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April 22

Background music

What's the background music called in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnzlWD97ogY? The comment section says it's from Kevin MacLeod, but what's the work's title? --2001:16B8:2EFF:EC00:61D9:230F:1346:8EBE (talk) 10:44, 22 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please give it a try. I have seen quite some YouTubers use this theme to create a gloomy atmosphere. --2001:16B8:2EAD:1600:5557:8AE4:B43D:FACC (talk) 11:16, 28 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

April 23

1970's or 80's Haunted Movie

Trying to find 1970's or 80's scary movie, where in a scene these teenagers are in a haunted house, see a life size clown doll sitting in a rocky chair. They go to a closet near by & suddenly find the same looking clown in the closet & jokingly slap it up, only to turn around a see that the rocky chair is 'now' vacant. GoodDay (talk) 01:30, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Creepy Doll trope appears quite often in horror fiction, with "haunted" dolls, killer dolls, etc. featured in several films. Poltergeist (1982 film) has a scene involving a clown doll: "Robbie is attacked by a clown doll in his bedroom". Dimadick (talk) 22:27, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That's not the one. This was a life sized clown :) GoodDay (talk) 22:49, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

'Full Metal Jacket' location

Where was the hooker street scene in Full Metal Jacket filmed? The article doesn't say. Presumably it was a constructed set, but was it at Beckton Gas Works like the war scenes, or somewhere else? --Viennese Waltz 10:23, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Isle of Dogs, according to IMDb, which states the Da Nang scenes were shot. Look at the script to confirm that it's the same place (search for "Sinatra" and scroll up a bit). Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 12:39, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. --Viennese Waltz 14:58, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Rangastham US collections was wrongly entered

In your reference it is showing $3,38 million but it is mentioned as $3.8 PLEASE CORRECT — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.101.67.166 (talk) 10:43, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You should either correct it yourself- or raise this on the talk page for the article. It is unlikely that anyone involved with the article will read your comment here. Please provide a good source for your correction - this will not be done on your word alone. Wymspen (talk) 10:51, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I wondered if 175.101 meant that the article does already have a reference cited that disagrees with the article, but I couldn't find the article to check it. According to search, there is no Wikipedia article containing the word or name Rangastham. --69.159.62.113 (talk) 20:07, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

We do have an article Rangasthalam. However I don't see where it says anything about the US collections being either $3.38 million or $3.8 (million or not). Instead " $2.245Million" and "over 3 million $". This includes around the time the IP posted [1]. There were some random changes of earnings figures before (and after) then but these don't seem to have been the US figures. Nil Einne (talk) 19:04, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Least goals scored by sweeping NHL team

Vegas recently swept the first round of playoffs with 7 goals scored. Is this an all-time record? 37.244.218.48 (talk) 14:32, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly - I'm sure other editors will confirm or refute. One thing to be aware of - the first round has not always been a "best of seven" so there may have been winners with less goals when there were less games. MarnetteD|Talk 14:36, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Only if it's limited to a best-of-3/5/7 series. The NHL playoffs used to have 2-game total goals series. GoodDay (talk) 20:17, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Let's exclude the aggregate score because that's some serious antiquity. I'm not buying the 2-game sweep story either; somebody must have scored 6 or less over two victories. 46.188.148.189 (talk) 20:41, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The New York Rangers won the best of 3 series in 1936–37 NHL season#Playoffs scoring 5 goals in 2 games. For total goals in a series 1928–29 NHL season#Playoffs the New York Rangers scored 1 goal in the second game and none in the first. In the 1929 Stanley Cup Finals was a best of 3 and the Boston Bruins swept in 2 with 4 goals 2 in each game. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 01:11, 24 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You the boss, alongside Cheechoo and Tootoo. 46.188.148.189 (talk) 09:03, 24 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oh! What's with best-of-fives? 46.188.148.189 (talk) 09:06, 24 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The hockey season used to have a lot less games than it does now; they must have felt that best-of-5 was enough to make the teams play for one series. --69.159.62.113 (talk) 09:04, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

CambridgeGuy answered everything but the best-of-5 portion, so I wondered what's the record for that. 93.143.44.207 (talk) 11:43, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Stride Piano - Why am I so bad at it?

Recently, I have been watching a few online videos by pianists where they use a stride technique in their left hand, where the bass and accompaniment are played with one hand. The right hand, meanwhile, plays the main melody. I have tried to learn to play this style recently.

