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	= May 23 =

	== e-books for samsung tablets ==

	Is there a website which allows you to download an e-book for your Samsung Tablet and you don't have to pay for it? ] (]) 01:48, 23 May 2016 (UTC)Donmust90] (]) 01:48, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

	:Probably not, if you mean entire, legal, current books. But old ] books might be possible. Or maybe you can get portions of a current book, like a chapter, for free, to ] your interest. ] (]) 02:00, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

	::Some books are under copyright but available under free content licenses. See ]. ] and the ] are good places to find both public domain and freely-licensed works. Outside of freely-licensed stuff, many libraries these days are lending e-books. --] (]) 03:45, 23 May 2016 (UTC)



	:::Also, many ] will loan out e-books for a week or two. --]] 15:10, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

	== stupidy since Nokia 3210. ==

	I would like to know, why does a mobile phone, which has for example only 10% power or 5% power uses his last power, to notify every 20 seconds, that the Accu is low. I don't understand the logic behind this. If I am sitting in a bus / train or are out of home I am not able to load it and it would be enough for me, to inform me '''once''' about the accu, ''not every 20 seconds''. And the most cellphone have even their own tune for the the accu alarm, so if you make your cellphone quiet - but forget to disabled the accu stand alarm, you will have a nice weak-up sound in the night. --] (]) 14:44, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

	:This is not a forum for discussing the wisdom of a company's programming choices. You'd do much better to contact Nokia or whomever your manufacturer is and ask them if the setting can be changed. Also, presumably the word you want is ''stupidity''. ] (]) 21:53, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

	:Common sense tells you that you need to be informed about the battery being low. If it beeps once, ''turn the bloody thing off'' until you can get to a recharging station. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 02:07, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

	for me it is to discuss why no one of the produce could never got wiser. A mobile phone shouln't use his last power to inform the user every 20 seconds that battery is low, which makes the battery much lower, than it is. --] (]) 22:04, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
	:You're perhaps incorrectly assuming that the power consumed by this notification is somehow significantly more than the power consumed by the "phone" or "wifi" functions of the phone. ]<sup><small>]</small></sup> 03:23, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

	== What people do with the Tusks of Elephants? What is their usage? ==

	I sometimes hear that people kill Elephants because of their Tusks. The number of Elephants seems to be decreased much in both Asia and Africa. Tusks seems to be very high-priced and the trading of Tusks seems to be illegal in most places. I want to ask why one should need a Tusk? Why they are so valuable that people kill Elephants just because of their Tusks? Thanks. ] (]) 20:36, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

	:Elephant tusks are made of ], which is very valuable. It has been an artistic medium since prehistoric days, and is especially highly valued in traditional Chinese culture, and China is the most populous country on Earth. ] ] 20:50, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

	::According to , the black market value of the tusks of one large male elephant may be as much as US$375,000. That is a powerful incentive for poaching. ] ] 20:57, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

	:::Unfortunately, the game wardens may make things even worse when they destroy tusks captured from poachers. This limits supply, which, according to the laws of ], must increase price, to make poaching more profitable. It would be better to arrest the poachers, then sell the tusks, legally, at the market price, and use that money to fund more enforcement actions. (If there's no way to do this legally, then the laws need to be changed.) ] (]) 21:44, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

	::::I don't think that makes sense. That keeps the market alive. I am reading "The ivory is so valuable because all across Asia — particularly in China — ivory figurines are given as traditional gifts, and ivory chopsticks, hair ornaments, and jewelry are highly prized luxuries." As long as the substance is in demand, even at lower prices, some degree of incentive continues to exist. It is the demand that has to be reduced. That would be through education. I am reading "Many Chinese consumers don't realize that elephants must be killed for their ivory; in one survey, more than two thirds of Chinese respondents said they thought tusks grew back like fingernails." ] (]) 00:55, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

	:::::Yes, it's a ridiculous suggestion. It effectively creates another tier in the supply chain and gives wardens a conflict of interest, potentially encouraging them to turn a blind eye or accept a bribe. ] (]) 03:02, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

	::::::Just the opposite. It's the current low pay for game wardens and high value of tusks (due to their scarcity) that makes the game wardens bribable. You address both those issues if they sold the tusks they take from poachers. ] (]) 03:45, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

	:::::::No you don't. Don't you understand that there is no limit to greed? The wardens will not be satisfied with what they get and will simply hold out for more. That's what free market philosophy does. ] (]) 04:54, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

	::::::::And to get more, and still keep their jobs (which is important to keep the gravy train rolling), they would need to arrest more poachers, and confiscate more tusks. This is a good thing. It's rather similar to drug forfeiture laws, where cops take items from drug dealers, sell them, and use the money to continue the fight. That does have the problem that the cops are then tempted to plant drugs so they can seize valuables, but this wouldn't work for elephant poachers. (What would be the point in planting tusks so they could seize the same tusks ?) ] (]) 05:57, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

	:::::Education could help, too, but you will never eliminate demand entirely. Also, sedating elephants and cutting off their tusks, then selling them, might be necessary. It's a shame to do that to them, but they seem able to survive without tusks, and if that would prevent extinction, it's worth it, I should think. ] (]) 01:25, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

	:::::The suggestion has even been made to allow limited hunting of endangered species, with the justification that the money charged could protect more animals than are hunted. I wouldn't go quite that far, but if our current methods aren't working, we do need to look at other possibilities. ] (]) 03:49, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

	:::::: I heard years ago that in one country, where elephants are "ranched" and limited killing is legal, the elephant population was increasing while it fell in neighboring countries; but of course the ivory could not be exported. —] (]) 08:51, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

	:::::::Too bad, had they sold the ivory they might have reduced the killings of other elephants, too. ] (]) 17:09, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

	::::::::Ivory is perfectly replaceable by modern products such as plastics. Replacing ivory with other products is the only realistic variable in the equation leading to the pointless killing of elephants. The market price of ivory is irrelevant if there is no demand for ivory. Nowadays people care about related concerns. Nobody favors global warming. Nobody advocates for the destruction of pristine natural environments. No one favors the extinction of species of flora and fauna unless they are particularly dangerous to humans. As soon as people become aware of the price paid for the ivory in the loss of elephants and as soon as they become aware that ivory is perfectly replaceable by other products, that is how soon they will give up demanding products carved of ivory. ] (]) 18:47, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

	:::::::::] plastics like ] ? I should think ceramics would be a better replacement, although they can't be carved, as ivory can. But you need to attack the problem from all sides at once, by increasing supply and reducing demand. Thinking 100% of people will put the interest of elephants in front of their own desires isn't realistic. ] (]) 19:08, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

	::::::::::What is special about ivory? Does it have any properties that are at all desirable and not replaceable by myriad new materials? ] (]) 19:19, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

	:::::::::::Well, it's carveable, rather resistant to most common types of degradation, like from the UV in sunlight (which does in a lot of plastics), slightly translucent, and yellows with age. And even if you managed to match all these characteristics, you would still have people who wouldn't want the substitute because it's "not real". Consider the case of ]s, which can be better than natural diamonds, in that they have fewer inclusions and impurities, and they are cheaper, but people still don't want them as much as natural diamonds, even if that means ]s. ] (]) 21:09, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

	*I am surprised no one has mentioned the rather obvious fact that in response to the fact that poachers cull the ones with the largest tusks first. It's the same phenomenon as catch-size limits driving fisheries to ever smaller fish. ] (]) 16:43, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

	:*And don't forget Japanese fishermen throwing back crabs that look like samurai leading to the ] being a dead ringer. ] (]) 17:07, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
	:In case the OP didn't already see it, ] talks about alternatives for aesthetic (rather than practical) uses, such as mammoth ivory. --] (]) 10:05, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

	:'''comment''': Just a little aside and going off at a tangent a bit. In the 1930's Fox stoles once became popular amongst aristocratic women. It showed that they belonged to the land owning gentry that owned fox hunts. They became so popular that farms were set up to breed the very rare silver fox. Thus, by the 1950's the price came down to the point that any lower middle class woman could purchase one or two. Result - <u>no longer fashionable</u>. Same with ivory and very 'rare' coloured diamonds etc. The film ] parodied the gluttony of the stupidly rich who paid stupid prices to eat exotic and endangered animals as specialty food items. We have the technology to invisibly ] ivory and thus trace its ]., rather than destroy what very little can be intercepted on route to markets overseas. Legitimizing the trade has the potential to make ivory as unfashionable as fox stoles and make the trade uneconomic for the ivory poachers and middlemen.--] (]) 12:53, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

	::What is accomplished by invisibly marking illegally-gotten ivory? You say we can trace its provenance. So what? What is accomplished by tracing the provenance of illegally-gained ivory? ] (]) 13:49, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

	:::It could be used by customs agents to determine if ivory being imported was obtained legally (such as collected from elephants that died of natural causes) or illegally (by poachers). Thus they could make it impossible to import poached ivory and reduce the profit motive for poaching. At the same time, allowing the legal imports would satisfy any demand. ] (]) 14:49, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

	::::No, allowing the legal imports would not satisfy demand. In the absence of a change of the heart or of the mind of the ultimate end-consumer, demand remains and price remains high. Demand and price are presumably low in the country of origin. I fail to see the distinction between burning/burying the ivory and invisibly marking the ivory for tracing as to provenance. ] (]) 15:05, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

	:::::You're going against centuries of economics theory that says price drops as supply goes up. Also see the fox fur example above. If you destroy ivory, then whoever was going to buy that ivory still wants to buy it, so another elephant is killed to meet that demand. If you supply that demand, then no additional elephant will be killed. ] (]) 15:22, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

	::::::Any illegal ivory that has been invisibly marked, fails to get into the consumer-country, therefore it does not increase supply, therefore it does not serve to decrease price. ] (]) 15:33, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

	:::::::LOL, they don't mark the illegal ivory, they only mark the legal ivory. Thus, if it has the serial number, it's legal. Of course, under my plan, seized illegal ivory becomes legal, and is then marked, but the poachers make no money from it, taking away their incentive (and even better if they are tossed into jail, as this becomes a disincentive). ] (]) 15:43, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

	::::::::So, they don't mark the illegal ivory, they only mark the legal ivory, until the illegal ivory becomes legal, and then it is marked too—as being legal. OK, why bother marking any ivory as legal? Why not just let it all into the consuming country unmarked? What is accomplished in the marking process? ] (]) 16:32, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

	:::::::::Because poachers make no money for shooting elephants, because their unmarked ivory can't be exported to any nation with money, so they stop poaching and the elephants survive. ] (]) 16:44, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

	:What do people do with elephant tusks? Some gain pleasure from ], see for example ]. In certain other African countries, it is still (or was until very recently) possible for foreigners to purchase hunting licences to kill troublesome animals. The uses of the tusks are covered at ]. We also have an article on the ], all with references. ] (]) 23:50, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

	= May 24 =

	== ] question ==

	Are there any famous Crocodile experts similar to Steve Irwin? ] (]) 04:54, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

	:Similar in what way(s)? ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 05:38, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

	::The most obvious distinguishing feature of Steve Irwin was his total disregard for safety, whether his daughter's, when dangling her in front of crocs, or his own, when swimming with stingrays. ] (]) 05:54, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

	:::It was his little son, actually, but the basic point is the same. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 06:09, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

	:The fictional character ] was somewhat similar. ] (]) 06:11, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

	:If the question is simply "Are there any famous Crocodile experts?", a starting point might be ]. ] (]) 07:54, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

	*There are the ], and there is ] of '']''. Basically down-in-the-dirt eco entertainers, if not crocodile wrasslers. ] (]) 16:40, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
	::Then ] ] ] 05:54, ], ] (UTC)
	::] wasn't so focused on crocs, but was ''too'' Australian. ] ] 05:57, ], ] (UTC)

	== Microsoft Office Reminder Sound ==

	Does anyone have a clip of this sound as it was in Microsoft Office 2003 or earlier? ] (]) 09:42, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
	:Could someone answer this question, please? ] (]) 10:34, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
	::First you need to deposit 25 cents in your PC's coin slot. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 10:46, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

	:In answer to the ''actual question'', I believe you need '''reminder.wav''', a quick Google search reveals a few download sites that may host it. -- {{user\|The Rambling Man}} 11:00, 25 May 2016‎ (UTC)

	:I'm not finding any occurrences of reminder.wav in Google. Is it a little two-tone sound, the first note being higher pitched than the second? I've got one on my PC dated 1997, but I wouldn't know where to upload it for you. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 13:26, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

	::Microsoft themselves offer a which may well contain the file. ] (]) 13:29, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

	== How much does it cost to be alive per hour ==

	Is there any way to quantify how much it costs to be alive say per hour, as an average american (because wikipedia is USA centric) with the average wage, at and average age in an average house with average spending. I mean, literally how much does this person cost to be kept alive.

