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March 8

Electric Blue Series Song

First of all , I wanna say sorry for my bad English. I hope it is enough to understand my questions.

Many years ago during my youth, it must have been the beginning of the 2000s, I saw a series on the German TV Channel RTL2 called Electric Blue. Electric Blue is an erotic series that was produced by the Playboychannel in the early 1980s.

Personally, I never was a fan of erotic videos and discovered the series while zapping. But I stayed a little longer that evening because a kind of music video was playing. In this music video, a band played a song called "Electric Blue" at a swimming pool. The whole thing was a pop song in which "Electric Blue" was sung for a long time in the chorus. The genre of the song was rock/pop and sounds not uncommon for the early eightys. The song was play in a middle up to fast speed.

Anyway, I really liked the song and I've been looking for it for quite some time.

Does anyone have any information about which episode of the series that was or even a link where the song is played. Thanks for any help. --2A02:810A:18C0:10AC:C2F7:CA7C:32EC:F68D (talk) 14:48, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A production company named "Electric Blue" produced many soft-porn videos through the 80s and 90s. The theme song for the series was "The Warning" by Broadsword. However, it is possible that you are looking for a specific song in a specific video they produced. 75.136.148.8 (talk) 16:50, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed , I search for a special song aired in one of the episode. There was a band singing on a swimming pool , during naked girls swimming and take a shower. The only part of the song there I remember was " electric blue" but it wasnt one of the electric blue main theme songs.Didnt like that show very much and even in my youth it was primitive in my view. But this band with this song was great. So far as I remember it was on the start of these episode but not the main theme. --2A02:810A:18C0:10AC:C2F7:CA7C:32EC:F68D (talk) 19:30, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Help identifying an album from one of the Billboard 200 § Year-end charts

For context, I'm currently working my way through these charts and making link lists to the albums' Wikipedia articles. I started with the 2002 chart, the earliest one currently available at billboard.com, and am now about two thirds of the way to the most recent one. For the first time, there's an entry I'm having trouble getting to grips with.

There have been a handful of previous occasions when it wasn't immediately clear which of several similarly-titled non-studio albums an entry referred to, courtesy of Billboard's failure to include release years in their charts. But all that was needful was to check the data in each candidate album article's "Charts" section against the year and position in question.

There have also been occasions when an album didn't have an article, but there's such a strong correlation between Billboard-charting albums and Wikipedia-notable albums that those too were only a handful - I haven't kept count, but I'd say very certainly less than 3%, and quite possibly less than 1%. More importantly, for my purposes, there has been zero overlap between the former and the latter handful.

But enough with the generalities, the point is that I don't seem to be getting anywhere with 2016's #155. The billboard.com version (see billboard.com/charts/year-end/2016/top-billboard-200-albums, but may be paywalled) says this:

Cover: [1]
Album: The Very Best Of The Eagles
Artist: Eagles

The print version (see e.g. page "133"/136 in scan worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2016/Billboard-2016-12-17-(Double-Issue).pdf) says this:

Album: THE VERY BEST OF THE EAGLES
Artist: Eagles
Label: Warner Strategic Marketing/Rhino

Eagles discography § Compilation albums says there are two albums with that precise title, but neither charted at all in the US. One of them has an article, which says it wasn't even released in the US. So probably not one of them. The next-closest title match is The Very Best Of (Eagles album), but there are a couple of reasons that make me doubt that that is the one either.

Firstly, the covers don't match. However, chances are the Billboard one is wrong. It reads "The Best of Eagles", which title does appear in the Wikipedia discography as well, and a discogs search confirms that the cover art matches the album with that title. Like the first two, this one didn't chart in the US. So probably not that one.

Secondly, going by the article, it doesn't seem particularly plausible for that album to chart in 2016. It was released in late 2003 and made it onto the year-end list once, in 2004. The most recent RIAA certification (see the US ref in § Certifications) reads "5x Platinum | February 22, 2008". For comparison, for another "Eagles" compiation, Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975), which is 2016's #146, less than 10 positions apart, the most recent certification reads "38x Platinum | August 20, 2018". For Creedence's Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits, 2016's #156, directly below, there are new certifications in 2016 and 2023.

