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September 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 2

1. Searching for Title of a book of Science-Fiction Short Stories and One other Story
2. James K. Polk photograph
3. Jewish role in Bolshevik revolution

September 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 3

1. Whaling in Japan and??

September 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 4

1. Should cyberbullying, online shaming/harassment, internet vigilantism be legal? What about doxing, threat to commit harms, or death threat?

September 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 5

1. Proportional economic loss vs total economic loss
2. St. Nicholas' Day
3. Crown prince
4. How much Vermont produce goes to Canada?
5. Who's the bastard?
6. Pregnancy in brothels
7. Common Name for USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand (angloshpere?)

September 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 6

1. tune and national costume ID
2. Toponymy of the Ozarks

September 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 7

1. Childs Ercall Hall
2. Vermont chocolates

September 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 8

1. Does clock manufacturer "Sharix" exist or was it made up? (Seen in an episode of Маша и Медведь)

September 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 9

1. Wolves in California
2. What are the reasons for the opposition to the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) by non-libertarian conservatives?
3. Miles and metres together in UK media
4. Sarajevo

September 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 10

1. Museums in European city
2. Mall loophole

September 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 11

1. religions in which water deity is chief deity
2. Napoleon and the Sûreté Nationale
3. Moroccan–American Treaty of Friendship
4. Which historian said this:
5. Help re-finding data set on party polarization
6. Asterix use of colour

September 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 12

1. Is there an English term for books that are required reading in school?
2. Ode a la Fortune
3. Help, please (Westroads Mall shooting)
4. What was the last state without a popular vote for president?

September 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 13

1. Oldest surviving mummies of a pharaoh
2. Is <b> really pronounced [r] in Icelandic?
3. Did Hitler say it?

September 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 14

1. Life rights
2. Spain's capital
3. Can fathers legally be kept in the dark about the birth of their child?
4. Crown of Tonga
5. Mistress of the Robes

September 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 15

1. Wars that aren't called "wars"
2. Two U.S. Supreme Court questions
3. Yozgad, Turkey and The Road to En-dor
4. CPD fifteen percent by mid-September requirement
5. Children/Slave Relations in Ancient Rome
6. Tales by Shakespeare: Why is Julius Caesar missing?

September 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 17

1. How do Fedex or UPS deal with geographically inconvenient senders and recipients?
2. Largest fish market in the UK
3. Jainism not spreading outside of India

September 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 18

1. Standing (law) in US federal courts
2. UK bacon vs NA bacon

September 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 19

1. Do Jehovah’s Witnesses follow this commandment?
2. US federal courthouse data

September 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 20

1. Chronological sequence of chapter numbers in nomenclature for English/British/UK Acts of Parliament
2. U.S. Presidential candidates passing the 5% federal funding threshold
3. Do terrorists choose days with transfers of authority?
4. Japanese Q-ships

September 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 21

1. Human Monoculture article
2. Laws on betting in Western Australia
3. Laurie Lee poetry
4. what could Rsis be?

September 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 22

1. Origin of meme
2. Scholastic v. original in Harry Potter
3. Ritual Impurities in the Kalash Culture
4. Question about usa presidential voting.
5. Art Print by Laufer

September 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 23

1. New York and World's Largest City
2. Why is Chicago's skyline so tall?
3. what is the capital of northern cyprus when it is in europe
4. How does the poor live in New York City?
5. Religious fundamentalism

September 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 24

1. Brusilov Expedition casualties
2. Indian elections 1952
3. Does a contract have to be witnessed
4. Standard English designations of the Ming and Qing emperors
5. Guard in black helmets

September 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 25

1. Church House, Westminster
2. European Organisations
3. Question About Judges and Insurance

September 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 26

1. Cause of death of Liliuokalani
2. Aleppo vs. Vietnam, etc.
3. Jus soli
4. Plagiarism from Wikipedia
5. Neo-nazis and conservatives

September 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 27

1. Defining characteristics of Fascism
2. Czech Rep., Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, and the EU

September 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 28

1. Singaporean Dietary Statistics
2. Three insurance contract questions
3. Has a politician intentionally shown their underwear/bra (or more) in public?
4. library science
5. Muslims winning battle of tours

September 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 29

1. Organ theft in China?
2. What embarassing thing did the US Senate do in 1983?
3. Question About the Offset Rule in Tort Law

September 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2016 September 30

1. Two Weeks of Hawaiian History: A Sketch of the Revolution of 1893
2. In U.S. divorces, which state has jurisdiction?
3. Godwin's law paradox
4. Copyright law