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March 10

2015–16 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball season

When will the article 2015-16 NCAA Men's Division I Men's Basketball Article start. Cause I want to start this article now. 68.102.58.146 (talk) 23:29, 10 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As I told you a day or two ago, you can go to WP:RA and find out how to request an article. Or, you could create an account and create the article yourself. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:43, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

March 11

Who is Tre Mackin?

I've been listening to a song 'Things Change' off an album 'Hellz Angelz, Vol. 1' by 'Tre Mackin'. I can't find information about the artist anywhere, or a Facebook or Twitter page for the artist, or any SoundCloud results. TheStebieG (talk) 05:11, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There's not a lot out there on him. Allmusic (usually a pretty comprehensive site) has bubkis. This [1] shows he has a few other recordings, besides "Things Change", he has a song titled "Somewhere You've Never Been", but those two tracks are about all I can find. He doesn't appear to have much of a media presence. Sorry I couldn't help more. --Jayron 32 05:29, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

March 13

Religious groups in Bangladesh vs sports

I notice that Hindus in Bangladesh tend to enjoy and play soccer more than they do in cricket. Muslims however enjoy more in cricket than soccer, not to mention that national cricket team of Bangladesh have only one Hindu player while the majority are Muslim. My questions are 1) Why?, 2) What about Christians and Buddhists? Which sport do they enjoy or play the most? and 3) Is Bangladesh that only nation to have this thing where a specific religious group enjoys and plays a specific sport? Please answer and thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.29.34.120 (talk) 01:19, 13 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding your ~~last~~ first point: ". . . [the] national cricket team of Bangladesh have only one Hindu player while the majority are Muslim": This is less to do with religious sports preferences and more to do with the fact that the population of Bangladesh is predominantly Muslim with very few Hindus, on account of the reasons behind the protracted and bloody Partition of India. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 212.95.237.92 (talk) 13:58, 13 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That may be part of it, but if it is true that there's only one Hindu on the team, then the team doesn't represent the national distribution of religions. Per Religion in Bangladesh, one in eight Bangladeshis are Hindu. The Bangladesh national cricket team has 24 members, meaning that one would expect 3 to be Hindu. Still with a small number of people, there's bound to be some variation. With only 24 people, there's no way to tell, just by the number of people, if the variation is due to systemic differences in sport preference, OR if there is just random variation which has caused a difference of 2 people from the expected (which is quite possible). So to answer question 1) "Why?", the answer is: we can't tell, because the sample size is too small. Of course, we're taking the OP's word that there's only one Hindu player on the national cricket team. I looked at the articles of a bunch of the players, and it does not list their religion. So, maybe there are more than one. Regarding the other religions, Christians and Buddhists, only about 1 out of 170 Bangladeshis are Buddhist, and only 1 out of 250 is Christian: those are pretty tiny minorities, it would be possible to find one on a national team, but random chance would mean it would be unlikely. Also, regarding football (soccer) numbers, we can't answer that question, because the Bangladesh national football team article doesn't list the religions of the players, and when I spot check the articles, they ALSO don't state the religions. --Jayron 32 14:51, 13 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

However, the Bangladesh_national_football_team#Squad section shows a fair smattering of Muslim names (one is called Mohamed and another has the surname Islam, together some Ahmeds and Khans) whereas a few may plausibly be Hindus and one has a Christian middle name (Vincent). I would be astonished if ANY national sports team EXACTLY represented the religious or ethnic breakdown of the community that they represent, unless it were a completely homogeneous one. Alansplodge (talk) 15:28, 14 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

March 14

film record by genre

Are there on web a site whit film world record by genre?--79.18.183.166 (talk) 11:17, 14 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If you mean highest grossing films then http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/ has records for the domestic market, meaning USA and Canada. The same film will often have the worldwide record. Click the films to see their worldwide gross. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:30, 14 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

thank you for this, are there other film record by genre?--213.26.205.140 (talk) 12:46, 14 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Highest grossing is the most discussed film record and often implied, especially for world records. Tickets sold worldwide is usually unknown. Records like most awards or best reviews are hard to state meaningfully for worldwide. Most expensive is sometimes discussed, for example List of most expensive films, but I haven't seen a record list by genre. Lots of things can be discussed but rarely are, especially by genre, for example longest film or most extras. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:22, 14 March 2015 (UTC