	Perhaps an easier example would be how much would an average US soldier cost to be kept alive. Let's use pvt skin headed grunt infantry man as an example of this. Cannon fodder material.

	To clarify, I define 'alive' as being able to walk, talk and behave normally. Being kept in a coma on an IV for the sake of cheapness doesn't really count.

			= December 27 =
	:WAG estimates of major expenses:

			== ], Melissa Nathan,&U.S. presidential candidates ==
	:1) Food. Can probably can be kept down to about $1.20 a day, or 5 cents an hour, on average. We could go lower, if you eat nothing but potatoes, but that won't keep a person healthy for long.

			Black Cube has a wikipedia article, Melissa Nathan is mentioned in the article ]. Both are googleable. My question is if either Black Cube or Melissa Nathan were ever hired to discredit ] or ]? I realize that in Melissa Nathan's case, if she had been hired for that, it would probably have been before she formed The Agency Group PR.] (]) 06:52, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
	:2) Water. Assuming you want treated water, maybe 24 cents a day might be enough. So 1 cent an hour.

			:The link should have been to ].  --] 19:16, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
	:3) Shelter. This depends greatly on location. In a place where the weather is nice, like Hawaii, all you really need is something to keep the rain off, like a lava tube cave. So, this could be zero. If you live in the Alaskan interior, you would need substantial shelter and heat, if you want to survive winter.

			== Griggsville, Missouri? ==
	:4) Clothing/shoes. This can also be zero, since you can wear clothes others throw out, because they are ripped, stained, etc. You can wash them in the nearest river. Bunched up clothes can be used as a pillow. A blanket and towel would be nice. If donations aren't allowed, you can buy used clothes on sale for $1 each at ] (even some new clothes at ] for $1). So then for another cent an hour you could buy 2 items of clothing every day.

			The ] article claims (without a source) that he was born in ]. I can find no evidence whatever that such a place has ever existed. There is a ], which is about 20 miles northeast of the IL/MO border (which I think is the river, and presumably was in 1889). Was there really a Griggsville in Missouri, or is this a simple mistake? The only substantive author (to the biographical part of the article) is long departed Misplaced Pages. -- ]'''··–·'''] 20:12, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
	:5) Air. Still free.
			:I can't find an obit for Fiske in Newspapers.com, and the Findagrave entry simply says he was born in Missouri. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 21:37, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
			: I wondered if it might be something to do with the Mississippi changing its course, but it seems not. However, if Griggsville, Illinois is correct, he could be added to that article's '''Notable person''' section, doubling its complement!
			:The 'Missouri' inclusion was (as you may have noted) in the article as created in 2005, so at least we know it's not the result of vandalism.
			:I notice that the <u>Un</u>reliable sources IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and the Internet Broadway Database also state Griggsville, Missouri, which may of course have been taken from Misplaced Pages, and Find a Grave gives merely Missouri. However, The Movie Database does give Griggsville, Illinois. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ] (]) 21:42, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
			::Indications in Ancestry.com are that he was merely born "in Missouri", not a specific city that I've found. Even though the original article writer has been offline for over 9 years, maybe his email still works? ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 21:54, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

			:: I'm wondering if there is some circular ] between ourselves, Findagrave, and IMDb. I too considered the "moving river" hypothesis, but it's much too far away. -- ]'''··–·'''] 22:42, 27 December 2024 (UTC)
	:6) Transportation. Normally a major expense, but not strictly necessary.
			::: '''' (1977) confirms he was born in Griggsville, Missouri. No danger of citogenesis there. The search term "Griggsville, MO" throws up a few non-Fiske results on Google and Google Books, but I can't find precisely where it is. --] (]) 09:22, 28 December 2024 (UTC) Ah, here we are, it's in ] . --] (]) 10:00, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
			::::Griggsville, IL, is also in ] and if you given on that web site you also land in Illinois. The two Pike Counties are direct neighbours, but there's no indication of any common history or even a shift in the state border. --] (]) 10:15, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
			:::::That sounds ominous. Also, the more of my Google and Google Books hits I follow up, the fewer check out. The evidence that this place ever existed outside of Fiske's say-so looks rather slight. is one cite from 1907, and there are one or two more from the 19th century, but confusion with Griggsville, IL can't be ruled out. --] (]) 10:46, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

			: Thanks everyone. I'll flag the birthplace in the article is questionable (and the whole article as poorly sourced), but I think there's enough uncertainty for me to not "fix" it. And I'll refer to this discussion on the talk page, for the (probably very unlikely event) that some future person cares enough about this rather minor actor to do more thorough research. Thank you. -- ]'''··–·'''] 08:04, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
	:So, I come up with about 6-7 cents an hour. Of course, that would be a rather miserable existence. Some very minor additional expenses for things like toilet paper, toothbrush, toothpaste, a razor and shaving cream, nail clippers, ], and deodorant (and feminine hygiene products, for women) would make a huge difference in quality of life and willingness of others to be around them.
			::One thing I noticed in Newspapers.com is that Missouri papers that referred to Griggsville usually made it clear that they were talking about the one in Illinois. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 14:08, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
			], I just ran a ] search, and all three results were Illinois-related. GNIS sometimes misidentifies locations, e.g. many historic plantations in Tidewater Virginia are misidentified as unincorporated communities, but the concept of them outright omitting something as obvious as a settlement — which certainly would show up on USGS quads — is extremely unlikely. ] (]) 01:07, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

			: Thanks for following up on this. This leads me to be sure enough that the rather poor source for this claim in the article is just wrong (whether Griggsville, Missouri, or both), and we're better off saying nothing than repeating a claim this weak. -- ]'''··–·'''] 18:41, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
	:But the examples you gave, of somebody with a job/in the military, would cost far more, because those people need to be "presentable". Also, unless the job is in walking distance, there is a substantial transportation cost. And there would be income tax. And they need a phone, etc. ] (]) 18:50, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

			= December 28 =
	::"Being kept in a coma on an IV" would more likely increase the cost of existence rather than decrease the cost of existence. ] (]) 19:10, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

			== Why do news reporters name the programme they are reporting for? ==
	*For a period between jobs in the mid 90's (I had been promised a position then the new employer held off 6 weeks before actually scheduling me to work) I paid $400 rent for a one bedroom apartment, $60 for an unlimited NYC-wide bus and train ticket, ordered phone and electric, with no bill due, and with the remaining $20 lived off milk, oil, eggs, spaghetti, tomato paste, rice, and chicken thighs for a month. Salt and pepper thanks to McDonalds, and the NY Times & Post for free, which people leave behind in the subways when they are done, rather than throw them out. This was Jan-Feb, but steam heat was also free. Had I known the churches gave out grocery bags of food to all comers daily, I could have lived like royalty. ] (]) 20:30, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

			is an example by BBC News. ―<span style="font-family:Poppins, Helvetica, Sans-serif;">]</span> ] 05:44, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
	:*God what I'd give to pay 400 1995 dollars in this town. ] (]) 21:55, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
	<small>
	::It was near the Brook Avenue station of the 6 Train in the South Bronx, ], the largest open-air heroin market in North America at the time, with about 750 murders a year within a mile. I did once find a dead body in my stairwell. The thing was, it was all turf wars, and if you weren't buying, they left you alone, rather than attract police attention. If you speak Spanish, you can still get great deals by approaching the super directly in the Bronx or upper Manhattan. Don't go through a broker. I'm not very familiar with the other boroughs. There are also illegal sublets, if you find signs that say "se rentan cuartos" you can say you want a studio or a one bedroom, but you may have to wait. You can get a furnished room the next day. This was all back before bedbugs, though. ] (]) 01:46, 25 May 2016 (UTC)</small>
	:::I have to ask - is that $400 per week, or per month? I (obviously) know nothing about housing costs in New York. ] (]) 21:22, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
	::::: Unclear add to whether you are indicating the cheapest method of renting accommodation... Or buying H. 😉 ] <sup>''''']'''''</sup> 06:05, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
	::::Per month. But for only $425/month you can get this nice . ] (]) 22:32, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
	:::Hey I like professional advice on how to secure illegal sublets as much as anyone, though it is a bit curious to see it coming from our resident rules stickler ;) ] (]) 15:24, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
	::::I gave no legal advice, but the problem in NYC is with ]led apartments, of which people may have only one, in which they must themselves reside. The lawbreaker in such instances is the one offering sublet, and it is a civil matter. Oh, and there used to be $10/night ]s in the Bowery. And yes, it was $400 a month, but I suspect they want $700/mo now. ] has its own article. ] (]) 04:46, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

			:You have linked to a BBC TV program where at 0:40 the presenter introduces "''Our science correspondent ]"'' who signs off his report "''Pallab Ghosh, BBC News''". His report includes statements by two experts each identified by name and affiliation. The video typifies the high standard of journalism where BBC emphasize distinction between source and editorial content. Incidentally, a good BBC TV reporter tends to become a ] (the likes of ], ], ], ], ], Michael Buchanan and more). <small>Edit: I apologise to Pallab Ghosh for initially misspelling his name and thank Antiquary for correcting me.</small> ] (]) 11:19, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
	:Perhaps the unemployment payment for a single person might be applicable, since this is widely regarded as the very minimum on which a person can live without luxuries. In New Zealand, this is called Jobseeker Support, and payment (NZ$140.08 per week for a ) is not enough to cover public transport rides to job interviews, so expenditure on that item doesn't enter the picture. ] (]) 20:51, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
			::], but I'm sure he's used to it. --] (]) 11:29, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
			::As I understand the question, it is not why reporters identify <u>themselves</u>, but why for instance Ghosh does not sign off by simply saying "''Pallab Ghosh''", full stop.  --] 10:29, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
			:::It's a standard practice, which might even be in their contracts. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 11:55, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
			::::I seem to recall American channels using clips from the BBC. Such sign offs would serve to identify the source in these cases.--] (]) (]) 17:22, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
			::::: THat was my thinking, too. These days they tend to have on-screen watermarks, but reporters still sign off with "Jennifer Superior Bitch, Infinity News. Alex". -- ] </sup></span>]] 20:55, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

