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July 29

Eisenhower's farewell address

Why was Eisenhower's farewell address taken in very low quality black and white video? He was the first U.S. president on color TV on May 22, 1958! -- Toytoy (talk) 06:06, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You say "very low quality" black and white, but it was probably the standard quality at the time; color (see Professional video camera) was at that date still new, and (I'm fairly sure) significantly poorer in general definition than B&W. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.2.67.235 (talk) 14:25, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Everyday Readers

Is there anywhere I can watch the 1998 film Everyday Readers starring Peter Sallis. The only website that I've found out about this movie is on the BFI. 2A00:23C8:9DEE:900:FD51:C289:48F0:AA3 (talk) 09:40, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Brazilian soccer player Sócrates had a medical degree

The Brazilian soccer player Sócrates had a medical degree. His article mentions that and gives a source. But he's not in the List of athletes with advanced degrees. Just letting you know. I'd add him myself but I'm not sure how to add the source of the first article to the second article. 178.51.2.117 (talk) 18:18, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article says he has a bachelor's degree, which is not an advanced degree according to the definition on that list page ("PhDs and other degrees at that academic level"). So maybe that's why. Although saying that, the definition of what level a medical degree is seems complicated according to Doctor of Medicine. --Viennese Waltz 20:05, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Baseball: error in a perfect game

Error (baseball) presents an unusual situation:

If a batted ball were hit on the fly into foul territory, with the batting team having no runners on base, and a fielder misplayed such ball for an error, it is possible for a team on the winning side of a perfect game to commit at least one error, yet still qualify as a perfect game.

Whether at the major league level or elsewhere, is there any record of a perfect game in which the winning team committed such an error? Nyttend (talk) 23:14, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For MLB, there are not very many perfect games. You can check the box scores yourself if any had an error: List_of_Major_League_Baseball_perfect_games RudolfRed (talk) 05:11, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not a no-hitter, but in Game 7 of the 1924 World Series, Giants catcher Hank Gowdy dropped a foul pop which extended the at-bat of Senators player Muddy Ruel, who then got on base and eventually scored the winning run.[1] The point being that if a foul-pop error happened in a perfect game, it would probably be noted in the play-by-play. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:22, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

July 30

Kobolds and Copyright Laws

Dear All A friend of mine is working on his own game which features kobolds (small lizard-creatures who worship dragons, like the ones from "Dungeons & Dragons"). I know that kobolds are originally from European folklore. I did some researcha and I've found the story "Der Kobold", from "Die deutschen Volkssagen" by Friedrich Ranke, published in Munich in 1924, which states that small, dragon-like kobolds did exist in early medieval folklore. So my question is this: are the lizard-like kobolds copyright protected or can they be freely used since they are a part of old European folklore? Thank you very much for your replies! 85.4.154.199 (talk) 22:14, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This depends, at least partially, on the country where your friend is located. Your IP address geolocates to Switzerland; is that where your friend is located? Generally, concepts centuries old are not protected by copyright, but some countries have special legal protection for what they consider cultural heritage. You or your friend should talk with a copyright lawyer. Nyttend (talk) 22:54, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You are correct, I'm from Switzerland! My friend is also from Switzerland, but he currently lives in the USA (he's a student at a university in Boston, Massachusetts).--85.4.154.199 (talk) 22:59, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The general idea of small mischievous reptilian creatures cannot be copyrighted, but any specific artistic form in a published work is in principle protected by copyright. Compare talking dogs: you can publish a comic strip about a talking dog just fine, but if your dog looks much like Goofy, you can expect problems. --Lambiam 23:30, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Friedrich Ranke died in 1950, so copyright on his work has expired. The copyright term in Germany is life of the author plus 70 years. You're free to borrow from him whatever you like. I think copyright on Goofy hasn't expired yet in the US, but is expected to do so at the end of 2027 (publication+95 years). You can begin writing stories featuring him for publication in four years, at the risk of the US increasing copyright term again. PiusImpavidus (talk) 08:37, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Kobolds are a) medieval and b) generic figures of folklore and low mythology. They turn up in multiple guises in contemporary tales (Roald Dahl, Harry Potter, the popular German Pumukl series on TV). It can even be argued that Oskar Mazerath, the ignoble protagonist of Günter Grass´s The Tin Drum, is a kobold of sorts. As such, I see kobolds as literary archetypes in a narration which stand outside any concerns for copyright.

