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April 1

Funny interview

does anyone know where on the Internet I can find a transcript (think that's the word I mean) of an interview done by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman about Good Omens- with an interviewer who was unaware the book in question was a work of fiction? (I'll leave what they were smoking to think that one up up to your imagination) Library Seraph (talk) 00:50, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Singer question

who is the singer of 揮著翅膀的女孩?

Although I assume you can speak whatever language that is, it'd probably be helpful if you could translate it into English. Another tip is if you have a question, create a descriptive title and write your question underneath. Thanks.Chevymontecarlo. 11:23, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

I am not into that music, but I believe it is Joey Yung. -- kainaw™ 12:50, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

From the section title, for just a hot second I thought someone was raising a question about sewing machines. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:45, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

April Fools on Wikipedia

How are the articles started, do people start writing them months in advance? How are they not just deleted straight away?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.177.125.64 (talk) 16:43, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

see Wikipedia talk:April Fool's Main Page. Steve Baker's comment at talk:Main_Page#This is supposed to be an encyclopaedia? also discusses the process of writing the articles. Rmhermen (talk) 16:46, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

To be clear, all the April Fools articles are 100% true.

The "Joke" is that Wikipedia is pretending to post hoaxes, but actually everything is true.

( For example, There really are some T. Rex living in Africa. However, if you click the article you'll realize that more than one species can be abbreviated "T. Rex". ) APL (talk) 16:59, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

New Super Mario Bros. DS (!)

Hi, I know this is a pretty old game but I want to complete it. Does anyone know where I can find the last coin in the World 1 castle? And also the last coin in the World 7 castle. Thanks. Chevymontecarlo. 19:10, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Have you tried a subject specific site such as www.ign.com ? They have many walkthroughs and such. I'd be surprised if this game isn't listed. And sometimes such sites are faster for you since you wouldn't have to wait for someone familiar with the game to come along and answer. Or someone interested enough to do your searching for you. If you already have done this research, it's usually helpful to point out to us a summary of the sites you've already searched. Dismas|^(talk) 19:46, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

I like Gamefaqs.com. The first walk-through looks pretty good. Evidently in the first world castle, you have to go through a hidden pipe to find the third star coin. Buddy431 (talk) 20:11, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the links. I will check them out :) Chevymontecarlo. 10:16, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

There is also: [1] / [2] --151.51.45.45 (talk) 14:11, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

I found the last coin in the World 1 castle. It's in a tube hidden at the top of the screen after you get the second coin. You have to jump really high on the longest rope after you get the second coin in order to see the green tube where the third coin is hiddden. Go into the tube and the coin is on the right. Eagles 24/7 (C) 17:04, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Do you mean I need to get a mushroom that will make Mario smaller in order to jump that high or can I do this whilst Mario is of normal size? Chevymontecarlo. 07:11, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

You can do it normal sized, but you have to go on the longest rope in that level (you'll know) and just jump, I guess. The tube is hidden at the top of the screen and when you jump it comes into view. Eagles 24/7 (C) 16:43, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Just did it. Thanks for the help. Chevymontecarlo. 03:44, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

April 2

Lyrics

What are the lyrics that to a rock-disco song that has lyrics similar to "hey mony mony, mony mony ... I said "Hey" "Hey" "Hey" "Hey""?02:54, 2 April 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.3.113.245 (talk)

That would be "Mony Mony". Dismas|^(talk) 03:25, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Yes, and here are the lyrics to the Billy Idol version. Comet Tuttle (talk) 03:26, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Was that toward the end of the era where songs were padded out with nonsense words, as with "Be-Bop-A-Lula" and the like? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:43, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

No, that practice continued for several decades longer. The Police's De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da came out in 1980, for example. Queen's Another One Bites The Dust came out in the same year, and had a long scat section in it. Korn's Freak on a Leash from 1999 has distinctive nonsense singing in it. Kid Rock released Bawitdaba in the same year. See Non-lexical vocables in music for a discussion over such words. I am pretty sure one could find songs from any era and genre that do that. --Jayron32 04:22, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Jason Mraz is still doing it in new songs today. Perhaps even as we speak... Staecker (talk) 12:11, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

The story I heard about "Mony Mony" is that the writer (?Tommy James?) saw, in lights on the side of a skyscraper, the words "Mutual Of New York". The initial letters were arranged in such a way as the word "Mony" was obvious, and it stuck in his mind and turned into a girl's name. So it's not unintelligible, nor is it scat singing, nor is it pure fill: it actually does make sense. There is a lot of fill in it, but Mony (itself) is not nonsense.--TammyMoet (talk) 08:20, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

How do Thomson and Thompson's shoes give them away?

