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[edit] June 22

[edit] Do you know of anybody famous whose had a father who has been incarcerated

Hi,my brother is planning on a career working with children whose parents are incarcerated just out of curosity do you know of anyone famous whose father has done time.

Woody Harrelson, for one. --Joelmills 01:54, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
Also Lindsay Lohan's father has "for securities fraud, aggravated unlicensed driving and attempted assault," but is now released. Rockpocket 06:12, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
The British snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan's father is currently serving life for murder, his mother was also imprisoned in the early 90's for tax evasion. Moleman2000 12:38, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What was the name of that movie?

In the 1960s or late 1950s a science fiction movie was released featuring a mission to the Moon to defeat an enemy force which was operating a base there. The enemy were flying a spacecraft of the flying saucer type from which a crimson-coloured sphere emerged at times. The defending force landed upright rockets from which they deployed moon-buggies to attack the enemy base/saucer. On the journey to the Moon one of their crew turned saboteur. Can anyone identify this movie?Retarius 02:37, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

I'll take a stab. Is it 12 to the Moon (1960)? - Andrew4010 06:48, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, but no luck. The movie I'm seeking is in colour and if Idmb has it I can't find it in their indexes. Retarius 01:32, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Free online multiplayer trivia game

Does anyone know a free online multiplayer trivia game similar to BrainBattle available on Windows Live Messenger, where it is possible to have private games with another player ? Matt714 03:12, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Try:

www.riddler.com/ ~and~ www.sploofus.com/

Kevinwong913 Speak out loud! 20:33, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Future article: Tribute song

I am currently researching an article on original songs that pay tribute to pre-existing musical artists, e.g. "Raptori - Debi Gibson" (Deborah Gibson). The proposed Tribute song entry will be substantially different from the existing Cover version term, as the latter refers to a pre-existing song. Which WikiProject(s) is/are in the best position to coordinate research for the proposed Tribute song article? - B.C.Schmerker 14:53, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

By tribute, do you mean just mentioning someone's name (ie: the brief mention of "So you're Brad Pitt" in that country song), or an actual tribute to a person(s) as in the Commodores' Nightshift? -- (¿ʇɐɥʍ) ʍɐuıɐʞ 15:03, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
Good luck but lists like this are frowned upon here Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_songs_containing_overt_references_to_real_musicians is a deletion discussion of something similar and http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-songs-containing-overt-references-to-real-musicians is what it looked like. meltBanana 21:19, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
What I pictured approaches "Commodores - Nightshift," as another typical case; "John Wesley Harding - When the Beatles Hit America," "Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much," "Pixies - Make Believe," &c. all fall outside the scope of this proposal. As I understand things, "Make Believe" was intended for the girlfriend of one of the Pixies bandmembers (most likely Lovering) at the time of composition; but obsession does NOT equal admiration. The concept does not necessarily require mention of an example composition in the proposed article. - B.C.Schmerker 01:39, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

BTW, see Debbie Gibson for our article on her. StuRat 13:26, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Noted. I've a beta rewrite in the works and am on the verge of deleting reference to the aforementioned Pixies song therefrom--"Make Believe" is, as a possible tribute song, doubtful, and I question the relevance thereof to the rewrite for that reason. "Elton John - Candle in the Wind" probably qualifies for the proposed Tribute song article, having been written as an epitaph to the late Norma Jean Dougherty, a.k.a. Marilyn Monroe; pre-existing does not necessarily mean living. - B.C.Schmerker 15:34, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
And while we're on the topic of Elton John, don't forget Empty Garden, his tribute to John Lennon: [1]. StuRat 03:10, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Noted. In reading the archive of List of songs containing overt references to real musicians on Answers.com, very few of the listed songs would actually qualify as examples for my proposed article. "Weird Al" Yankovic parodies hit songs all the time, and the vast majority of those parodies (e.g., "Achy Breaky Song," a re-lyric of "Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart") fall outside the scope of this article; but "Dare to Be Stupid," a Yankovic original song written as a tribute to DEVO, could be a valid example. Likewise for "ABC - When Smokey Sings," the chorus whereof was constructed around the Vamp riff (transposed to C from D) from "Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Tears of a Clown." The article I propose is an extended definition, including conditions specific to the tribute song. - B.C.Schmerker 05:54, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Update: So far, searching for the origins of the tribute song has turned up only lists of tribute songs to various persons, places, &c., rather than anything definitive on the history of the art form. What help, if any, can I expect on the research? - B.C.Schmerker 06:14, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Roz Abrams

Does anyone know if Roz Abrams has any children?

