Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/April 2012
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April 1
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 1
- Biblical figures whose existence is confirmed by contemporary non-Biblical sources
- Should we kill all humans to save the Earth's ecosystem?
- Why are there still OLD people in OLD pictures?
- travel routes and times
- Cost Overheads
- Being the owner of yourself
- Historical Alliances
April 2
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April 3
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 3
- jaded teams
- Katherine Swynford's mother
- Gustavo Durán at Darlington Hall in 1939 ?
- Name of Brunei in Jawi alphabet
- Looking for detailed historical maps of India from 1350 to 1880
- Liberalism/conservatism
- Republican ballot in Pennsylvania
- Where do these pieces of cloisonne come from?
- Humanities may the be most neutral
April 4
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 4
- Shouldn't incumbents want their own party's presidential candidate to lose?
- Monogrammed Third Reich cutlery
- Adding detail for a completely new topic (Roman ruins in Anatolia)
- Are human rights a technology?
- On the origins of the Easter bunny (and Easter in general), and laying eggs.
April 5
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 5
- Rimatara Tombs
- Quote attributed to Nina Totenberg
- length of correspondence
- World Map North_ South_ Divide_4.png
- Do archeologists or historians really believe that Jesus rose from the dead?
- Hebrew Bible
April 6
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 6
- Passover Greeting
- Completion of a spiritual / song sought
- Music video with duck hand puppets
- Tung Tusham Island
- John F. G. Stokes
- richard stallman
- Cook Islands and Niue
April 7
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 7
- President Banda and Vice-President Banda
- Was Frank Glasgow Tinker a member of the Yankee Squadron ?
- What was the average US neurosurgeon pay in 2009?
- parents and sexuality-advice wanted
April 8
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 8
- South Indian Muslims surname
- Legal question
- Ya Chang
- Similar sayings reference
- tweeting location
- Sketching: what pencil?
- Portuguese Escudo and Slovenian Tolar
- Canada USA UK ethnic groups largest
April 9
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 9
- Nisan and Nissan
- North Korean satellite launch
- BNP and Amami League foreign policy
- Battle of Hong Kong 1941
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- Iran and nuclear weapons
- Economic theories as political views
April 10
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 10
- "Purple prose"
- What invention will North Koreans need to start their own regime change?
- UK History - the high notes
- Value of company internal titles
- Bill clinton scandal ussr issue
- Sindhi and Gujarati language similarities
- Freedom in the World 2012
- Polygamy two types
April 11
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 11
- Is it ethical for a doctor to lie about Homeopathy even it helps the patient?
- Where does money come from?
- cloves
- Common civil law interaction
- U.S POW's
- How does/did Instagram make money?
- Examples of Vikings in Artwork Contemporary to the Time
- Irish language in Dublin
- Americans
April 12
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 12
- Witchcraft
- what generic alternatives are there to the Nikon rear cap type F?
- Graduate unemployment
- Doctrines or beliefs unique to the Jehovah's Witnesses
- Why hasn't anyone sued Amazon for dumping?
- Two Dardan Gashi's or one?
- Church of England history & Dissent
- Switzerland of the East
- Handel and Bach
- Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's death conspiracy
- Can someone explain the super high capital gains tax on the savings bonds I cashed?
- Ranking of metropolitan populations of biggest cites as percentage of state/province population?
April 13
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 13
- US Arson Statistics?
- Understanding Wikipedia from a philosophical, sociological, politico-economic... viewpoint
- TP question
- Anonymity
- Happiness and pain
- Conscription in Canada
- White Light/Black Rain
- garden of pure ideas
- East title
- Office in the EU repronsible for media freedom
April 14
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 14
- Women on Facebook
- Where was this video filmed?
- Why do Muslims think that God is dead?
- Jane Austen: an Aspie???
- Painting of a galloping black horse, nude female rider
- Bramladesh
- New year in the Malayalam Calendar
- "All science fiction is about evolution"
- what makes someone gay?
April 15
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 15
- Great Inflation of 17th Century Europe?
- "S.S." Titanic
- China aid to North Korea
- fit to fly as passengers
- What the geographical surnames of Gate of Tears
- Revenge and Punishment
- Qualitative research vs. case-based research vs. grounded theory
- MIT study on Motivation
- European Population 1976-1980
- 1099
- U.S. Government non-dollar debt
- Concubines today
- Founding of the Republic of South Africa
- Titanic (1997 film)
- Inflation 0 rate?
April 16
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 16
- Which former Confederate, Southern U.S state would currently best represent the phrase “the New South?”
- Constitution of the United Kingdom
- Bill of Rights
- Anything common between Winston Churchill US president Franklin Roosevelt
- Aren’t German students allowed sleep in class?