It may as well be argued that Goethe pinched the character of his Faustian protagonist from Marlowe and the historical Germanic sources referring to Georg Faustus (*1480 - †1540). Which, of course, he did without being sued and imprisoned. --2001:871:6A:1B71:18E4:6082:4639:4A95 (talk) 16:27, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing to do with Tolly Cobbold, then: but beware drunken dragons anyway. MinorProphet (talk) 13:18, 2 August 2024 (UTC) [reply]

Harry Potter? I don't remember them anywhere in the series (I can't remember ever hearing the word before seeing this thread), and https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Kobold returns their equivalent of MediaWiki:Notitletext. Nyttend (talk) 05:35, 3 August 2024 (UTC)=[reply]

Then add this to your mental list of trivia: "The name of the element cobalt comes from the creature's name [kobold], because medieval miners blamed the sprite for the poisonous and troublesome nature of the typical arsenical ores of this metal (cobaltite and smaltite) which polluted other mined elements." You're welcome. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 23:01, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August 1

Victor and Hugo: Bunglers in Crime audio cassettes

How many audio cassettes where there from the 1991-1992 cartoon show titled Victor and Hugo: Bunglers in Crime and what where the names of each audio cassette. I should also mention that the name of the each audio cassette was included in a book with of the same name as the audio cassette. These cassettes featured Jimmy Hibbert as Victor and Peter Sallis as Hugo. Matthew John Drummond (talk) 09:47, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August 2

Where's this music from?

This YT-vid at 3:14 uses a sound clip that sounds very familiar to me. I think it's from a famous classic TV series, but I don't get which one. Can someone help me recognizing it? Thank you! --Musicquestion900 (talk) 00:30, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Law & Order (franchise). Modocc (talk) 00:56, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Definitely. And it looks like a funny video. I'll have to watch it. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:18, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Modocc: Yes, thank you! Funny how I never even watched that show, but that sound still got hooked in my brain.

@Baseball bugs: Yeah, he's more than good, he's gooden. --Musicquestion900 (talk) 11:21, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August 4

A Ghost Story

Does the film center around her husband who, is unexpectedly killed in a car crash and later returns home from the morgue 👻 draped in a white sheet with round eye holes slowly walking around a young, devastated widow at home now embroiled with her leaving a small note inside a small wooden crack and her husband-the-ghost silently talking to another 👻 looking out a window next door, makes way for a reminiscent, ghostly union with the two sheets eventually lying flat on the floor? Afrazer123 (talk) 01:21, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand what you are asking, but you can read about the movie plot at Ghost_(1990_film) RudolfRed (talk) 02:13, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think the OP is asking about A Ghost Story, which they could read and see if it answers their question(s). ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:00, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I opine that it's like knowing where's the good vibrations, sweet sensations? Was it before she found him dead in his car? Was it there on the fiery wall at the hospital? Was it the day his ghost opened the front door? Was it the gleaning companionship between two ghosts? In my opinion, these type of questions may stem from a threshold, a train of thought between life and perhaps death as portrayed in Hollywood. Afrazer123 (talk) 04:43, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome to your opinions, but this is not a place to discussion opinions. The film is fiction, so if the answer is not in the film there is no answer. Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:37, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

But what is the question? As the plot is described in A Ghost Story § Plot, the deceased husband, C, is the protagonist, and there is no "ghostly union". --Lambiam 07:50, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Everyday Readers

Where can I watch the 1998 film titled Everyday Readers Starring Peter Sallis. Matthew John Drummond (talk) 16:35, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is that a documentary? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:11, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Appears to be, though the reference in Sallis's article needs refinement. Currently reference [9] covers about 130(!) separate citations, linked to an overall search for Peter Sallis on the BFI website; the actual film entry requires a further search there, that yields this. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.211.211 (talk) 08:19, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How can we find more further information about the film Matthew John Drummond (talk) 17:48, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August 5

Victor and Hugo: Bunglers in Crime (2)

How many audio cassette books where there for the 1991-1992 tv series Victor and Hugo: Bunglers in Crime and what are the names for all the audio cassette books. Matthew John Drummond (talk) 21:29, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Matthew John Drummond, if anyone here knew the answer, or knew how to find the answer, they would already have answered your previous near-identical queries on 27 July and 1 August. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.211.211 (talk) 08:34, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August 8

