Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2015 April 22

= April 22 =

A Strange A&E Program
This is a tall order, I hope someone knows what I'm talking about here. Around 1983 or 1984 I remember seeing a show on Arts & Entertainment Network back in the early days when they were only on for a few hours at night (after Nickelodeon) and on Sundays. Anyway, the show was set in Britain and this man is on his way home from work. He gets stopped by some men in suits and told that he is under some type of arrest, it had a weird name. I don't remember what they called it but it was similar to "censored" or "cashiered" or something like that. Anyway, he goes to some type of police station, is emptying all of his pockets and calls his wife to tell her "I've been [what ever the name of this arrest type was]." The thing that made it weird was that the police were acting like they were very sorry this was happening and the man was acting like this was a routine thing that happened to people. I never saw the end of the show because I think I was called to dinner or something (I was 7 or 8 at the time). Any ideas?? -OberRanks (talk) 16:38, 22 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Maybe The Prisoner? -- McDoob  AU93  16:53, 22 April 2015 (UTC)


 * It doesn't sound like The Prisoner, as he was knocked out by gas in his flat (as shown every episode in the interminable title sequence) rather than being arrested in the street, and didn't have a wife as far as I know. As described it sounds a bit like a variant of Kafka's The Trial (though the protagonist in that was arrested at home, and wasn't married). AndrewWTaylor (talk) 17:13, 22 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Parts of your description sound like the serial Spyship, which fits your time frame, or Dead Head (TV series), which doesn't. But neither fits the entire plot line that you present. It will be interesting to see if anyone comes up with the right show. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 17:58, 22 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Thank you everyone. It was so long ago, it would incredible to find the actual show. -OberRanks (talk) 18:27, 22 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Could the word have been censured ? That is a form of punishment.  It's not typically accompanied by an arrest, but I suppose there could be a situation where somebody is arrested for some minor crime, but in the end is released with only an admonishment/censure.  If the police know in advance this is the likely outcome, that might explain why they are apologetic (feeling that an arrest for such a small crime is unreasonable). StuRat (talk) 18:41, 22 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Perhaps he said "I've been sectioned". Meaning he was being detained due to mental illness under the Mental Health Act 1983 as noted at Powers_of_the_police_in_England_and_Wales. Obviously, officers can be very sympathetic to the detainees. --Modocc (talk) 19:54, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Nudity in Pics
If this is not the right forum, my apologies.

I happened to need to look up the band "Semi Precious Weapons." How risqué can you be with the photos that get attached to non-medical entries? I don't know the rules, so I'm not going to edit. But someone w/ Wikipedia might want to check on the 2nd picture. 19:15, 22 April 2015 (UTC) Sidume — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.28.35.130 (talk) 19:15, 22 April 2015 (UTC)


 * [[file:Lady_Gaga_at_Lollapalooza_2010.jpg|thumb|right|200px|There is no actual nudity in this photo, though the lady is rather scantily clad]] Wikipedia is not censored. And that lady in the photo is not nude, though it may appear that way at low resolution. Further guidelines are at Offensive_material. You might also be interested in perusing Category:Wikipedia_objectionable_content - there are lots of pages that might be seen as offensive to some people, but are nevertheless part of our Encyclopedic scope. Is the picture in question strictly necessary? I don't know, probably not, but some fans of the band might feel that it gives important information about them. Is it generally offensive? I don't know that either, but I suspect that getting it removed on grounds of offensiveness would be a non-starter. If you want to address content issues in the future, the talk page for the article, (in this case here, just click on "talk" at the top of any article) is usually a better place to post. SemanticMantis (talk) 20:01, 22 April 2015 (UTC)