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How to heavily modify a 1978 Ford F-100?

Options for modifying a 1978 Ford F-100: 12,000 lb (5,400 kg) Warn winch, backup camera integrated into the rear-view mirror, Smart key with integrated key knob, circular roof lights, lightbar on the tailgate with integrated third brake light (lightbar is connected to the main lighting harness), 38" offroad tires.

How much does it cost?

What kind of axles for 38" tires?

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• jdzarlino user name started using your service and then your team said that brending was not a word but today when I searched brending your team is using the word to find your page on neologism's. Which is what jdzarlino user name was trying to create his page for his business like others but your team won't allow it. Why? 71.79.102.46 (talk) 00:20, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

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• Brending was invented on March 9th 2011 by Johnny and Marko. 71.79.102.46 (talk) 00:20, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

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Today's search for brending. 7-29-2013 71.79.102.46 (talk) 00:20, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

The word you are looking for is branding. μηδείς (talk) 00:40, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

This seems to be about the efforts of User:Jdzarlino to get a neologism added to Wikipedia. He's been told that Wikipedia is not for that kind of thing several times and eventually got blocked in 2011. Astronaut (talk) 11:44, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

wikt:brending ... From Middle English brennen (“to burn”) ... (dialectal or obsolete) The act of burning; burning. Gandalf61 (talk)

The word branding comes from the exact same root. The fact the OP added the copyright, registered trademark and trademark symbols to his question make it unlikely he as not asking about a word that should be "branding". Of course all this should probably be hatted as patent nonsense. μηδείς (talk) 16:06, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

"Brending" is a portmanteau of "branding" and "friending" that you made up one day. Wikipedia is not for things made up one day. If your word becomes important, then someone else (like a newspaper) will write about it. Then it would maybe get an article. AlmostReadytoFly (talk) 15:13, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

finding the burial site of a relative

My mother's first child was born in Wimborne Minster, Dorset and died there on 28/3/42 I would like to find out where his grave is, or at least the church/cemetary — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.210.163.139 (talk) 11:45, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Wimborne Minster has several churches of different christian denominations - Church of England, Catholic, Baptist, Pentecostal, Methodist and a United Reformed Church. Looking on Google Maps, I see most have just a church building; the Church of England Wimborne Minster (church) has a small burial ground in the surrounding land, but the town's main cemetary is elsewhere. This page from the town council provides contact details for the cemetary. I would suggest you phone or email them with your query, including your as much detail as you know (eg. name, date of birth and death, etc.) Astronaut (talk) 15:29, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

The best chance you have is to contact Wimborne Minster Church, click here for a link and if you open 'The People' tab at the top of the page you will see a list of at least 6 people who I'm sure will be delighted to help you. If you open the 'Contact us' tab on the right top it shows three ways you can contact the church. I would suggest you ring them. The church will certainly have records going way back beyond 1942 and hopefully they will have a graveyard and/or cemetery plan to find the grave you are looking for. good luck. Richard Avery (talk) 15:13, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

The Dorset Family History Society may be able to give you further advice. Ghmyrtle (talk) 17:58, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

If you haven't tried Findagrave, it may help. Many records, many of them with headstone photos. InedibleHulk (talk) 01:26, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Cheating in personal relationships

I was reading the Wikipedia article on Cheating in personal relationships. I noticed that it was mostly opinions, because there were so many citation needed tags. So, I weeded out some of the opinions and left with only a few sentences. Plus, the section seemed to be very focused on consensual relationships for individuals in the relationship. I am thinking of an arranged marriage relationship, planned out by the parents, in order to secure the family wealth. In such a case, that would presumably be determined by what the two families/clans want to gain out of the relationship of a couple rather than merely the consensus of two individuals. For instance, Family A has a bride, and Family B has a bridegroom. Family B collects dowry from Family A, and Family A collects bride price from Family B. The bride and groom's marriage is solemnized, and the couple now live together. Nevertheless, the article - with the opinions I removed - does give insight on why some people consider any violation of the agreed-upon rules of a relationship to be "cheating", including girlfriend/boyfriend relationships. Apparently, people can cheat with or without being in a formalized marriage. The only problem that I find is that if a partner in the relationship does not really disclose any expectations of the relationship and only assumes a lifelong commitment out of his/her partner due to familial habit and cultural beliefs on courtship (i.e. maybe in a person's culture, the husband and wife are forbidden to divorce, so that puts a lot of pressure on finding the right partner the first time, or at least a lot of commitment to make a failing marriage to not obtain a divorce), then would that still be considered cheating on that person's partner's part, assuming that the person's partner comes from different cultural background? Sneazy (talk) 13:33, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

That's a long series of complicated sentences, and it's hard to figure out what you are asking. As I understand it, the question is whether, if a partner in an arranged marriage has an outside relationship, it counts as cheating. Is that correct? Looie496 (talk) 15:21, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Close enough. Sneazy (talk) 23:45, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Cheating (except as legally defined adultery or the like) is a personal and/or cultural matter. Couples need to work this out for themselves. That's not a question well suited to the Ref Desk. Bielle (talk) 00:03, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

How to convert a 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 to 6x6?