I'll bet Roz Abrams knows!
And, I'll bet that anyone that went to the Roz Abrams article and scrolled down to the Personal Life section also knows. Youth in Asia 13:32, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
Assuming that one can trust Wikipedia. —Tamfang 00:14, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Metal Gear Solid 4 question

im wondering is Metal Gear Solid 4 the last game in the series because to me it seems like it is? does any1 have any information or rumours that it is or isn't? thx :D

According to Metal Gear (series) it is, but whether there will be any more is up to the developers and publishers. Sandman30s 11:15, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
It could be, but I think Hideo Kojima said that MGS2 would be the last in the series, then he said MGS3 would be the last, now he says MGS4 will be the last, its hard to know if this will actually be the final game in the series. --Surachit 07:48, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Super Mario World

In Super Mario World for SNES, where is the secret in "Cheese Bridge Area" (just before Castle #4)

Try Gamefaqs. --Wirbelwindヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 22:02, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
That's the level with the buzzsaws on wires? I seem to remember that you need to use the feather and simply swoop underneath the regular exit. The secret exit is just beyond the regular one. There is another method, using Yoshi and the cape, where you drop off the final platform, using the cape to float slowly beneath the exit, and jump off Yoshi, to a point just behind the regular exit. I found the first method much more fun, although you need to judge the timing of your swooping correctly. slυмgυм [ ←→ ] 23:00, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
I always just used the cape + yoshi to get under the end exit and jump up. It leads to the soda lake area, which I believe takes you to the star world in the middle of the lake. --frotht 04:06, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
I remember this! Now I'm going to go play that game tonight. :) But yeah, swoop underneath the first level exit, then a dotted path appears to soda lake. 71.7.147.236 23:08, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] opera guy on tv competition

I remember that a few days ago (possibly last week) there was this guy on the news that sang some opera on a tv talent competition. The performance made national news. There were three judges, one of which was Simon Cowell. Can anyone tell me who this guy was and on what contest he sang in?--Romeo in love 22:04, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

The programme was Britain's Got Talent on ITV. The winner was Paul Potts, a mobile phone shop worker from Port Talbot, who was victorious in the final after performing Nessun dorma, the Puccini aria. The final was on 17 June, and the programme had run daily since 9 June. Hassocks5489 22:49, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
Too bad I didn't watch it...it wasn't shown in the US, was it?--Romeo in love 02:03, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
You can watch his performances on YouTube. Just search for Paul Potts. Skarioffszky 16:11, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I'm creating a page for artist Jesse West/3rd Eye

As tedious and time consuming as this is I still feel like I don't understand he reference question. I've browsed other artists he worked with and his name is there and credited as such but how do I link it to his page? Also I have discogs.com and musicbrainz as external sources (and while those aren't even updated, which means more work for me) the only other way to prove the work is to update the album covers, etc...How do I get the content box on the page...

Okay I'll stop there for right now. I've tried logging on to my talk but I still don't understand it plus my computer freezes when I try (Mac OSX user). HELP! I won't give up and I will keep trying but a lil help is appreciated.

Asis earth 22:59, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

In order to link something within Wikipedia, just enclose the words in double brackets. They look like this: [[ ]]. On the QWERTY keyboard, the brackets are over the ' key. The spelling within the brackets must be the same as the page title that you are linking to. If you'd like to use a different word or phrase for a link then you can pipe the link (see: WP:PIPE) which will look like this: [[Wikipedia|online encyclopedia]] and that will look like online encyclopedia. And finally, I'm on a Mac running OS X right now and I don't have any issues with it. It might be your system. Dismas|(talk) 01:49, 23 June 2007 (UTC)