			== Navigation lights ==
	*There are different ways to quantify what it costs to maintain any certain ]. The U.S. Census Bureau has defined (since you asked about the U.S. specifically) the ] (which is a pretty terrible article... instead look at ] which has pictures and numbers and all sorts of good stuff). The Feds define poverty as about $11,000 per year for a person living alone, and about $4000 per year for each additional person living in a household. --]] 03:52, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
	::It seems that something can be done with stale bread. article begins "A bakery near my house sells large bags of day-old bread for approximately $2." Here are "17 Uses for Stale Bread". ] (]) 13:30, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
	:::Britain has food banks for which the less well - off can get vouchers. Some supermarkets pass their about - to - expire food to these, although one woman who raided a supermarket's bins for the food they had discarded was prosecuted. When I was little we were very poor. My mother sometimes sent me to the butcher for "stewing beef" which was discarded cuts which he kindly sold us for a discount. She also sent me to a factory for "trimmings". That wasn't a dress factory but a bread factory. The trimmings were nice bits of cake sometimes, but generally swiss roll that had gone wrong in the manufacture. ] (]) 22:53, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

			Does the fact that aeroplane/ship navigation lights are green and red cause problems for pilots who are red-green colour blind? How do they deal with that? Can they even become pilots? ―<span style="font-family:Poppins, Helvetica, Sans-serif;">]</span> ] 22:49, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
	= May 25 =

			:I couldn't be a pilot because of my red-green colour blindness, but people with a mild version can apparently - is a link to the UK's Civil Aviation Authority's guidance on colour vision requirements. ] (]) 23:25, 28 December 2024 (UTC)
	== What are some good websites that have book recommendations and book lists? ==
			::How fascinating. Thanks. ―<span style="font-family:Poppins, Helvetica, Sans-serif;">]</span> ] 00:21, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
			:Similarly, red-green colourblind people may not be able to become helmsmen.
			:You might think it would have been more convenient to make those lights red and cyan, as far fewer people are red-blue colourblind, but when navigation lights on ships were introduced, bright blueish lights couldn't be made. That only became possible with ]s. Traffic lights and railway signals these days (often using ]s) use a slightly blueish green, so that most colourblind people can see the difference between red and green. ] (]) 11:55, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
			::They could have agreed (and still could agree) on assigning distinct flashing patterns, like •••'''——''' and '''—'''••'''—'''• .  --] 20:48, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
			:::Flashing patterns would be a very poor method for aircraft and probably ships also. Navigation lights are meant to give a quick indication of the relative position and heading of another aircraft/vessel. When seeing navigation lights a pilot instantly has an indication of the relative flight direction of the other aircraft based on which red/green/white lights are visible. Also there are already the ]s, red flashing beacon on the tail at least and white flashing strobes on the wingtips and tail. How could a pilot possibly decode flashing lights reliably enough and quickly enough to determine relative heading? ](]) 18:06, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
			::Wouldn't that be a problem because the sky/ocean is blue? I understand that the lights are used at night so it shouldn't be too much of a problem. ―<span style="font-family:Poppins, Helvetica, Sans-serif;">]</span> ] 22:39, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
			:::It would involve more complex lighting circuits/equipment and massive world-wide retrofitting, which (I suggest) would be prohibitively expensive, to solve a relatively minor 'problem' more easily answered by simply not employing colour-blind people in the relevant positions. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ] (]) 13:12, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
			::::Flashing lights have been used on lighthouses for a long time. They use an assembly of lenses and shutters rotating around a fixed light, using a low-friction bearing. This works fine for stationary lighthouses, but is more problematic on moving ships. There's more wear and the lens assembly could jam or rotate at variable speed. Better to use an electric light, switched repeatedly by a rotating switch powered by an electric motor (all available late 19th century), but both switch and lamp have to switch reliably at least a million times. No problem today, but there's still the issue of recognising a flashing pattern if it's intermittently obscured. It's considered acceptable for lighthouses and buoys, which are usually more or less where you expect them to be, but a moving ship may be a different matter. ] (]) 14:45, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
			:When I answered telephones and sold passenger tickets for Eurostar I had to pass an ], the same as ] and ]. ] (]) 21:27, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
			::Depending on the signalling system, train drivers may also have to discriminate red from yellow/amber. This is less important for road users. And states of tracks and signals are colour-coded on the computer monitors of signalmen, but it should only take a simple software update to accommodate colourblind signalmen. (Yes, there're still some old-fashioned signal boxes in some countries; I've passed the one at ] on my way to Wales.) I don't see the objection against colourblind ticket sellers. ] (]) 11:58, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

			= December 29 =
	I know ] is one. ] (]) 06:10, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
	:] lists some. ] may also help. --]] 11:01, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

			== Domains ==
	== People who flunked in elementary and high school but later turned out to be geniuses ==

			Are Eritrea's .er and Belarus's .by ever used in domain hacks? .er could be used in shortcut to Blogger, blogg.er, like goo.gl and youtu.be, and .by could be used in domains such as drive.by and in Nordic place namesmas ''by'' means "village" in Swedish and "city" in Norwegian and Danish. And can South Africa's .za and India's .in be used directly after the main part, such as in piz.za and drive.in? Also, can .pl, .cz, .sk and .hu addresses contain diacritics, such as gdańsk.pl, česko.cz, košice.sk and magyarország.hu? --] (]) 10:10, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
	Are there any people that flunked every single subject in elementary school and high school but turned out to be geniuses later in life? There's a myth about Albert Einstein doing poorly in school but what about true cases? <small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 07:28, 25 May 2016 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

			:See ]. ] (]) 11:30, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
	: may help you in your research. --]] 10:57, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
			:Plusimpavidus has only answered the last sentencee.
	::That linked article is about people who dropped out, not those who flunked out. There's a considerable difference. ] (]) 01:38, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
			:The answer to the first part is entirely dependent on the policy of the controller of the ccTLD in question, and that controller may or may not publish a policy. Technically, of course they could be used: the government of Tonga sells ] domains to any interested party, as I presume you know.
	:Scholastic achievement does not automatically equate with genii ;-) So the OP is wrongly mixing premises. Performing poorly at school even indicates that they already could not, mindlessly accept, and without question, everything that was being taught to them. So that displays above average abilities even in their younger years.--] (]) 13:27, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
			:According to our article ] {{tq\|The Operations and Analysis Centre under the President of the Republic of Belarus allows for anyone (not only for those who reside in Belarus) to register a second level domain such as something.by}}, and it also says {{tq\|he .by code is used for domain hack by institutions from the German state of Bavaria (German: Bayern), such as bayern.by, the Bavarian Tourism Agency. Since "by" means "town" or "city" in Norwegian, it's also used by some Norwegian newspapers, such as osl.by for an Oslo newspaper, and trd.by for a Trondheim newspaper}}, however, neither of these statements appear to be sourced. When I just tried it, trd.by seems to redirect to a Norwegian casino site.
			:Our articles ] and ] say nothing about whether the ccTLDs are available to anybody outside Eritrea and South Africa respectively. ] doesn't explicitly address the question, but in talking about the use of subdomains it repeats "in India" several times. ] (]) 20:38, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

			== Colored asphalt markings ==
	::The OP did not equate school performance with genius. They are asking for proof of just the opposite. Also, it's possible to do well in school without actually accepting what is taught. You just parrot back whatever garbage they claim to be the truth, while continuing to figure the world out on your own. ] (]) 20:54, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

			What's the purpose of on street grounds? I've seen them in multiple places in ] (typically in non-traffic places, such as sidewalks) where they've stayed for several months or even years without being erased. From what I've read, those marks can be made for some roadworks, but I'm not sure. ]<sup>]</sup> 20:06, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
	:] of course never made it into upper school. ] (]) 21:02, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

			:I've seen them used for several purposes, mostly for marking the course of some underground pipe or cable, but also for marking a distance such as 500m from a given spot. In the first case, there is a sequence of similar markings, not too far apart from each other. In the second case the marking is usually accompanied by a number or some code.  --] 20:55, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
	:] ] (]) 05:16, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
			::See ]. --] (]) 22:09, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

			:In my experience (UK) they appear in preparation for invasive ground works, most recently in our road prior to the installation of the third set of broadband cables under our pavement. Apparently, existing suppliers and their customers get sniffy if new upstart suppliers not only add their own cables, but put a shovel through the existing cables in the process! Different colours may denote gas, water and telecommunication lines.
	== Wacom share holding stock ==
			:There is also an occasional rash of markings that outline potholes; whether this is done to guide the repairers of potholes, or as a placebo to pacify local road users, is not always clear. It is possible that the process accompanies the calculation of a cost for the work; the expenditure may not be forthcoming.{{cn}} <span class="nowrap">] <sup>]</sup><sub>]</sub></span> 21:24, 29 December 2024 (UTC)
			::Thanks all. ]<sup>]</sup> 11:31, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

			= January 1 =
	Would you buy a piece of the company? Is it worth - or did they stopped to built interesting things and the company was years ago more interesting for investment? --] (]) 17:34, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
	:I'm afraid we can't give financial advice here. ] (]) 19:56, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

	== ~~Police~~ ~~/ Military Tactics~~ ==		== Peugeot's rivalry ==

			Did Peugeot have any rivalry with other auto manufacturer that became famous or was famous but forgotten, like Lancia and Audi in 1983 and Ford and Ferrari in the 1960s? --Donmust90-- ] (]) 19:15, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
	Where is the best place to find a comprehensive overview of front line police and military tactics? I'm looking for things such as how to assess where the best entry point to a building is, how to conduct surveillance / countersurveillance etc. Mainly looking for individual rather than organisational tactics but won't turn down any organisational tactics that come along, eg how best to quell a riot. Thanks. ] (]) 19:07, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
	::A good example of the two combined is the ] in the north of Ireland. The government's strategy of ] transferred responsibility for military 'operations' into the until-then civilian police force, thus giving the RUC responsibility for both. ] <sup>''''']'''''</sup> 06:13, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
	:Note that police and military strategies are often quite different, because the goals are different. The military may want to kill everyone inside a building, then search for documents, etc., while the police aren't ''supposed'' to do things like that. ] (]) 20:51, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
	::Regarding Stu's statement (which I will note contains no useful references to help you research anything, as per usual), ] may help. Regarding specific police strategies, ] is a Misplaced Pages article and section which mentions several specific kinds of police strategies, such as ], ], ], etc. Misplaced Pages also has articles on ] (a very large set of them) as well as ] and ]. --]] 22:41, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
	:::<small>I tried Googling around for an instance of a military killing everyone for documents. Found militaries , and militaries Perhaps he's half right again. ] ] 23:14, ], ] (UTC) </small>
	::::<small>I don't care if he's right or not. I've also never once accused him of not being right. Never once. This is not the "be right" desk. This is the reference desk. No one needs him to be right. We need him to provide references. He's not useful if he doesn't provide references. --]] 23:16, 25 May 2016 (UTC)</small>
	:::::<small>Right. And ] ] 23:51, ], ] (UTC) </small>
	:The Scars Of Heroes DVD contains about 1500 military manuals. ] (]) 02:21, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
	::What exactly do you mean by "front line", and are you looking only for modern militaries, or mediaeval and ancient as well? My first thought was a ], which is irrelevant for military use nowadays and useful for police only when fighting off rioters. ] (]) 03:44, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
	:::I think "front line", in this context, means that they are on the streets, not behind a desk at HQ. ] (]) 04:00, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