- Italian accountability in WWII
- is it okay to pick lint balls off wool sweaters?
- What is "all payer" health care?
- Capital punishment in USA
April 17
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 17
- Tariffs
- Why don't they just suspend states from the United Nations?
- Omero
- Bamoidōkishin
- Canterbury Cathedral height of nave
- Memoirs of Henry Obookiah
- Mein Kampf no longer banned in 2016?
- Good poets borrow, great poets steal
- oldest known man-eating animal
- Ho Chi Minh
- White tie
- Deism
April 18
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 18
- Famous equal lonely?
- Deism and the Devil
- Photo of Bill Clinton walks in on Obama
- First aid kit color/graphic and the Geneva Conventions
- use of the word BHATTINI to address a goddess or a princess in the ancient himalayan kingdoms such as kashmir,Bhutan,Nepal etc.this is with reference to the Pattini festival of Kerala
- Norrey
- TV Licence after the Digital Switchover ?
- The Sheep and the Goats criteria in the Book of Revelation?
- Vice president
- Communist manifesto
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's hat
- President term
April 19
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 19
- Leaders of republics who proclaimed themselves emperor
- why 35+
- Jesus
- United Nations
- European Union
- Was Frank Glasgow Tinker a member of the Yankee Squadron ?
- Surname Hanna
- Why isn't there an article on Privilege (Sociology) in general? Or am I not finding it?
- Term: "for example"
- Billion-Dollar Congress
- What architectural style
- Multi-millionaire authors
- US Pledge of Allegiance
April 20
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 20
- Not social and yet successful
- Why IRBMs are not used anymore?
- Emperor Muzong of Tang
- Germany in 1970-1990
- religious teachings against contraception
- Scientists and mental disorders
- Evaporative cooler
- Why are the Olympic Games such a nationalistic display?
April 21
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 21
- Italian Pope
- Common names of far-right
- Flickr vs Wikimedia Commons
- Economic Inequality
- Laissez Faire
- Hair colour eye colour germanic people
- Great Wall of China in Korea
- John 4:38
April 22
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 22
- Proposed titles for Prince Harry
- Industrial Democracy
- Green Parties
- TechWeek archives?
- Abu Qatada
- Veteran Memorial Days
- Arabic into Somali names
- Largest Muslim population in Europe
April 23
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 23
- "ST"
- "Greatest country in the world"
- Is Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead out of copyright in Canada?
- George S. Messersmith and William Phillips
- Unimpeachable source - yea or nay?
- Patron "saints" of England?
- French legislative election, June 2012
- Rivals in Europe politics
- Some law questions
- Repsol
- Anarchism
- Feminism and Sexism
April 24
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April 25
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 25
- Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Did a mischievous golfer destroyed the Benin Air Force?
- Japanese prime ministers
- Definition of theft
- Canada South Asian Chinese election politics vs USA African Americans and hispanics
- What is the longest book written that is NOT a novel?
- Anonymous music critics
April 26
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 26
- Winning the Presidency with only a quarter of the popular vote!
- What happens if Obama quits the election ?
- Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012
- SS Ottowa or Ottawa?
- American schools
- Saint Agostina Petrantoni
April 27
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 27
- Fantasy and sci-fi hottest spot
- Polygamy in US and Canada
- Shia Islam in Pakistan and India
- Messianic Secret
- In debt – in credit?
- Is the bible a novel?
- Were the Neanderthal human?
- List of countries by life expectancy
- Corporate lawsuit/criminal records
April 28
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 28
- The Serbs in the Yugoslav wars
- Why are women beautiful?
- Jorge Borges quote
- Printing The Gideons Bible
- Kantor question
- Islam in Italy population
- Spain Muslim population
- Charles Stuart the pretender
April 29
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 29
- Battle of Berlin
- Mildred Harris Chaplin and Edward VIII - an affair, or a Wikipedia myth?
- What are the legal measures in place on an international level to deal with internet pornography, gambling, and others? Twirp2012 (talk) 18:44, 29 April 2012 (UTC)
- Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court appointed from academia
- Women as the fairer sex?
- Mayor of London
April 30
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2012 April 30
- Textbook coverage of the Cold War
- Neighbors ATV racing Noise Unbearable
- Pocket veto
- Stories that "predicted" the destruction of the WTC
- how tall is the Lexington Building (London's exclusive new Flakturm)
- Is the bank of Norway losing money on the destruction of the 50 øre coin?
- Black population in Europe
- to train my dog to walk next to me, can I grab its tail
- ALA accredited schools
- Inflation or already deflation?
- Secondary liability
- How to...