Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/February 2018

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February 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 February 1

1. Naming a philosophy department after a donor
2. Mark A. Milley
3. Countries without diplomatic relations with Nazi Germany

February 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 February 2

1. A handful of men having...a lot
2. Chinese New Year & Presidents' Day on the same date?
3. Naming streets after medieval rulers
4. The Representation of the People Act 1918

February 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 February 3

1. Gilded throne of Queen Anne, at the Treasury
2. Classification of employee salaries as trade secrets
3. End of the world and John Napier
4. Is it okay and legal to register vendors without publicity, and carry out a limited tender among them without publicity in a fully government owned company for IT and communication goods & services

February 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 February 4

1. European-style license plate in the US
2. How many people are descended from William the Conqueror, and how many are alive now?
3. a novel where the New World conquered the Old
4. Why doesn't the Macedonian naming dispute consider any of the true ancient names?

February 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 February 6

1. Does the UK still vote in EU parliament?
2. Cyril as a given name for a female

February 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 February 7

1. U.S. Government shutdowns and the unpaid employees
2. East Ghouta vs. Revelation of John
3. Philosophy courses in public U.S. universities vis-a-vis church-state separation

February 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 February 9

1. Agessa
2. Has Melvyn Bragg presented every single episode of In Our Time so far?
3. Why do Christian, Jewish and Muslims have different weekend / day of rest?

February 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 February 11

1. Historical fiction about young 19th century Highlander and University of Edinburgh
2. US custody battles where both parents lost
3. Categorization of actors by medium

February 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 February 12

1. Edward VI
2. Gustav Fabergé…
3. Protestant churches in Boulogne
4. Roy Romanow

February 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 February 13

1. Titanic Historical Society building

February 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 February 14

1. The late Mr Baxter's prophecies
2. Any exemptions to the Canadian Special Economic Measures Act?

February 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 February 15

1. History of Adoption from South Korea
2. Doubting hand never yet struck firm blow
3. Boulogne gun conference, 1915
4. A knotty problem (legal cases involving Japanese knotweed)

February 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 February 17

1. Mundane moments in the lives of ordinary people in the new testament

February 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 February 18

1. Yemens
2. Translation: German to English
3. Military district (Germany)
4. German to English translate

February 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 February 19

1. Foot fetishism semiotics articles journals
2. Articles on aversive racism, modern racism, symbolic racism and ambivalent racism
3. Ancestors

February 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 February 21

1. Why are the North African nations even in the African Union?
2. Etiquette: why shouldn't you tip the owner?
3. Marcus H. MacWillie
4. Chinese education system in Singapore and Malaysia
5. Italian antarctic claims

February 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 February 22

1. Psychology experiment similar to Stanford prison experiment
2. U.S. Gun Control Laws & Psychological Evaluation.
3. Repurposed churches in the colonial Caribbean
4. A.L.R. in legal citation
5. Translation please from German to English
6. Is selling TV broadcasting rights for a % of ad revenue a thing?

February 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 February 23

1. Difference of Female succession of medieval Germany and France

February 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 February 25

1. Jim Bakker

February 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 February 26

1. Hours of employment in the United states
2. Germanic areas in northern Italy

February 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 February 27

1. German to English translation
2. MPs - often threatened. But seldom actually attacked

February 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 February 28

1. SAM Serve America Movement
2. Translation from German to English
3. Are infants and puppies and kittens always more expensive to adopt than older children and pets?