Resolved

On page 9 in my edition of the Tintin album Land of Black Gold, Mac O'Connor sees Thompson's shoes and somehow that tells him that the latter is with the police. How does this make sense? Thank you in advance. 83.81.42.44 (talk) 10:51, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

It sounds like he was wearing some standard police-issue shoes. That is, shoes normally worn with the uniform. If so, this would just be due to carelessness, as obviously undercover cops can wear different shoes. Also note that this dates back to 1939, during the Great Depression, and finding an additional pair of shoes, appropriate for the disguise, which fit, may not have been cheap. StuRat (talk) 14:17, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

You appear not to have seen the picture, but the thing is that the soles of Thompson's shoes are drawn with many small dots on them, which I presume are holes, and the thought balloon over O'Connor's head appears to indicate that these soles are what's relevant. It's kind of hard to believe that the soles of 1930s Belgian police shoes were different from those of all other shoes. Then again, maybe they weren't in reality and it's just a plot device that Herge needed. And yes, the word careless is a good epithet for Thomson and Thompson. Thank you for your reaction. 83.81.42.44 (talk) 15:04, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, if the soles are peppered with pits, that could indicate the wearer does a lot of walking on gravel, like a beat cop. Of course, many other people also do a lot of walking, like door-to-door salesmen. However, if the disguise was as somebody who wouldn't do much walking, like, say, a business executive, then that could give him away. StuRat (talk) 15:50, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

I see your point, but (and I should have made this clearer) the holes are in a regular pattern; they are part of the design. 83.81.42.44 (talk) 16:45, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, then, I guess we're back to them being standard police issue shoes. Perhaps they had a special pattern on the bottom so that detectives could eliminate the footprints of cops milling around a crime scene ? StuRat (talk) 16:59, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

That's a good one actually. I don't know if investigators actually do that nowadays, but they might. Or maybe they did in 1930s Belgium at least. Thank you for that. 83.81.42.44 (talk) 17:17, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Did the holes look like this? Those are brogans. Our article is barely a stub, but brogans are stereotypically part of a policeman's wardrobe, due to their comfort and durability. I wouldn't have automatically made that leap, but perhaps that's what's going on. Matt Deres (talk) 00:10, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

I'm not familiar with the story but I would have thought it was common knowledge that British policemen traditionally wore hobnail boots. I can't find an example now, but it's a well-used plotline for comic films and books, to have a cunning policeman's disguise given away by a large pair of police issue "hobnail boots". Although not used for decades, they are still a a byword in the UK for police heavy-handedness; this[3] 2009 article quotes: "This smacks of over-zealous policemen with little cultural understanding, tromping about the Tate in their hobnail boots, to the cultural deficit of society and this exhibition." Alansplodge (talk) 01:14, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, the holes are just drawn as black dots, making it difficult to tell whether they are supposed to be holes or nails. The pattern looks a lot like in the picture on hobnail boots, so I'm leaning towards those. I wasn't aware that this plotline is very common, but it seems safe to say that, whether they are brogans or hobnail boots, we can consider this one resolved. Thank you all. 83.81.42.44 (talk) 08:59, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Hobnails aside, the British policeman traditionally has a boot-size higher than his IQ. DuncanHill (talk) 09:22, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

heartgold soulsilver starter pokemon

which heartgold soulsilver starter pokemon is the most offensive?Jds500 (talk) 15:29, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

• Well, if I read Bulbapedia correctly (and I like to think I do - sorry for that Ocean's Eleven reference) Totodile has the highest Attack, but he also has the smallest Special Attack; it balances out pretty much. Is your question perhaps: "What's the best starter?" The arguably authoritative guide by CAHowell on www.gamefaqs.com says: "In this game, Cyndaquil is actually easy mode, Totodile is medium, and Chikorita is hard to use against the gyms (...)". Major Pokefan myself, so happy playing! 83.81.42.44 (talk) 17:00, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

The base stats for the starters are as follows:

Chikorita:

• Attack: 49
• Special Attack: 49
• Total Attack: 98

Totodile

• Attack: 65
• Special Attack: 44
• Total Attack: 109

Cyndaquil:

• Attack: 52
• Special Attack: 60
• Total Attack: 112

So Cyndaquil is the most offensive overall, but Totodile has the highest single offensive stat. And Chikorita is the most offensive because of the awful smell. Vimescarrot (talk) 18:21, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

However, by the time they reach the final stage of evolution, Typhlosion (from Cyndaquil) has the highest single offensive stat, with 109 Special Attack, as well as the highest special attack/regular attack combined. Typhlosions's stats. Vimescarrot (talk) 18:24, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Another point is that stats are not the whole story; the actual moves factor in as well: Totodile starts with Scratch (power 40), the others with Tackle (35). The starter has no other damaging moves, so Special attack does not even matter. 83.81.42.44 (talk) 18:54, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Buyover

The term "buyover", appears in the My Name Is Khan article. At first I thought this might be a typo for tunover, but maybe it is a different term used within Bollywood that I certainly have never heard of in thecontext of Hollywood or European film industries. So, what does "buyover" mean? Astronaut (talk) 18:38, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Googling on the word for other examples of its being used, most of them seem to mean "buyout". That fits the context in the cited article -- the rights to the film were bought for a billion rupees, which was an all-time record. And the OED 1st edition lists "buy over" as a phrasal verb meaning "to gain over by a payment or bribe", so that also fits. --Anonymous, 18:45 UTC, April 2, 2010.