What I am wondering is, why am I so bad at it. Every time I try to do the left hand part, my hand keeps missing the keys that I want to play and I end up playing the wrong notes as a result, I can’t seem to aim it correctly. Why is this, and what can I do to solve this issue and play stride piano correctly?

Also, the fastest I can go is painfully slow and I’m not very good at reading complex sheet music, though I’m trying to improve in this regard. Is there a way in which I can play stride piano without using sheet music?

Thank you, Pablothepenguin (talk) 20:52, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

See practice (learning method). It took me probably 2-3 years of constant work on guitar before I could confidently play barre chords. Everything is doable through enough repetition; much of music playing is developed through muscle memory, which can only be done by screwing up for a very long time; raw repetition over and over and over is how this is done. --Jayron 32 12:40, 24 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The swan - snooker

When was the last time we saw the "swan" rest being used in international snooker? I remember using it all the time as a kid, but I can't recall ever seeing it on TV, back from Cliff Thorburn, Alex Higgins, through Steve Davis and Jimmy White, to Ronnie O'Sullivan and beyond. I sort of get why it exists in the first place, but was it designed to solve a snooker problem that no longer exists? The Rambling Man (talk) 22:07, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I can't say exactly when or where, but I have seen it used in a televised snooker match fairly recently - certainly within the past year. Wymspen (talk) 07:47, 24 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I've also seen it a few times in the past year (and I only watch around one match per fortnight). Perhaps more players are now more adept than before in making a firm unassisted high bridge (i.e. with fingertips only on the table and the wrist raised high), which would lessen its use, but on rare occasions it's still essential.

An unusual usage I saw recently was where a player placed it across the line of the shot with the butt end resting on the rail, providing a horizontal raised support for his elevated bridge hand. The commentators (two ex-players, as usual) both said they'd never seen this done before, but of course there's nothing in the Rules to forbid it.

Something I only found out recently from a perusal of the Rules (prompted by up-and-coming pro who wears a half-glove on his bridge hand, presumably to avoid sweat-friction) is that players are free to bring and use whatever ancillary equipment they want to, over and above the usual rests provided by the venue (or, technically, by the Referee). {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.218.14.51 (talk) 18:17, 24 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

April 24

License to kill

In License to Kill, how could Pam Bouvier have snuck her shotgun into the bar without anyone (including the two spies Sanchez sent to watch her) noticing? 2601:646:8E01:7E0B:0:0:0:9A39 (talk) 09:33, 24 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Because it's a work of fiction. Are you working your way through a James Bond DVD box set or something? --Viennese Waltz 09:37, 24 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No, just trying to understand the possible ways she could have done it (off-camera). (It just so happens that I'm doing some early concept work for a James Bond-themed FPS game, and I plan to make Pam Bouvier one of the playable characters in both campaign mode and multiplayer, and it also just so happens that one of the early levels might be loosely based on License to Kill -- which, coincidentally, is my favorite James Bond movie.) So, what do you think of the following possibilities: (1) She brought it in disassembled and then put it together (I think this is unlikely because it would probably be noticed); (2) She used some kind of carrying case (like a guitar case) to conceal it (as another woman spy had done in the previous movie); or (3) It was already hidden somewhere in the bar by another CIA agent, and all she had to do was retrieve it and hide it under the table?2601:646:8E01:7E0B:0:0:0:9A39 (talk) 11:24, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

She retrieved it from hammerspace. Adam Bishop (talk) 12:33, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I think that's the kind of thing that you, as the designer of the game, should be able to decide for yourself without any input from others. --Viennese Waltz 12:37, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

True, and I should add that at this point, very little is actually decided regarding level design (in fact, regarding this particular level, the only thing that is set in stone is that Felix Leiter (who will also be a playable character in campaign and multiplayer mode) gives the player the "Felix Lighter" gadget (which will have a stun gas feature and possibly also a mini-flamethrower and/or explosive charge) before the bad guys feed him to the sharks) -- so it might be that I'll skip the bar fight scene altogether and have Pam Bouvier meet the player somewhere else. But the true reason I asked is because, among other things, one of my personal projects is to organize all of James Bond's life into a single timeline -- and in that regard, I've come to the conclusion that he would certainly have been court-martialed after that rogue mission of his, but acquitted (his saving grace being that he had stumbled into a legitimate CIA operation), and for that Pam Bouvier would have had to testify for the defense -- so I'm just curious what exactly she would have said during the trial, in particular regarding her first meeting with the defendant. 2601:646:8E01:7E0B:480A:3CB8:1B65:6097 (talk) 00:53, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

