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January 5[edit]

Contacting Anime Festival Asia[edit]

Well last night and today, I have been trying to send an inquiry to Anime Festival Asia if they are planning to hold an Anime Festival Asia in the Philippines in the future. Unfortunately, all three times I've tried to contact them, I've gotten a error that says "I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses. This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out. Mail quota exceeded." Is there another way to contact them? I was trying to send it to the e-mail address on their website; it's the same e-mail address for all enquiries. I could call them, but I'm from the Philippines and they're from Singapore, so a call would be rather expensive. I also can't send mail to them because: 1. Correct me if I'm wrong, but they don't appear to have any mailing address on their website, 2. Again, it's rather expensive, and 3. I want a quick response. Is the "mail quota exceeded" error from my e-mail address or from theirs? And is there another way to contact them or any of their affiliates regarding that inquiry? Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 01:07, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

As the event seems to be held in November and today is only a few days after the new year holiday, you have many months to find out this information. It is also possible that the staff are still on their holidays. Why not leave it a while and give them a chance to check the many thousands of mails they probably received over the holidays. Astronaut (talk) 01:59, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Another thing I just spotted. There is a site for the 2011 event and one for the 2012 event, but one hasn't been set up (yet) for a 2013 event. You are probably really early. Astronaut (talk) 02:06, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A better Wikipedia for all[edit]

To whom it may concern,

I have always used Wikipedia since it first was created. I think that it is a useful reference tool for any modern day individual who seeks information quickly. The last time i visited a page i had an idea. The idea had to do with hyperlinks on Wikipedia Instead of making them hyperlinks let us change them to reduced inline links that will allow a visitor almost instant access to information surrounding the "main" article. That way Wikipedia can function more efficiently and effectively.68.107.189.233 (talk) 11:03, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sincerely,

Brendan H

I'm not sure I fully understand your idea, but you may find that Navigation popups already do some of this. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 12:43, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Also, this is the Reference Desk - a place to ask questions. If you have something new to suggest, the "Village Pump proposals forum" would be a better place. But I agree with Andrew - Navigation popups do this job very well. I believe you need to create an account - then go to the "preferences" link up at the top-right of the screen - then click on the "gadgets" tab and check the boxes that say "Navigation popups, article previews and editing functions popup when hovering over links" and "Reference Tooltips: Roll over any inline citation to see reference information, instead of having to jump away from the article text." SteveBaker (talk) 16:59, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Idevices[edit]

Apple decided to launch new versions of all their devices towards the end of 2012. Why did they do that? They'll have nothing to launch in March 2013 now. 90.219.64.4 (talk) 16:43, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

People buy products like that as Xmas gifts...maybe this was a way to boost sales? SteveBaker (talk) 16:52, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And they delivered them early enough that the recipients could get them repaired before Christmas arrived. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:49, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Since you work for Apple (after all, how else would you know that they'll have nothing to release in March), why don't you ask your bosses? Dismas|^(talk) 21:47, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And, as I said in reply to a similar Q, if a technology like that is ready to be released, they'd better not sit on it, as it will soon lose it's technological edge over the competition, and thus it's value. StuRat (talk) 21:56, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think they can release anything for the first half of 2013 though. They're having enough trouble with supply chain shortages as it is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.219.64.4 (talk) 14:56, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's a lot better to have shortages than surpluses. StuRat (talk) 22:52, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it worked out well for the Best Buy chain during the fall of 2011. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:36, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Care to provide a link ? StuRat (talk) 23:43, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It was when they ran short of some high-demand gizmos.[1] But they survived that debacle. So far. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 08:59, 7 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. StuRat (talk) 09:44, 7 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Jesus Calling by Sarah Young 1946[edit]

on the inside of "Jesus Calling" under the

"Library of Congress Cataloging-In-Publication Data"

is printed

"Young, Sarah-1946"

The book was published in 2004. What does the 1946 mean? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.7.108.116 (talk) 16:57, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'ts her year of birth and she was alive when the book went to print or the year of death would have followed. μηδείς (talk) 17:00, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]