Umm, maybe buyover should be created as a redirect to film rights, or something else? Astronaut (talk) 23:53, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

a Music Categorization Question

is the brutality for a certain style of metal,or metal in general? based around the drums? I.E George Kollias from Nile,he plays up to 280BPM and my friend says that metal is based around the speed therefore making nile Brutal death metal,i disagree though and i hope you can give me an answer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.156.149.14 (talk) 18:41, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Music genre hair-splitting is mostly a fruitless exercise. If you lined up every popular musical artist of the past 50 years on a line based on any subjective musical criteria, you would get a subtle continuum along that criteria, without major breaks or easy ways to categorize them. Ultimately, what makes a band part of one genre or another lies in the ears of the beholder, and in the self-categorization of the band itself. There will be no "bright line" distinction between one genre and a very similar genre, so there's no way to say that one band is "Brutal death metal" while another is "Melodic death metal" or "technical death metal". Some bands will more clearly fit into one genre or another, others will straddle those line and fit comfortably in two or more categories. --Jayron32 21:46, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

I agree it's pointless. Just think of Led Zeppelin, for example, usually categorised as heavy or classic rock. But listen to Gallows Pole or Hats off to Harper and then you will categorise them as folk rock or blues! Most decent rock bands defy categorisation. --TammyMoet (talk) 08:17, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Of course, that doesn't stop the talk pages for bands from overflowing with arguments about exactly which genre they are... Vimescarrot (talk) 11:09, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Historic Match Reports (Soccer)

Is there anywhere on the internet where I can find match reports from the early days of the football league (for example the 1888-89 season). --T.M.M. Dowd (talk) 22:01, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

I don't know about them being on the internet, but if your search fails archived copies of newspapers from the time might contain match reports. Local papers for smaller games; national papers for the bigger games. Newspaper archives are often held by local libraries, local museums, or the newspapers themselves. Astronaut (talk) 23:50, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

While there are sites covering statistics from that era, I do not know of any site carrying match reports. Are you looking for information about a particular club? Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Links may be of use. If you have a library card, you may well be able to access the Times Digital Archive and some other archive sites free of charge, try visiting the website of your local library for access details. However, in the late 19th Century most national newspapers did not cover football in any depth. Instead, there were dedicated sports newspapers such as Athletic News and the Football Field. If it is general information about the early days of the Football League you are looking for, I can recommend the book League Football and the Men Who Made It by Simon Inglis. It was published in the 1980s and is now out of print, but used copies are available for a modest amount through the likes of Amazon and Abebooks. Oldelpaso (talk) 14:33, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Do you mean from the UK? Google News Archives carries archived match reports from this time period, but most of them seem to be from New Zealand!--TammyMoet (talk) 16:38, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Nursery rhyme songs

Which of the nursery rhyme songs that children knew fifty years ago do children know today? I am thinking of songs such as those based on poems in Category:Nursery rhymes. -- Wavelength (talk) 22:47, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

From my experience (Toronto, Canada), these ones are known to today's children: Ring Around The Rosy, Mary Had A Little Lamb, This Old Man, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Old King Cole, The Farmer In the Dell, The Grand Old Duke of York, Hey Diddle Diddle, Hickory Dickory Dock, Hush Little Baby, It's Raining It's Pouring, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Jack Be Nimble, Jack And Jill, Little Boy Blue, (but not Hot Cross Buns). I'm going to stop there. So I'd say most of the ones with songs. -- Flyguy649 ^talk 22:55, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

It's weird. I do Children's Storytime twice weekly at my library (I'm not a volunteer; it's actually my job) and I don't really do any of these classics. Yet they do seem to know most of these older ones. Of course, my community has a huge immigrant population that are non-native English speakers, so many of them only know what I teach them, which is none of these, so I suppose it depends on what community the kids are in. Aaronite (talk) 23:09, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

18 y.o., UK - in a quick skim, I recognized just over 60 of the ones at list of nursery rhymes. 94.168.184.16 (talk) 01:32, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

My guess is that the answer is "most of them". I'm sure that there are fashions in nursery rhymes as there are in most things, and the geographical spread of particular rhymes may be restricted or spotty; but one of the conclusions that can be drawn from the Opies' Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes and Lore and Language of Schoolchildren is that such things are in large part transmitted orally, often in the absence of any discernible adult instruction or print sources, and their persistence and rapid diffusion can be quite astonishing. Deor (talk) 16:29, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you all for your answers. -- Wavelength (talk) 14:43, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

April 3

Singers/bands singing in non-native languages

I've noticed that many singers/bands sing in languages which are arguably not their native languages. For these people, it is required that in real life they be proficient in the language(s) they sing? 72.95.242.33 (talk) 03:32, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

