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List of lesbian actresses (repeat)

Is there a list of confirmed lesbian actresses? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 111.9.204.26 (talk) 11:15, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

This is the third time you've asked this. Have you tried using the site's search function yet? AlexTiefling (talk) 11:19, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Can you point me towards the answers the previous times this was asked? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 111.9.204.26 (talk) 11:21, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

One is here: [1] - I think the other has been removed in its entirety due to being a recent repetition; I'm not going to dredge up individual diffs just to show that this is something you can look up for yourself. AlexTiefling (talk) 11:27, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Actually, no: here it is: [2]. In the top 50 diffs for this page, removed by Jayron32 for trolling. AlexTiefling (talk) 11:29, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Thank you but nothing in these links leads to a list of lesbian actresses 111.9.204.26 (talk) 11:31, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

I ask you again: have you tried using this site's search function? AlexTiefling (talk) 11:34, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

PS: Try ticking the 'categories' box on the advanced search form before searching. AlexTiefling (talk) 11:37, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Yes I already found Category:Lesbian actresses but it doesn't even have Ellen Degeneres listed! I want help finding a list of lesbian actresses with referenced and reliable third party sources so that I can update their Wikipedia articles. 111.9.204.26 (talk) 11:43, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Oh wait it's listing them by surname instead of first name. I see it now. Thanks 111.9.204.26 (talk) 11:47, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Hold on - that category is based on what's already in Wikipedia articles. If you're intending to bolster the referencing, that's great - but Wikipedia itself is not a source, and you won't find what's not already here. AlexTiefling (talk) 11:50, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

So the original question still stands unanswered, then? 111.9.204.26 (talk) 11:57, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Yes, it has been answered. You asked for a list of lesbian actresses. You have been given a list of lesbian actresses. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 12:11, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

It sounds like they want a referenced list from outside of Wikipedia. StuRat (talk) 15:47, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Just to clarify, you want actresses who are lesbians, not actresses who have portrayed lesbians, right ? And how about bisexual actresses, like Portia de Rossi ? StuRat (talk) 15:47, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Televising the World Cup (or any other major event)

Here in the UK, in a few days time, the TV schedule will be wiped out and replaced by the matches of the World Cup. I think it's safe to assume the same will happen in other countries. Does each network that is showing the games, send their own camera crew to film the matches or is there a standard feed which comes from the games and the TV stations commentators voices are added? Thanks! --TrogWoolley (talk) 12:33, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

A bit of both, I suspect. That is, each of the major networks send a film crew, while lesser networks can't afford to do so, and instead obtain the rights to use one of the major network's feeds. I noticed that there was a problem with satellite bandwidth during the last Olympics, and they reacted by lowering the frame rate, making it look like the events were filmed with a strobe light flashing. Having fewer feeds, shared more widely, would help eliminate problems such as this. StuRat (talk) 15:51, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

The Olympics has its own television broadcasting service, from which countries take feeds and can either provide their own commentary or take the standard Olympic commentary. --TammyMoet (talk) 18:54, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

You pretty much have it pegged Stu. Also, thanks for the link TM but the World Cup is not run by the IOC so that article won't have much relevance - though there still might be some. This one 2014 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights is relevant but doesn't really answer the OP's question. One thing of note is the number of countries covering the event - it would be impossible for all of them to fit their own equipment into the various stadiums. For the most part there will be one main televised feed that is distributed to all of the countries. Some (most?) countries will have announcing teams at the venues to call the games. Some will have announcers at a central location (Rio or Sao Paulo at a guess) and call the games from there. A few will save on costs by have announcers at a studio in their country rather then sending them to Braz(s)il. I remember this happening here in the US for the 1986 Cup when Tony Tirado called all the games for SIN (US TV didn't cover all the games yet) but the times have moved on since then and, I suspect, that those that don't send at least one announcer to the host country are few and far between. Other editors my have more specific info Trog so keep your eyes peeled for updates. MarnetteD | Talk 19:16, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Well it did say in the title "or other major events" so what I posted is relevant to that bit. --TammyMoet (talk) 17:53, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

The world feed and some of the news packages will once again be provided by HBS. [3], [4], [5]. Nanonic (talk) 06:18, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

And [6] for camera positions etc. Nanonic (talk) 06:25, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Songwriters inspired by psychedelic drugs

