Kenesaw Mountain Landis

is defined as

American hurist; judge; first commissioner of pro baseball

I have never heard of a hurist, and suspect it should be a jurist

Entry corrected. Thanks for noting it.

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"American comic book artist & wtiter; created Batman". Typo corrected.

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"Norwegian politician; three time Prime Minister; Nobel Prize-winner"

Your answer: Hjalmar Branting

He was Swedish, not Norwegian.

Entry corrected. Thanks for catching that.

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'Soviet-born Ukrainian pro Champion heavyweight boxed'.

'boxed' corrected to 'boxer'.

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Irish Thoroughbred racehorse; steeplechaser


Leon Trotsky
Arkle
Jacques Delors
Red Rum
Toni Morrison
Arianna Huffington

Both Arkle and Red Rum were Irish born horses and steeplechasers.Unfair to have both appear in that question, even if Red Rum has a seperate question.

I added 'steeplechaser' to Red Rum. In theory that should keep the two (Red Rum & Arkle) from turning up together.

These problems come up from time to time. I try to be somewhat consistent in my wording, but I miss some cases, obviously. Thanks for pointing this out.

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In case other players also ran across this entry, William Feilding will be replaced due to ambiguity and obscurity. He will still show up in a set in today's game due to being cached.

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13. Alain Delon
Your answer: French 'Tough Guy' stage, film & TV actor; 'Scoprio' & 'Borsalino & Co.'

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Should be 'Scorpio'.

The Alain Delon entry was corrected. Thanks.

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Entry for Baudhayana corrected.

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The answer for Edward G. Robinson says he was American only. He was born in Romania and didn't come to America until he was 10 years old. His real name was Emmanuel Goldberg. I should think that he would correctly be referred to as a Romanian-American.

Edward G. Robinson's entry was updated. Thank you for noting the needed change.

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Thank you for running the updating.

Regarding Alberto Giacometti, one of the clues says "drsftsman" but it should most likely be "draftsman".

Or 'draughtsman'...

Ethno-centric American spelling used. Thanks for catching my typo.

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I could have sworn I posted this a while ago, but don't see it. I had a question about Wally Lewis today that identified him as Aistralian - last time I looked he was Australian!

I would have corrected it if I had seen it. In any case, it is fixed now. The correction will show up after today.

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I encountered Francesca Annis today. The answer stated she is a British actress. She was born and raised until seven in Brazil. At best you could call her Brazilian-Anglo but not British.

Being born in country X doesn't necessarily give you that country's nationality. It may do, in that some countries confer that entitlement to anyone born within their borders, but some people choose to take their parental nationality irrespective of where they were born. Francesca Annis had a British father and has lived in the UK since she was seven - she's now 65. I think she'd have said by now if she wanted to be Brazilian.

I saw an entry in FT that didn't agree with what I felt was a reputable source in this case. I came here and mentioned what I found and suggested a correction. Was I wrong?

Since WAI doesn't have a chat board of its own, this is the place to bring up questions about entries in the game. I rely (perhaps undeservedly) on Wikipedia as a major source. Checking there for Francesca Annis we see that it indicates that indeed she is a 'Brazilian-born British actress'. Her mother was Brazilian-French. I've updated her WAI entry accordingly. The X-born tags add some information and variety to lots of similar entries. I try to include the phrases when they are warranted.

I'm sure that eventually some mischievous malefactor is going to edit a Wiki-entry and then use that as a point to have an entry changed. I will not be amused in that case.

WAI entries are NOT set in stone. Many need to be updated from time to time due to changes over time or due to originally incorrect information. I appreciate players pointing out possible problems, so that I can check out possible 'errors' and fix them.

A point that may not be obvious, my database changes evidently don't show up immediately in game play. Current quiz sets are 'cached' and I can't touch them. Any changes that I make in entries will show up in the next days play or later.

I should also add that I continue to collect names for new entries to be added to the game, eventually. I have over 500 entries left over from the last round of additions, but more names are appreciated. There are currently over 9,300 entries in the game database. I am shooting for at least 10,000 total by the end of this year. If you have candidate(s), send me a name or a list of names of people (or in some cases fictional characters, animals, etc.) that you think deserve being mentioned in WAI. There is no need to prepare elaborate descriptions. Most likely they would be greatly edited to fit the game format. If a name alone is not sufficient to identify an entry, then it is ambiguous and ruled out of the game. If you have a really 'obscure' entry, then in that case you can add explanatory material to defend your selection. You never know I might agree with you that X deserves to be in the game for reason Y. Also, if the name already occurs in the game there is no problem with you suggesting it again. One of my first steps is to check for possible duplications.

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Having done a little searching on who Francesca Annis is, I became interested in her and found she'd played Lady Jessica in "Dune" (which I think is the definitive Jessica portrayal) and wanted to see more of her work. So, I ordered a copy of "Krull" for that purpose. She'd be happy, I think, that I'm interested in her life work and not care so much if I think of her as Brazillian-Anglo-Franco.

8. Scottish novelist; playwtight; screenwriter; 'Trainspotting'

Typo corrected.

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I encountered an entry that might become confusing. To recognise Jean-François Millet, the only clue is "French painter". What if more than one French artist appears?

Terry developed the game with that point as one of the cues to use to eliminate possible answers. If there are two or more possible answers with the same occupation (or noted feature, etc.), then neither of those answers can be the correct one. If two 'Equine Triple Crown winner' descriptions appear, then neither of them can be the correct answer. There is a slight hitch to this in the case of occupations (or features, etc.) with several different descriptors. An example of this is singers. Tenors, basses, baritones, sopranos, etc. are singers and if one or more of those tags and singer occurs in one or more other entries then all of them can be eliminated as possible correct answers. I've tried to locate all of the opera singers, etc. and add singer to their descriptions, but I'm sure that I've missed some. I think that Terry has 'equivalenced' the various voices with 'singer', but I'm not positive about that. Boxer and boxing were problems. I think that I've caught all cases of those and changed them appropriately. Also, the two terms may have been 'equivalenced', so that it won't matter.

That said, I've added to the Jean-François Millet description. If I come across an entry with a 'simple' description, I usually try to expand the entry with interesting info, if possible. I think that this makes the game more interesting and educational (and in some cases more difficult).

Thanks for bringing up this point. If you need more explanation or info, just ask.

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One of my names was "Mark Rothko" and the entry said he was Latvian-born. However, he is Russian-born. Two different countries.

The "Mark Rothko" entry has been updated. He was born September 25, 1903
Dvinsk, Vitebsk Province, Russian Empire (now Daugavpils, Latvia). Thus the confusion.

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