No, singers can be taught to sing phonetically in other languages without knowing the meaning of the sounds they are making. Well trained singers can sing convincingly in just about any tongue, even if they don't speak it. --Jayron32 03:44, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

I wonder if anyone has taken advantage of this and taught a singer to sing something they wouldn't normally be willing to say. StuRat (talk) 13:33, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Opera singers, and indeed lieder singers, have been doing this for centuries. Unless they confine their repertoire to Italian works, or German, or French, or whatever, they'll be required to regularly sing in a range of languages. Those three, plus maybe Czech, Russian, Hungarian and a few others. Over time, they would naturally gain some degree of proficiency in those languages, but whether enough that they could carry on a conversation with a contemporary native speaker is another matter. (But a Babylonian emperor, a Valkyrie, or a medieval troubador - ah, now you're talking. Or they are, more to the point.) -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 04:35, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Outside of opera, probably the most famous example of this in the English speaking world is The Beatles' German versions of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You". For the record (pun intended), The Beatles didn't like the idea of doing it. And they didn't speak German. Dismas|^(talk) 05:22, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Many European rock and pop artists sing in English because it's the lingua franca of Western pop music. Abba would be the most famous example. In these cases the artists are usually proficient in English. --Richardrj ^{talk email} 06:18, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

More on ABBA: as well as singing (and writing) many dozens of songs in English, they released an album of Spanish-language versions of some of their songs (Gracias Por La Música) in 1980. The lyrics were translated by others beforehand. I think they did a French version of "Honey, Honey" as well. Hassocks5489 (tickets please!) 12:53, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Queen had three non-English songs : Teo Torriatte (only partly Japanese), Las Palabras de Amor and Mustapha (still not known if that song is even a real language, it just sounds Arabic with only a few actual disernible words being sung like "Allah, Allah, Allah will pray for you"). I still enjoy the song, so I find myself unintentionally memorizing the lyrics and singing along even though I don't know what the hell they mean. If someone asked me to sing the song in its entirety, I probably could. Same for Regina Spektor's song "Après Moi", there's a Russian verse in it that's from a Boris Pasternak poem that I probably know by heart, even though I don't speak, read or write a lick of Russian. I learned all the words phonetically.24.189.90.68 (talk) 10:35, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

I should have also clarified that Las Palabras is only partly Spanish as well. Mustapha is the only song of theirs that is sung in a non-English language almost entirely. 24.189.90.68 (talk) 01:10, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Manu Chao sings in quite a few languages, often mixing them in the same song. AFAIK, he speaks most of them. --NorwegianBlue ^talk 18:52, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Oscar Wilde

I've seen on a number of websites (for example, Wikipedia's pardoy uncyclopedia) references and quotes of "Oscar Wilde" that couldn't possibly refer to the Oscar Wilde I knew. Excuse me if I'm just an old fogey and out of touch with today's youth culture but the Oscar Wilde I knew from the university was a respected Irish writer. What am I missing? 76.199.151.12 (talk) 16:57, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

The attribution of invented parody quotes to Oscar Wilde is an Uncyclopedia in-joke. See our article Uncyclopedia. Karenjc 17:48, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

"A respected Irish writer" - you make him sound like a stuffy academic. Wilde was well renowned to have a playful and rapier wit. Once one becomes known as a producer of a clever turns of phrase, people tend to attribute quotations to you "to lend them authority". On the American side of the pond, this happens frequently with Mark Twain and Benjamin Franklin. I think Yogi Berra said it best: "I really didn't say everything I said." -- 174.31.194.126 (talk) 19:02, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

But congratulations on your longevity. If you knew Oscar Wilde at university, that would make you at least 150 years old. (Jeanne Calment, prepare to relinquish your record.) -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 21:32, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Wilde: "I wish I'd said that"

Whistler: "You will, Oscar, you will!"

-- Quoted in q:James McNeil Whistler by Lisa N. Peters

If with the literate I am / Impelled to try an epigram, / I never seek to take the credit; / We all assume that Oscar said it.

-- A Pig's-Eye View of Literature, q:Dorothy Parker

Everything I've ever said will be credited to Dorothy Parker.

-- George S. Kaufman

More thing he may or may not have said at q:Oscar Wilde meltBanana 23:57, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

I wonder if it is inspired by the Whistler/Wilde Monty Python sketch. "Your majesty is like a stream of bat's piss...one of Wilde's!" "It sodding was not!" Adam Bishop (talk) 03:44, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

The Wellingtons musical group disambiguation

"The Wellingtons" page in Wikipedia provides information on a current musical group. A three person vocal group was active in the 1960's and sang "The Ballad of Gilligan's Island" on the Gilligan's Island TV show. The group also made a guest appearance on one episode. Additionally, they were a popular group on shows like "Shindig." How can a page be added to provide information about another singing group with the same name?fred campbell (talk) 20:42, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Disambiguation for a general description on how to resolve such problems. --Jayron32 21:01, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Probably simplest to call the article The Wellingtons (1960s group). We've already got the founder, George Patterson (psychologist)[4] (though I've just nominated him for deletion). Clarityfiend (talk) 03:47, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

April 4

What is this type of ride called?

