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This is an archive where you can browse all of the old questions and answers from the reference desk. Not all questions have been archived (nonsense and questions not meant for the reference desk have not been saved). Some of these pages are very large and may crash even high-end computers. We recommend you don't open many windows at the same time. If your question has been archived but you feel that it hasn't been adequately answered, ask your question again on the reference desk. Link to the archived discussion here and attempt to be clearer and provide more information in your new question.
Searching the archives
The best way to search the archives is probably to use our internal search engine via the box below <inputbox> bgcolor= type=fulltext prefix=Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives break=yes width=60 searchbuttonlabel=Search reference desk archives </inputbox> alternatively you may want to use an external Search engine, such as Google by using this search string for the post-October 2006 archives, and this search string for the pre-October 2006 archives. You can also browse manually by clicking on the links below.

To see which of the archives are active, check the following pages with recent changes to the archives:

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Answered questions, January 2010 – present This is an archive of recent questions archived in the /Archives subpages.
Computing Jan 2010 Feb 2010 Mar 2010 Apr 2010 May 2010 Jun 2010 Jul 2010 Aug 2010 Sep 2010 Oct 2010 Nov 2010 Dec 2010

Science Jan 2010 Feb 2010 Mar 2010

Mathematics Jan 2010 Feb 2010 Mar 2010

Humanities Jan 2010 Feb 2010 Mar 2010

Language Jan 2010 Feb 2010 Mar 2010

Entertainment Jan 2010 Feb 2010 Mar 2010

Miscellaneous Jan 2010 Feb 2010 Mar 2010

Answered questions, January 2009 – December 2009 This is an archive of recent questions archived in the /Archives subpages.
Computing Jan 2009 Feb 2009 Mar 2009 Apr 2009 May 2009 Jun 2009 Jul 2009 Aug 2009 Sep 2009 Oct 2009 Nov 2009 Dec 2009
Science Jan 2009 Feb 2009 Mar 2009 Apr 2009 May 2009 Jun 2009 Jul 2009 Aug 2009 Sep 2009 Oct 2009 Nov 2009 Dec 2009
Mathematics Jan 2009 Feb 2009 Mar 2009 Apr 2009 May 2009 Jun 2009 Jul 2009 Aug 2009 Sep 2009 Oct 2009 Nov 2009 Dec 2009
Humanities Jan 2009 Feb 2009 Mar 2009 Apr 2009 May 2009 Jun 2009 Jul 2009 Aug 2009 Sep 2009 Oct 2009 Nov 2009 Dec 2009
Language Jan 2009 Feb 2009 Mar 2009 Apr 2009 May 2009 Jun 2009 Jul 2009 Aug 2009 Sep 2009 Oct 2009 Nov 2009 Dec 2009
Entertainment Jan 2009 Feb 2009 Mar 2009 Apr 2009 May 2009 Jun 2009 Jul 2009 Aug 2009 Sep 2009 Oct 2009 Nov 2009 Dec 2009
Miscellaneous Jan 2009 Feb 2009 Mar 2009 Apr 2009 May 2009 Jun 2009 Jul 2009 Aug 2009 Sep 2009 Oct 2009 Nov 2009 Dec 2009

Answered questions, January 2008 – December 2008 This is an archive of questions from 2008 archived in the /Archives subpages.
Computing Jan 2008 Feb 2008 Mar 2008 Apr 2008 May 2008 Jun 2008 Jul 2008 Aug 2008 Sep 2008 Oct 2008 Nov 2008 Dec 2008
Science Jan 2008 Feb 2008 Mar 2008 Apr 2008 May 2008 Jun 2008 Jul 2008 Aug 2008 Sep 2008 Oct 2008 Nov 2008 Dec 2008
Mathematics Jan 2008 Feb 2008 Mar 2008 Apr 2008 May 2008 Jun 2008 Jul 2008 Aug 2008 Sep 2008 Oct 2008 Nov 2008 Dec 2008
Humanities Jan 2008 Feb 2008 Mar 2008 Apr 2008 May 2008 Jun 2008 Jul 2008 Aug 2008 Sep 2008 Oct 2008 Nov 2008 Dec 2008
Language Jan 2008 Feb 2008 Mar 2008 Apr 2008 May 2008 Jun 2008 Jul 2008 Aug 2008 Sep 2008 Oct 2008 Nov 2008 Dec 2008
Entertainment Jan 2008 Feb 2008 Mar 2008 Apr 2008 May 2008 Jun 2008 Jul 2008 Aug 2008 Sep 2008 Oct 2008 Nov 2008 Dec 2008
Miscellaneous Jan 2008 Feb 2008 Mar 2008 Apr 2008 May 2008 Jun 2008 Jul 2008 Aug 2008 Sep 2008 Oct 2008 Nov 2008 Dec 2008

