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January 28

Sesame Street

Aside from the Rapunzel News Flash and Ernie and Bert's "What Time Is It?", are there Sesame Street sketches in which "Shut up" has been uttered? TMProofreader (talk) 21:18, 28 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Eric Schulmiller reported in The New Yorker, January 21, 2016, that Big Bird said, "shut up."Tamanoeconomico (talk) 04:17, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

January 30

pop song,intro dog barking

--Spanglemaker8sideways (talk) 03:25, 30 January 2019 (UTC)Please..10 years current,Iron and Wine [artist]intro Dog barking. Help.???[reply]

Presumably it would be from Iron & Wine (2007) The Shepherd's Dog -- but evidently not the title track. —2606:A000:1126:28D:B978:F6F4:3E39:B7B4 (talk) 06:14, 30 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

WANT TO DELETE ANY USERNAME IN THE NAMES GAGAMAGOO KINENE

In November2014, i happened to have created an account on wikipedia in the names "GagamaGoo Kinene" or "GagamaGoo Kinene M.B" or something close to that while i was uploading some pictures for some cuisine contest. So, time has passed and i can hardly remember anything to do with what passwords or usernames i used, yet i want create a new account for my music career. Can you please help me delete any account in those names so i can create an account and feed it with the relevant information about "GAGAMAGOO KINENE"??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.210.146.204 (talk) 22:16, 30 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. You have an account "GagamaGoo Kinene" created here on en:wp on 18 February 2017. It has yet to edit. Your account "GaagamaGoo Kinene M.b." uploaded a number of files to Commons on 30 November 2014. Accounts cannot be deleted but can be renamed. If you have email enabled you may be able to access them after losing the password. Our Help desk may assist. 2A02:C7F:BE3D:8000:D1E5:C27:5747:E4CF (talk) 13:25, 31 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

That's technically correct, but Wikipedia is not here for people to promote themselves and the OP would have a clear WP:COI of writing about their own music career. OP: if your purpose is to promote yourself or your band, Wikipedia is not for you; take that stuff somewhere else. Matt Deres (talk) 13:47, 31 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

That request was already rubbed out once.[1] Who says Wikipedia isn't educational? I didn't know Lady Gaga was a descendant of Mr. Magoo. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:02, 31 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

February 1

Which movies has the biggest amount of practical special effects?

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen

I was curious which movie features the biggest amount of practical special effects. I tried to find some information per Google but failed. I could not find any list at all.

Thank you for your answers

With kind regards--2A02:1205:505D:1BB0:E171:2D71:15F0:169E (talk) 20:57, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Define "amount". Clarityfiend (talk) 00:51, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Special effects used per shot.--2A02:1205:505D:1BB0:AC27:6E6B:AE5A:525A (talk) 12:23, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The movie "Lost in Space" from 1998 had about 5000 spceial effect shots, at least according to the blu-ray documentary.--2A02:1205:505D:1BB0:7552:5263:C880:EFFA (talk) 16:44, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Movies with the largest film sets

Hello, it is me again (I am the guy from the special effects question).

I was also wondering which were the largest sets ever built for a movie? I once heard that "Krull" from 1982 had the biggest sets, but this seems unlikely when I consider some of the monumental movies of the silent film period.

Thank you for your answers

With kind regards--2A02:1205:505D:1BB0:E171:2D71:15F0:169E (talk) 20:59, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Define largest and set. Oxford defines set as "The place or area in which filming is taking place" so somewhere like The Big Country had a pretty large set.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 10:44, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A set refers to a full-scale scenery. There must have been a biggest set.--2A02:1205:505D:1BB0:AC27:6E6B:AE5A:525A (talk) 12:25, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The new Russian film Dau had a specially constructed set with an area of 12,000 m². --Viennese Waltz 14:00, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Very interesting, thank you!--2A02:1205:505D:1BB0:7552:5263:C880:EFFA (talk) 16:43, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ran (film) used some huge scenarios. It was also highly praised and still holds a place among the top-100 best movies of all times. --Kharon (talk) 03:48, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Monument Valley is pretty good-sized. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:58, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The sands of time took millions of years and some continental drift to build that one Bugs :-) MarnetteD|Talk 04:35, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

And with non-union labor, yet. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:29, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The chariot race set in Ben-Hur covered 18 acres. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 10:36, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This has some good ideas. It should help the OP get started on their research. --Jayron 32 12:49, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

February 3

Unused keys on a piano

Assuming that this photo is legit, why would the usage of the keys be so different? Are some keys just rarely used? Matt Deres (talk) 14:33, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like the (relatively) clean keys have been replaced. Not before time. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 19:13, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Unless the player's repertoire is exactly one piece, there's virtually no chance that all the keys except those at the extreme ends of the keyboard will not be used frequently. Maybe some more than others, but nowhere like the extreme difference that this photo might seem to suggest. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 19:19, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The brown keys have lost their ivory at some point, assuming it is old enough to be an ivory piano and not a plastic piano. So, the person would be playing directly on the soft wood. 209.149.113.5 (talk) 18:52, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

February 4

Goldeneye

During the tank chase in St. Petersburg, which horseman's statue did James Bond 007 knock down (and subsequently drop on the cop cars chasing him)? I'm pretty sure it wasn't the statue of Peter the Great (that one looks vastly different), but might it have been the statue of Tsar Nicholas I?2601:646:8A00:A0B3:70AE:764:63A1:67AC (talk) 10:32, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Can you find a youtube item that contains that clip? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 10:48, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It is Tsar Nicholas according to the Ian Sharp (director) and Chris Corbould (stunt coordinator). They have many interviews about it on the Internet. The stunt was assumed to be very complicated, but according to Corbould, they got it in one take. 209.149.113.5 (talk) 20:07, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Lucky them! :-) (Of course, that was a replica, not the real thing.) 2601:646:8A00:A0B3:70AE:764:63A1:67AC (talk) 02:12, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]