And by the way, it's Licence to Kill. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 13:30, 24 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The IMDB seems to think that both spellings were used. I don't know of a good way to check that claim, though. --69.159.62.113 (talk) 09:12, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"License to Kill" is a Denzel Washington TV movie. 209.149.113.5 (talk) 13:08, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

My link and I were not talking about that one. --69.159.62.113 (talk) 00:18, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Some of the pre-release posters seem to have the s spelling [2]. I can't find any post release posters with that spelling though. Nor VHS folders/covers etc. Nil Einne (talk) 18:54, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I suspect that that explains it. --69.159.62.113 (talk) 00:18, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

April 26

Two french sisters in fencing

Hallo everybody, my question: these two French fencers Lauren Rembi ([3]) and Joséphine Jacques-André-Coquin ([4]) are sisters. But why they have different family names? Is one of both married and uses the husband name? if it's right, who of both is this? Merci. Leonprimer (talk) 02:04, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting question. I checked the French Wikipedia and its linked references for both sisters and I googled for their names and any information such as their parents' names or any spouse's names, and I found nothing. The only personal information I did find was in this newspaper article linked from the French Wikipedia, and it does not talk about their names or name their other family members. --69.159.62.113 (talk) 06:53, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(ec) Joséphine's father is Athos Rembi, according to this translated Le Parisien article, and Jacques-André-Coquin is a real, if somewhat preposterous, surname (see this obituary of a probably unrelated person). (If she has brothers, are any of them named D'Artagnan, Porthos or Aramis?) Clarityfiend (talk) 06:57, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks for this last information. So, there are two possible solutions: Joséphine is born as «Joséphine Rembi» und later married a man named «Jacques-André-Coquin» and took his name, or her mother's name is «Jacques-André-Coquin» and she took the mother's name and Lauren the father's. It's possible in France, I think so. Or they are half-sisters from same mother but different father... Anybody with another info? Leonprimer (talk) 19:14, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Why would you think they were half-sisters? Joséphine's father is Athos Rembi, and Lauren's last name is Rembi. That would require Lauren's last name to have been something else to begin with. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:42, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note that the source you linked to seems to be saying they have the same father as he's the one quoted saying he's (or we're) proud of his (or our) two daughters etc. It's not impossible however that she's his daughter but not his biological daughter. (I'm not saying this is likely, however someone referring to their daughter doesn't have to mean she's their biological daughter at least in English. And children do sometimes keep the surnames of their biological father sometimes even if the person had little or nothing to do with them from an early age if at all.) Is there anything in there that in French implies either one is his biological daughter? Also could someone verify whether the 'our' etc is a mistranslation or he's speaking in the plural? Nil Einne (talk) 12:33, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This source suggests the Challenge Mondial U17 2006 Épée Dame was won by Jacques André Coquin Joséphine [5]. It's a 2017 page so it's not impossible someone put her current name rather than her name at the time, however it is a page on the event rather than the athelete making it IMO significantly less likely. France does allow marriage below the age of 18 with the permission of parents and the court per our Marriageable age article, so it's not impossible she was 17 or younger but again it seems a lot less likely. (I don't know the eligibility requirements for this particular tournament but someone who is 17 when some tournament is taking place is sometimes eligible for an under 17 tournament). Nil Einne (talk) 11:53, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at [6], she came 82's in an event in Bratislava at the end of 2005 and 2nd in an event in Dijon at the beginning of 2006. Contempory media reports of her achievements at the time may be useful. Nil Einne (talk) 11:58, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

According to Naming law#France : "Since 1993 the choice has been free in France unless it is decided that the name is contrary to the interests of the child." Basically, unless you named your child "Connard" or some other similarly offensive name, the French don't care what you name him or her. It is entirely legal and possible that the parents of these sisters decided to give them different last names. We needn't hunt for any more convoluted possibility than "That's what their mother and father named each of them." --Jayron 32 12:03, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It's possible however per our article, she was born in 1990 so either they would have had to change her name 3 years after birth or maybe French law didn't come in to it at birth (do we know if she was even born in Franch?) or it was allowed pre 1993. Nil Einne (talk) 12:35, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That also would require that all laws are equally vigorously enforced. In reality many (possibly most) such laws sit around unenforced for years before someone decides to take them out of the code. It is also very likely that even if the name were technically illegal in 1990, no one would have done anything about it. --Jayron 32 16:40, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This source linked in our article [7] says Lauren Rembi's mother is from Martinique. It quotes Le Parisien on a certain date, while I did find one source discussing her on that date it only seems to mention other stuff including her studies and how she stopped living with her sister, with no mention of any husband [8]. Nil Einne (talk) 12:33, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What's the movie with a scene where a supernatural baseball field really hates this runner?

