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April 28

Frank Drebin Jr

Hi,

Should Frank Drebin Jr (played by Liam Neeson in the upcoming Naked Gun reboot) have his own Wiki article or be on the same article as Frank Drebin? 2402:800:6172:6C13:B071:12FA:9A9D:27F (talk) 02:34, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Have you tried posing this at the Frank Drebin talk page? Or at the The Naked Gun (2025 film) talk page? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:13, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It will depend totally on whether the character eventually becomes Wikinotable, which I suspect is unlikely. Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:30, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See also, more specifically, WP:NFILMCHAR. ‑‑Lambiam 10:19, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

April 29

Music in HarperCollins' Charmed Life Audiobook

Hi, I'm wondering whether the piece of music at the beginning of HarperCollins' Charmed Life audiobook can be identified, and whether it is available anywhere in full. The beginning of the audiobook is available here: https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Charmed-Life-Audiobook/B00FMWIQT8 Thank you! Vergeskye (talk) 06:12, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

For identifying pieces of music, Musipedia is very good. Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:32, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Shazam also (often but not always) works for me. ‑‑Lambiam 09:56, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Vergeskye (talk) 14:28, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You're not going to have much luck with this question unless you can post a link to the piece of music itself. --Viennese Waltz 08:53, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a link? I can find several audiobooks for publications with the title Charmed Life, but these are not published by HarperCollins. HarperCollins publishes several books with the title Charmed Life, for which I can find hardcopy and ebook editions, but no audiobooks. ‑‑Lambiam 09:55, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The piece of music is in the preview here: https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Charmed-Life-Audiobook/B00FMWIQT8 Vergeskye (talk) 14:28, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That appears to be a pay site. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:21, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, the link you posted only works if you're a subscriber to the site. --Viennese Waltz 17:39, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, sorry! Still, I seem to be able to access the preview without signing in, and the music is in the preview Vergeskye (talk) 00:22, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm seeing a full page of ads with no audio link. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:55, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I'm not sure why that is. This link might be better: https://www.amazon.com.au/Charmed-Life-The-Chrestomanci-Series/dp/B00NPB4HT6/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.3dGFLL345GDPElhGUiH765MP7nwNTjO1yAXhlwEG3on43l3cWVfRQpzvtKmFinQekAZyXpYAAHCDgsAgqbUavtEqiMasV0jK5SiQGlli1OclHWjIbcMbV3pJs_iK0o6Yv4lKkvtJlbk3wlL3FoacTY2W3SbtjqW7oPHbjnKvTJP8NZt0ub8LAmLarpyj2mbIkP1hQz7AO8q8PgX1wyrN-COHppJ4xDDudKer3tZ9Ti-5LdfXjI-7U3w37baPJm07N2icfrqIGcNK2T-B95MuosNH5JoehCHka4lDlaLec08.xT5acvbja653cxmiRTstonwJRxt7gRMAcTVG5jte5OA&qid=1745968508&sr=8-2 Vergeskye (talk) 06:15, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That takes me to an Amazon page advertising the book. If there's a place on that page to invoke audio, I'm not seeing it offhand. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:40, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is the audiobook you have in mind this one? John M Baker (talk) 23:24, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's the one Vergeskye (talk) 00:18, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I was able to hear the free preview, and it sounds to me like computer-generated dross. Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:41, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Shazam gives "No Result". ‑‑Lambiam 09:26, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

April 30

Tannhauser overture

not a question

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

So, I entered the following search query into the evil search engine:

Tannhauser overture played on "period instruments",

hoping to be rewarded with such a performance on the 'tube.

But Messrs Google & Co. replied with their "AI Overview":

"The "Tannhäuser Overture" was not specifically written to be performed on period instruments. It's a Romantic-era work by Richard Wagner, and the instrumentation reflects that period, not earlier styles. While some interpretations and recordings may utilize period instruments or instruments that were used during Wagner's time, the piece wasn't originally intended for such instruments."

Obviously certain instruments were in vogue at the time (1845, 180 years ago), and have been superseded by later versions. I reproduce this for your Entertainment™ and wonder how many people would be taken in by such an abysmally misleading diversion from the truth. MinorProphet (talk) 13:14, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly, none of us possess a crystal ball, and have no way of telling how many people may be misled, today or in the future. But gods help us anyway. Joint Cry of Despair (talk) 13:16, 30 April 2025 (UTC)

Why don't they start some of the Europe NFL games at 1 Eastern?

