Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/January 2016

= January 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 1


 * 1) Brill books

= January 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 2


 * 1) Viral experimentation on death row inmates
 * 2) Wikipedia is dying, what steps Wikipedia management is taking?
 * 3) Ding dong the wicked witch is still alive!

= January 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 3


 * 1) Is there a reliable source that has religious demographics on US municipalities?
 * 2) User:Roland Boucher asking about Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement
 * 3) Cemaat
 * 4) Y Gododdin question
 * 5) Girl offerings to Bel
 * 6) Is polygamy permitted to Muslims in Israel?

= January 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 4


 * 1) Religious Qualification for the British Crown

= January 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 6


 * 1) Does Kaufman v. McCaughtry apply to "Religion = Atheism" in Wikipedia infoboxes?
 * 2) Copyright in the UK
 * 3) Donald Trump and foreign reporters?
 * 4) Who replaced Ri Chun-hee as the North Korean news anchor?

= January 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 7


 * 1) Statue ID
 * 2) Darius III
 * 3) Roosevelt

= January 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 8


 * 1) North Korean nukes

= January 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 9


 * 1) Origin of "G20" of G20 Schools
 * 2) Slaves at the White House
 * 3) Texas Rangers
 * 4) What does the media in the Arab world report about the New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Germany?

= January 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 11


 * 1) Infamous Presidental Medal of Freedom Winners?
 * 2) Long Italian book title
 * 3) The Waters of Mar{s|ch}
 * 4) What is the percentage of males that work in the traditionally female profession of elementary school teacher?
 * 5) Who owns the cameras at political rallies in the US?
 * 6) Ecuadorian centavo coins
 * 7) If the rich suddenly gave it all away

= January 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 12


 * 1) Neo-Colbertian
 * 2) Cybertheft of $1billion

= January 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 13


 * 1) Why did the Japanese decide to do this?
 * 2) Creative commons license of government home pages
 * 3) Hurst v. Florida
 * 4) "Accident of History"
 * 5) Does the Koran say something about blond women?

= January 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 14


 * 1) William Henry Harrison
 * 2) Two women raising children
 * 3) State of the Union address 1823: Who was Colonel Lee?
 * 4) Libana - Moorish poet
 * 5) How does a lawsuit acquire its name when there are multiple plaintiffs?  How is the lead plaintiff selected?
 * 6) Help identifying an English-language children's book
 * 7) Dual citizens in the US
 * 8) A question about the Apostles' Creed
 * 9) Being named a saint

= January 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 15


 * 1) Origins of aphorism

= January 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 16


 * 1) Usage of military in internal conflicts - where is this possible in an emergency?
 * 2) If a person has an MBA, is it wrong to say he's an economist?
 * 3) How was India described when it joined the League of Nations and the United Nations?
 * 4) United States Marine Corps Criminal Investigation Division

= January 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 17


 * 1) Is there a list of red states and blue states (Republican states and Democrat states)?
 * 2) Apostasy in Islam through inaction
 * 3) what do US troops do with leftover MREs?
 * 4) Bundy occupation -vs- Rainbow Gathering
 * 5) Who is this investigator?

= January 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 18


 * 1) In what era did the average navy of a great power have the most vessels?
 * 2) Moon landing quote speculation
 * 3) Sikkim
 * 4) Romam vado iterum crucifigi

= January 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 19


 * 1) Full text of Albert Speer's letter to Helene Jeanty about Holocaust Knowledge
 * 2) Beauty in ancient and medieval times
 * 3) "liberal academic former governor from New England"
 * 4) Philip Morris International and US corporate ownership
 * 5) Etymology of Triaenops
 * 6) Unenforced laws

= January 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 20


 * 1) Estimates for the number of civilian firearms per state
 * 2) Quranic Verse sought
 * 3) Commander and conqueror (in Chief) of the Universe

= January 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 21


 * 1) What happens if the rich country you're in can't tell exactly which country to deport you to?
 * 2) Philosophers who write without jargon
 * 3) Mohéli
 * 4) Sin cleansing

= January 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 22


 * 1) Report on Country Information Guidance on Eritrea
 * 2) Ginseng

= January 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 23


 * 1) First book written by an English monarch
 * 2) Identify a quotation

= January 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 24


 * 1) Impromptu Masses
 * 2) Any serial killers, spree killers, or mass murderers that span across generations in a family?
 * 3) In the middle ages, how did they enforce serfdom?

= January 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 26


 * 1) American preference for off-white versus British preference for bright pastel interior painting
 * 2) Typical lifespan among the monarchs of Castile and the monarchs of Aragon combined who reigned from 1230 and 1162 to 1504
 * 3) What number of characters becomes "too big" for a novel or TV show?

= January 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 27


 * 1) "Billers" - what does this mean (in given context)?
 * 2) Questions on Sources

= January 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 28


 * 1) Influence of the Yom Kippur War on the US military
 * 2) What is this symbol? TTC
 * 3) Patriot movement and the 1996 Summer Olympics
 * 4) MPTP
 * 5) When did Arkansaw Territory become Arkansas Territory?
 * 6) Virginity
 * 7) Iranian's world demolition evolution

= January 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 29


 * 1) Presidential pardon power in the USA
 * 2) Can a court strike down a child support insurance contract on public policy grounds?
 * 3) Kangaroo bomber
 * 4) Floor scraping
 * 5) Does ISIS have a corresponding religious identity?
 * 6) Are academic theses copyrighted? Who owns the rights?

= January 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 30


 * 1) Why is religion grouped academically with philosophy?
 * 2) Who decides the level of an educational program whithin the European Qualifications Framework?

= January 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 31


 * 1) New Testament apocryphal document written by known orthodox guy