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August 6

Mystery object in World War One postcard

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 – 02:14, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

What is the object depicted in this WWI postcard? Presumably a naval-military vessel of some sort. It comes from this MetroPostcard page, which doesn't help much (it mentions "...Mas torpedo boats designed to overcome protective barriers", but that doesn't seem likely to be it (cf: MAS (motorboat). — 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:4890:FAC5:8AED:1CC9 (talk) 01:02, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

https://www.google.com/intl/es419/insidesearch/features/images/searchbyimage.html

http://www.navypedia.org/ships/italy/it_cf_grillo.htm GRILLO climbing motor torpedo boats (1918); 'naval tanks', provided with two lateral caterpillar chains for overcoming harbour barrages, designed to force the main Austrian naval base of Pola. http://www.hisutton.com/Mignatta.html (((The Quixotic Potato))) (talk) 01:29, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

Cool. And thanks for the google image search link (I'll try it next time I come across a Mystery Object). — 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:4890:FAC5:8AED:1CC9 (talk) 02:14, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

FYI, more info here: http://www.naval-encyclopedia.com/ww1/Italy/grillo-class-tracked-torpedo-launches/ — 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:4890:FAC5:8AED:1CC9 (talk) 04:12, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

I have created a brief stub at Grillo-class tracked torpedo motorboat, please feel free to add to it. Alansplodge (talk) 15:56, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you -- Good job on the article; looks like a 'start class' (or better). 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:4176:1674:84F8:476B (talk) 03:51, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Yes, I got a bit carried away... Alansplodge (talk) 08:58, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

Languages on niconico.jp

On the Wikipedia page of Niconico it says the site supports Japanese, English and Chinese, but I don't see a language select option on the site. Could anyone show me where to change the language if the site really support these languages? Or I might want to remove the "English and Chinese" from the page... User670839245 (talk) 05:12, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

Look at the very bottom of the page; there are drop-down menus for 'Region' and 'Language'. — 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:4890:FAC5:8AED:1CC9 (talk) 05:44, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

I don't see such an option. User670839245 (talk) 11:54, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

I do see them at bottom left. Blooteuth (talk) 14:59, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

Definitely there - in the grey area, and fairly difficult to see. Wymspen (talk) 17:43, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

B747 spares compartment

This says that Boeing 747 has a pressurized compartment for spare parts (apparently different from cargo hold and wheel bay), reportedly the only aircraft to have such a compartment. But I was unable to find the official (or common) name for it and Boeing_747#Design seemingly doesn't mention it. How does Boeing itself call this, maybe we have an article? Brandmeister^talk 11:30, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

The source of the claim "Only the Boeing B747 aircraft which Medview Airlines deploys on the Lagos – London route has that special compartment" is Nigerian journalist Louis Ibah who has published often on aeronautical subjects. It might be possible to contact him here. Blooteuth (talk) 14:55, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

The spare parts are a Fly Away Kit. Smaller kits are designed to fit behind a panel in the main cabin, while some larger ones are designed to fit in a unit load device in the cargo hold. https://aviation.stackexchange.com/a/21420 (((The Quixotic Potato))) (talk) 16:07, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

Although the spare wheel is sensibly stored in the wheel bay ;-) Shantavira|^{feed me} 07:22, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

I think that the answers here are misreading the statement "Only the Boeing B747 aircraft which Medview Airlines deploys on the Lagos – London route has that special compartment." The 747 in that statement is owned by Air Atlanta Icelandic, which specializes in leasing customized aircraft. For example, if you want to do a worldwide tour for your rock band, you can rent a customized 747 from AAI that is designed specifically to fit your gear, band, and crew. Therefore, I believe that "only" in this statement is referring to that one specific customized Boeing 747-400 aircraft, not the Boeing 747 in general. 209.149.113.5 (talk) 16:54, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

There is a YouTube video showing a flyaway kit cabinet that has an Air Atlanta Icelandic sticker on it. Presumably the cabinet would be placed somewhere pressurized, close to the flight deck, in case the flight crew needs to swap a blown fuse or some other quick in-flight fix. No idea if that is related to the stowaway case. Seems big enough for a person. 91.155.195.247 (talk) 16:03, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

Do they keep a spare Piper Cub in there ? :-) StuRat (talk) 19:38, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

dream marriage search

Dream Marriage has a post office box at Reno a google street view doesnt show an office

The wikipedia information doesnt show they have an office in Texas nor does it show any other financial information that wikipedia usually has

If you do a google search almost nothing comes up about dream marriage other than how amazing it is a little more search and you can find it is also one of the biggest in plain sight frauds do some more checking on facts and who actually is Dream Marriage — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.251.38.83 (talk) 12:12, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

Regardless of anything else, I agree our article Dream Marriage probably shouldn't exist. There's no evidence of notability with everything being a PR except 1 ref to the site itself and one ref which is an award which itself does not seem to be notable of significant. Also the editor who created it did nothing else, and bypassed the article creation restricting by turning taking over a redirect. (They at least recreated the redirect.) Still this isn't the place for such a discussion, however thanks for notifying us. Nil Einne (talk) 12:44, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

Agree with Nil Einne on the dubious nature of the article. That aside, the OP mentioned a post office box. This does not refer to an actual office belonging to the business or individual, it is (usually) an address (often a literal lockable box or locker) at a Postal service establishment to which the mail is delivered, and from which the business or individual can collect it. Among the various reasons why this may be advantageous to the addressee is the fact that people who might want to contact them face-to-face are unable to find them from the PO Box address. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.202.208.125 (talk) 20:23, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

While you did not suggest otherwise, I just thought I'd emphasise to the OP that using a PO Box to hide your address is only one reason they may be used. I don't know much about the situation in the US, but I'm assuming it's similar to NZ and other parts of the world and PO Boxes are very often used for other reasons including by many legitimate businesses. My bank for example has a PO Box as their postal contact address despite the fact they've had naming rights to their office tower in Auckland and both their old one and new ones were a minor landmark, and they also still have branches all over. Quite a few government departments also uses PO boxes or other similar mail delivery addresses even those like Work and Income New Zealand who have many places for direct interaction with people. I think I've even seen individual retail stores from chain stores have their own PO boxes for contact as well as the head store. (Well I suspect most do, but they may not publicise them much especially nowadays when they're rarely used. Independently owned stores as part of a franchise are probably a bit more likely to publicise them.) Nil Einne (talk) 04:41, 9 August 2017 (UTC)