They wouldn't end that late, especially if they put them between European daylight savings end and American (1st Sunday 2am of November). They could put them on a Saturday 1pm after the 2nd Friday of December if they want them to be all alone to be special. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 18:08, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Starting at 1800 GMT? On a Saturday? You'd have all the fans trying to get to the stadium and battling on the transport routes against all the football fans going home after the 1645 final whistle. Then you'd be faced with thousands of people trying to get home late on a Saturday night (estimating that the game will finish around 9pm) adding to the already busy weekend night traffic with the police already stretched thin managing the existing games and the Saturday night revellers.

There are not many cities that would let all that happen. Nanonic (talk) 20:02, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How's the Friday after the 4th Thursday of November? Or Sundays or Christmas? 1pm East US time would be 1800 British Summer Time (1700 GMT) then 1700 British Winter Time on the last Sunday of October to next Saturday inclusive then 1800 British Winter Time after that. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 22:07, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Friday at 1700 or 1800 means you'll be getting people in during rush hour and letting them out into the Friday night revellers. Sundays are the days when transport is infrequent and also subject to cancellation due to engineering works. Quite a lot of local services stop at 2000 on a Sunday which would see a lot of fans stranded. Christmas has a full football program AND reduced transport, that's why everyone hopes for a home game for Boxing Day and New Years Day.

I think my question to you is - what makes you think that they haven't already considered all this in coming up with the schedule? Nanonic (talk) 07:16, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know much about sports schedules, but what European transport schedules (including engineering works) do on Sundays and holidays varies widely amongst countries. Transport may be available on Sunday evening, even at the same frequency as weekday evenings. PiusImpavidus (talk) 09:22, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Again, what makes you think that they haven't already considered all this in coming up with the schedule? Nanonic (talk) 16:30, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also, when you have 80-90,000 people attending an event, the city tends to put resources into ensuring the event goes smoothly, supplying adequate security, services, and infrastructure. It isn't a surprise. London knows there will be three Sunday games in October this year. in less than two weeks, they will know the exact dates (even though I am certain they already know, but are not publicising it). 68.187.174.155 (talk) 19:09, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

NYC has special trains before+after games like Yankee Expresses, extra 4, B and D subways, Yankee specials that go where B, D & 4 trains usually don't go, and Mets superexpresses (skips more stations than the express track skips even though it's on it) Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 07:26, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure they considered all that but I didn't even know EPL's so concentrated on Saturday (our football's spread out with 1 game on Thursday night, high school games Friday night, college games Saturday, pro games till late evening (3 start time clusters) then 1 or 2 Monday Night Football games that don't start till about 20:15 ET. The other major sports play much more often than football so we're forced to handle 4 major sports every Saturday for over a month: late college football season & early pro hockey & pro+college basketball seasons. I suppose the Tube might be more stressed with so much football in the same London Saturday? Both our multiple NFL-team cities have both teams sharing 1 stadium & can't play the same day.

Even New Yorkers are jealous of European trains what is this stop at 20:00 you speak of? "Normally" every line (not every service) has service 24/7/365 & all 423x422 possible NYC subway station pairs can be done 24/7/365 though the wee hours only have 1 train per 20 minutes & engineering works will (if you're unlucky) make your trip include "closed-subway bypass bussing" (free from the subway agency) and/or more indirect routing and/or more transfers and/or somewhat more walking. It'll take decades of past & future extra engineering works before decades of deffered maintenance are fully healed. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 05:15, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just a comment that scheduling of games is often based on maximising expected television audiences, not the convenience of physical fans. HiLo48 (talk) 00:09, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Europe games that start 9:30am Eastern time/6:30am Pacific/4:30am Hawaii-Aleutian time (even America's second largest city sometimes needs to wake up 6:30am to watch a hometown team) DO NOT maximize TV audiences. The 3 start time windows (1 Eastern, and approximately when the 1st+2nd window games end are set for the convenience of Americans though. It's perhaps a bit inconvenient to watch Monday Night Football games that start 20:15 Eastern (they used to start 20:30) at the stadium then go home instead of already being home & have go to work or school the next morning. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 05:27, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

May 4

Dogtooth (film)

Image:Dogtooth(2009)_poster.jpg

The title Dogtooth of the 2009 Yorgos Lanthimos film clearly refers to the canine teeth: The (adult) children are told they are ready to leave home when they lose their first permanent canine (dogtooth).

Now, the theatrical release poster of the film appears to show a “dogtooth wave”. Basic mathematical waveforms include the sine wave, the triangular wave, the square wave, and the sawtooth wave. It’s tempting to play with the words and imagine a “dogtooth wave” (sounds a lot like “sawtooth wave”) shaped like two canine teeth pointing in opposite directions. And surely this is what the filmmakers are doing?

