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May 14

R.E.M. song

Michael Stipe's face can be seen on a mobile phone throughout the video and the song takes off with a piano intro. Any ideas about the name? SwampyQ2 (talk) 00:01, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The official website [1] has a wonderful collection on the video page. you should be able to locate it there. 10draftsdeep (talk) 13:58, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wonder Woman

I know that she is an Amazon based on the Amazons of Greek Mythology, but is Wonder Woman's ethnicity ever spelled out in the series? 24.189.90.68 (talk) 03:20, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Her "alter-ego" is Princess Diana of Themyscira, so presumably she is of Greek extraction. --Jayron32 03:51, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hitler's favorite theme music

Just which IS Hitler's favorite "entrance theme"? Was it the Badenweiler Marsch? as is mentioned at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/2007 September 6#Hitler's entrance music. Or is it the Königgrätzer Marsch? .. Both articles seem to make the same claim to fame, with both being referenced in popular culture in relation to Hitler.. so there appears to be a contradiction.. unless, he has two favorite marches?? If not, can someone clarify (or is it rectify?) the articles so there is some consistency and/or distinction between them? -- œ ^™

Reading those two entries, I see no contradictions. The first says that the Badenweiler Marsch was "often" (not "always") used for his entrances, and the second that the Königgrätzer Marsch was "one of" his favourite marches (meaning he had two or more) and was (also) often used. Neither is claimed to be his single, solely used favourite, and evidently both these two marches and probably others were were used for this purpose on different occasions over the 10 years or so of his political career. You seem to be reading into what is said in these two entries a little more than is actually there, though it's entirely possible that elsewhere, partisans of one or the other march have exaggerated their own preference's predominance. 87.81.230.195 (talk) 15:51, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Think how history might have been changed had Hitler's favorite entrance music been "The Cuckoo Song". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:43, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why are football crowds more aware of handball than other infractions?

When watching football, I notice several times each game there is a massed shout of "handball" from the crowd. There is also the occasional shout for "penalty", but I never hear the crowd shout "offside", "foul", "corner", or for other incidents/stoppages. What is it about handball that makes the crowd so aware of this infraction and not others? Astronaut (talk) 18:20, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe because it's so obvious? It's one of the fundamental concepts of the game. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:39, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In addition, not everyone knows the rules for offside, and in a corner situation, the crowd may not instantly realize who touched the ball last. Remember, too, that home crowds won't yell for anything that goes against their team. Xenon54 (talk) 19:42, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's just one of those calls that seems to be antithetical to the spirit of football -- you don't use your hands. Violence and roughness is generally quite justified, if not civilized. Vranak (talk) 01:18, 15 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Trust me, as a regular football fan we do shout for all of those! We follow the saying "if you don't shout you don't get..." It's just that handball and penalties can also lead to yellow/red cards... So they get bigger shouts! Most of the time the crowd are well aware that it wasn't handball, penalty, fouls, offside etc, but you never know what the ref will do if you shout loud enough! Gazhiley (talk) 21:40, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If the crowd actually has a reasonable expectation that yelling can influence a ref's calls, something's fishy. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:53, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's not so much that there's an expectation, more that if the ref is in two minds then it can often sway them towards making the decision in your favour... It's why certain teams (for example Manchester United) have a reputation for winning more penalties etc at home compared to away, due to the pressure that the 60k+ fans baying for a decision can have on refs... It's what constitutes home advantage when fans talk about it... Gazhiley (talk) 12:56, 19 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yet another reason to dislike the sport. :( ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:18, 19 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Official Webpage of Tim Russ?

In the Wikipedia article Tim Russ, there is a link to http://TimRussWebPage.com (which actually is http://web.me.com/trvulcan/Site/Welcome.html). The link is labelled "Official webpage", but I am slightly suspicious. Can anyone confirm that this really is the official website of the "Vulcan"? --Andreas Rejbrand (talk) 21:50, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It certainly looks official, to me. What are your concerns? Everard Proudfoot (talk) 06:37, 15 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I know imdb isn't a reliable source, but it certainly thinks that page is Russ's official website: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750913/officialsites Everard Proudfoot (talk) 06:38, 15 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]