The problem with this idea is that classify movies by genre is often a matter of opinion. People disagree on how many genres there are, and it's very common for a film to have aspects of two or more genres and then someone has to decide which one it "really" is. If 20% of a movie is funny and 80% is poignant, is it a drama (with comic relief), a comedy-drama, a tragicomedy, or what? Similarly with action-adventure vs. thriller vs. suspense vs. horror, or science fiction vs. space opera vs. fantasy. You may have a clear idea in your mind as to which genres exist and how they are defined, but someone else is sure to have a different idea. So there's no way to compile any standardized lists. --65.94.48.86 (talk) 19:57, 14 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The IMDb has some stuff here, but again it's only for the US market. On the right hand side you'll find a list of genres. When you click one, it doesn't seem to take you where you'd think it should, but you'll find useful genre-based charts along the right hand side, including user-rating, highest grossing, and so on. The thing is, I'm absolutely positive that they also used to list worldwide records as well, though I'm not seeing that now. Maybe you will have some luck clicking around. The boxofficemojo link given above is apparently only for movies released since 1980. This link on Filmsite lists the highest grossing movies world-wide, but doesn't specify genre; you'd have to add that yourself. Matt Deres (talk) 12:38, 16 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

March 15

Blood and Sex

There was an article called Blood And Sex And I Think That's is a nasty and gross horror movie. but does that make sense or not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.102.58.146 (talk) 16:37, 15 March 2015 (UTC) 68.102.58.146 (talk) 16:37, 15 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Does what make sense, specifically? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:03, 15 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There is a film called Blood and Sex Nightmare ("Budget: $3000 (estimated)"), on which we (unsurprisingly) don't have an article. This may be what the OP is referring to. Tevildo (talk) 20:50, 15 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Reading the question literally (literally), the title seems to be "Blood And Sex And I Think That's". No, such a title does not make sense, and I wouldn't blame anyone for choosing not to see it. That might also explain why we have no such article. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 04:52, 16 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It'd be a good title for an album by Chumbawamba or someone of that ilk, though. The OP might consider steps to protect his copyright in the phrase... Tevildo (talk) 23:07, 16 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

For a more serious answer, Exploitation film would be a useful article on the general subject. Tevildo (talk) 02:39, 18 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

March 16

Movies download

Any sites where we can download all english movies free for android phone? Thanks

Learnerktm 04:56, 16 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If they are completely free of charge, you're probably dealing with movie piracy, which is not something we can direct you to, by the rules here. You can watch videos on sites like YouTube, but these are not theatrical releases. If you want to watch theatrical movies, pay services like Netflix and other similar services are your only legal option. --Jayron 32 05:31, 16 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A trouting for you :) There are many free and legal ways to download movies. Most of them are not especially good movies, but still... SemanticMantis (talk) 21:03, 16 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There are many, many movies in the public domain. See List_of_films_in_the_public_domain_in_the_United_States. For the most part, if something is considered PD in the USA, then it is PD in the rest of the world too. To download many of the titles from our list (freely and legally!), check out OpenFlix [2], or this site [3], or this torrent tracker [4]. Once you have them downloaded, you might need to convert them to put on your android phone. I'd recommend asking a separate question about that if you don't know how. SemanticMantis (talk) 21:03, 16 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Untouchables (original TV series) spin off ?

