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February 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 1

1. First press conference ... ever

February 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 2

1. Iran a parliamentary democracy?
2. SNP post-referendum bounce
3. Is there any study that deals with Wikipedia's entries on fiction?
4. Tanzania Youth Empowerment Group( TAYEG)
5. Julian calendar date needed for Third Crusade
6. how is a scratch-off ticket not just hard cash without all the security features, times a probability?
7. Bless the Maker and all His Water
8. Tamara de Lempicka's boarding school in Lausanne
9. Itinerarium Cambriae
10. Origin of the archetype of the immortal beautiful man

February 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 3

1. I would like to understand the Chinese perspective on spying
2. Deleveraging and the World Wars
3. Short story about soldier ants
4. name of germanic tribe
5. Angels/Demons
6. Prophet Moses

February 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 4

1. Objectivity of law
2. Expressing sympathy at the death of a Muslim
3. tax wedge / tax burden by country
4. What is the name of this philosophy?
5. Geoffrey (archbishop of York)
6. LEGO's itsy-bitsy little brother
7. Number of presidents
8. Generating a List of History Majors
9. The difference between a tribe and a state

February 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 5

1. Proof that proto indo europeans lived in eastern europe.
2. I'm a lighthouse. Your call.
3. industrial revolution
4. Interracial adoption: what about interracial couples?
5. Why are Catholic churches not considered "megachurches"?
6. What is the main purpose of serving food after a Protestant church service?

February 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 6

1. HR/communication strategies
2. Arearea - Paul Gauguin
3. Monsters and demons
4. Château Gaillard
5. I am not a holocaust denialist, nor a believer in conspiracy theory

February 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 7

1. 1883 VA House of Delegates
2. What evidence is there that Christian monasticism was/wasn't borrowed from Buddhism?

February 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 8

1. What's the longest municipal bus route? Longest one under $3?
2. Measurement of complete literary works
3. Measurement of complete musical works
4. Are Christmas and Easter the two most important holidays in Christianity?
5. Another economics question
6. Dutch and German
7. ‘Sun’ and ‘Stars’ and ‘Planets’ mythology
8. St. Valentine's Day in Saudi Arabia
9. 'Guardian angel' and 'Watcher (angel)'

February 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 9

1. Title for the article Sage (sophos)
2. Can Catholics become re-baptized after showing a de-baptismal certificate?
3. Jean Terrasson

February 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 10

1. Interstate housing
2. anti-navigation treaty

February 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 11

1. Ethical questions for drivers and for autonomous cars
2. Mayan caves in the Yucatan ( seeking additional information for this article)
3. United Kingdom: Parliamentary Sovereignty
4. Saladin
5. contemporary art
6. Global net worth distribution
7. Communist influence in America since 60's?
8. King James Version

February 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 12

1. Château Gaillard construction costs
2. Connotation of "rafidah" and "kafir"
3. How do Christians celebrate Christmas for 12 days?
4. When was Italy first "Italy?"
5. Baptism by immersion in Catholic, Orthodox, and Baptist traditions

February 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 13

1. Myth(s)/Mythology(s)
2. What logical fallacy is this?
3. Chissano
4. Mandora Tower?
5. Edith Grove Road

February 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 14

1. Reason for "segregation" in major U.S. cities?
2. Best role for developing an industry

February 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 15

1. British Parliament Procedure
2. Was the bleeding woman that Jesus healed menstruating?
3. Intelligent Room Theory
4. Pindos (Russian slang)
5. horror novels
6. More geography of early 19th century Egypt...

February 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 16

1. Sunday school, Confirmation class, Catechumenate, Bible Study, Small Groups, Devotionals
2. Oral tradition
3. Norway no longer extradite prisoners to US
4. Are Catholics allowed to just take the flesh but not the blood of Christ?

February 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 17

1. Which language has the most international television stations/productions?
2. Bear on a plane
3. Hamburg state election, 2015
4. Levi-Strauss in Praise of Marcel Mauss
5. How did King Lear plan to divide up his kingdom for his three daughters?
6. Was Jun-Jun Sotto real, and if so did he win?

February 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 18

1. Why did the Pietists reject the "dead orthodoxy" of Lutheran Orthodoxy?
2. Islam and music
3. U.S Constitution
4. shivraj singh chouhan cm of mp
5. House price increases
6. Pre-Song Chinese Female Footwear

February 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 19

1. raw-foodism and Nazism
2. Inaccuracies in Francis Brett Young novel "They seek a country"
3. Château Gaillard architect and workers
4. family of Jesus Christ

February 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 20

1. Workplace behaviour
2. I'd rather wait than speak

February 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 21

1. Islamic ruling infertile woman vs. fertile man and fertile woman vs. infertile man married or single
2. Real estate customers

February 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 22

1. What is this painting?
2. Inflation
3. Brazil-Portugal during the Spanish American wars of independence
4. Central African Republic Constitution

February 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 23

1. Mankind given dominion over the world
2. How many copies of 'Revolution' by Russell Brand have been sold worldwide to date?
3. Hatred against Israel
4. State of American academia and universities
5. Rafael Trujillo
6. Non-involvement in marriage
7. Ông Địa

February 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 24

1. Introduction of serfdom in Russia
2. accuracy of Swedish image?
3. chinese story children's fiction
4. Russia

February 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 25

1. New Chronology
2. Mr Thomas and Mrs Thomas
3. Peter the Great
4. John Kline - US Chairman Education is given credit for introducing a bill he had not one thing to do with!
5. Pedophiles per capita across modern-day societies and cultures
6. Searching for an English term
7. Japan
8. Bokassa

February 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 26

1. Best publish place for research paper on books?
2. arm sleeve thingies
3. 'For you, I make special price!'
4. In the Lourdes apparitions, what accounts for the gaps in time between Bernadette's visions?
5. Нужен текст гимна всех студентов "Гаудеамус"
6. Japan
7. Anigunta
8. Brand Mascots's of the 1920's
9. What is the capital of the USA?
10. Israel Shamir

February 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 27

1. Central African Republic
2. House prices: domino effect
3. Leaning liberal-conservative
4. Anti-Punishment points of view, sources?
5. Pre-2003 USA-Iraq Oil Trading
6. Welsh flag - pre 1953
7. bond market - structured products - german "Zertifikate"
8. UK military decoration ceremonies
9. UK Chief Constables
10. Final Authority on UK Law

February 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2015 February 28

1. Who polices the police who police the police?
2. UK royal assent
3. Prince William was scheduled to be next king of UK?
4. Mutineer John Adams
5. Decoration in a Buddhist temple
6. UK population by age and sex in early 20th century
7. UK law re ejaculating during rape
8. Swords and Prostitutes Myths
9. Was the constitution of 1787 was a conservative document?
10. Ahoadamah and Fathi al-Ka'en