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February 27

Stevie Wonder article Discovery and Early Motown Recordings section incomplete

What is the answer to how Wonder was discovered at age eleven? The article right now says: "In 1961, at the age of eleven, Wonder was discovered singing outside a street corner by a im bored" I do not have the correct information to delete the "im bored" part and don't know how to remove it until someone who does can post it. In the meantime, it's disrespectful. Thank you for any help you can give. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.108.25.222 (talk) 02:38, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

There was a spot of vandalism there that I have fixed. Thanks for alerting us of this. NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 02:53, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

There is one way you can try to fix vandalism yourself:

1) Pick the "history" tab at the top of the page. This contains a list of recent edits.

2) Pick "prev" in front of the top edit listed. This will show the differences between the previous and current (vandalized) versions. Most likely, this is where the vandalism occurred.

3) If that is where it happened, pick "Undo" near the top to fix it, then "Save page" under the edit box.

4) If the last edit wasn't where the vandalism occurred, then it's harder to find and fix, unfortunately. StuRat (talk) 16:38, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Football pitches

What are the dimensions of the football pitches in the uefa chapions league? Are the dimensions of the goal the same everywhere? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.71.63.100 (talk) 07:06, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

US translation: This question is about soccer fields. StuRat (talk) 16:31, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Laws of the Game, I think the dimensions required for Champions League matches are the same as "International matches", Length: 100-110 m (110-120 yds) / Width: 64-75 m (70-80 yds), though the regulations on UEFA.com might give a certain anwser. Goals are always the same size when it comes to Eleven-a-side football, 7.32 m (8 yds) wide, 2.44 m (8 ft) high. — CHANDLER#10 — 07:17, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Commercials loudness and length

In the United States TV channels - who actually decides how loud commercials are allowed to be and who decides how big the commercial breaks are allowed to be? Isn’t there any governing body which regulates this? Are the networks the ones whom decide this for themselves? TheCuriousGnome (talk) 09:49, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

That sort of thing is in the domain of the FCC. My understanding, which could be wrong, is that (1) they stopped regulating the number of commercial minutes allowed per hour in the 1990s or thereabouts, and (2) they require the commercials to be no louder than the programs, but this is not well enforced, and even if it is, it only means they can't be louder than the loudest part of the program. --Anonymous, 10:24 UTC, February 27, 2009.

• at least now we know how that ridiculous amount of US commercials came about - no regulation. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:50, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Here's an article (from 2007) that discusses the loudness issue. There are regulations regarding the peak volume level, however in general the average volume of commercials tends to be higher than the average level of a program. --LarryMac | Talk 13:22, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Fortunately, the majority of advertisers seem to realize that assaulting their potential customers with loud and obnoxious ads isn't the way to sell product. Unfortunately a few still seem to think that annoying people will make them money. What I'd really like to happen is for broadcasters to realize that obnoxious ads cause people to change channels while entertaining ads cause them to stay, and thus that they should charge far more to show obnoxious ads than pleasant ones. StuRat (talk) 16:29, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, before I apply my fist directly to their foreheads. Deor (talk) 01:36, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

The Commercial breaks can be any length the stations want them to be. At the network Owned and operated station that I work at, breaks are usually no longer than 2:30, but this is no longer regulated by law or recommended practice. Many commercials are perceievd as being louder than the programs because they are produced with a smaller dynamic range by using audio compression techniques. We have an excellent article with more detail on this subject. --Thomprod (talk) 17:45, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Chayanne

In our article about Chayanne (as well as in Chayanne discography) says that a compilation album titled De Piel a Piel was going to be released in September 9, 2008, in format CD/DVD, but it was never released. Even there was a possible cover art of that album. Does someone know if this album has been oficially released? 200.112.27.183 (talk) 12:45, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

allmusic.com seems to indicate that it was released on that date; however there is nothing further here. It does have a catalog number for the DVD. However, DVD planet seems to give more information and indicates that it is for sale. However, the relevent google search seems to be most helpful. I hope you find what you are looking for. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 13:20, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

England Test cricket team shirts

On the England team's shirts there is a number below the three lions logo. This number appears to be different for each player, what does the number signify? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.14.182.97 (talk) 17:56, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

this forum post seems to indicate that players for England all wear a unique number which matches their debut in playing for the English team. Thus a player with number 600 would be the 600th unique player to play in a test match for England. They keep the same number if they continue to play in further test matches. Squad number#Cricket seems to confirm this practice. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 18:08, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

The "Italian riff"

Does the above melody, which you always hear in pizza commercials and the like, come from a real Italian song, or is it just the Italian equivalent of the Oriental Riff? —Angr 23:27, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Yahoo! Answers suggests that it's the Tarantella Napoletana. You can hear it here. - Eron^Talk 23:50, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

That's the one. Tarantella Napoletana also seems to have been the title of an Italian film of 1953. I image this was probably the theme music to that movie. —Angr 23:58, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Interestingly enough, according to the IMDB soundtrack listing, it wasn't. Which makes me wonder if that is really the name of that piece of music or not... - Eron^Talk 00:22, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Well, since the name is just a descriptive phrase meaning "Neapolitan tarantella" it could easily have been applied more than once. —Angr 00:27, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Yeah. I've done more digging to try to find the original composer, without success. This suggests that it's anonymous. It may be a traditional local dance. - Eron^Talk 00:37, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Tarantella is an Italian dance. There is a wide collection of traditional songs for the tarantella. The Neapolitan is one of them. I figure that since the Neapolitan is the preferred Tarantella by the Italian immigrants in New York, that tune became heavily associated with Italians here in the United States - which is where the Pizza Commercials are made. Youth in Asia (talk) 14:26, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

But not only. I live in Germany and see German pizza ads on German TV and they use the same tune. —Angr 14:41, 28 February 2009 (UTC)