Thirdly, as just mentioned, that album does appear on the 2004 chart. From what I've seen, whenever an album appears more than once, the name never deviates, down to the capitalization and punctuation. Using the same comparison case as before, which appears a bunch of times, it's always "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975", never "Their Greatest Hits: 1971-1975" or "Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)" or whatever. But the (print) entry for 2004 is this:

Album: THE VERY BEST OF
Artist: Eagles
Label: Warner Strategic Marketing

(Clearly, capitalization does differ between the online and print versions, but let's call that a stylistic matter.) So probably different albums... at least as far as Billboard's database is concerned.

Neither the Wikipedia discography nor another discogs search supply more candidates, though.

That's as far as I've gotten. Apologies for the long read, any help appreciated!

- 89.183.221.75 (talk) 21:02, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Quick follow-up: The same chart confuses BLACKsummers'night and blackSUMMERS'night - easy to do, of course, but another first. Maybe they were just being overall sloppier that time 'round, for whatever reason. - 89.183.221.75 (talk) 23:53, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

March 10

Soviet film

Can anyone identify a rather bleak film, possibly made post-2000, set in the Arctic circle. Three men are staffing a radar or weather station whose power source is a nuclear reactor the size of a small car. Two leave by snowmobile for a scheduled staff changeover, but the expected replacement never arrives. The lone remainder deliberately opens the reactor, presumably to kill himself by radiation. Doug butler (talk) 02:32, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If it was made in this century, it is not a Soviet film. --Lambiam 16:19, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. A poor choice of title, as I realised after hitting "Submit". Doug butler (talk) 19:49, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe How I Ended This Summer (Как я провёл этим летом)? Alansplodge (talk) 17:34, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That would certainly be it. Thanks once again. Doug butler (talk)

The article describes the setting as a "Soviet-era weather station", so the remembrance of it as a "Soviet film" is understandable. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 51.198.186.221 (talk) 20:16, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Captain Oates's way would be less painful, I imagine. —Tamfang (talk) 21:02, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

March 11

Master Boot Record (musical artist)

Hi, I'm looking for sources on Master Boot Record for a draft I'm working on, and I have one that seems really good. I was looking for some more with a quick google search and didn't come up with much. If somebody wouldn't mind doing a deeper search for me that would be great. vghfr, harbinger of chaos 20:56, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

March 13

Identify this version of Spider-Man (Solved)

I cannot for the life of me figure out where this version of the costume is from Trade (talk) 21:24, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The image caption says Spiderman and Kingdom of Hearts mashup. It may be fanfiction visualization and not an official version. RudolfRed (talk) 22:27, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Spiderman is not in any Kingdom Hearts game that I've seen. He does appear in the fanfiction Kingdom Hearts Unlimited. This costume appears to be custom designed because doesn't look like the fan artwork associated with Kingdom Hearts Unlimited. Of course, that fan artwork is custom as well as there is nothing "official" about fanfiction or fan artwork. 75.136.148.8 (talk) 10:51, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Trade Looks a bit like this one:[2] Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:47, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Issue being that the photo was taken eight years ago Trade (talk) 16:51, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

...time travel is very common in this context. But point. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:54, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, everything suggests it's a OC costume. Thanks for the help. --Trade (talk) 16:52, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

March 15

Why is it called a changeup?

I know that a changeup pitch in baseball is one designed to make the batter think it's going to be a fastball, but which actually comes much more slowly. But why is it called a changeup? The "up" would seem to me to imply faster, not slower. HiLo48 (talk) 08:04, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A common phrase is "change [something] up" (presumably because [WAG] one is hoping for an improvement or upturn, as also in "shake things up"). Clarityfiend (talk) 08:45, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am in agreement with Clarityfiend. I do not think "up" connotes increased speed. Instead, it connotes tossing a conventional perception up in the air, creating a moment of confusion to gain an advantage. Cullen328 (talk) 09:10, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at my copy of "The Dickson Baseball Dictionary" (1989 edition), it presents an interesting history. The original term, in the 1880s, was "change of pace", which merely indicated varying the speed of delivery. It could be either an increase or a decrease. In time it came to be synonymous with a "slow ball", a pitch delivered with the same motion as a fast ball, in order to confuse the batter, as Cullen suggests. In the early 1950s, the term "change of pace" had become kind of passé, and the term "change-up" or "changeup" replaced it. It means taking some speed off a pitch, and theoretically can apply to either a fastball or curveball. What it doesn't say is exactly how the "up" part of it came to be. But as Clarity indicates, "up" is a very adaptable word. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 11:06, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Up" doesn't necessarily mean what it implies in English. If you turn the air conditioning "up", are you making it colder or hotter? Changing something "up" can easily mean the opposite of what some people think and exactly what other people think. 75.136.148.8 (talk) 11:10, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. I've sometimes heard "slow up" when the speaker actually means "slow down". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 11:12, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And not surprisingly, we have an article: Changeup. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 11:12, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I'd already found that article. (I forgot to mention that. Sorry.) But it doesn't explain the "up". If you look at the Talk page, you will see I've asked the same question there. Realising an answer there was unlikely to appear quickly, I came here, with much more success. Maybe we can update the article once we figure we have the right answer here. HiLo48 (talk) 22:56, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note the many uses of "up":[3] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:56, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looking for the term in Newspapers.com, it seems to have originally been a verb, e.g. a coach telling a pitcher to "change up". And the term was used for other things, such as changing up the members of an organization or whatever. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 11:23, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