			:When does competition rise to the level of rivalry? ] was unexpectedly beaten in speed by ] in the ] race of June 1895.  --] 00:07, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
	:::Shield walls are used to ] as well as fight rioters off. ] ] 17:14, ], ] (UTC)
	:::], they call it. ] ] 17:19, ], ] (UTC)

			::Peugeot, Citroën, Renault and ] were the big four French automakers post World War II - and therefore rivals. The first two have merged, Renault is still around, but Simca has disappeared. ] (]) 11:40, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
	= May 26 =
			:::While the Simca brand, after having been acquired first by Chrysler and then PSA Peugeot Citroën, has disappeared, the factory in ] that Simca acquired from Ford France in 1954 is still in full operation.
			:::The Lancia–Audi and Ford–Ferrari rivalries alluded to in the question were not about rivalry between companies, but rivalry between racing teams; see '']'' and '']''.  --] 16:03, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

			= January 3 =
	== Have trees in the Garden of Gethsemane been dated? ==

			== British weather website ==
	The oldest ones are from about the time of Jesus. ] (]) 22:18, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

			Is there any British weather website which has daily data for stations in the United Kingdom? The starlingroot.ddns.net is not working anymore, it worked a few months ago. The "Historic station data" page on MetOffice's website has only monthly data, and the MetOffice WOW - Weather Observations Website has only hourly data. And is there any English-language website having weather observations for different cities and countries in Europe, similar to e.g. Infoclimat? --] (]) 13:16, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
	:According to the wikipedia article ], the trees have been dated and the oldest are from the 11th century. ] (]) 00:27, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
	::Though they come from the same parent plant and the dates given for each tree are within a few years of Crusades. I can imagine pilgrims taking relics/souvenirs from the parent plant and someone having to replant it. But yeah, the trees that are there ''now'' do not date back to the time of Jesus. ] (]) 01:08, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
	:::So beliefs like might be BS then. Or maybe they didn't date the oldest tree. That might be the case if you could confuse a 2 millennia old olive tree for a 900 year old one by sight. Supposedly, the oldest olive trees in the world are . ] (]) 16:48, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
	:::::There's a ] problem here too. You can date a given ] of an aspen, but aging the clonal colony is truckier. See e.g. ] for a very very old organism. It is estimated to be ''at least'' 80k years old, but some experts think it's closer to one million years old! But probably no part of which is older than a few thousand years. Olives are a little different of course but it's entirely plausible that the 11th century trees were continually cloned from Jesus' time. ] (]) 17:15, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

			:You might find windfinder.com useful. Although primarily aimed at coastal leisure activities, it also covers inland areas. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ] (]) 03:07, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
	= May 27 =
			:wunderground.com used to have this. IDK about now. ] (]) 18:47, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

			= January 4 =
	== Green Bay soldiers' memorial ==

			== Goal number one ==
	According to ], the club's incorporation documents originally stipulated that profits from a hypothetical sale of the team must be given to the Sullivan-Wallen Post of the American Legion so that the club could build a memorial to local soldiers (the date being 1923, I expect that this is a memorial to the World War, although perhaps the Civil War or all wars), but since the team has never been sold, the post never got any money from this source. Did such a memorial ever get built from other monies? It's easy to find mentions of this clause online, but not easy to find anything about the memorial's existence or non-existence. ] (]) 03:50, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

			How do you forgive and forget? <small>(not sure if that's off-topic for the reference desk. if it is, sorry in advance.)</small> ]<sup><small>TM</small></sup> <small>(])</small> 05:47, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
	:], I don't know why this was so difficult to find on Google, I had to resort to looking at the pictures on Google Images, but finally: which is actually several memorials to the fallen of various conflicts, set in a largish park. There is a post at the bottom of the page which is from a man who recounts how his father in the "early-mid-1960s" was "instrumental in rallying the downtown Green Bay business community in establishing a veterans' memorial". ] (]) 20:36, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
			:By deciding to. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 06:05, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
			::One can decide to forget, but will it work?  --] 09:22, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
			: is an essay on the topic, by a practitioner of ], that you may (or may not) find helpful. More advice: , and (written from a Christian perspective) .  --] 09:32, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
			:(], in that I have no published sources for this, though I was taught it by others): Forgiving does not necessarily mean forgetting - it also doesn't necessarily mean condoning. It means not carrying ill will. In my experience, once I see the cost (to me) of bearing the resentment, and how illusory are the apparent benefits of doing so, it is easy to choose to let it go. ] (]) 14:25, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

			Shall we forgive the OP for forgetting that we don't offer advice?] (]) 17:38, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
	== dobsonville stadium ==
			:{{small\|I'd suggest searching the web. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 17:47, 4 January 2025 (UTC)}}
			:The injunction does not apply to all advice, but is aimed specifically at giving <u>medical</u> or <u>legal</u> advice.  --] 23:14, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

			== Westminster Coroner's Court ==
	i want to know about the negative and positive impacts the dobsonville stadium caused to the community of dobsonville <small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 08:09, 27 May 2016 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
	:Misplaced Pages has articles about ] and ] which is a ] in greater ], ], ]. The stadium is mostly used for football matches, being the home ground of the ], and is also equipped with an athletics track. Here are many images ] (]) 11:58, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
	::Not exactly impartial, but are the charitable activities of the company that operates it. ] (]) 20:40, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

			I'm trying to research a sudden death that occurred in the London Borough of Merton. Please help me find information about ], also known as "Inner West London Coroner's Court". They appear to have no website, and publish no court listings. They claim that coroners records are closed to public access for 75 years.
	== Strongest whisky/whiskey and tequila ==

			But other coroners courts in the UK, for example "London Inner South Coroner’s Court", and say that inquests are public and anyone can attend.
	I've found on the web that the strongest whisky/whiskey available is the Bruichladdich X4 Quadrupled Whisky at 184 U.S. proof but the pictures show it is "only" 63.5% ABV. Same for Sierra Tequila Silver, rated 150 U.S. proof but the label say only 38% ABV. Notice that U.S. proof is defined "two times ABV".--] (]) 10:29, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

			Why is there are difference? Why is "London Inner South Coroner’s Court" open to the public, but "Inner West London Coroner's Court" is not? Surely all coroners courts operate under the same laws?
	:This comment (about the Bruichladdich) may explain the discrepancy - "Having come off the stills at around 90%, this much-discussed distillate has now reached three years of age and can be called whisky. Bottled at an eye-watering 63.5%." ] (]) 11:24, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

			Thanks for your help ] (]) 12:41, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
	::63.5% ABV is pretty normal for a cask strength ("barrel proof" to Americans) whisky. It is usually then diluted to around 40% prior to bottling but most distilleries also sell their whiskies at the original strength.--] (]) 11:55, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

			:As you can see from coroners' courts are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act. I can assure you, however, that inquests held by the Westminster coroner are as public as inquests held by any other coroner. ] (]) 14:56, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
	:The discrepancy between the off-still and 3yo strengths is likely to be be at least in part due to the ]: 90% ABV ethanol evaporates quite aggressively (ObPersonal: particularly in the mouth). {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ] (])

			== Where can I find unmarried men list in Science/Maths? ==
	:Does ] count? It's 95 or 95.6% ABV straight out of the bottle, the latter of which is the highest physically possible percentage of alcohol to drink as stronger alcohol would immediately suck water vapor out of the air. It is not intended for drinking undiluted (even 75.5% makes mouth drool for 20 minutes and a cup of 95.6% would kill the average person. I don't know if lesser amounts could swell the throat shut as a response to getting its water sucked out of it and cause death by asphyxiation). ] (]) 16:13, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
	::{{cn}} on pretty much all of those claims. ] (]) 16:27, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
	:::Some of them are supported by refs given at this Straight Dope thread . I don't know of any ref for how much SMW drools after drinking. ;) ] (]) 17:11, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

			Like ], ], ], ].
	:::The third red warning label of this bottle says "CAUTION: DO NOT APPLY TO OPEN FLAME. KEEP AWAY FROM FIRE, HEAT AND OPEN FLAME - CONTENTS MAY IGNITE OR EXPLODE. DO NOT CONSUME IN EXCESSIVE QUANTITIES. NOT INTENDED FOR CONSUMPTION UNLESS MIXED WITH A NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE" (emphasis theirs). ]
	:::. ] (]) 20:49, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

			I want to ] ] due to his ], ] as he have ] and ] who has ] out of wedlock. ] (]) 14:08, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
	== Do Europeans really wear scarves in the summer? ==
	]
	If you are from, or live in, Europe, could you please tell me your gender, where in Europe, and whether or not you wear a scarf in the summer? ] (]) 18:29, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
	:I'm from the netherlands, male, and no, I don't wear a scarf in the summer... But why do you ask? {{User:oxygene7-13/Signature}} 18:32, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
	::I will be traveling to Europe (various Mediterranean ports of call) this summer, and do not wish to stand out as a tourist. I was told that one way to "dress European" is to wear a scarf, because everyone wears scarves, men and women, winter and summer. ] (]) 19:09, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
	:::Well, that's a severe case of b*llsh\|t... {{User:oxygene7-13/Signature}} 19:13, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
	::::Yes, sure. Someone might be trying to have a bit of fun at OP's expense, or is themselves mistaken. It is certainly not true that everyone in Europe wears scarves all the time. On the other hand, it's not so crazy to think that males wearing scarves and anyone wearing scarves in warm weather is more common in Europe than in e.g. USA. Here's and article that discusses a bit of the history and incidence of scarf wearing, mentioning many European fashion houses. <small>(]: When I lived in northern California, I had a lot of international graduate student friends. And if a male showed up at a party in April wearing a scarf, his ] of being European was about 85% :) </small> ] (]) 19:20, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
	And this again confirms the european ideas about americans... {{User:oxygene7-13/Signature}} 19:43, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
	] wearing a scarf indoors]]
	:A tiny minority of Europeans wear scarves in summer AFAIK. Gender and location inside Europe is irrelevant (although females are probably more likely to wear them than males). Weather conditions and religion are far more relevant. ] (]) 19:50, 27 May 2016 (UTC)

			:Do you have any reason to suppose that such a list exists, @]? ] (]) 14:27, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
	:There's a fine line between a shawl and a scarf. Try an image search for the city you're going to. I googled "summer scarf barcelona men" and got , some of which are clearly catwalk pretences, but others are street snaps of what people are actually wearing. ] (]) 23:59, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
			::Just to encourage ] ] (]) 14:30, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
	::By including the word "scarf" in the searchquery you are ensuring that the results are not useful, see ]. If you google, for example, "barcelona people shopping summer" or "barcelona people street summer" you will see that no one wears scarves. ] (]) 00:04, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
			:::So, you've come here to ask people how to remove from a list that doesn't exist, some names that would probably belong only the list if it existed, because you have some private meaning of "unmarried"? ] (]) 12:56, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
	For the last year or two wearing a wraparound scarf has been something of a fatuous fashion statement so it is possible to see people wearing a scarf of usually light material on a warm day. These people a a small minority and do not represent European dress style. Wearing or not wearing a scarf will not mark you out as either a tourist or a local resident. I am an old male from the UK and I can definitely smell something bovine. ] (]) 07:07, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
			:::If some men don't (appear to) have sexual relationships with women, they're not necessarily demonstrating celibacy - they might be otherwise inclined. ] (]) 11:37, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