I know with fairground rides owners give the same ride many names, but is there a generic name for this type of ride? I know it's called Miami Trip and there are many other similar rides but with different names, but I was wondering whether it just has a generic name like dodgems or ferris wheel. Thanks. Chevymontecarlo. 03:49, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

I fixed your link. Do you have a better image? It's hard for me to see what it is or what it does. Are those seats on the upper half that extend from the right side to a little way past the center of the image? Dismas|^(talk) 03:59, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

I think Miami trip is the "canonical" name. There is a ridiculous amount of information about it here. decltype (talk) 04:08, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I will try and find a better image, it was from a news article. In the meantime, basically what it does it that the whole row of seats move round and round, looping...it's really hard to describe...Chevymontecarlo. 04:44, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

this is a little clearer, because the row of seats are up in the air basically the row of seats go round and round on the two arms that you can see in the photo supporting the seats. Sorry about the first dodgy photo. Chevymontecarlo. 04:46, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Oasis single

Which Oasis single was it that had Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher in a heated argument, making it into the charts?--Editor510 ^{drop us a line, mate} 13:02, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

I think you probably mean Wibbling Rivalry.--Michig (talk) 13:16, 4 April 2010 (UTC) It's also on Youtube [5]--Michig (talk) 13:24, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you, sir or madam.--Editor510 ^{drop us a line, mate} 19:05, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Hockey teams of black

Which hockeynhl teams have black jerseys (current)?96.52.92.106 (talk) 22:45, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, if you're talking specifically about the NHL, then the Boston Bruins are one. For the rest of the teams, you can just browse through this list. Each team's article should have an image of their uniforms. Dismas|^(talk) 23:21, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

The Los Angeles Kings. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:20, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Tampa Bay Lightning Aaronite (talk) 02:18, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

We had this question a few months ago. (And then one a few days later about players with black hair who have scored a goal in a CBC-televised game...not sure where this is going.) Adam Bishop (talk) 03:45, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

If you are interested in not just current teams but throughout the history of the NHL, I recommend going to the Hockey Uniform Database — Michael J 21:57, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

That on e is about home teams. I'm including away teams.174.3.123.220 (talk) 01:47, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

April 5

Horror Movie From the 70s

I can't stand it when I do this to myself, but I saw a little bit of this horror movie last month, and I forgot the title! I'm searched all through IMDB and couldn't find anything, even searched out the plot, so, maybe someone might know it here. It's about a mute puppeteer who uses dead bodies to be his puppets. It seems to be a very, creepy movie, but I'm just curious on what it's called so I might know a little bit more about it. If this helps, the puppeteer seems to be a man that is in his late 50s, early 60s, and one of his "Puppets" is an older man. I thought the title WAS the Puppeteer, but it seems that it is not. Don't make fun of me if it is! ha, ha. Thanks. :)

Moptopstyle1 ("I Feel Fine.") (talk) 06:26, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

I did some searching, and the movie you're talking about is Shanks (1974). Here's the IMDb page. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 21:34, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you so much! I would have never remembered that name! Thanks again! * resolved*

Moptopstyle1 ("I Feel Fine.") (talk) 01:04, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Captains of FC Barcelona

Hello,

I'm trying to do some work on Barcelona, but having problems finding any information on past Captains anywhere. Help appreciated! Sandman888 (talk) 16:06, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

I found a category of all current and past FC Barcelona footballers with an article on Wikipedia (not captains sadly) - [here] It might be one step closer. Hope this helps. Chevymontecarlo. 07:29, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Children's books as a source of income

In the children's section at the library there are thousands of early readers, most of which are under 1/2" thick (including the hard cover). They typically have no more than one sentence per page, the rest being some sort of artwork. As a result there is very little written material. Do the authors of these books receive much in compensation (notwithstanding Dr. Seuss and H.A. Rey)? What does an unpublished children's author typically receive for their first work? Hemoroid Agastordoff (talk) 16:59, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

It depends completely on the publisher. Some pay a flat fee, which won't be much. Other's pay a percentage of net profits, which is less than the flat fee if the book isn't very successful (also, the publisher has the ability to pad internal costs to keep money from the author). Some pay a percentage of actual sales, which can be profitable if and only if the book is successful. Only a very lucky few will make the big money in merchandising. The publisher will most likely not allow an author to retain merchandising rights. -- kainaw™ 17:46, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

As an aside, it's very difficult to write even the simplest children's material. Each word is worth far more than in an adult book. Aaronite (talk) 18:36, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

See the Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market, or google "writing children's books". The author and illustrator typically split the publisher's advance. I have read that a typical advance for a first time author is maybe US$3,000. (So the author would receive US$1,500, minus the 15% agent fee.) This is an advance on a royalty of around 10%. (And again, that royalty is split between the author and the illustrator.) The author's agent typically sends in a manuscript only, and if it is accepted, there's a delay of a couple of years, and then the book appears on the shelf; usually the author and the illustrator do not collaborate. Comet Tuttle (talk) 21:03, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

You could make extra money from licensing. 195.35.160.133 (talk) 11:40, 6 April 2010 (UTC) Martin.