There were two episodes of The Untouchables featuring Barbara Stanwyck as police detective Agatha Stewart and Ed Asner as police detective Frank something: [5]. This looks very much like the set-up for a spin-off. So, did it ever occur ? What was the name ? Do we have an article on it ? StuRat (talk) 06:13, 16 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Given that IMDb shows no other roles for Stanwyck named either Agatha or Stewart, I'd guess not, though Asner played several other Franks. —Tamfang (talk) 07:25, 16 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Well, they might have made a spin-off pilot that never aired. I'm not sure that IMDB would know about that. StuRat (talk) 17:02, 16 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Obviously it was for a TV series called The Unwatchables. Clarityfiend (talk) 19:26, 16 March 2015 (UTC) [reply]

Here are a couple of quotes on the subject from the book The Untouchables by Tise Vahimagi

"In September 1962, Barbara Stanwych had been signed up by Desilu to star in two episodes of The Untouchables to be developed as pilots for a new one hour series titled The Seekers."

"Unfortunately, these Stanwych pilots were overly talky and slow-moving, following the step-by-step paces of the central characters as they conducted their missing persons' investigations. Nearly every dialogue exchange was loaded with (1930s) facts and details, reflective of the 1950s Dragnet procedurals. Presenting little or no action, they were almost the opposite of all that The Untouchables fire-power presented. Not surprisingly, the expected Seekers series failed to materialise."

--TrogWoolley (talk) 00:02, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks ! How did you find that info ? Do we know how far in the process it got ? Were they ever aired under the name The Seekers ? StuRat (talk) 17:46, 18 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What Saturday morning cartoon villain played the organ?

I was watching a movie or a TV program and noticed how much watching someone play the organ reminded me of this villain. Back then, there were only three networks in the United States. I know he wasn't on PBS. There were special keys on the organ, even though it was mostly a regular musical instrument, which activated weapons.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 19:47, 16 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Doctor Claw from Inspector Gadget ? He normally sat at a computer, but I could easily imagine him sitting at such an organ for an episode. StuRat (talk) 21:38, 16 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Or even hammering away on a computer keyboard while being accompanied by ominous pipe organ music might do the trick! ---Sluzzelin talk 23:29, 16 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Gargamel once used a "Ghoulliope" (the name is probably based on the calliope). ---Sluzzelin talk 23:23, 16 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Master Blaster, from Kidd_Video, sat behind a musical keyboard. The entire show was also built around music, so this might be worth a look. OldTimeNESter (talk) 17:34, 18 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I forgot to come back. No, computers as we know them today didn't exist. I did remember one other thing. Like Uncle Bill on Family Affair, he had a butler. He used to say, "Excellent, Mr. French" a lot.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:41, 18 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

March 17

Who sequences album track listings?

I see the album tracks are ordered in a certain, defined ways, like keeping in flow of music, feel, or in cases of concept albums, follow their plot. The best songs of the album, hence released as singles, tend to be towards the top of the track listing. I wonder who put album tracks in fancy order? It is a producer, A&R, or even a manager? I did a little research and didn't see much mention about track ordering, except I find the benefits of it but didn't really find who's responsible for sequencing it. Planet Star 01:40, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That's probably because it isn't a single person in every case. Depending on who has creative control over the project: it could be the artist, the producer, or someone in marketing. I don't know that there is any set procedure or usual process. --Jayron 32 02:28, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The sequencing itself is done by the mastering engineer. The actual decision about what the sequence should be can come from a wide range of places - the artist, the producer, the record company. I've seen some of the most insane arguments of all time take place over song sequencing. Manning (talk) 03:22, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In the days before CD's, the rotational speed of the record influenced song placements. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 09:20, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Why? 196.213.35.146 (talk) 09:33, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It has to do with frequency response. The linear speed of the stylus on the vinyl record is significantly faster at the outer edge than near the center. I couldn't locate the source within Wikipedia, but this is one item I found, which gets into various techno-talk, but here is the relevant statement: "As the record needle travels toward the center of the disk it becomes more difficult to reproduce high frequencies. The frequency response of a vinyl disk is drastically different at the outer section than the inner section." A consequence of that limitation was an effort to stack the list so that the items needing greater frequency response would be more toward the outer edge. This was sometime noticeable in soundtrack albums, where the tracks did not necessarily match their sequence within the film. Another factor, of course, was in trying to balance the total running time between the two sides. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 12:49, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I'm going to dig out my copy of The_Wall (vinyl and CD) and give it a listen with a critical ear. 196.213.35.146 (talk) 14:11, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Jeff Erna and Sully Erna: Related?