			: Why did you pipe the correctly-spelled "Isaac" Newton to the incorrectly-spelled "Issac" Newton? -- ] </sup></span>]] 18:37, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
	My wife and I moved to Switzerland last year. Prior to the move she didn't own any light summer scarves, but she definitely decided that she wanted to own some when we got here. She still doesn't wear them often, nor do most locals, but they are definitely more common here than where we lived in California. For my part, I have no interest in wearing a scarf and I think that is an equally fine choice. ] (]) 07:43, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
			::And do the same strange thing to Nikola Tesla? ] (]) 23:03, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

			== Champagne explosion ==
	I was struck in Paris by how many people wear scarves indoors in cafés and restaurants. In the ], players wearing ]s (until they were banned as hazardous) fed into the general effete Continentals — sturdy Britons caricature. ]<sup>(])</sup> 10:29, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
	:I think it was a fad a couple of years ago among ]s. Dan Fletcher wrote: "''Hipsters manage to attract a loathing unique in its intensity. Critics have described the loosely defined group as smug, full of contradictions and, ultimately, the dead end of Western civilization.''" in ]. Today I walked around for a bit, and the only people here who are wearing scarves are wearing them for religious purposes. ] (]) 11:19, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

			I had an unopened bottle of cheap champagne (Barefoot Rosé if that matters) left over from NYE, and about 10 minutes ago the thing spontaneously exploded. It had been just sitting there at room temperature. No serious damage but there is champange and broken glass all over the place now, and I'm in the process of cleaning it up. Are these explosions a usual occasional occurrence? I'm used to champagne bottles being thicker than regular wine bottles for obvious reasons, but this one seems on the thin side in retrospect, maybe as an economy measure. Could that be? I'm surprised it doesn't happen on store shelves if it happens at home. Thanks. ] (]) 18:39, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
	= May 28 =

			:I does happen.<sup></sup> Sometimes a cause can be identified. When a bottle of champagne is stored in a freezer, or a fridge whose temperature setting is too low, the contents may freeze, causing it to expand. This can lead to minute cracks in the glass, weakening its strength. Thawed in a relatively warm environment, the pressure of the gas can then result in fracture. Another potential cause is premature bottling, when fermentation has not run its fill course ands the wine still contains yeast and sugar. (Almost all wine sold as "champagne" in the US, also when labelled "Brut", contains residual sugar to accommodate the local taste.) When warmed up, fermentation resumes and pressure increases. Finally, a small fraction of bottles is damaged in handling or comes with production defects, not detectable through visual inspection.  --] 22:42, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
	== Obesity and falls from height ==
			::Thanks. No idea about refrigeration before I bought it, but I got it off the shelf at a big supermarket, carried it home, and it sat in the exact same place in the room for several days before going kablooie. All I can think of is that carrying it home might have bumped it around or something. Oh well, no big deal in the scheme of things. ] (]) 01:20, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
			::The traditional method of making ] requires freezing it in the bottle, so I suppose most bottles are designed to handle that – although freezing from the bottom up is safer than top-down, as it creates no plug of ice between the liquid and the gas. If not using the traditional method, or if the wine doesn't come from the Champagne region, many countries (including all of the EU) forbid selling it under the name Champagne. The US however hasn't got that restriction.
			::Wines freeze around -5°C, so accidental freezing in a fridge set too cold seems unlikely. ] (]) 11:15, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
			:::In this case the bottle had not been opened, but the cold liquid carbonated contents of a closed bottle may freeze upon opening due to cooling by ] of the CO<sub>2</sub>.  --] 13:57, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

	~~I'm~~ ~~curious~~ to ~~know~~ ~~what~~ ~~happens~~ to ~~the~~ ~~bodies~~ of ~~obese~~ and ~~overweight~~ ~~people~~ ~~during~~ ~~falls~~ from ~~height~~ ~~(usually~~ ~~suicide)~~ Do ~~they~~ ~~explode~~, ~~sort~~ of ~~melt.~~ Or ~~what.~~ ~~Any~~ ~~medical~~ ~~journals~~, ~~articles~~ ~~etc?~~ ~~<small~~ ~~class="autosigned">— Preceding~~ ] ~~comment~~ ~~added~~ by ] (]) 09:11, 28 ~~May~~ ~~2016~~ (UTC)~~</small><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->~~		Once upon a time ] used to come in ] glass bottles, and I read somewhere that this would happen from time to time with the larger sizes. And indeed, sometime around 1980 a large bottle of Coca-Cola, probably 1.5 liters, exploded while sitting in my cupboard. --] (]) 02:51, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
	:You wrote "during falls from height", do you mean upon impact? ] and ] have shown that falling itself is usually not the problem. And the result depends a lot on the circumstances, see for example ] and ]. In very extreme cases people turn into pink mist, but it is far more common to suffer internal injuries while the outside of the body stays more or less intact. Some people bounce. . I don't expect to see a big difference between fat people and skinny people, except maybe in the most extreme cases. ] (]) 11:02, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
	:(E/C) Yeah, it's a little unclear exactly what you mean. After a significant fall from height, human bodies tend to turn into a broken pile of flesh and bones regardless of the amount of fat on them. If you want to research that kind of thing yourself, here's a list from Alexa giving the . If you mean ''during'' the fall, again, the amount of fat is probably a minor detail; I can't really think of specific sources to cite, but people of all shapes and sizes parachute from planes recreationally and they seem to survive their time in ] without, er, melting. ] (]) 11:50, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
	::I expect that really big and fat people encounter more air resistance, which would slow down their fall (but probably by a insignificant amount), and having lots of excess fat may reduce the amount of damage somewhat. ] (]) 11:54, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
	:::I jumped over a fence once... I immediatly exploded... {{wink}} {{User:oxygene7-13/Signature}} 12:41, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
	::::{{small\|That's teach ya not to mess with a pawnbroker.}} So, a guy falls from a high building. As he passes each floor, someone on the floor watching him go by says, "So far, you're OK!" ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 13:29, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
	:It would seem intuitive that those porkies with a lot of blubber are going to be able to dissipate the energy of falling and avoiding broken bones than the rest of us skinny skeletons, but what happens to the internal organs is another matter. I think this is one problem in car crashes. (Organs keep on moving).--] (]) 16:38, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
	::''"...research suggests that the reduction in injuries to certain body regions '''' reported in the literature are not due to a “cushion effect,” but are more likely due to altered occupant kinematics that transfer load from the upper body to the lower extremities."'' by Michael James Turkovich, University of Pittsburgh 2010. Not quite the same as falling, but it's the best I could do. ] (]) 17:15, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

			== Organizations ==
	==Why do I struggle so much with being told what to do with my time?==
	I've encountered this situation multiple times lately including at work and in academic settings, and I realized when it hit me that this was the issue: I seem to hit some kind of personal barrier when it comes to carrying out tasks based on expectations surrounding what to do with my time.

			Are there any international organizations headquartered in Australia, similar to UN and World Bank are headquartered in the US? --] (]) 22:04, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
	Now, I've been a pretty active Misplaced Pages editor for the past several years; it was a more recent decision to edit anonymously due to travel, academic obligations, and infrequency. I've always found that the manner in which work is distributed among Misplaced Pages editors is that every individual tends to edit based on personal interests, and this is the kind of thing I often look for in the workplace. But, as someone with more experience can tell me, this is not something I should expect to regularly find. Occasionally, in Misplaced Pages, users may form teams and/or compete to see who can make desired contributions in a restricted amount of time. But this is no hierarchy, and the modern workplace is a hierarchy. In general, experts agreed that Misplaced Pages would never work, I'm guessing it has something to do with the lack of central authority, but somehow it has become the world's largest encyclopedia. Now, my brain is regularly in a Misplaced Pages-mode, especially in the workplace when I tend to switch into tasks I find that can keep my attention and yet bring some value, even though it's usually not what's desired by management. I have already spoken to my superiors about this, and so this isn't a request for advice or mediation, or anything like that.
			:We have a ].  --] 23:05, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
			:Isn't this more or less ]? ]\|] 09:55, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
			::An international organization is a completely different thing from a multinational company. --] 11:38, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
			:::yes but both questions are easily answered with even the most cursory research and 40bus here seems to have a habit of asking research questions. ] (]) 17:37, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

			= January 6 =
	The most pressing part of the problem is that I seem to be looking for something that's not offered by the workplace; or if it is offered, I am not sure how to ask for it; if I can ask, I'm not sure how to frame my request in a way that matters to the organization. I also tend to express my frustrations a bit differently from most of my colleagues, but whatever the case I try to make sure the result is beneficial to both parties. I'm still a little bit fuzzy on what work ''is'' in a sociological sense, as this is the kind of wisdom I think about and seek after; my mind is just not content to see something in society and not want to understand why people do it this way.

			==Replacement for my My Yahoo page==
	For some background, I have read the articles on ] and ] to get some historical and sociological reference. I want to drop a quick note on what this post is not:
			Not sure this is the correct venue, but here goes.
	*a request for advise, professional help, or a diagnosis
	*any kind of diatribe, written about self, superiors, colleagues, Misplaced Pages, or society
	*an attempt to soapbox in any way
	*a solicitation of any kind
	*a post intended to be used as evidence for any later actions.
	*an attempt to write a book about my life as a ].

			Yahoo have shut down all personal My Yahoo pages. For those who don't use Yahoo, your My Yahoo page was sort of your own personal webpage, where you could have various modules that interested you displayed (e.g. cartoons, horoscopes, travel, finance etc). Yahoo have closed My Yahoo down. A big feature of my personal My Yahoo page was that it had loads of links to my favourite websites. This loss is the one that is hurting most.
	You're just going to have to trust me and Assume Good Faith in that.