April 6

hey

what is lil waynes hotmail address? —Preceding unsigned comment added by XXrecklessXx (talk • contribs) 05:38, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Celebrities don't often disclose or tell anyone their contact details, because if they did they'd just be bombarded with fanmail and spam. It'd be hard to get your hands on it Chevymontecarlo. 07:25, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

While it may not be possible to obtain his email address for you, you can send him written letters at his current address in prison as he serves out his sentence until November. He is not allowed internet access while being held at Rikers Island, ( so I doubt his hotmail address would be any good to you) but there is a website that gives you information for sending him letters. He reads them and has someone post updates on the site. look here: [6] 10draftsdeep (talk) 14:38, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

more heartgold/soulsilver

i've actually got two more questions about heartgold/soulsilver.

one, is it possible to beat all the gymleaders, and rival and elite four, while using one pokemon the entire time?

The other is, the team of pokemon i was going to get was typhlosion, lugia, tyranitar, scyther (preferrably scizor, but i dunno how to evolve it), amphoros, and dragonite. I know how to get typhlosion, (level up my quilava to 36) and mareep (ampharos) but how do you get scyther to evolve, at what point can I catch Lugia (I've got soulsilver), and where can i find larvitar (tyranitar) and dratini (dragonite)? Jds500 (talk) 17:24, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Your first stop should be one of the GameFAQs FAQs about these games. Does that answer your questions? Comet Tuttle (talk) 17:49, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Your first question is quite interesting. It would be clearly be difficult, but it may even be fundamentally impossible because of HMs. Surf (HM05) is needed to complete the game and Totodile (and his evolutions) is the only starter that can learn it. I am not sure which other HMs are strictly required, but because Totodile can learn most of them, it might actually be possible. Note that Totodile cannot learn Fly, which means you would have to walk everything. You rather than me.

As for some your other questions:

• Scyther evolves upon trade (with Metal Coat attached).
• Lugia is caught quite far into the game, between the 8th badge and Victory Road.
• Dratini and Larvitar can both be found in the Johto Safari Zone. 83.81.42.44 (talk) 18:23, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

After which city, progressing through the game, is the Johto safari zone? Thanks for answering the other questions.Jds500 (talk) 18:39, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

It is north-west of Cianwood City, but note that you cannot enter it when you first reach that town: you first need to get the SecretPotion in Cianwood and take it back to Jasmine in Olivine. I don't think you actually need to beat the Cianwood gym leader first, so that would be after the fourth badge then. However, the fourth badge allows you to use Fly outside of battle, so without it you would have to go back to Olivine and back to Cianwood again by sea. Therefore, it seems more practical to beat the Cianwood gym first. 83.81.42.44 (talk) 17:55, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

As for your original first question, I found out that there is a actually term for what you are suggesting: "solo run". This page proposes some rules for this, but note that they allow you to use other Pokemon for outside-of-battle (HM) moves like Surf, so I think it simply cannot be done with exactly one Pokemon. 83.81.42.44 (talk) 18:58, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

German chord chart

This sort of comes under both music and language really... I've just started to play the German Waldzither Mandolin and the only good information is in German and was hoping I could get some help from here. I was wondering what this chart http://www.waldzither.de/noten/Matrix%201-6.pdf means when in it's talking about Begleitakkorde, Nebenakkorde and Mollakkorde? Also the headings Tonika 1. stufe, Dominant-Septime der Moll- Subdominante Parallele , Tonika-Gegen Akkord 3. Stufe, etc?.. I've also noticed that the H is B and The B is Bb but on the first page it mentions both B and Bb, is it the same?.. And finally what is the 's' and 'is' found next to the notes? Thanks to anyone who can shed any light on this. 85.242.154.48 (talk) 18:37, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

See the article Note. There's a chart partway down the page, compare the "English name" section with the "Northern European name" section. It should help. --Jayron32 20:35, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Here's some other translation guesses:

