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January 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 1

1. Brill books

January 2

Wikipedia: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

Wikipedia: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

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 4

1. Religious Qualification for the British Crown

January 6

Wikipedia: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

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 7

1. Statue ID
2. Darius III
3. Roosevelt

January 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 8

1. North Korean nukes

January 9

Wikipedia: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

Wikipedia: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

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 12

1. Neo-Colbertian
2. Cybertheft of $1billion

January 13

Wikipedia: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

Wikipedia: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

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 15

1. Origins of aphorism

January 16

Wikipedia: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

Wikipedia: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

Wikipedia: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

Wikipedia: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

Wikipedia: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

Wikipedia: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

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 22

1. Report on Country Information Guidance on Eritrea
2. Ginseng

January 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 23

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

January 24

Wikipedia: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

Wikipedia: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

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 27

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

January 28

Wikipedia: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

Wikipedia: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

Wikipedia: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

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 January 31

1. New Testament apocryphal document written by known orthodox guy