			Any suggestions as to a replacement? ] (]) 10:15, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
	What I ''am'' looking for:
			:MSN.com does that pretty well. --] 10:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
	*Any books you would recommend. For example, I have read about '']'' (ironically, the author was fired for supposedly writing the book on paid time by ], which provoked a response from intellectuals which caused his reinstatement. To me that gives me a hint about a sociological phenomenon.)
			::Could you explain in more detail how one can go about to create a personalized web space using ]?  --] 12:29, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
	*Any published research done on the subject. As you can see, I've read a few articles but I wouldn't know where to start in figuring out the search terms; also I can't access Google.
			::: would be a start. That link is for UK users, presumably you can customize it to your own country. --] 13:38, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
	*Any historical accounts or biographies of notable people who have had analogous experiences. If this crosses a moral quandary for you, you may refrain.
			:Perhaps one of the content curation tools listed , some of which are free, will serve your purposes. I have no knowledge of any of these tools beyond what you find there.  --] 12:34, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
	*Any relevant experience that may provide insight (not advice!) about my situation.
			:No modules, but there is ]. Actually, I may misunderstand: perhaps you seek a kind of home page which is online but available to you only, mainly for collecting bookmarks. ] ] 13:53, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
			::For those answering, while it appears to be a question asking how to make a basic list of links, it is not. Yahoo's links page was created by selecting modules through a GUI and then customizing the settings. For example, I could select the comics GUI and then select which comics I want to show up in my links. I don't need to know any of the URLs. I just place a check next to the comics I like. For finance, I add the module with a click and then type in the ticket symbols for the stocks I care about. It automatically creates a daily stock thumbnail with links to news articles about those stocks. So, it is true that there are many available options to create a list of links, there are not as many options to create a custom content page for multiple areas of personal interest. ] (]) 15:35, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
			:::The IP is correct, but as I said above, I can live without horoscopes, comics etc. The ability of easily store links to favourite websites is the biggest loss. {{re\|Card_Zero}} - it doesn't have to be for me only. I think that using a subpage of my user space will fall foul of ] #5, even though many (but not all) of the websites are used in Misplaced Pages research. ] (]) 15:39, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
			::::Does it have to be a website in that case? Why not browser bookmarks? In fact, I believe these days some browsers will let you select bookmarks for a "start page" or "start screen" that is displayed when you open a new window/tab. And if they don't, you can probably find a browser extension that will do that. -- ] (]) 17:20, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

			== Major traffic fatality incident, Denmark, 2019 ==
	I notice my question is of a slightly more personal nature than most, however I have noticed quite a few very personal questions on the reference desk over the years, and a lot of those have received good answers. I notice the desks have been quite a bit slower now as compared with before, but I trust that the knowledge of others is greater than my own. Thank you! ] (]) 15:18, 28 May 2016 (UTC) (+8UTC2317)
	:I would recommend trying a different approach in addition to this one. You seem to be doing research on your own, and although I think that that is a good thing I would recommend talking about this subject with someone you trust as well. ] (]) 15:36, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
	:I am of course very curious why you are unable to access Google. ] (]) 18:52, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
	:] and ] might be useful places to start, but it might help if you were to state your problem more explicitly. For instance, do you find it difficult to meet the deadlines that your managers set? Would you prefer to start work later, or finish earlier, than they are comfortable with? We almost certainly have an article on the specific aspect of employment you're interested in, even if we can't give personal advice. ] (]) 20:21, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
	::THE KEY TO ORGANIZING AN ALTERNATIVE SOCIETY IS TO ORGANIZE PEOPLE AROUND WHAT THEY CAN DO AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. from ''Revolution for the Hell of It'' (1968) by ]. ] (]) 23:12, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

			In 2019, Denmark had a minor spike in traffic fatalities. I feel that the spike is most likely the result of a single accident with multiple fatalities. However, I cannot find any news about multiple-fatality accidents in Denmark in 2019. Everything that I find is related to train accidents, which I do not think Denmark includes in "traffic fatality" counts. Can anyone find a list of accidents or news about a single large-scale accident that might skew the yearly count for 2019? ] (]) 15:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
	== All you can eat buffets.... ==
			:First of all, where are you seeing this spike and is it a reliable source? ]\|] 09:55, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
			::And is it even statistically significant? With unrelated events happening by chance, there will always be fluctuations in number of events by time period. Spikes will occur every now and then, entirely by chance.  --] 13:05, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
			:::I found (pdf) which seems to go into this matter in great detail. I don't read Danish, but I ran it though Google Translate. The table on page 28 shows that there were 199 traffic-related fatalities in Denmark in 2019, which is more than the two previous years but less than some earlier years. So I agree with the above posters that there is not enough here to constitute a spike. The document doesn't list individual accidents, btw. --] 14:24, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
			::::The mean number of fatalities of the 10-year sample given in this Danish report is 194.9, while its ] is 27.3. This means that the 2019 value deviates from the mean by 0.15 ], which is more remarkable by how little the deviation is.  --] 23:54, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
			:I saw this before and perhaps you are trying to recreate it. In 2019, traffic fatalities in Denmark increased 20%. But, they were so low that it was a small bump to make that 20% jump. The reason it matters is because the increase was used as the basis to use government funding for more bicycle lanes and improving intersections. But, the increase was not statistically significant and didn't mean anything, so it should not have been used as justification for any changes. Now, from memory, it was a multi-car, weather-related accident in January that added more than 10 fatalities to the yearly count. That was overshadowed by a train accident due to the same snowstorm which killed 8 (I remember it was 8 because most new articles listed 6, but some stated that a few days later, two more bodies were found). So, my gut feeling is that you are intending to show that this "20% spike" in traffic fatalities is really a data artifact created by a single large-scale accident and not representative of general driver behavior in Denmark. Unfortunately, I do not know how to search Danish news. But, if my memory is correct, you can use the date of the well documented train accident in Denmark in 2019 to get the date of the multi-car accident and then, hopefully, find that as well. I doubt you will find it in any English-based news repository. You will have to search Danish repositories. ] (]) 16:17, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
			::Yes. That is what I am doing. I found multiple overblown newspaper headlines like "Biggest increase in traffic fatalities in five years! Your mind will be blown when you see the numbers!" and I am using that to demonstrate that while it is technically true that there was a 20% increase in fatalities, the proper context around that increase is that it is negligible and the result of a single event that could have happened on any other year. Basically, it is a presentation on applying context to data and how it is often done improperly. Now that I know there was a multi-vehicle traffic accident at the same time as the train accident I keep finding, I decided to read those articles and many of them comment on the car accident as well as the train accident, but I didn't read through the articles to notice previously. ] (]) 13:15, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

			== Neurodiverse dating site ==
	The other week I had an all you can eat buffet for £11 or £12. I had a vegetable curry, a cheese topped naan bread, a paneer kebab, okra curry, daal curry. And, I was stuffed. In fact I was so stuffed the next day I woke up with a raging sore throat due to the acidic backwash in the night.

			Is there website that shows with neurodiverse person goes well with which other neurodiverse, e.g. ADHD with Autism, Autism with HPI, HPI with dylexsia etc? --Donmust90-- ] (]) 15:55, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
	Now, if you look at their menu, all the dishes I had were main dishes. So in total, you're looking at about £50 worth of food for one person. Are they still in business?! I hope so. Did I get my moneys worth. Probably.

			:For any combination of forms of neurodiversity, some persons will go well with each other, while others will not. This depends mainly on other factors, in particular the ] and personal ] of each.  --] 12:57, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
	But, as reflux induced hell set in, so did the guilt. How do these businesses manage this. If I were to buy all the ingredients for my pig out, it would be way more than £11 even in the wholesalers. Then you've got rent, wages, bills for the eatery owner. I don't understand the economics of this. There's another chinese orientated buffet that have the same deal going but for £6. And believe me, the fatties pile in their and gorge all day long.

			= January 8 =
	It's incredible such economics add up. So how?! Even from a US POV how the hell does this business model work. And I think in the US this is even more a poignant question because over eating is in your culture... <small class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 20:35, 28 May 2016 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
	:See ] and ]. The basic idea is that they cover their costs with other services - for a restaurant, that's likely to be (alcoholic) drinks, which aren't included in the price. ] (]) 20:55, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
	::They say there's no such thing as a free lunch. Irrespective of the hook, when a group went into a restaurant determined to take full advantage of the offer, the proprietor stopped them saying it was "disgusting" and they were behaving "like animals". There seems to be a psychological element - a local pizza restaurant advertises "Collection: Buy one pizza, get one free, all day, every day". ] (]) 21:41, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

			== Anthropology Misplaced Pages page ==
	: ] (]) 22:21, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
	:Hmmmm! The phrases 'eyes bigger than your belly' and 'eating too much, too fast' spring to mind. Dont blame the restaurant: blame yourself for lack of sense. --] (]) 23:20, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
	:: Also "digging one's grave with one's teeth". -- ] </sup></font></span>]] 23:27, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
	:::Maybe marginally better than ploughing it with ones tool?--] (]) 23:35, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

			Does anyone know why the Misplaced Pages page for "Anthropology" jumped to 6 million views on Dec. 25, 2024?https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2024-12-18&end=2025-01-07&pages=Anthropology
	:The answer is really pretty obvious: the value of the food consumed by an average customer is lower than the price they pay. The excess value makes up for customers who consume more than what they paid for. Or, in some cases, as Tevildo noted, the buffet is a ]. This is the case for casino buffets. The casino expects to lose money on the buffet. The purpose of the buffet is to get you in the door and entice you into gambling. If these things weren't the case, buffets wouldn't exist, since no one is forcing anyone to operate a buffet. ] and ] work pretty much the same as the first scenario. No insurer is capable of paying out claims to every policyholder at once, but most policyholders don't make claims. And no bank can pay out if every depositor withdraws all their money at once, but most depositors keep most of their money in the bank most of the time. --] (]) 00:36, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
			] (]) 23:28, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

			= January 9 =
	:There was once an Alka-Seltzer commercial that fit your situation perfectly. I can't find it on youtube, but this one is not far off. ←] <sup>'']''</sup> ]→ 00:40, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

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December 27

Black Cube, Melissa Nathan,&U.S. presidential candidates

Black Cube has a wikipedia article, Melissa Nathan is mentioned in the article It Ends with Us. Both are googleable. My question is if either Black Cube or Melissa Nathan were ever hired to discredit John Kerry or Hillary Clinton? I realize that in Melissa Nathan's case, if she had been hired for that, it would probably have been before she formed The Agency Group PR.Rich (talk) 06:52, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

The link should have been to It Ends with Us (film). --Lambiam 19:16, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

Griggsville, Missouri?

The Robert Fiske (actor) article claims (without a source) that he was born in Griggsville, Missouri. I can find no evidence whatever that such a place has ever existed. There is a Griggsville, Illinois, which is about 20 miles northeast of the IL/MO border (which I think is the river, and presumably was in 1889). Was there really a Griggsville in Missouri, or is this a simple mistake? The only substantive author (to the biographical part of the article) is long departed Misplaced Pages. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 20:12, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

I can't find an obit for Fiske in Newspapers.com, and the Findagrave entry simply says he was born in Missouri. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 21:37, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

I wondered if it might be something to do with the Mississippi changing its course, but it seems not. However, if Griggsville, Illinois is correct, he could be added to that article's Notable person section, doubling its complement!

The 'Missouri' inclusion was (as you may have noted) in the article as created in 2005, so at least we know it's not the result of vandalism.

I notice that the Unreliable sources IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and the Internet Broadway Database also state Griggsville, Missouri, which may of course have been taken from Misplaced Pages, and Find a Grave gives merely Missouri. However, The Movie Database does give Griggsville, Illinois. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.223.204 (talk) 21:42, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

Indications in Ancestry.com are that he was merely born "in Missouri", not a specific city that I've found. Even though the original article writer has been offline for over 9 years, maybe his email still works? ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 21:54, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

I'm wondering if there is some circular WP:CITOGENESIS between ourselves, Findagrave, and IMDb. I too considered the "moving river" hypothesis, but it's much too far away. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 22:42, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

Who Was Who on Screen (1977) confirms he was born in Griggsville, Missouri. No danger of citogenesis there. The search term "Griggsville, MO" throws up a few non-Fiske results on Google and Google Books, but I can't find precisely where it is. --Antiquary (talk) 09:22, 28 December 2024 (UTC) Ah, here we are, it's in Pike County, Missouri . --Antiquary (talk) 10:00, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

Griggsville, IL, is also in Pike County, Illinois and if you look up the zip code (62340) given on that web site you also land in Illinois. The two Pike Counties are direct neighbours, but there's no indication of any common history or even a shift in the state border. --Wrongfilter (talk) 10:15, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

That sounds ominous. Also, the more of my Google and Google Books hits I follow up, the fewer check out. The evidence that this place ever existed outside of Fiske's say-so looks rather slight. Here is one cite from 1907, and there are one or two more from the 19th century, but confusion with Griggsville, IL can't be ruled out. --Antiquary (talk) 10:46, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks everyone. I'll flag the birthplace in the article is questionable (and the whole article as poorly sourced), but I think there's enough uncertainty for me to not "fix" it. And I'll refer to this discussion on the talk page, for the (probably very unlikely event) that some future person cares enough about this rather minor actor to do more thorough research. Thank you. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 08:04, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

One thing I noticed in Newspapers.com is that Missouri papers that referred to Griggsville usually made it clear that they were talking about the one in Illinois. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 14:08, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Finlay McWalter, I just ran a GNIS search, and all three results were Illinois-related. GNIS sometimes misidentifies locations, e.g. many historic plantations in Tidewater Virginia are misidentified as unincorporated communities, but the concept of them outright omitting something as obvious as a settlement — which certainly would show up on USGS quads — is extremely unlikely. Nyttend (talk) 01:07, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for following up on this. This leads me to be sure enough that the rather poor source for this claim in the article is just wrong (whether Griggsville, Missouri, or both), and we're better off saying nothing than repeating a claim this weak. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 18:41, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

December 28

Why do news reporters name the programme they are reporting for?