Ok, fellow ref deskers: A cursory google search has turned up bubkis. While listening to The Clash's Live at Shea Stadium, I've spent the past half hour spiraling through Wikipedia's coverage of punk music, and came across a short article about Jeff Erna, who was apparently the original drummer of Dropkick Murphys. Now, Erna is a pretty unusual last name, the only other person I've known with it is Sully Erna, frontman and leader of another Massachusetts-based punk band, Godsmack. So, the question for you all (if you can find more than I have): Are Sully and Jeff related in any way? It seems like a heck of a coincidence that two musicians from the same U.S. state, of about the same age, with the same last name, involved in the same genre of music at the same time, would be entirely unrelated. A beer to anyone who can help me find this out. It would help me expand the articles of each, especially the article on Jeff, which is pretty sparse. Thanks in advance for any help. --Jayron 32 04:34, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The only thing I've been able to find on this is this forum post from 2012 (scroll halfway down), where someone says they are not related. Obviously that's not a reliable source and can't be used in the articles, but the poster sounds pretty much on the level so I'm inclined to believe that what he says is true. --Viennese Waltz 09:36, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for finding that. The post seems to have been someone who himself was also in an early version of Dropkick Murphys (if we take his word) and personally knows Jeff. Seems pretty definitive to me. Mooch ass grassy ass. The next time we're within 20 miles of each other, I owe you a beer (or your favorite beverage) --Jayron 32 14:30, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

2015-16 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball season

Well Happy Saint Patty's Day I Want To Know When Will the Article for the 2015-16 NCAA men's Division I Basketball season start. Cause There are some teams getting article for next season but when will this start. 68.102.58.146 (talk) 15:03, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Have you not read every thing we said every time you've asked this question, or ones similar to it? --Jayron 32 15:30, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

He might be from the part of Kansas where they can write but can't read. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:21, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Well I Can't Find The article To this catagorey I'm not being Mean or disruptive But I'm asking this on my best behavior you haven't started this catagorey because we need some more information about it. And By the way Happy St Patty's day. 68.102.58.146 (talk) 17:28, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

When are you going to take our advice and go to the right venue to request new page creation? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:42, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Or create an account and do it himself. --Jayron 32 19:22, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So I Will go to the right venue to request new page creation and by the way Have a another beer baseball bugs. 68.102.58.146 (talk) 20:37, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm a non-drinker, but thanks for the offer. Let us know how the new page request works out. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:05, 17 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's Paddy's, not Patty's, incidentally. Tevildo (talk) 02:22, 18 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That explains why the Paddy wagon was used to collect all the drunken Irishmen on St. Paddy's day (as well as the rest of the year). :-) StuRat (talk) 17:43, 18 March 2015 (UTC) [reply]

Why has the 2015–16 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball season article not been created yet. 68.102.58.146 (talk) 18:38, 18 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Because you haven't done it. --TammyMoet (talk) 19:01, 18 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm Having A Hard Time creating new articles and I can't start Creating the 2015-16 NCAA Men's Division I Men's Basketball season article I'm having a hard time because the article is all red. 68.102.58.146 (talk) 21:01, 18 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You have been told time and time again how the process works. Why do you keep posting about it? Regarding the article, it's about the future season of a minor sports league, I would not imagine it's hight priority for anyone to create. 82.21.7.184 (talk) 21:44, 18 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

We're going to try this one more time. If you want to create the article, here's how you do it.

Step 1) Register an account. Here is the link for doing so.
Step 2) Create the article.

You're welcome. --Jayron 32 23:23, 18 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

March 18

House of Cards

Near the end of season 2, why did the president via Linda Vasquez take back his offer of a pardon to Raymond Tusk and why did Raymond Tusk suddenly implicate himself of wrongdoings and admit in his senate hearing that he had been funneling Chinese money and that the president knew it? 75.75.42.89 (talk) 02:57, 19 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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