• I put Begleitakkorde, Nebenakkorde, and Mollakkorde into Google Translate and played around with breaking the words with spaces or not ("Begleitakkorde" vs "Begleit akkorde"). They seem to mean something like "accompanying chords", "secondary chords", and "minor chords".
• From the various dictionary translations Google provided, Stufe probably means degree, as in scale degree.
• If you already knew about English scale degree and chord names, some of the words have obvious English equivalents: Tonika is tonic, Sub-Dominante is subdominant, and Dominant-Septime is dominant seventh.
• I'm not sure what "Tonika-Gegen Akkord 3. Stufe" translates to in English, but it seems to just be a minor chord built from the third scale degree of the particular key in question.
• In the key of F major, F is the tonic (first scale degree) and English B flat/German B is the subdominant (fourth scale degree). I don't know if the "b" in the Bb on the first page is significant. In the fingering diagrams on page 4, the corresponding cell in the table shows just B without the "b". --Bavi H (talk) 01:17, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Thankyou so much for your help... Absolutely invaluable 82.154.225.62 (talk) 17:35, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Identify current song

I heard this song at the mall, I assume it's a recent or current pop song. One distinctive part is someone singing "wuh wuhh wuh" roughly like mi ti do (first note, down 5 -- or 6? -- semitones, and then sliding up a semitone). I think the main singer is a woman. Thanks! 198.161.238.18 (talk) 18:39, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Unfortunately, that is probably not quite enough information for someone to identify the song. The vocals/lyric pattern you are describing could fit a number of songs from a variety of time periods and genres. Any more information you could provide might help, such as the tempo,type of music, geographical area where you heard the song, etc. 10draftsdeep (talk) 15:03, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

You could be right. But songs have been identified with less. I assumed this song was current and popular enough to be easily identified because other store patrons were singing along -- just not the kind of stuff I listen to. I heard it in Canada. I doubt it's Canadian. The "wuh wuh wuh" part is a recurring theme sung as to mimic a muted trumpet (at least that's how I would mimic such). The best description I can give you is pop... it all sounds similar to me. how about obnoxious? It struck me as particularly obnoxious. But that's just me. My next stop is Yahoo Answers...don't make me do it, refdeskers. 198.161.238.18 (talk) 16:51, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

I am going go with a couple of possibilities here, based more on the fact that other patrons were singing along and these artists are currently popular. (and may be considered by some to be "obnoxious" as you say.) It could be Blah Blah Blah (song) by Kesha or perhaps something by Lady Gaga. 10draftsdeep (talk) 20:45, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestions. The Blah Blah Blah song is indeed obnoxious but I'm pretty sure it was more of a "wah". The hook "wuh wuh wuh" seemed to be like: (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +)

      w wuh wuh
      E B   C

(i.e. starting on the "and" of 2nd beat) 198.161.238.18 (talk) 21:28, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Christian Bale

why has a moderator not ruled on the additon of information regarding the alleged assault by actor christian bale on his mother and a sister? 2 information entries about this have been removed. someone working for christian bale is believed to be responsible. the christian bale site may need to be made to be uneditable, as the steven segal site is, to name one. thanks.189.200.1.1 (talk) 19:13, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Section title added. Comet Tuttle (talk) 19:19, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

I clicked the "history" tab at the top of the Christian Bale article and saw that the editor who reverted your addition to the article asked, in his edit summary, that you see the talk page archives for why. I then clicked the "discussion" tab at the top of the article, and saw "Archives: 1", so I clicked the number "1", and rapidly found Talk:Christian Bale/Archive 1#Accused of assault by Mum and Sister which is a lengthy discussion from 2008 of the allegations. It appears that the allegations are not sufficiently established. By the way, the paragraph you added did not have an inline citation of a reliable source, which is especially required on articles which are biographies of living persons — editors are particularly sensitive about crime allegations in these articles, because some innocent individuals out there have been slandered on Wikipedia by anonymous and pseudonymous editors; see the Wikipedia biography controversy article. If you do have a good reliable source you can cite in detail, then I would add the information in the article along with your citations, and add backup support information if needed on the discussion page. Comet Tuttle (talk) 19:26, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia doesn't have moderators. We have admins, but they only can do things about editor conduct, not article content. Article content is basically a free-for-all where the editors with the loudest voices and most free time on their hands tend to win content disputes. In any case, Wikipedia has specific policies about biographical material about living people and that all contentious material be verifiable by reliable sources. I don't really know much about Bale or his Wikipedia article, but a quick Google search finds many reliable sources about the incident[7][8][9] so it seems to me that some mention - with a appropriate care - might be justified. However, a quick skim of that talk page archive mentioned above does have some legitimate concerns about weight. Basically, that means that you can't take one aspect of an article topic and blow it out of proportion. Weight issues are tricky to resolve because they often require editors to have a deep understanding of the topic. This incident may not be as significant as say, Roman Polanski's legal problems. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 19:58, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