The 90 feet grows, I think barrier(s) appear between bases.. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 03:10, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Angels in the Outfield (1994 film)? Adam Bishop (talk) 11:38, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Was there a living, flying baseball with teeth that chased the guy? Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 22:52, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Cops Database

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

1. Do Cops give Fingerprints?

2. Do Cops give their DNA for Database?(50.73.61.194 (talk) 18:20, 26 April 2018 (UTC)).[reply]

On question 1, this will depend on jurisdiction. It is however common for all types of government employees to provide a sample of fingerprints before they are hired. I expect a lot of police forces, if not most, would implement such a requirement. It's a lot less common to provide DNA samples, because of privacy concerns, however. In the U.S., the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 specifically prevents employers for requiring such samples as a condition of employment. It is an issue that has been discussed quite a bit; see here for example: [9], [10], [11] or [12]. --Xuxl (talk) 19:28, 26 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

April 27

Unknown symbols - need identification

Pertaining to the music album: Origin (Evanescence album) The page does not show the back of this album, can this be explained why? On the back of this album is an unknown unusual marking of symbols, they seem to be important but I have never seen them anywhere else. Not sure if they totally mean nothing or if they stand for some something significant? If needed can supply a picture of the images so they can be explained what they stand for or what they are at all. Hallow88 (talk) 20:04, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think I've ever myself seen a Wikipedia article that illustrated the back cover of an album: it would only be worth doing so (and invoking "fair use" of such copyrighted material, as is always necessary for the front covers) if there was something really significant about it.

In this case someone would have to know the answer to your question from a published Reliable Source, and write about it in the article. I'd imagine that would require someone such as the cover artist, or a band member, to have talked about it in an interview with Rolling Stone or a similary trustworthy journal, or on the band's official website (linked in the article Evanescence).

Please note that posting a picture of the cover here is not a good idea, as it would be a breach of copyright and would almost certainly be removed immediately. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.218.14.51 (talk) 22:15, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Then how come the front of the album is allowed? Hallow88 (talk) 22:49, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use, for identification purposes. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:42, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Makes sense, but why can't the symbols I am referring to not be looked at in general, themselves? Basically, just to know what they represent, the symbols I believe are some kind of Unicode in a certain formation. Hallow88 (talk) 00:51, 28 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Is this the back cover you're talking about? I see nothing more unusual there than the name of the band in mirror writing. --69.159.62.113 (talk) 07:42, 28 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but instead of the (C)&(P) there is a upside down and mirrored type of @ symbol for the (C) and (P) and a strange type of B for the & symbol. I have lots of albums that don't have the (C)&(P) anywhere at all so it must not have to be used always especially for previously unreleased *DEMO albums*. Do the weird symbols have meaning or just made up and mean nothing, is all I am interested in. Hallow88 (talk) 17:42, 28 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

April 28

What's this song?

I know this is a really well-known song, but I can't remember it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGx6aAUBXXY&t=2340 Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.111.193.116 (talk) 01:09, 28 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"Kernkraft 400" ---Sluzzelin talk 01:51, 28 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Professional wrestling choreography

Knowing virtually nothing of professional wrestling, I'm wondering: how precisely are matches choreographed? Are they more like a ballet, in which the dancers' precise actions are designed beforehand and the most faithful compliance with difficult directions is what distinguishes the best participants, or are they more like a stage play, in which the basic elements of the plot are designed beforehand and the best participants are those who implement the concepts in a believable fashion? I always assumed that it was like a ballet, but to my surprise I saw the following in Tag team: WWE employs this tactic in nearly every tag team match to the point that they fired a referee in 2008 after a botched finish that, while the match produced the intended finish, didn't feature a hot tag. Related issue: I see the picture File:Jeff-Hardy-Dropkick,-RLA-Melb-10.11.2007 filtered.jpg — assuming no mistakes by the participants, can we say that the match was pre-written so that the precise body movements here were intended? If the kicking wrestler's right arm were at his side (not in the air), or if the referee were kneeling with his right knee up, would we have to conclude that someone made a mistake or that it was written differently (ballet), or could we say that the participants were just interpreting their directions differently (stage play)? Nyttend (talk) 11:47, 28 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]