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June 7[edit]

Open access chess magazines/journals[edit]

Hi,

I am looking for the open access chess magazines/journals. I came across only one such publication "SCHOLAR’S MATE". Please help me in finding more such free resources for learning the chess. I heard that in some countries there are chess textbooks, are they open access? help Thank you for your time. --Nirajrm (talk) 07:03, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Week in Chess has chess news and a downloadable file of significant chess games each week. If you want to see a lot of chess games, there's a file of about five million at ICOfY. To view the games, use Scid vs. PC.-gadfium 02:12, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Possessed mediums[edit]

I know in the West there are things like Exorcisms and seances, but are there people who voluntarily get "possessed" by "spirits" to do acts like the ones in this video? And this? Other than "crazy" or "fraud", how do we describe these people? ☯ Bonkers The Clown \(^_^)/ Nonsensical Babble ☯ 08:49, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, this is weirdest. ☯ Bonkers The Clown \(^_^)/ Nonsensical Babble ☯ 09:00, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You seem to have built up a good list of words to describe these people, but if you wish there are several online thesauruses which may help you find more. Here's one which is an online version of Roget's Thesaurus. --Jayron32 11:58, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not synonyms I mean. ☯ Bonkers The Clown \(^_^)/ Nonsensical Babble ☯ 14:49, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Then what words did you want? I'm quite confused by your initial question if that isn't what you are looking for... --Jayron32 15:00, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A scientific explanation as to why these people behave like that. As seen in the weird videos. ☯ Bonkers The Clown \(^_^)/ Nonsensical Babble ☯ 15:26, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well we have articles at Mediumship Spirit guide and Séance. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:00, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Scientifically? Well, for lack of a better term, "spontaneous" action potentials arise in the brains of certain people who, due to their human nature and past experiences, expect to get a certain pleasurable, convenient or necessary reward from others when they act in a certain way. These potentials excite motor neurons in complex action sequences, leading to ritual actions and language or pseudo-verbal communications which elicit an expected and desired response in their audience, leading, usually, to the physical transfer of small metal tokens or paper certificates, or electronic communications signaling the potential for such transfers. It's kind of the way internet trolling works, although usually minus the paper or metal tokens. μηδείς (talk) 18:09, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds about right. Though if they're doing it for metal instead of paper or binary code, they probably don't do it often or well enough to be called "fraud". InedibleHulk (talk) 22:23, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Gold bars not good enough for you eh? SteveBaker (talk) 02:21, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

For a reason I cannot fathom, the first word that came to mind was "bonkers", in the colloquial sense that some of them are probably a little crazy.

220 of ^Borg 14:54, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

They seems like hypnosis or self hypnosis or in one case a ritual, nothing unusual imo,. 'Bonkers' is the first name of an editor posting above. Regards, Sun Creator^(talk) 23:32, 12 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

rca tv cable[edit]

I need the part no. for cable for external antenna input for 3.5 led digital tv model no. DHT235A. where can I purchase? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.12.109.70 (talk) 14:21, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Some searching suggests This antenna may do the trick, along with this adaptor. At least, that's what I can figure out by reading through this description of the TV in question. --Jayron32 14:25, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

How to I Propose a New Article be Added?[edit]

I would like to propose a new article be added on Marcia Coyle. Here are a couple of links:

http://www.law.uci.edu/calendar/Marcia_Coyle_bio.pdf http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Marcia-Coyle/79843795/biography — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiki name (talk • contribs) 21:31, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please go to Wikipedia:Requested articles and make your suggestion there. Best of luck. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 21:44, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.194.41.34 (talk) 22:18, 7 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Better advice is to write one yourself. I don't think there are very many people who pay attention to the "Requested articles" page. She is certainly notable, so as long as you include appropriate references, you probably won't be wasting your time. Looie496 (talk) 00:15, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Better advice, Looie? How about "other" advice? The OP seems to be wanting someone else to do the work. They did not ask how to go about writing it themself. I appreciate they may not realise it's probably a lot easier than they imagine, and your suggestion is perfectly appropriate, as far as it goes. But they would then need some help and a different link, such as Wikipedia:Your first article. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 00:25, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that WP:AfC is "the correct place" to ask about this - but there are some serious questions over whether this article should be created in the first place. Wikipedia is very careful about writing articles about living people - and also very, very careful on the matter of "notability". We work very hard to avoid cluttering up the encyclopedia with articles about people who are just too obscure to warrant a Wikipedia article. So I think you have to expect a somewhat uphill battle against a sceptical audience. SteveBaker (talk) 02:20, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I happen to know who Marcia Coyle is (she appears regularly as an authority on the PBS NewsHour), which is why I'm pretty sure she is notable enough for an article. Looie496 (talk) 02:31, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And she's already mentioned as a notable alumnus in the Hood College page, so a new article wouldn't be an "orphan". Alansplodge (talk) 18:38, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]