I think AQFK is misrepresenting the ideal nature of Wikipedia. Yes, sometimes people can make themselves loud and obnoxious, and that will tend to drive people away; however the way Wikipedia is supposed to work is for the editors to let the sources do the talking. It is somewhat unfair to characterize the entire of Wikipedia as being run by bullies, and people who behave as though that were the case often create the very conditions that their paranoia has led them to believe exist. If you have something you wish to have added to an article, collect some reliable sources and let everyone see and evaluate those sources. That having been said, sometimes there is some information which is irrelevent or trivial even if one can find it mentioned somewhere, there are editorial concerns as well; and being published previously is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for including some information. Wikipedia isn't really a gossip rag, so sometimes true statements about people aren't included in articles for stylistic reasons. Have a reasoned discussion, and arrive at a consensus with people. And Wikipedia is not for everybody. If it is very important that what you write gets published, and that you have complete freedom over your writing, you could perhaps start a blog of some sort. --Jayron32 20:30, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Information on The Wildflowers' (x Snake of Eden) Landeberg Triplets

I know their names are Calle, Nisse and Pelle; better know as Kelii, Izzy and Rock. They were on "Daisy of Love" and in Lady gaga's "Paparazzi" Video. The band name was originally "Snake of Eden" and is now "The Wildflowers" after one of their songs. The live in Japan and travel back to their homeland of Sweden.

Does anybody have an information on them;

-such as who is the oldest and youngest triplet;

-how tall are they; any other siblings;

-and the reason Gaga picked them for her video (their purpose in it).

Any other info would be appreciated.

ThanksWideeyed10001 (talk) 21:35, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

April 7

Scrabble board in Steptoe and Son

During an episode of Steptoe and Son, a scrabble board was briefly shown. It had lots of rude words in it. Is a picture or diagram of the board available to see online anywhere? Thanks. Update: The episode was Men Of Letters, series seven, 1972. 92.29.111.79 (talk) 00:22, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Visible at 1:30 meltBanana 01:30, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. 78.149.173.243 (talk) 10:41, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Western card games with "Eastern" scoring?

I enjoy playing Eastern games. One such game is Koi-Koi. The scoring seems different from that I have read of in Western card games. In terms of scoring method, the closest Western card game I can think of to this is Cribbage-- actually, I am a bit surprised that Cribbage actually is Western. Are there any other such popular Western card games? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.210.250.70 (talk) 01:13, 7 April 2010

Well, Mastermind also uses pegs to keep score, but then, the whole game is played with pegs. StuRat (talk) 01:52, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

There are some versions of dominoes that use non-numerical scorekeeping, not pegs per se, but IIRC, I have played versions where the score is kept by drawing a "house" for each player with line segments, and the game is won when someone completes their "house". Its been about 15 years since I played this version (in Chicago IIRC) so I don't remember the details, but I do remember the weird non-numerical scorekeeping, much like Cribbage. --Jayron32 04:58, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Most intelligent card games?

Some simple card games may be no more than a mechanical playing out of simple rules. Which games have intellectual depth, like chess? Poker may be one such game, because of the uncertainty involved, but are there others? The important aspect of chess may be that moves made now can have difficult-to-predict results in the future. This may not apply so much to poker, but what about other games? Side-question - are there any intelligent patience or other single-player games without opponents? Thanks 78.149.173.243 (talk) 10:12, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Canasta and euchre spring to mind. DuncanHill (talk) 10:21, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Some games may have complicated rules, but which ones have true depth? I'm not a card player so I don't know where Canasta or Euchre would be. 78.149.173.243 (talk) 10:47, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Contract bridge. --Richardrj ^{talk email} 10:56, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Bridge involves lots of mechanically playing out rules, they just aren't simple rules and the rules aren't part of the game but rather part of your chosen bidding system. --Tango (talk) 12:55, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

The question was which card games have intellectual depth. If bridge doesn't have that then I don't know what does. --Richardrj ^{talk email} 13:10, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

I think people's problem with contract bridge is that the game is usually reduced to a memorized set of "bidding conventions" with little attention paid to actual strategy. During the bidding phase, if everyone correctly uses the bidding conventions, all 4 players know the hands of each other, and the hand pretty much plays itself. I prefer other games of the Whist family, for example auction bridge plays exactly like contact bridge, but with a scoring system that has greater penalties for being "set", and less penalty for underbidding, which as a result turns bidding into actual bidding and not just a complex code for telling everyone your cards suriptitiously. Bid Whist and Spades and Forty-fives also come from this same family, and have similar levels of strategy and depth. --Jayron32 15:10, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Free cell solitaire seems like a somewhat complex single player game. StuRat (talk) 11:22, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Tarock, when played seriously, includes a lot of strategy and thinking. TomorrowTime (talk) 12:13, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

It doesn't really help you much, but there is one game I know of that is 100% skill: snap. --Tango (talk) 12:55, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Hemidemisemiquaver

Which musical compositions have hemidemisemiquaver notes or hemidemisemiquaver rests? -- Wavelength (talk) 18:29, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
[I am wikifying "hemidemisemiquaver rests". -- Wavelength (talk) 18:38, 7 April 2010 (UTC)]

I think you'd probably find examples of both of them in J S Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor! --TammyMoet (talk) 19:08, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

The note sequences with four beams in the image at Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565#Toccata confirms the presence of such notes.

-- Wavelength (talk) 19:20, 7 April 2010 (UTC)