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August 4

how do I start?

I am about five minutes old on wikipedia... I will have many questions...

How do I put a New idea on wikipedia, with new words that are associated to this idea?

Thanks wiki! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Energyflow (talk • contribs) 04:19, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Try looking at the Help . What exactly do you want to do? Shadowjams (talk) 04:35, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

New idea as in your own invention? See Wikipedia:No original research. Otherwise, check out Wikipedia:Your first article. Clarityfiend (talk) 05:19, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Just curious here. You're 5 minutes old on WP (that's OK, everyone has to start somewhere), but why, of all the places you might have asked your question, did you choose the Entertainment Reference Desk? -- 202.142.129.66 (talk) 22:43, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Ipod touch battery

On apple's website it says "A properly maintained iPod battery is designed to retain up to 80% of its original capacity at 400 full charge and discharge cycles".

This is a load of bullshit. I bought my 8gb touch in late 2008 and I barely use it (average 1charge per 2weeks) and now my battery lasts for a few minutes! This is what happens: I charge it for 48hours to make sure it has full energy, listen for 15minutes, the bar drops quite a bit (1 tenth). Then I put it to sleep. Now I come back next day only to find the bar half depleted, then a day after that it's useless. Could you call it leak? I take great care and never damaged it. What's going on? Money is tight (talk) 09:52, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Make sure you've turned off the wireless lan when you're not using it. It eats power. -- Finlay McWalter • Talk 09:58, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

"Putting it to sleep" is not the same as turning it off completely. Battery power is still being used in "sleep" mode. --Thomprod (talk) 15:47, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

It should be able to last more than 2 days on standby, though. I'm not sure what iPod batteries are like, could it be that overcharging the battery (48 hours is a very long charge) has damaged it? --Tango (talk) 23:23, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

I think it's unlikely the iPod is that crap since even a cheap phone or MP3 player is generally designed not to overcharge the battery. I'm pretty sure the iPod must have a li-co or li-po batteries which aren't able to accept a trickle charge. A trickle charge or overcharging has a tendency to cause damage which can result in the 'venting with flame' which such batteries are somewhat infamous for, so any quarter decent charger should cut off the charge completely when the battery has reached the target voltage.

However one thing to be aware of is li-co and li-pol batteries do degrade of time even without use. 50% or less of the original capacity within 1-2 years even without a great deal of use isn't uncommon AFAIK. Storing such batteries in the cold does help, you should also store them at about 40% charge (more precisely about 3.7V is the normal recommendation for long term storage I believe). This also means I suspect that while li-co and li-pol batteries don't have a memory effect, continual toping up the charge probably doesn't help the lifespan. Clearly the average temperature where you live is going to have an effect and if you regularly store your iPod on a heater for some odd reason this isn't going to help its battery lifespan.

Also remember we are talking averages here. Some batteries will do worse then others.

Nil Einne (talk) 14:30, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Silly Season

What up?

I added an article about a band called Silly Season from Sweden under "silly season". Someone called Mono removed it and called it (Irrelevant self promotion removed).http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Silly_season&action=history

Is that not allowed? One can find every other band in the world here.. Is it cause it's not a famouse band or the fact that i play in it?

Been trying to "talk" to Mono without luck.

Help me, please!

Trulle22 (talk) 11:56, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Well for a start if there is a band called Silly Season their article would not go in the main Silly season article, they would have to have their own article. But more importantly, in order for there to be an article the band needs to be notable. See Wikipedia:Notability and, particularly important, Wikipedia:Notability (music). In a nutshell your band won't be important enough to merit their own article unless they have already received coverage in reliable independent sources such as books, newspapers and magazines. Finally, you can't write an article about your own band as that would be considered self-promotion. --Viennese Waltz ^talk 12:04, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

In fact you haven't talked to Mono (talk · contribs) or their alter-ego Dripping Flame (talk · contribs), nor have you talked to 129.94.162.106, the IP user who quite correctly reverted your edit. If you want to talk to somebody, leave a message on their talk page, but I doubt they will tell you anything different than Viennese Waltz has done above. Astronaut (talk) 20:02, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

As VW said, don't write about a band you are in, see also WP:COI Nil Einne (talk) 14:18, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Zangalewa

Tracing the African sources of Shakira's "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)", I found this 1986 full-length video of the Cameroonian ensemble Golden Sounds performing their subsequently eponymous song, "Zangaléwa" (see from 7'34" for the popular, shorter video as shown on YouTube). Two queries:

• Is there a particular Cameroonian association with the Jack-o'-lantern motif on the back of the performers' jackets in the opening scene?
• Which of the performers (if any) is the Golden Sounds' lead singer Jean Paul Zé Bella?

-- Thanks, Deborahjay (talk) 23:48, 4 August 2010 (UTC)