I need to know about how to convert a 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 to a 6x6 with 49" Interco Irok tires, ready for Icelandic glacier, for information purposes only.

Other options to install: Separate cargo bed, backup camera integrated into the rear-view mirror, subwoofer enclosure mounted behind the back seats, large GPS, PTO-driven winch, large fender flares, lightbar on the tailgate with integrated brake light, overhead screen for DVD, equalizer.

Please respond to my question. --Kiel457 (talk) 14:32, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

I will respond to your question by suggesting that you use a popular search engine (Google for example) to find a forum or similar website which specialises in such topics. This is a reference desk for a general encyclopaedia, and as such unlikely to be able provide the detailed knowledge you require - as should be evident from responses to the multiple similar questions you have already asked. AndyTheGrump (talk) 14:38, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

I agree...these kinds of question are not the kind of thing we're going to be able to answer. We work (mostly) by looking up references either online or in the encyclopedia. Since the modifications you've been describing in your last few questions are difficult and complicate - it's quite possible that nobody ever tried to do them before - hence nobody wrote about how to do it - and we have no way to locate any information for you. What you need is the expertise of people who know both target and donor vehicles and who can tell you what fits with what and what has to be modified. Basically, we can't help. SteveBaker (talk) 14:43, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Is there any Kazakhstani government website regarding information about importing a vehicle?

How do I find information about importing a vehicle on a Kazakhstani government website? --Kiel457 (talk) 15:16, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

I don't know, but please stop spamming the ref desk. RudolfRed (talk) 23:07, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

There are lots of Infiniti FX vehicles in Kazakhstan. Is they are imported from the U.S. as used vehicles?

I watched some videos on the Internet. While I searching a burnout of the Infiniti FX, I saw an Infiniti FX35 with 1993-2012 Kazakhstani license plates. The rear plate is square sized. Is it imported from the United States as used vehicle or not?

Please answer my question. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kiel457 (talk • contribs) 15:32, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

How on Earth would we know if the vehicle in a particular video you saw on youtube was imported as a used vehicle from the USA? We have no way to tell.

In general, personal vehicle importation is usually possible in most countries but is subject to various regulations. You might have to pay an import duty. You will almost certainly have to have the vehicle inspected, even if new, and that might open up the possibility of expensive modifications to meet local regulations. The official regulations are somewhere, a good bet is the government department that deals with customs, finance, transport or similar. Government departments in the 21st century often have websites with links to the necessary information, but just as often that information is not posted or only posted in one language; and that is particularly true of less developed countries like Kazakhstan or Georgia. If you find nothing online, you might find yourself having to call the appropriate department (if they post their phone number) and be prepared to be shunted round to various people. Astronaut (talk) 16:59, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Declining rate of residential land-line phones in the US

Someone from the phone company who sought to sell a DSL line remarked to me that fewer and fewer homes in my (US) town still have wired-in land line phone service. I know they became more common through the 20th century, and have been in decline since the advent of celphones. I'm told that young college grads just use their cell, and I can see that people sharing an apartment might not want to have to divide up long distance charges every month. Someone said they never answer the land line, since it is probably someone wanting a donation or a wrong number or a telemarketer. They just use the landline to call their cel when it is misplaced. Is there a chart showing the declining percentage of US homes with land-line phone service in recent years? I'm really interested in wired-in landlines, rather than voice over internet or phone service bundled with cable tv and internet. Are there US towns which once had land-line phone service , but the phone company found it unprofitable to maintain a network with too few subscribers and shut it down, leaving only celphones and bundled internet-cable-phone service? Thanks. Edison (talk) 16:55, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

The local bells are regulated as utilities, they are required to provide service at a regulated rate, subject to state law. In New York, various municipalities opted out of New York Telephone, and built their own local networks. But if a residential customer in a rural area in the NYTel jurisdiction needs service, he will eventually get it. I am aware of one customer who had a home on an island in a lake. He waited about a year for them to run a cable, which is regulated by the local equipment budget, audited by the state, but he only paid the standard new installation charge, which was about $215.00. μηδείς (talk) 18:40, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

I know that Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country. What's the main entry seaport for the vehicles going to Kazakhstan?

I need to know about what's the main entry seaport for the vehicles coming to Kazakhstan?

There are lots of American vehicles, heavy trucks and cars in Kazakhstan. Are they imported by importer companies, natural person or other?

