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January 17

Wikipedia

What's the name of that wiki that is the opposite of Wikipedia? DiSneyjUiCe 01:41, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Are you looking for Conservapedia? HiLo48 (talk) 02:11, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

I don't know what sense of "opposite" you have in mind (Conservapedia's direct opponent is more RationalWiki, which is in its own way also inconsistent with WP's core NPOV policy). There's also Uncyclopedia, which has a name that directly suggests "opposite", and Encyclopedia Dramatica, which who knows what it's about. --Trovatore (talk) 02:23, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Here's a list of Wikipedia parody sites, if that's what you have in mind: Category:Parodies of Wikipedia ~E:71.20.250.51 (talk) 02:54, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Where's Vandalpedia when you need it? Only the most dubious sources allowed for the most trivial subjects. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:46, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

That's basically Dramatica. InedibleHulk (talk) 17:13, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

speedydeletion.wikia.com is in some ways the opposite of Wikipedia. It only has articles that Wikipedia has deleted ;-). 50.0.121.102 (talk) 08:46, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Nicole Curtis's age, and why is there no article on her

Specifically my wife and I were trying to figure out how old Nicole Curtis is. and why there is no article on her in Wikipedia.

She is the star of the show called Rehab Addict on the HGTV or DIY network. She is a designer, and a restorer of houses and is quite good at what she does. I would think she would be interesting enough to rate an article. I tried to go to the area where you suggest new articles, but when I clicked on "edit," it looked like hieroglyphics to me so I had no clue how to actually edit it or add something to it without possibly damaging what was there, so I quit.

Thanks ! ; >) — Preceding unsigned comment added by AikiDavid911 (talk • contribs) 03:17, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

The answer to the question "Why isn't there an article on X" is usually one or both of the following:

• Because X is not notable by Wikipedia's special criteria (i.e. X hasn't been written about in reliable sources, independent of X; or
• Because nobody has written one.

It looks to me as if Nicole Curtis may be notable. If you can find the necessary sources, you are welcome to write an article: I suggest you look at Your first article (or some people find The Wikipedia Adventure more inviting). Alternatively, you could request an article at Requested articles, though that is dependent on somebody being interested enough to take up your suggestion.

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL --ColinFine (talk) 13:38, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

To answer the other question Nicole Curtis is currently 37. Her birthday is August 19. She graduated in 1994 from Lake Orion High School. Vagari (talk) 03:53, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Severed Feet in Boots

Hi - I recently read a poem that contained the story of a man who cut off the feet of a frozen dead body in order to steal some boots. I know I've come across this tale before but can't remember where. Can you help? 87.112.219.95 (talk) 09:35, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

There was a lot of news coverage about severed feet turning up on a beach in British Columbia in 2007. We even have an article: Salish Sea human foot discoveries. --Xuxl (talk) 12:10, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

The usual suspects would be Jack London and Robert W. Service. Rmhermen (talk) 16:30, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

I just want to comment that it's a ridiculous idea. It's virtually impossible to extract a severed foot from a boot without destroying the boot. Looie496 (talk) 16:28, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

That seems counter intuitive because I think after rigor mortis is over it schould be much more flexible than a living foot.--Saehrimnir (talk) 17:06, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Once they thaw, anyway. InedibleHulk (talk) 17:08, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Is this in reference to a poem by Wilfred Owen? ~E:71.20.250.51 (talk) 00:58, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

The Lament of the Frozen Turkey is close,[1] but lacks the boot element. There is Cold Feet,[2] but it may not be a poem. -- Jreferee (talk) 04:45, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

The epic poet Homer (of "Scooby-Doo Can Do" fame, not "The Illiad") once used C.W. McAllister's frozen corpse as a sled, his boots positioned like the boy at the bottom of that article's. InedibleHulk (talk) 20:45, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Hotel Photos

Are there any photos existing of the Astoria Palace Hotel, in Menton, France, around 1900? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.71.61.82 (talk) 11:00, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

The first result from this google image search [3] doesn't have a date, but it appears to be from around that time (I can't link directly to the picture as it's on a blacklisted site). It looks as though the hotel has (had ?) little setback from the street, making it difficult to take good pictures. --Xuxl (talk) 12:08, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Fires in Massachusetts

Not exactly a question, but... the page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernat_Mill should be linked in the page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fires_in_Massachusetts Thanks, 173.66.244.63 (talk) 12:00, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Well fix it then! 217.158.236.14 (talk) 13:35, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

 Done. Thank you for suggesting it. As 217.158 pointed out, you could have fixed it yourself by picking the '+' after the list of categories at the bottom; but I have done so. --ColinFine (talk) 13:41, 17 January 2014 (UTC)