in Londonbeat's original video to their song "I've Been Thinking About You" 178.51.21.181 (talk) 09:42, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Square colors on checkerboards

We know that a checkerboard has squares of 2 colors. But in chess we call them black and white; in checkers we call them black and red. Why this inconsistency?? Georgia guy (talk) 17:02, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

The boards can have various colors. [As illustrated in Checkerboard and Chessboard.] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:08, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Note also the long-standing red-and-white "checkerboard" logo of Ralston Purina. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:28, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Was it founded by a Croat? —Tamfang (talk) 19:59, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Are you sure? Here I read: "The most commonly used colors of the board are green and buff with dark squares. The colors of the pieces shall be of color contrast. Most used in tournament play are red for the dark and white for the light pieces." Elsewhere I see "a board of 64 squares (8x8) alternately colored white and black". And, "Most often these boards are black and red or black and white, though you can find custom boards made out of a vast array of colors and patterns." – which is not about how they are called, but about the actual colours. The European Draughts Confederation describes a checkerboard as "a board with alternating light and dark squares". In international draughts, played on a 10×10 board, the squares are typically also called black and white, regardless of their actual colours – just as in chess, where the "white" squares may be wheat while the "black" squares are chocolate.  --Lambiam 19:14, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Our article on Checkers mentions the color red twice. In both cases it's a description of the pieces on the board, not the squares. So your claim that "in checkers we call them black and red" doesn't seem true. That article also contains a lot of photos of boards. None of them have red squares. HiLo48 (talk) 00:14, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

Every checker board I saw growing up was red and black. And we always referred to them the same way. This was in the US i the '70s and '80s. Maybe it's a US thing?--User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 15:50, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

June 7

Isekai works wanted

Hello,

I'd like to hear (recommendations) about "reverse" Isekai titles with a decent critical or commercial success published as light novels or manga. By "reverse", I mean stories where a character doesn't travel to a foreign world, but a foreign individual comes to our Earth. Does anybody know about stories that are similar in their setting to e.g. All My Neighbors are Convinced the Female Knight from My Rice Field Is My Wife (this is a Kodansha title), Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! or to the launching point of the story of Gate (novel series) with its invasion of Japan by fantasy creatures through the eponymous gate? Too much gore or too much leaning into high fantasy is not really my thing, I'd rather have a kind of "toned down", more "realistical" setting (e.g. like Mushoku Tensei, Another World Survival: Min-maxing My Support and Summoning Magic, Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody, IseSuma, Outbreak Company, Record of Wortenia War or Kuro no senki - these examples are stories that I like). If somebody have clues or pointers for me, I'd be glad to hear about these - with regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 00:19, 7 June 2024 (UTC) PS. Please use a ping to notify me about answers, I may not see them in time otherwise as my home Wiki is the German one.

Sword of the Highlands

I have just seen this fan-made video on Youtube. The song is "Sword of the Highlands" by Manowar, but which is the film or series where the action is taken from? Cambalachero (talk) 15:05, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

A comment below the video mentions Vikings (TV series). -- Verbarson  ^talk_edits 15:14, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

Rhythm complexity metrics

While dreaming of a somewhat complex rhythm with a long [shortest possible endless loop] I wondered what's the least number of simplest possible rhythms (x equal gaps per minute) that can make it (each can be any degrees out-of-phase with the first) and what's the least number if bpms could also be anything you want instead of all the same. What's the correct jargon for these? Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 15:36, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

One beat per minute.  --Lambiam 14:23, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

What’s this trope called?

The one I’m talking about goes as follows: Two people holding suitcases bump into each other and unknowingly swap their cases. 47.153.138.166 (talk) 20:25, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

Few tropes have actual names. Most are just narrative tricks that simply exist. There's a web page, TV Tropes, that lists them, but in most cases the names are given arbitrarily by users of that page as none really exists. Cambalachero (talk) 21:21, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

I searched TV Tropes for "bag swap" and the closest I could find was one by the unikely name of "Satchel Switcheroo". Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:08, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

You don't like ike? Clarityfiend (talk) 00:27, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

June 8

Blue Haze

Was the Philip Swern who formed Blue Haze (famous for their reggae version of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes) with Johnny Arthey the same person as Phil Swern, the famous radio and record producer? Thanks, DuncanHill (talk) 01:11, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Yes. [1] Modocc (talk) 02:10, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

@Modocc: Thank you. DuncanHill (talk) 18:05, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

IMagi Kingdom of Thor Card Game

Does Wikipedia have any info on this game, its artists, and gameplay? 2601:681:5D01:D970:156A:D07A:3EEA:6A68 (talk) 04:24, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

I can find no information on IMagi Kingdom of Thor in Wikipedia. Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:03, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Snow King 2000 can glide. Find the right angle to fly longer. What is it?

The vehicle ride snow on the game Fail Hard its name snow King 2000.

182.232.32.84 (talk) 07:24, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

That will depend on wind speed, thermals, and other sources of lift. Please see gliding. Shantavira|^{feed me} 14:44, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Hando Ape isn't real or not

The Hando Ape it's a motorcycle from Fail Hard. The copy version of Honda Ape. 2001:44C8:4225:785C:85A3:DE11:52D5:1869 (talk) 15:22, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

Regarding the game, it does not come with enough notoriety for being discussed otherwise than as a product, and the details can be found on the web. For the copy version any critical argument would fall under a probable "reciprocal interest" clause because any minibike would attract attention and the concept is not very much copyrightable. I suffered one stolen at the train station already it was a long time ago! --Askedonty (talk) 22:02, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

June 10

Sports questions

1. Why was India-Pakistan today in the middle of the New York schedule instead of 7th or 8th of the 8 New York games? Wouldn't ICC want that as the Group A finale?

2. Has Bundesliga, EPL, La Liga, Ligue 1 or Serie A ever played a regular season game or playoff game outside Europe?

3. When did/will the Ireland and Afghanistan cricket schedule stop being affected by the planners not knowing they'd get Test status when they planned? I think I saw a rough tours schedule years in advance once, does that mean they sit down every 4 or so years and schedule where every Test nation will be years in advance? (at least rough outlines if not exactly) Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 02:46, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

1 because that's how the draw went.

2 no, but la liga may next year

3 we don't know Nanonic (talk) 16:37, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

1 Even ICC has said it's not random. Also 4. why is there always a P1 or Pl or PI next to the name of the country batting and never next to the country bowling? What does that stand for? Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 22:50, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Powerplay. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 188.220.136.217 (talk) 00:17, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Dumb me I didn't even notice it's only part of each innings. Specifically the extra fielding restrictions part. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 23:40, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

2. La Liga currently has a team based in the Canary Islands, off the coast of Africa. Hack (talk) 10:54, 12 June 2024 (UTC)