Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/July 2016

= July 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 1


 * 1) Borders of the United States between 1781 and 1784?
 * 2) How factually accurate is the lede of the wikipedia Assault Rifle article?

= July 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 2


 * 1) Witch-burning site in Poland

= July 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 3


 * 1) Secession vs Declaring independence
 * 2) Missing chunks of city
 * 3) Moderator of the proto-General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
 * 4) Trying to find a romance book
 * 5) What's the average height of a Medieval cathedral?
 * 6) USS Mercedita

= July 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 4


 * 1) Samuel Byck

= July 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 5


 * 1) Returning hero motif
 * 2) an accurate and scientific translation of Quran
 * 3) Mikhail Tikhanov

= July 6 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 6


 * 1) Trade Deals and How to Negotiate Them
 * 2) Turkmenistan name and independence
 * 3) Nazi female spy

= July 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 7


 * 1) Has there ever been a UK Prime Minister who hasn't held a Cabinet (or Shadow Cabinet) level job?

= July 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 8


 * 1) Ending the Joint Control Commission
 * 2) Traffic stop procedure
 * 3) Health enquiry
 * 4) Jewish history t-shirt
 * 5) British history tweet
 * 6) Cleanliness
 * 7) People criticizing affirmative action

= July 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 9


 * 1) Westward ho!
 * 2) Proof of God's existence is the death of revealed religion
 * 3) Article on Soka Gakkai and Soka Gakkai International
 * 4) Similar time frame for correspondence

= July 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 11


 * 1) How and when do the Republican and Democratic Party announce their official candidate?
 * 2) Happy Hour by The Housemartins
 * 3) Was aristocratic women allowed to mix with men in 18th-century China?
 * 4) Central Heating Boilers in South Sudan

= July 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 12


 * 1) The ABC of Chairmanship, Walter Citrine
 * 2) Is getyourshare.ca a phishing site?
 * 3) Were the Zhou dynasty ethnically different from Shang dynasty

= July 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 13


 * 1) Is anyone notable enough to have a Wikipedia article an example of this kind of thing?
 * 2) US debt 3
 * 3) How much did silver owners lose under Executive order 6814?
 * 4) death of 100 Germans, or 50 Frenchmen, of 20 Belgians, or one Englishman
 * 5) Status of Native American treaties from before 1776
 * 6) Killings by US Police: demographics
 * 7) Looking for a short story

= July 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 14


 * 1) Warren Buffet: luck or ability?
 * 2) The Death of Jean Charles de Menezes, and a coronial verdict of "unlawful killing".
 * 3) International enforcability of treaties with indigenous peoples

= July 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 15


 * 1) Number of Germans in eastern Europe killed and/or expelled
 * 2) Rates of "intentional homicide" in different countries
 * 3) References for bondage hood article?
 * 4) David Kilgore vs. Albert Rust
 * 5) US mortgage crisis 2007

= July 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 17


 * 1) Anti-Machiavel
 * 2) Illuminates of the Now
 * 3) Oldest most populous city

= July 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 18


 * 1) Japanese Historical Atlases - Are there any out there?
 * 2) Is it possible to be a citizen of three countries?

= July 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 19


 * 1) Yggdrasil and the Tree of Life
 * 2) US police in different states
 * 3) Daniel Paul Schreber
 * 4) Executions of Tudor Queens
 * 5) ribbon colors
 * 6) Translating bishops

= July 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 21


 * 1) Country in Europe with highest rape rate
 * 2) the Bomb
 * 3) Was there an underground railroad to Mexico for escaped slaves?
 * 4) Non-Nazi swastika
 * 5) 1848-1849 in Europe - Government system changes?
 * 6) Full title of Dalí's 1950 painting "Myself at the age of six"
 * 7) Two questions about mass shootings in the United States

= July 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 22


 * 1) Charities
 * 2) Could the reported rape rate in Sweden be partly attributed to an increase in immigration?
 * 3) Who pays to test drinking water for THC?
 * 4) St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

= July 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 23


 * 1) IQs and political affiliations
 * 2) Berlin blockade
 * 3) Jehovah's Witnesses and  Purple Triangles

= July 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 24


 * 1) Kevin B Macdonald
 * 2) Jason Matthews author Red Sparrow
 * 3) What's a fair trade for Detroit? (as is, no warranties, no refunds)
 * 4) Saudi Arabia and US Treasury Securities
 * 5) Question about Qin_Shi_Huang

= July 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 25


 * 1) "Ah" surnames

= July 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 26


 * 1) What is the sounding (and written) range of contrabass clarinet?
 * 2) Parkinson's shuffle
 * 3) Breakdown of victims of Islamic extremism, by category
 * 4) Presumptive nominee - convention as formality
 * 5) British political familial connections
 * 6) Turkey

= July 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 27


 * 1) Rape Conviction Question
 * 2) Nordic Royal Orders
 * 3) Traditional Chinese shoes

= July 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 28


 * 1) What happened to homes owned by single loners who were conscripted into the military during WW2?

= July 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 29


 * 1) Any US Presidents who were shot and survived?
 * 2) Looking for an essay
 * 3) "Sir... CBE"

= July 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 30


 * 1) Political convention
 * 2) The Servicemembers civil relief act and unintended consequences
 * 3) Paul Stahl (soldier)

= July 31 = Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 July 31


 * 1) Restrictions on which passport a person with multiple citizenships can use
 * 2) Philippines v China in the South China Sea: PCA in the Hague instead of ITLOS in Hamburg
 * 3) Fed . US Treasury Securities
 * 4) Olympic Games
 * 5) Origin of American English