page for an actor

hello please help to upload a page for a working actor. thanks Sevenforwiki (talk) 13:41, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm assuming this is in regards to Raayo S. Bakhirta? You were given multiple notices indicating what was wrong with your draft: it did not indicate notability, had no citations, and read like an advertisement. That's disappointing, but creating a new article at Wikipedia is very hard (see Help:Your first article for more) and the general advice we give people is no not do that. At least at first. Start by editing and fixing other articles until you get a feel for what a decent article should look like. Some of the helpful hints provided on your talk page indicate you may have a conflict of interest with the subject. Creating an article about a friend or someone you're a fan of may seem like a good idea, but it really isn't: having an article about you on Wikipedia is not always a good thing. Matt Deres (talk) 14:19, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thank you Sevenforwiki (talk) 14:57, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

March 16

Characters in the same film looking way too similar

What examples does film history know where characters in a film looked so confusable that it was actually disturbing for the audience and/or their understanding of the plot? Three examples I know so far:

In Saving Private Ryan, "Steamboat Willie" and the Waffen-SS stabber are frequently confused with each other, changing the plot in a major way for the viewers who confuse them in any direction.
In Total Recall (2012), at least some people (including me) felt that Jessica Biel and Kate Beckinsale look way too similar to each other (sample forum discussion).
An Austrian review of Midway (2019 film) complained that dozens of minor roles were filled with good-looking men, barely distinguishable from each other. --KnightMove (talk) 18:05, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I sometimes have that problem with Forties movies, in which makeup(?) makes all women look alike. —Tamfang (talk) 19:40, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Making tracks

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In its Getaway 2024 supplement on 1 February the Daily Mirror introduces readers to Ticket to ride, a board game played in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, described as "A cross between Risk and Monopoly" ("Risk" is not a game I've heard of before). The "aim was to build train tracks between London tube (subway) stations." How does it work, exactly? 92.0.5.230 (talk) 19:54, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See Ticket to Ride (board game). I've seen it on sale in the North-east UK, so it is not limited to Bury St Edmunds. I have not played it. -- Verbarson ^talk_edits 20:00, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Available in Hamleys in London too, who say that it's "one of the most successful games of all time and its widespread popularity has led to the creation of several expansion sets". [4]

We also have an article on Risk (game) which says "it became one of the most popular board games in history, inspiring other popular games". Alansplodge (talk) 21:47, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

March 17

Are there Sith Jedi?

I mean Force adepts like the Jedi Order, but on the Dark side, and not counting the two Sith lords at the top. I saw the first few movies but am not versed in this stuff. Thanks. 2601:644:8501:AAF0:DC2F:54F8:9B31:AE51 (talk) 02:20, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes: by definition, Sith and Jedi both use the same 'Force', but broadly Sith use it for ~~good~~ evil and Jedi for ~~evil~~ good. Some may change sides. See the article Sith for details. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 51.198.186.221 (talk) 05:25, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, that helps some. It says there was historically a Sith order, but Darth Bane instituted the rule of having just two Sith at a time. So I guess my question really is whether the Sith lords have any other Force adepts working for them, or just "muggles" (regular folks like Moff Tarkin, without Force abilities). If yes, any idea how many? It's ok if the other adepts aren't officially called Sith as long as they are Dark and serve the Sith Lords. That would include e.g. doing special ops for the Empire by the time Darth Sidious is running it. Thanks again. 2601:644:8501:AAF0:DC2F:54F8:9B31:AE51 (talk) 06:31, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Jedi are good, Sith are evil, not the other way round (unless you're a MAGA Republican). Clarityfiend (talk) 07:40, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