Answered questions, October 2006 – December 2007 This is an archive of older questions archived in the /Archives subpages.
Computing Oct 2006 Nov 2006 Dec 2006 Jan 2007 Feb 2007 Mar 2007 Apr 2007 May 2007 Jun 2007 Jul 2007 Aug 2007 Sep 2007 Oct 2007 Nov 2007 Dec 2007
Science Oct 2006 Nov 2006 Dec 2006 Jan 2007 Feb 2007 Mar 2007 Apr 2007 May 2007 Jun 2007 Jul 2007 Aug 2007 Sep 2007 Oct 2007 Nov 2007 Dec 2007
Mathematics Oct 2006 Nov 2006 Dec 2006 Jan 2007 Feb 2007 Mar 2007 Apr 2007 May 2007 Jun 2007 Jul 2007 Aug 2007 Sep 2007 Oct 2007 Nov 2007 Dec 2007
Humanities Oct 2006 Nov 2006 Dec 2006 Jan 2007 Feb 2007 Mar 2007 Apr 2007 May 2007 Jun 2007 Jul 2007 Aug 2007 Sep 2007 Oct 2007 Nov 2007 Dec 2007
Language Oct 2006 Nov 2006 Dec 2006 Jan 2007 Feb 2007 Mar 2007 Apr 2007 May 2007 Jun 2007 Jul 2007 Aug 2007 Sep 2007 Oct 2007 Nov 2007 Dec 2007
Entertainment Oct 2006 Nov 2006 Dec 2006 Jan 2007 Feb 2007 Mar 2007 Apr 2007 May 2007 Jun 2007 Jul 2007 Aug 2007 Sep 2007 Oct 2007 Nov 2007 Dec 2007
Miscellaneous Oct 2006 Nov 2006 Dec 2006 Jan 2007 Feb 2007 Mar 2007 Apr 2007 May 2007 Jun 2007 Jul 2007 Aug 2007 Sep 2007 Oct 2007 Nov 2007 Dec 2007

Answered questions, August 2005 – October 2006 Answered questions from the newly split reference desk, archived in the Wikipedia:Reference desk archive project page.
Computing Aug 2005 Sep 2005 Oct 2005 Nov 2005 Dec 2005 Jan 2006 Feb 2006 Mar 2006 Apr 2006 May 2006 Jun Early Jul 2006 Aug 2006 September 2006 October 2006
Science Aug 2005 Sep 2005 Oct 2005 Nov 2005 Dec 2005 Jan 2006 Feb 2006 Mar 2006 Apr 2006 May 2006 Jun 2006 Jul 2006 Aug 2006 September 2006 October 2006
Mathematics Aug 2005 Sep 2005 Oct 2005 Nov 2005 Dec 2005 Jan 2006 Feb 2006 Mar 2006 Apr 2006 May 2006 Jun 2006 Jul 2006 Aug 2006 September 2006 October 2006
Humanities Aug 2005 Sep 2005 Oct 2005 Nov 2005 Dec 2005 Jan 2006 Feb 2006 Mar 2006 Apr 2006 May 2006 Jun 2006 Jul 2006 Aug 2006 September 2006 October 2006
Language Aug 2005 Sep 2005 Oct 2005 Nov 2005 Dec 2005 Jan 2006 Feb 2006 Mar 2006 Apr 2006 May 2006 Jun 2006 Jul 2006 Aug 2006 September 2006 October 2006
Miscellaneous Aug 2005 Sep 2005 Oct 2005 Nov 2005 Dec 2005 Jan 2006 Feb 2006 Mar 2006 Apr 2006 May 2006 Jun 2006 Jul 2006 Aug 2006 September 2006 October 2006

 

Old answered questions, Start - August 2005 These are the archives of answered questions before the reference desk had been split into categories.
2005: Jan Feb 2005 - Mar 2005 - Mar 2005 II - April 2005 - April 2005 - Suspected Duplicates - May 2005 - May 2005 II some unanswered - June 2005 - July 2005 - July 2005 II - July 2005 III - July 2005 IV - August 2005 - August 2005 II - August 2005 III

2004: January 2004 I - January 2004 II - February 2004 I - February 2004 II - March 2004 I - March 2004 II - April 2004 - May 2004 - June 2004 - July 2004 - August 2004 - September 2004 I - September 2004 II - October 2004 I - October 2004 II - October 2004 III - November 2004 I - November 2004 II - November 2004 III - November 2004 IV - December 2004 - December 2004 II

Earlier: Archive 1 - Archive 2 - Archive 3 - Archive 4 - Archive 5 - Archive 6 - Archive 7 - Archive 8

Unanswered questions (deprecated) These are archives of older questions that never received any answers.
Current 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002

 

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