27 Club - identification of a person wanted

This image, taken from this article (and also used in others), shows nine members of the 27 Club. But it is not mentioned and not clear who is the guy on the very right. Anybody know him, please? --KnightMove (talk) 14:02, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The 27 Club article has quite a few names listed. Have you looked for pictures of each "member"? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 14:36, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I quickly skimmed the list and the only one who looks remotely like the guy in the photo is Jonathan Brandis, although I'm not convinced it's him. It's strange, though – the photo doesn't come up in a reverse image search, which I would have expected it to do if the guy was famous. --Viennese Waltz 15:17, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's not Jonathan Brandis. I don't know who it is, but it isn't him. DuncanHill (talk) 16:37, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you all. By now I assume that it is the creator of this specific compilation who erected a monument for himself, just like the painter of the 27 Club graffiti in Tel Aviv did. --KnightMove (talk) 06:46, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August 9

Has Morrissey ever written or co-written his own music?

If you look at the articles about The Smiths's and Morrisey's discography, some articles (especially those regarding the early albums) explicitly state Morrissey only supplied the lyrics. For example (according to the articles) when he was the lead singer of the Smiths the music of all the songs was written by Johnny Marr. That continued with his first solo albums, albeit with different musicians. But in some of the later ones there are no separate specifications for "music" and "lyrics". That does not imply that Morrissey did start to write music. (It is noteworthy that not a single song is credited to him alone.) However that does not preclude the possibility that he did either. My question is: Are there explicit statements out there to decide the question one way or another? 178.51.2.117 (talk) 21:32, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August 10

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

How many episodes of the 1958 tv mini series The Diary of Samuel Pepys survived. Matthew John Drummond (talk) 01:29, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's that Peter Sallis again. The article The Diary of Samuel Pepys doesn't say, but it reads like a press release. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 07:04, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Films viewable on Wikipedia

I know that some feature length films in the public domain can be viewed complete on Wikipedia. I wonder whether there is a comprehensive list of all such films. Might there also be a list of shorts that are available for viewing on Wikipedia? Many thanks, Doug Beemoz (talk) 01:59, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have any examples? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:51, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The General (1926 film). Clarityfiend (talk) 05:31, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Aha! That's File:The General (1926).webm, so at least any file with the extension webm would be a candidate, provided they can be searched for. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:59, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It turns out there is a "Category:WebM videos", so that would be a good place for the OP to start. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 07:02, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This film can be viewed on Wikipedia because it is hosted on the Wikimedia Commons (as commons:File:The General (1926).webm). Just commons:Category:Videos of 1926 from the United States contains more than 40 feature-length films. --Lambiam 09:32, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Which leads to "Category:Videos from the United States by year". There are even more in 1927, quite a few in 1928, and then it drops off sharply, probably because currently the "public domain" line is January 1, 1929. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:28, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You may appreciate the interface of Wikiflix. --Error (talk) 19:48, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August 11

Time (Dec. 9, 1985)

What is the name of the girl on Time cover of Dec. 9, 1985 (https://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19851209,00.html)? 176.200.135.6 (talk) 16:29, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's possible there's a credit in one of the first pages inside. Your local library might have back issues. If not, you could write to the publishers and ask. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:10, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Angela Helton. [2] And the cover story she is featured in is accessible here which is reached from browsing Time's website's archive on this page which I see you already linked to. The extra dates added to these pages is confusing though... Modocc (talk) 18:15, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August 12

Led Zeppelin Brandy and Coke video Room 8

On YouTube, it is easy to find all of the rooms for the Led Zeppelin Brandy and Coke video except Room 8. Does anyone know of an online resource to get the video for Room 8? 75.136.148.8 (talk) 17:40, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Italic for media franchises

Hello, I can't understand why Pokémon (the media franchise, not the anime TV series or other works with that name) should be in italic while the Marvel Cinematic Universe is not reported in italic despite the fact that it is a media franchise just like Pokémon Redjedi23 (talk) 21:36, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Titles of works/Archive 2#Italicizing media franchises (2011) says no. People may have misinterpreted Wikipedia:WikiProject Pokémon/Style#General advice, which states that "Names of games, manga, and anime series go in italics." But whether it is a good idea to correct the (Poké)mony italicized mentions is debatable. Can a bot distinguish between the franchise and the other categories? Clarityfiend (talk) 22:55, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The reply on the talk page is just the opinion of one editor. They also write that the franchise name should be in quotation marks. So should we then report that Colman Domingo will join the "Marvel Cinematic Universe", using quotation marks? News media don't think so,^[3] and neither do I. --Lambiam 00:22, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August 13