See also: Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2011 December 11 § Insight for composing music

See also: Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2013 May 10 § Insight for writing songs

Which songwriters have attributed their songwriting ideas (and for which songs?) to the influence of psychedelic drugs? (As always at WP:RD, I appreciate being provided supporting references. However, if you are unable to provide any, please do not let that prevent you from identifying songwriters and/or songs and/or drugs. Someone else might be able to provide supporting references for your information. Ideally, I am visualizing a table with five columns: "Songwriter", "Song", "Year", "Drug", and "Reference".)
—Wavelength (talk) 16:15, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

The Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was inspired by LSD. Although John Lennon denied it, Paul McCartney later admitted it. See the song article for references and other Beatles songs inspired by drugs. StuRat (talk) 16:36, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Mother's Little Helper (see the song article for sources) by The Rolling Stones is about Valium, although that's a tranquilizer, not a psychedelic drug. Do you really mean to limit the discussion of psychedelic drugs ? StuRat (talk) 16:40, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

I meant that the songwriters claimed to have been influenced psychedelically by psychedelic drugs, so that their ideas came from an altered state of consciousness. Whether or not drugs are mentioned in the lyrics is irrelevant.

—Wavelength (talk) 16:54, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

I see. It might still be a good starting point if the drug is mentioned, as presumably they usually write about it because they are familiar with it. StuRat (talk) 16:58, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Hotel California by The Eagles refers to "the warm smell of colitas", a slang term for marijuana. See Hotel California#Interpretation for sources. I'd also expect half the songs by Cheech and Chong to be about that. StuRat (talk) 16:47, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

There are also many songs that refer to drugs but aren't specific, such as The Doors Light my Fire, containing the lyric: "You know we couldn't get much higher". (It sounds like a drug that requires a fire to consume, but there are many of those.) StuRat (talk) 16:56, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

"Light My Fire" is incoherent enough to have been written on drugs, but imho it's all about sex. (Isn't everything?) —Tamfang (talk) 06:18, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

White Rabbit (song). --Viennese Waltz 17:15, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Changing genres from the more obvious psychedelic rock, perhaps many songs on The Chronic would count, see Dre admit to composing while high on occasion here [7]. Here [8] is Snoop dogg talking about how he is high pretty much 24/7, so we can safely assume that most of his work is inspired/influenced by drugs as well. SemanticMantis (talk) 17:43, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

I would expect most of Syd Barrett's solo work to fall into this category, also work by Daevid Allen, Gong, and Steve Hillage. --TammyMoet (talk) 18:43, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

• Not psychedelic, per se, but heroin has been inspirational to many well known songs; i.e. Lou Reed (see Heroin (song)), Iggy Pop (see Lust for Life (song)), possibly The Las (see There She Goes), etc. --Jayron32 19:00, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

• The trio band Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah had a song called "The Snow Queen" which was specifically about cocaine. Their major hit song, "Lake Shore Drive", referenced in the song at some points as "LSD" was not explicitly about drugs, though LSD is a coincidental play on it. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:27, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

I can't source this without exposing my secret identity, but there's a fairly(?) good chance Canadian radio listeners have heard at least one (maybe two) of my songs, which aren't at all about drugs or "trippy sounding". But I've been stoned virtually every time I sat down to hammer anything out. The drugs (just weed and shrooms here) inspire the act of music, but not the art. Once everything sounds better, I feel better about being inspired by whatever. Definitely influences a lot of artists the same way, though you'd never guess it from listening.

But sadly, Puff the Magic Dragon isn't one of those tunes. InedibleHulk (talk) 07:05, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

If you count poetry as song, there's a whole article about Coleridge and opium. InedibleHulk (talk) 07:15, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Are you Jason Englishman? That would be cool. Adam Bishop (talk) 18:01, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Not as cool as if you were a jaguar raised in a wolf pack. (Just checked your user page. Not that guy.) InedibleHulk (talk) 11:30, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Wow. No mention of Jimi_Hendrix? "Like most acid-heads, Jimi had visions and he wanted to create music to express what he saw. He would try to explain this to people, but it didn't make sense because it was not linked to reality in any way. " —Kathy Etchingham 196.214.78.114 (talk) 08:47, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Brian Wilson (with the Beach Boys), Hang On to Your Ego. Staecker (talk) 11:16, 11 June 2014 (UTC)