Please answer my question quickly. --Kiel457 (talk) 17:52, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

What will happen if you don't get an answer quickly? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:00, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

According to this website, ocean containers can be delivered via land transportation from the ports of Klaipeda (Lithuania), Dubai (United Arab Emirates) or ports of China such as Tianjin or Qingdao. Service is also available with full containers or de-consolidated cargo being delivered by trucking from Georgia, Russia, Lithuania, or China. John M Baker (talk) 19:10, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

See Dzhungarian Gate. μηδείς (talk) 22:16, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Launcelot Charles Walford

A series of side tracks has led me to do some work on Alec Reed Academy, a school in Northolt (a suburb of west London). I'm always curious about who or what schools are named after, and school's original name was Walford Secondary School. Walford doesn't seem to be a place in Northolt, and the only other associated Walford seems to be Launcelot Charles Walford who was Rector of Northolt between 1906 and 1917. Aside from writing some devotional texts, I can't find anything notable about him that was cause a secular council school to be named after him. Any ideas would be most welcome. Alansplodge (talk) 19:40, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Maybe he donated some money to fund that school being built? --TammyMoet (talk) 11:11, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Maybe, but he died in 1936, nearly 20 years before it opened. Alansplodge (talk) 18:22, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

Meaning of "WKPD" abbreviation

Somebody please specify the meaning of "WKPD"? Sure isn't the one given in the main namespace, and the Reference Desk (or WP) namespace explicitly has no such entry as of current (I used both search boxes).

I mean "WKPD" as used here.

--217.81.189.242 (talk) 19:47, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Given the context, on an article talk page, I'd assume it is just someone's personal abbreviation for 'Wikipedia'. AndyTheGrump (talk) 19:56, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks Andy, and I think you may be right though it does look strange to me. Why would anyone refrain from changing an article when they know stuff? Additional ideas anyone? --217.81.189.242 (talk) 21:04, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

In the context, no other meaning suggests itself. He's saying that he's OK with talking behind the scenes but generally prefers to leave the actual editing of WP articles to others. He's contributing what he knows, and others are free to use that information any way they please, including adding it to the article (suitably sourced, of course). The thing with voluntary projects like WP is that people are free to choose whatever level of involvement they're comfortable with; and we never know about people's individual circumstances. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 21:14, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Will these ages-old shortcomings of version compare EVER get sorted out?

Sorry for crying and I'm not sure this is the right page, either, but after a million whiles I just got to vent this and hope for something to finally get unstuck.

I've been contributing to Wikipedia in multiple languages for a number of years I've lost track of, but every time I split a paragraph or insert a headline that FSCKING compare algorithm will show the unchanged second part of the unchanged paragraph as removed and added. I've complained about this a number of times, too.

Which goes to cause anybody revising every change of that kind to have to prune out the text and do their own mechanical compare, or else painstakingly read along word by word, for the whole lengthy paragraph, just to find out that truly nothing has been changed.

See what I mean by this example, one of just so many too many.

Is ANYBODY at WPF EVER going to do any old something about that COMPLETELY senseless and time-wasting annoyance?

Maybe I just didn't take the matter to the right place (I thought places such as the Village Pump were right). If all else fails, where in the world would I have to feed this where somebody MIGHT be interested in even commenting on the matter?

HTH, finally. What's that (though I think erroneous) saying, hope dies last?

Thanks out to any and everyone bothering or caring.

--217.81.189.242 (talk) 21:17, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

WikEdDiff offers an alternate diff view, but you can only use this by transcluding it to your .js subpage while logged into an account. It's not perfect, but it basically filters out block moves. Someguy1221 (talk) 21:37, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

There is a simpler way for logged in users: Select "wikEdDiff" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:10, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks PrimeHunter but sorry, I'm an ethical IP by choice and I consider the matter a general problem that should be fixed with no chin-ups required. Any more suggestions? --217.81.189.242 (talk) 22:29, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

It's hard to make good diffs efficiently. There have been many reports of poor diffs. I also get annoyed but the developers have a lot of other things to work on. Unless you are a programmer who can understand and improve the actual diff code currently used, I'm not sure what you can do about it. wikEdDiff gives an excellent diff for your example but there are other cases where the normal diff is better. wikEdDiff doesn't replace the normal diff. It just gives an option to see an alternative diff by clicking an icon below the normal diff. If you register an account then you get a lot of possibilities to customize your Wikipedia experience. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:40, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

The answer to the question in the section heading is "no". Data differencing is one of those things that turns out to be much more complicated than it seems. The devs are trying their best to improve things, but differencing is such an old set of problems that it may not seem all that pressing to most developers. Staecker (talk) 13:47, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

New message highlighter

Probably the incorrect place to ask this, but it's worth a try. The item at the top of the page, "Talk: You have new messages" is normally highlighted in orange only when there actually is a new message. Which there isn't. But it's highlighted now. This oddity only started within the past few hours, near as I can recall. Any idea what's up with that? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:47, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

There are already many reports at the better place Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Random "Talk: you have new messages" messages? PrimeHunter (talk) 22:07, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

OMG! OMG OMG! OMG OMG OMG! What is going on??? μηδείς (talk) 22:15, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Relax. It's fixed now. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:01, 31 July 2013 (UTC)