Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2013 May 24

= May 24 =

Bob Carlisle Butterfly Kisses Dolls
I have a victorian doll and baby. Mother's name is Victoria, baby's neme is Elizabeth. Mother is pushing a pram, with baby inside. Here's my question. The framework on the hood of the pram is black, but is on the outside, came this way. Can I get assembly instructions to put the black framework on the inside. It is very confusing.

Thanks, Mary E. Thompson — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.236.162.48 (talk) 00:18, 24 May 2013 (UTC)  I removed your contact details to protect your privacy Rojomoke (talk) 05:02, 24 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi Mary! I'm sorry; I have no idea how to do what you're asking but I did find a forum here that might be able to help you and it seems reasonably active. Perhaps you should post your question there. Matt Deres (talk) 14:24, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

What's a player's first ever ELO score?
What's the Elo chess rating of someone who is playing their first competition ever at all? What do people start with in that rating system? 75.75.42.89 (talk) 00:37, 24 May 2013 (UTC)


 * For an FIDE rating, according to the official handbook, you have to play at least nine qualifying games first (seven if you're "a member of the IBCA, ICSC or IPCA") (rule 7.14). Then you can slog your way through rules 8.2 to 8.4 for the actual calculation. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:36, 25 May 2013 (UTC)

Which alien film do i remember vaguely from about 15 years ago?
I remember a kid finding a transmitter up his nose (or possibly embedded in a tooth?) after a possible abduction, and also an electric fence keeping the aliens away from the family's house later in the film. I believe the aliens were humanoid and wore suits and sunglasses like FBI. Does anyone know the name of this film? I tried Google and it showed someone has already asked on Yahoo Answers but no one knew the answer. Thanks ツ Jenova   20  (email) 11:33, 24 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Taken (TV miniseries) makes extensive use of alien implants. Dark Skies also fits your timeframe, but I've not seen it so I don't know if they do implants. Men in Black folklore (which pre-dates the Will Smith movie by decades, and has made its way into various TV and movie fictions) often has the MiBs be aliens or their stooges. -- Finlay McWalterჷTalk 12:16, 24 May 2013 (UTC)


 * It was a film, not a tv series. And definitely not MIB. Thanks ツ Jenova   20  (email) 13:02, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Is it Communion by chance? uhhlive (talk) 18:01, 24 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Nope. I did some more internet searching and I think it's The Shadow Men. I'll have to watch it and see if it jogs my memory this weekend. Thanks ツ Jenova   20  (email) 18:56, 24 May 2013 (UTC)

Human race in Star Wars
Need help from Star Wars specialists! I'm not familiar with Star Wars Expanded Universe, and I didn't find the answer here.

Are humans from the "galaxy far, far away" belong to Homo sapiens? Are they our descendants? --Roman1969 (talk) 12:33, 24 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Take a look at TV Tropes' panspermia section (in the Star Wars paragraphs in "literature"). It looks like the Expanded Universe authors haven't come to a firm conclusion even about how there are human-ish people all over the Star Wars galaxy, never mind how they might relate to ours. -- Finlay McWalterჷTalk 12:38, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 * They can't be our descendants, because not only is it "far, far away", it's also "a long time ago". Rojomoke (talk) 12:41, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Wookiepedia is probably the best place to look for all things Star Wars, including the "expanded universe" stuff. This article on the "Core Worlds" and This article on the (unnamed) galaxy goes into some history of the settlement of the Star Wars galaxy by humans and other sentient species.  AFAIK, little attempt is made to keep the Star Wars Universe consistent with actual biology, physics, etc.  so I'm not sure that there's any way to connect "Humans" in the Star Wars universe to "Humans" in our own in any meaningful way.  -- Jayron  32  14:54, 24 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Given the long time ago part, it would make more sense that we would be descended from them. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 15:12, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 * well, they're actors, so they're not truly human. Gzuckier (talk) 16:52, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 * LOL w/ Gzuckier, don't you know Star Wars is all real!  Market St.⧏  ⧐ Diamond Way   06:38, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
 * "They should be treated like cattle." (attributed to Obi-Hitchcock) Clarityfiend (talk) 18:43, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Leo: "You can't kill the actors! They're human beings!" Max: "Have you ever eaten with one?" The Producers —Tamfang (talk) 09:23, 10 November 2013 (UTC)


 * I had a look at a Wikipedia article about them. They certainly looked human but they didn't seem to have fingers but even so seemed much better at putting things together and building things. ;-) Dmcq (talk) 19:15, 28 May 2013 (UTC)