This is an example by BBC News. ―Panamitsu (talk) 05:44, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

You have linked to a BBC TV program where at 0:40 the presenter introduces "Our science correspondent Pallab Ghosh" who signs off his report "Pallab Ghosh, BBC News". His report includes statements by two experts each identified by name and affiliation. The video typifies the high standard of journalism where BBC emphasize distinction between source and editorial content. Incidentally, a good BBC TV reporter tends to become a "household name" (the likes of Clive Myrie, Fiona Bruce, Sophie Raworth, Reeta Chakrabarti, Steve Rosenberg, Michael Buchanan and more). Edit: I apologise to Pallab Ghosh for initially misspelling his name and thank Antiquary for correcting me. Philvoids (talk) 11:19, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

Pallab Ghosh, but I'm sure he's used to it. --Antiquary (talk) 11:29, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

As I understand the question, it is not why reporters identify themselves, but why for instance Ghosh does not sign off by simply saying "Pallab Ghosh", full stop. --Lambiam 10:29, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

It's a standard practice, which might even be in their contracts. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 11:55, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

I seem to recall American channels using clips from the BBC. Such sign offs would serve to identify the source in these cases.--User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 17:22, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

THat was my thinking, too. These days they tend to have on-screen watermarks, but reporters still sign off with "Jennifer Superior Bitch, Infinity News. Alex". -- Jack of Oz 20:55, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Navigation lights

Does the fact that aeroplane/ship navigation lights are green and red cause problems for pilots who are red-green colour blind? How do they deal with that? Can they even become pilots? ―Panamitsu (talk) 22:49, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

I couldn't be a pilot because of my red-green colour blindness, but people with a mild version can apparently - this is a link to the UK's Civil Aviation Authority's guidance on colour vision requirements. Mikenorton (talk) 23:25, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

How fascinating. Thanks. ―Panamitsu (talk) 00:21, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Similarly, red-green colourblind people may not be able to become helmsmen.

You might think it would have been more convenient to make those lights red and cyan, as far fewer people are red-blue colourblind, but when navigation lights on ships were introduced, bright blueish lights couldn't be made. That only became possible with gas discharge lamps. Traffic lights and railway signals these days (often using LEDs) use a slightly blueish green, so that most colourblind people can see the difference between red and green. PiusImpavidus (talk) 11:55, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

They could have agreed (and still could agree) on assigning distinct flashing patterns, like •••—— and —••—• . --Lambiam 20:48, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Flashing patterns would be a very poor method for aircraft and probably ships also. Navigation lights are meant to give a quick indication of the relative position and heading of another aircraft/vessel. When seeing navigation lights a pilot instantly has an indication of the relative flight direction of the other aircraft based on which red/green/white lights are visible. Also there are already the anti-collision lights, red flashing beacon on the tail at least and white flashing strobes on the wingtips and tail. How could a pilot possibly decode flashing lights reliably enough and quickly enough to determine relative heading? fiveby(zero) 18:06, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Wouldn't that be a problem because the sky/ocean is blue? I understand that the lights are used at night so it shouldn't be too much of a problem. ―Panamitsu (talk) 22:39, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

It would involve more complex lighting circuits/equipment and massive world-wide retrofitting, which (I suggest) would be prohibitively expensive, to solve a relatively minor 'problem' more easily answered by simply not employing colour-blind people in the relevant positions. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.223.204 (talk) 13:12, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

Flashing lights have been used on lighthouses for a long time. They use an assembly of lenses and shutters rotating around a fixed light, using a low-friction bearing. This works fine for stationary lighthouses, but is more problematic on moving ships. There's more wear and the lens assembly could jam or rotate at variable speed. Better to use an electric light, switched repeatedly by a rotating switch powered by an electric motor (all available late 19th century), but both switch and lamp have to switch reliably at least a million times. No problem today, but there's still the issue of recognising a flashing pattern if it's intermittently obscured. It's considered acceptable for lighthouses and buoys, which are usually more or less where you expect them to be, but a moving ship may be a different matter. PiusImpavidus (talk) 14:45, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

When I answered telephones and sold passenger tickets for Eurostar I had to pass an Ishihara test, the same as signalmen and train drivers. DuncanHill (talk) 21:27, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Depending on the signalling system, train drivers may also have to discriminate red from yellow/amber. This is less important for road users. And states of tracks and signals are colour-coded on the computer monitors of signalmen, but it should only take a simple software update to accommodate colourblind signalmen. (Yes, there're still some old-fashioned signal boxes in some countries; I've passed the one at Severn Bridge Junction on my way to Wales.) I don't see the objection against colourblind ticket sellers. PiusImpavidus (talk) 11:58, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

December 29

Domains

Are Eritrea's .er and Belarus's .by ever used in domain hacks? .er could be used in shortcut to Blogger, blogg.er, like goo.gl and youtu.be, and .by could be used in domains such as drive.by and in Nordic place namesmas by means "village" in Swedish and "city" in Norwegian and Danish. And can South Africa's .za and India's .in be used directly after the main part, such as in piz.za and drive.in? Also, can .pl, .cz, .sk and .hu addresses contain diacritics, such as gdańsk.pl, česko.cz, košice.sk and magyarország.hu? --40bus (talk) 10:10, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

See URL#Internationalized URL. PiusImpavidus (talk) 11:30, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Plusimpavidus has only answered the last sentencee.

The answer to the first part is entirely dependent on the policy of the controller of the ccTLD in question, and that controller may or may not publish a policy. Technically, of course they could be used: the government of Tonga sells .to domains to any interested party, as I presume you know.

According to our article .by The Operations and Analysis Centre under the President of the Republic of Belarus allows for anyone (not only for those who reside in Belarus) to register a second level domain such as something.by, and it also says he .by code is used for domain hack by institutions from the German state of Bavaria (German: Bayern), such as bayern.by, the Bavarian Tourism Agency. Since "by" means "town" or "city" in Norwegian, it's also used by some Norwegian newspapers, such as osl.by for an Oslo newspaper, and trd.by for a Trondheim newspaper, however, neither of these statements appear to be sourced. When I just tried it, trd.by seems to redirect to a Norwegian casino site.

Our articles .er and .za say nothing about whether the ccTLDs are available to anybody outside Eritrea and South Africa respectively. .in doesn't explicitly address the question, but in talking about the use of subdomains it repeats "in India" several times. ColinFine (talk) 20:38, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Colored asphalt markings

What's the purpose of such blue, green, pink marks on street grounds? I've seen them in multiple places in Warsaw (typically in non-traffic places, such as sidewalks) where they've stayed for several months or even years without being erased. From what I've read, those marks can be made for some roadworks, but I'm not sure. Brandmeister 20:06, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

I've seen them used for several purposes, mostly for marking the course of some underground pipe or cable, but also for marking a distance such as 500m from a given spot. In the first case, there is a sequence of similar markings, not too far apart from each other. In the second case the marking is usually accompanied by a number or some code. --Lambiam 20:55, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

See utility location. --142.112.149.206 (talk) 22:09, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

In my experience (UK) they appear in preparation for invasive ground works, most recently in our road prior to the installation of the third set of broadband cables under our pavement. Apparently, existing suppliers and their customers get sniffy if new upstart suppliers not only add their own cables, but put a shovel through the existing cables in the process! Different colours may denote gas, water and telecommunication lines.

There is also an occasional rash of markings that outline potholes; whether this is done to guide the repairers of potholes, or as a placebo to pacify local road users, is not always clear. It is possible that the process accompanies the calculation of a cost for the work; the expenditure may not be forthcoming. -- Verbarson _edits 21:24, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks all. Brandmeister 11:31, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

January 1

Peugeot's rivalry

Did Peugeot have any rivalry with other auto manufacturer that became famous or was famous but forgotten, like Lancia and Audi in 1983 and Ford and Ferrari in the 1960s? --Donmust90-- Donmust90 (talk) 19:15, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

When does competition rise to the level of rivalry? Peugeot was unexpectedly beaten in speed by Panhard et Levassor in the Paris–Bordeaux–Paris race of June 1895. --Lambiam 00:07, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Peugeot, Citroën, Renault and Simca were the big four French automakers post World War II - and therefore rivals. The first two have merged, Renault is still around, but Simca has disappeared. Xuxl (talk) 11:40, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

While the Simca brand, after having been acquired first by Chrysler and then PSA Peugeot Citroën, has disappeared, the factory in Poissy that Simca acquired from Ford France in 1954 is still in full operation.

The Lancia–Audi and Ford–Ferrari rivalries alluded to in the question were not about rivalry between companies, but rivalry between racing teams; see Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia and Ford v Ferrari. --Lambiam 16:03, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

January 3

British weather website

Is there any British weather website which has daily data for stations in the United Kingdom? The starlingroot.ddns.net is not working anymore, it worked a few months ago. The "Historic station data" page on MetOffice's website has only monthly data, and the MetOffice WOW - Weather Observations Website has only hourly data. And is there any English-language website having weather observations for different cities and countries in Europe, similar to e.g. Infoclimat? --40bus (talk) 13:16, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

You might find windfinder.com useful. Although primarily aimed at coastal leisure activities, it also covers inland areas. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.6.84.253 (talk) 03:07, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

wunderground.com used to have this. IDK about now. 2601:644:8581:75B0:0:0:0:DA2D (talk) 18:47, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

January 4

Goal number one

How do you forgive and forget? (not sure if that's off-topic for the reference desk. if it is, sorry in advance.) TWOrantula (enter the web) 05:47, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

By deciding to. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 06:05, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

One can decide to forget, but will it work? --Lambiam 09:22, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Here is an essay on the topic, by a practitioner of mindfulness, that you may (or may not) find helpful. More advice: , and (written from a Christian perspective) . --Lambiam 09:32, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

(OR, in that I have no published sources for this, though I was taught it by others): Forgiving does not necessarily mean forgetting - it also doesn't necessarily mean condoning. It means not carrying ill will. In my experience, once I see the cost (to me) of bearing the resentment, and how illusory are the apparent benefits of doing so, it is easy to choose to let it go. ColinFine (talk) 14:25, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Shall we forgive the OP for forgetting that we don't offer advice?DOR (ex-HK) (talk) 17:38, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

I'd suggest searching the web. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 17:47, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

The injunction does not apply to all advice, but is aimed specifically at giving medical or legal advice. --Lambiam 23:14, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Westminster Coroner's Court

I'm trying to research a sudden death that occurred in the London Borough of Merton. Please help me find information about Westminster Coroner's Court, also known as "Inner West London Coroner's Court". They appear to have no website, and publish no court listings. They claim that coroners records are closed to public access for 75 years.