Indeed, in the release poster, a waveform very worthy of the “dogtooth wave” name appears in the same diagram as a sine-like wave. Surely this is intentional? Any references to confirm? --Andreas Rejbrand (talk) 23:53, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I Googled dogtooth poster explained and was told (among other things) "The Dogtooth poster, designed by Vasilis Marmatakis, features three intersecting lines, representing the distorted views of the film's protagonists, and a lot of negative space. This design choice is a visual representation of the characters' skewed perception of the world, a key theme in the film, according to an interview with Marmatakis. The lines also subtly evoke the shape of a dog's teeth, nodding to the film's title, according to Pixartprinting." Shantavira|^{feed me} 13:20, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

May 6

Emergency addresses

Been watching Emergency on METV and wondering if the addresses and cross streets were real. -- DMc75771

I've never seen the show. Do you know what city it's set in? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:42, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is it a reality show? In which case the streets are real. (I doubt they would broadcast people's real addresses.) Or is it Emergency! which is fiction?Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:44, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The exterior shots of Emergency! were filmed on real streets, but the street names used in the series are generally fictional. For more, see Emergency! § Setting. ‑‑Lambiam 10:35, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If it's on METV, then it is indeed Emergency!. Julie London was part of the main cast. Clarityfiend (talk) 11:40, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ice Hockey World Championships

Why top-level IIHF World Championships are never held in the US or Canada, despite that these nation's teams are both very successful in that tournament? All championships since 1998 have been held in Europe? And why are they never held in countries that often get promoted and relegated between top tier and Division I-A? --40bus (talk) 19:02, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Some wild-assed guesses, which others are welcome to shoot down.

(1) Since the USA and Canada are already saturated with ice hockey, whereas it's much less prominent in Europe, perhaps the IIHF want to hold their Championship in Europe to promote the sport more there.

(2) The IIHF is headquartered in Europe (in Zurich), and its playing rules are a little different from those of the NHL in the USA and Canada (including rink dimensions), so it makes more sense to hold the Championships in the region where their rules already apply. If IIHF-rules games were played in North America, many NA spectators would doubtless be confused – perhaps fights would ensue amongst them, rather than just on the rink where I gather fights are expected. Moreover, NHL rinks would have to be modified to fit IIHL dimensions, which would be a pain.

(3) The IIHF tournament is held at the same time as North America's NHL Stanley Cup playoffs, so there would be unacceptable top-level game congestion if the former were held in the USA or Canada. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.2.101.226 (talk) 11:19, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reason 3 is the correct one. And as a result, many of the best Canadian and US players are not available for the tournament (and some European players as well), as their teams are still involved in the NHL playoffs. The two countries still manage to field competitive teams from other available players, however, but most fans realize the talent level is not as strong as it could be. In contrast, the IIHF World Junior Championship is played in North America more often than not, normally between Christmas and the first days of the new year, and is hugely popular there but not as much in Europe. Xuxl (talk) 13:45, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Similar to why the World Baseball Classic is played in March rather than during any of the months from April through October. If the IIHF wants better participation, they should hold the tournament sometime in the summer. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:05, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

May 9

platekompaniet.no

I've recently found a website that sells DVD and many other things called Platekompaniet also known as platekompaniet.no and I found a DVD that is selling for 259.00 NOK which is £18.80 in UK pounds. However though I don't know to order from it since it's a Norwegian website.^[1] Matthew John Drummond (talk) 15:02, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Didn't you ask about this a while back? Also, I wonder what the Norwegian word is for "bootleg"? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:50, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No I didn’t also the website sells official licensed DVD's, Blu-rays, CD and much more. Matthew John Drummond (talk) 15:55, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's a standardized e-commerce webpage. You hit the huge dark button to the right so that the caddie takes your choice in. When viewing the caddie' content an other dark button will direct you to the payment options if needed. Also: with most web browser you may find a translate menu option clicking the right button on your mouse. Be certainly carefull with the payment option nonetheless. --Askedonty (talk) 17:09, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

About that payment option: there's no secure international standard for e-commerce payments. The methods supported by a retailer in country A may not match with those supported by a bank in country B. People are working on that, so it should get better soon. At least in Europe, but Norway and the UK can join if they wish. Also, many webshops only sell in one country or a few, not worldwide. There are issues like foreign VAT rates, customs declarations and higher shipping costs. PiusImpavidus (talk) 18:26, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Platekompaniet". platekompaniet.no.

May 11

[1] "Platekompaniet". platekompaniet.no.

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