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July 22

Identify the TVseries of two twin heiress sisters from the 1970s/80s

I wonder if this is the right place to ask my question. I am trying to identify an old TV-series from my childhood, and I seem to remember that I successfully asked a similar question at Wikipedia once before. The plot of the TV-series focus on the life of a young heiress who is the identical twin of a mentally disturbed sister: the healthy sister lives an adventurous life, while her mentally disturbed twin is placed in a mental hospital, playing with dolls as an adult. I remember the healthy sister being raped by a male relative of the same age, who later shot himself in a meadow. The TV:series would be British, set in England, and made during the 1970s (perhaps early 1980s). I don't remember the plot that well. It was my mother who actually watched, so it was not any kind of series for children at all, rather a drama series popular among adult women, something in the style of a glamorous romance novel I think - those kind of series that became so common in the 1980s, but this would have been an early series of that kind, because as far as I remember, the actors were dressed in the style of the 1970s or perhaps early 80s. If this is the wrong place to put my question, than I would be grateful to know the right place. Perhaps some Tv:series-buff can recognize this?--Aciram (talk) 01:27, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

is there an "800" number (or phone # at all) to contact Wikipedia?

I would like to know if you have an "800" # (or contact phone # at all) to contact wikipedia? I am not very good at using a computer and would like to report that the article on the song "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" is incorrect. It has listed that the cover version done by Bobbie Gentry reached #40 in the UK, when that is absolutely INCORRECT. Bobbie Gentry's cover version reached #1 in the UK. I also would like to ask a few other questions that would be quite lengthy for me to type out, which is why i wanted to know if there was an 800 customer service number. Please advise, Thank you. Dean — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.108.227.163 (talk) 02:12, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

I don't believe there is a phone number for requesting edits to Wikipedia content. Regarding Bobbie Gentry's version of "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head", in addition to the cited source, here is a second source that confirms the ranking of #40 on the UK chart: "Song title 804 - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head". tsort.info. UK 40 - Feb 1970 (4 weeks)

For future reference, help for using or editing Wikipedia is better handled at Wikipedia: Help desk, or try Wikipedia: Teahouse, which is tailored to new users. --2606:A000:4C0C:E200:F501:1A09:1431:2F25 (talk) 05:00, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

Abbey Road

The article on Abbey Road states that four million were sold in the first two months, but it doesn't appear in the List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom. Are different criteria being used to denote sales, or is this an oversight? Widneymanor (talk) 09:28, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

Compare Earth to United Kingdom and see if the distinction helps you solve your conundrum. --Jayron32 11:24, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

The paragraph following the mention of four million goes on to state "Reaction overseas was similar", which implies that the four million refers to UK sales. (It later gives a figure of over seven million sales in the USA alone, which would make the Earth figure greater). ----

Some other references which confirm that the 4M figure was world-wide:

"Worldwide, it [Abbey Road] sold four million copies in its first six weeks on sale, and a further million by the end of 1969 - making it the best-selling long-player of the year". [1]

"After just six weeks it had sold 4,000,000, and by the end of the year, 5,000,000 worldwide". [2]

Alansplodge (talk) 13:02, 22 July 2016 (UTC)

Thanks Widneymanor (talk) 08:18, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

It only ranks at number 4 in the list for its decade and you'll notice that the list of overall top sellers is heavily skewed towards more recent years. I guess that these days, we're much more inclined to buy a popular album than our forebears were. Which is, without checking, I think the opposite of what's happened with sales of singles. --Dweller (talk) Become old fashioned! 18:57, 27 July 2016 (UTC)