D'oh! Corrected. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.213.188.170 (talk) 04:27, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

According to the section Sith § Timeline, "At an unknown point in time, numerous Jedi become disillusioned with the Jedi Order and exile themselves, forming the Sith Order." In the non-canonical Tales of the Jedi the break-away faction are called "Dark Jedi" and exiled by force. "Sith" was originally a name for the native species of the planet they settled on; after subjugating them, the head-honcho Dark Jedi proclaimed himself "Dark Lord of the Sith". Again, this is not canon. --Lambiam 23:50, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'm mostly interested in the timeframe of the movies, let's say during the lifespan of Anakin Skywalker aka Darth Vader. In that era there were two Sith lords at any given moment. Of course the Sith lords had various underlings piloting their spaceships or whatever. I'm trying to find out if any of those underlings were Force adepts, maybe to counterbalance the Jedi, so it's not 2 against N. Any idea? 174.160.238.145 (talk) 03:29, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Star Wars franchise is extensive – very extensive; you would need to read, listen and watch through the relevent canonical print books, audio books, radio adaptations, comics, and films to find out. Perhaps someone reading this thread has and will respond, or perhaps you can adopt this as a hobby for the next couple of years. {The poster formerly known nas 87.81.230.195} 90.213.188.170 (talk) 04:37, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well I thought maybe it would be an important matter in the saga, ion which case someone would know about it. Oh well. I see in Count Dooku's biography that he had several Sith apprentices, maybe before becoming Darth Tyranus, the junior Sith lord. So that sounds roughly parallel to the Jedi order. That helps. 174.160.238.145 (talk) 05:57, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wookieepedia is likely to be a more comprehensive encyclopedia than Wikipedia on this kind of thing. For example, it has an article on the Imperial Guard, which states that some of them were "Force sensitive". AlmostReadytoFly (talk) 13:10, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

March 21

Celebrities posting a picture knowing it would be used as an online meme?

Hi, I am looking for cases where celebrities posted a picture of themselves knowing that it would be used as an online meme – maybe when they were holding up a white piece of paper, maybe even asking people to edit it to make it read all sorts of weird stuff? 2001:9E8:688F:3800:914F:4887:D96D:54FE (talk) 07:53, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think Stephen Colbert used to have a thing called "On Notice" where you could insert your own list of items. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:42, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

March 22

When the narrator addresses the character

I've been listening to South African radio recordings of The Avengers and some times the narrator says something to the character, such as "You should have seen that coming Steed!" . Is there a special name for this theatrical technique? TrogWoolley (talk) 03:19, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This happens in Our Town, a play by Thornton Wilder. Our article describes it as part of Metatheatre. HiLo48 (talk) 04:05, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It may be insufficiently common to have been given a recognized name. It is in a sense the mirror image of breaking the fourth wall: the message is communicated from the real world into the fictional universe, instead of characters in the fictional universe addressing an audience in the real world. The latter is much more dramatic, though, because it absurdly implies that the fictional character knows there is another universe "out there", with sentient observers. The narrator talking to the character merely suggests that they are so absorbed by the narrative that they forget it is not really happening. --Lambiam 11:28, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Has a buzzer beater ever been decided by a single frame?

It should be harder now with cameras of 60, 120 and more frames per second becoming increasingly available. What would they do if they can't tell? Would they ask everyone in the stadium for photos and video that might have frame(s) with unlit backboards and no ball contact? If the basket counting would be a 3 that wins by 2 they couldn't just say screw this, let's just give full or half credit whichever makes overtime the winner chooser instead of us. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 13:32, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rachael Blackmore and Gigginstown Cheltenham Festival winners

How many of Rachael Blackmore's 16 Cheltenham Festival winners were owned by Gigginstown? I know that Honeysuckle and A Plus Tard were not owned by Gigginstown. (78.19.48.239 (talk) 15:16, 22 March 2024 (UTC))[reply]