But other coroners courts in the UK, for example "London Inner South Coroner’s Court", publish their court listings and say that inquests are public and anyone can attend.

Why is there are difference? Why is "London Inner South Coroner’s Court" open to the public, but "Inner West London Coroner's Court" is not? Surely all coroners courts operate under the same laws?

Thanks for your help Cylopi (talk) 12:41, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

As you can see from coroners' courts are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act. I can assure you, however, that inquests held by the Westminster coroner are as public as inquests held by any other coroner. 2A00:23D0:54D:2001:7843:31E3:192B:798 (talk) 14:56, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Where can I find unmarried men list in Science/Maths?

Like Brahmagupta, Issac Newton, Nicola Tesla, Arthur Eddington.

I want to exclude Archimedes due to his unknown marital status, Leonardo da Vinci as he have romantic relations and Galileo Galilei who has 3 children out of wedlock. HarryOrange (talk) 14:08, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Do you have any reason to suppose that such a list exists, @HarryOrange? ColinFine (talk) 14:27, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Just to encourage celibacy HarryOrange (talk) 14:30, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

So, you've come here to ask people how to remove from a list that doesn't exist, some names that would probably belong only the list if it existed, because you have some private meaning of "unmarried"? ColinFine (talk) 12:56, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

If some men don't (appear to) have sexual relationships with women, they're not necessarily demonstrating celibacy - they might be otherwise inclined. Chuntuk (talk) 11:37, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Why did you pipe the correctly-spelled "Isaac" Newton to the incorrectly-spelled "Issac" Newton? -- Jack of Oz 18:37, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

And do the same strange thing to Nikola Tesla? Cullen328 (talk) 23:03, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Champagne explosion

I had an unopened bottle of cheap champagne (Barefoot Rosé if that matters) left over from NYE, and about 10 minutes ago the thing spontaneously exploded. It had been just sitting there at room temperature. No serious damage but there is champange and broken glass all over the place now, and I'm in the process of cleaning it up. Are these explosions a usual occasional occurrence? I'm used to champagne bottles being thicker than regular wine bottles for obvious reasons, but this one seems on the thin side in retrospect, maybe as an economy measure. Could that be? I'm surprised it doesn't happen on store shelves if it happens at home. Thanks. 2601:644:8581:75B0:0:0:0:DA2D (talk) 18:39, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

I does happen. Sometimes a cause can be identified. When a bottle of champagne is stored in a freezer, or a fridge whose temperature setting is too low, the contents may freeze, causing it to expand. This can lead to minute cracks in the glass, weakening its strength. Thawed in a relatively warm environment, the pressure of the gas can then result in fracture. Another potential cause is premature bottling, when fermentation has not run its fill course ands the wine still contains yeast and sugar. (Almost all wine sold as "champagne" in the US, also when labelled "Brut", contains residual sugar to accommodate the local taste.) When warmed up, fermentation resumes and pressure increases. Finally, a small fraction of bottles is damaged in handling or comes with production defects, not detectable through visual inspection. --Lambiam 22:42, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. No idea about refrigeration before I bought it, but I got it off the shelf at a big supermarket, carried it home, and it sat in the exact same place in the room for several days before going kablooie. All I can think of is that carrying it home might have bumped it around or something. Oh well, no big deal in the scheme of things. 2601:644:8581:75B0:0:0:0:DA2D (talk) 01:20, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

The traditional method of making Champagne requires freezing it in the bottle, so I suppose most bottles are designed to handle that – although freezing from the bottom up is safer than top-down, as it creates no plug of ice between the liquid and the gas. If not using the traditional method, or if the wine doesn't come from the Champagne region, many countries (including all of the EU) forbid selling it under the name Champagne. The US however hasn't got that restriction.

Wines freeze around -5°C, so accidental freezing in a fridge set too cold seems unlikely. PiusImpavidus (talk) 11:15, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

In this case the bottle had not been opened, but the cold liquid carbonated contents of a closed bottle may freeze upon opening due to cooling by adiabatic expansion of the CO₂. --Lambiam 13:57, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Once upon a time soda pop used to come in reusable glass bottles, and I read somewhere that this would happen from time to time with the larger sizes. And indeed, sometime around 1980 a large bottle of Coca-Cola, probably 1.5 liters, exploded while sitting in my cupboard. --142.112.149.206 (talk) 02:51, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Organizations

Are there any international organizations headquartered in Australia, similar to UN and World Bank are headquartered in the US? --40bus (talk) 22:04, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

We have a Category:International organisations based in Australia. --Lambiam 23:05, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Isn't this more or less the same question that you asked a month ago? Shantavira| 09:55, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

An international organization is a completely different thing from a multinational company. --Viennese Waltz 11:38, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

yes but both questions are easily answered with even the most cursory research and 40bus here seems to have a habit of asking research questions. 208.121.35.65 (talk) 17:37, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

January 6

Replacement for my My Yahoo page

Not sure this is the correct venue, but here goes.

Yahoo have shut down all personal My Yahoo pages. For those who don't use Yahoo, your My Yahoo page was sort of your own personal webpage, where you could have various modules that interested you displayed (e.g. cartoons, horoscopes, travel, finance etc). Yahoo have closed My Yahoo down. A big feature of my personal My Yahoo page was that it had loads of links to my favourite websites. This loss is the one that is hurting most.

Any suggestions as to a replacement? Mjroots (talk) 10:15, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

MSN.com does that pretty well. --Viennese Waltz 10:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Could you explain in more detail how one can go about to create a personalized web space using MSN.com? --Lambiam 12:29, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

would be a start. That link is for UK users, presumably you can customize it to your own country. --Viennese Waltz 13:38, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Perhaps one of the content curation tools listed here, some of which are free, will serve your purposes. I have no knowledge of any of these tools beyond what you find there. --Lambiam 12:34, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

No modules, but there is Neocities. Actually, I may misunderstand: perhaps you seek a kind of home page which is online but available to you only, mainly for collecting bookmarks. Card Zero (talk) 13:53, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

For those answering, while it appears to be a question asking how to make a basic list of links, it is not. Yahoo's links page was created by selecting modules through a GUI and then customizing the settings. For example, I could select the comics GUI and then select which comics I want to show up in my links. I don't need to know any of the URLs. I just place a check next to the comics I like. For finance, I add the module with a click and then type in the ticket symbols for the stocks I care about. It automatically creates a daily stock thumbnail with links to news articles about those stocks. So, it is true that there are many available options to create a list of links, there are not as many options to create a custom content page for multiple areas of personal interest. 68.187.174.155 (talk) 15:35, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

The IP is correct, but as I said above, I can live without horoscopes, comics etc. The ability of easily store links to favourite websites is the biggest loss. @Card Zero: - it doesn't have to be for me only. I think that using a subpage of my user space will fall foul of WP:NOTWEBHOST #5, even though many (but not all) of the websites are used in Misplaced Pages research. Mjroots (talk) 15:39, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Does it have to be a website in that case? Why not browser bookmarks? In fact, I believe these days some browsers will let you select bookmarks for a "start page" or "start screen" that is displayed when you open a new window/tab. And if they don't, you can probably find a browser extension that will do that. -- Avocado (talk) 17:20, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Major traffic fatality incident, Denmark, 2019

In 2019, Denmark had a minor spike in traffic fatalities. I feel that the spike is most likely the result of a single accident with multiple fatalities. However, I cannot find any news about multiple-fatality accidents in Denmark in 2019. Everything that I find is related to train accidents, which I do not think Denmark includes in "traffic fatality" counts. Can anyone find a list of accidents or news about a single large-scale accident that might skew the yearly count for 2019? 68.187.174.155 (talk) 15:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

First of all, where are you seeing this spike and is it a reliable source? Shantavira| 09:55, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

And is it even statistically significant? With unrelated events happening by chance, there will always be fluctuations in number of events by time period. Spikes will occur every now and then, entirely by chance. --Lambiam 13:05, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

I found this document (pdf) which seems to go into this matter in great detail. I don't read Danish, but I ran it though Google Translate. The table on page 28 shows that there were 199 traffic-related fatalities in Denmark in 2019, which is more than the two previous years but less than some earlier years. So I agree with the above posters that there is not enough here to constitute a spike. The document doesn't list individual accidents, btw. --Viennese Waltz 14:24, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

The mean number of fatalities of the 10-year sample given in this Danish report is 194.9, while its estimated standard deviation is 27.3. This means that the 2019 value deviates from the mean by 0.15 sigma, which is more remarkable by how little the deviation is. --Lambiam 23:54, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

I saw this before and perhaps you are trying to recreate it. In 2019, traffic fatalities in Denmark increased 20%. But, they were so low that it was a small bump to make that 20% jump. The reason it matters is because the increase was used as the basis to use government funding for more bicycle lanes and improving intersections. But, the increase was not statistically significant and didn't mean anything, so it should not have been used as justification for any changes. Now, from memory, it was a multi-car, weather-related accident in January that added more than 10 fatalities to the yearly count. That was overshadowed by a train accident due to the same snowstorm which killed 8 (I remember it was 8 because most new articles listed 6, but some stated that a few days later, two more bodies were found). So, my gut feeling is that you are intending to show that this "20% spike" in traffic fatalities is really a data artifact created by a single large-scale accident and not representative of general driver behavior in Denmark. Unfortunately, I do not know how to search Danish news. But, if my memory is correct, you can use the date of the well documented train accident in Denmark in 2019 to get the date of the multi-car accident and then, hopefully, find that as well. I doubt you will find it in any English-based news repository. You will have to search Danish repositories. 12.116.29.106 (talk) 16:17, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Yes. That is what I am doing. I found multiple overblown newspaper headlines like "Biggest increase in traffic fatalities in five years! Your mind will be blown when you see the numbers!" and I am using that to demonstrate that while it is technically true that there was a 20% increase in fatalities, the proper context around that increase is that it is negligible and the result of a single event that could have happened on any other year. Basically, it is a presentation on applying context to data and how it is often done improperly. Now that I know there was a multi-vehicle traffic accident at the same time as the train accident I keep finding, I decided to read those articles and many of them comment on the car accident as well as the train accident, but I didn't read through the articles to notice previously. 68.187.174.155 (talk) 13:15, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Neurodiverse dating site

Is there website that shows with neurodiverse person goes well with which other neurodiverse, e.g. ADHD with Autism, Autism with HPI, HPI with dylexsia etc? --Donmust90-- Donmust90 (talk) 15:55, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

For any combination of forms of neurodiversity, some persons will go well with each other, while others will not. This depends mainly on other factors, in particular the personality and personal value system of each. --Lambiam 12:57, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

January 8

Anthropology Misplaced Pages page

Does anyone know why the Misplaced Pages page for "Anthropology" jumped to 6 million views on Dec. 25, 2024?https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2024-12-18&end=2025-01-07&pages=Anthropology 136.26.125.34 (talk) 23:28, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

January 9

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