Humanities desk
< February 16	<< Jan \| February \| Mar >>	February 18 >

Welcome to the Wikipedia Humanities Reference Desk Archives
The page you are currently viewing is an archive page. While you can leave answers for any questions shown below, please ask new questions on one of the current reference desk pages.

February 17

Idiomatic translation

Hi Folks, can some please give me an idiomatic German translation to English of this wee micro thesis title: Schleiermacher und Goethe. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des deutschen Geistes

Thanks. scope_creep^Talk 12:23, 17 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Well, "idiomatic" in academic-title-ese, at least: Schleiermacher and Goethe: A Contribution to the History of the German Spirit. Deor (talk) 15:22, 17 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Deor: Thanks. scope_creep^Talk 15:44, 17 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Meister

Meister#Professional_degree uses inline references such as "[5]", and there aren't even that many entries in the references section of that article. It needs cleanup, or possibly removal, depending on where the text was copied from. 109.65.45.251 (talk) 20:49, 17 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The culprit is an IP that put a bunch of bracketed numbers with no references - about 2 years ago, which shows how much the article is being watched.[1] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:02, 17 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I have taken out the random numbers and added a citation needed tag as a temporary fix. The article doesn't seem to be supported by any WikiProject so it may take some time for anyone to come to its rescue, unless another editor here fancies a challenge. Alansplodge (talk) 19:59, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Brits in an independent Scotland question

Had Scotland voted for independence from the UK in 2014, would any Scot who would have wanted to move to Britain and/or retain his/her British citizenship been allowed to do so? 68.96.93.163 (talk) 23:52, 17 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2014_Scottish_independence_referendum#Citizenship. In summary: as far as Scotland was concerned, yes; as far as rump UK was concerned, probably, but they hadn't given it much thought. Henry ^Flower 08:29, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"Current British nationality law – the British Nationality Act 1981 - does not prevent British citizens from holding dual/multiple nationalities. Assuming that Scottish nationality law also allowed for dual citizenship, British citizens who became eligible for Scottish citizenship could, in theory, become dual Scottish/British citizens. However, it is possible that the UK Government would decide to impose some qualifying restrictions on who could continue to claim British citizenship – for example, by requiring a historical or ongoing connection to the rest of the UK, or requiring people to actively choose to retain their British citizenship. This would have some similarities with the approach taken in 1949 towards citizens of Eire after the Republic of Ireland was established". From House of Commons Library - Scotland referendum 2014: the impact of independence on borders and citizenship.

Our British nationality law and the Republic of Ireland article explains that last point. Alansplodge (talk) 19:32, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

(Because someone has to say it) - The premise of the question is flawed ... after all, No true Scotsman would even consider becoming an English citizen. Blueboar (talk) 20:29, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Britain is an island. \o/ ~ R.T.G 20:28, 18 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Well, Great Britain is. Plain "Britain" is ambiguous: it can refer either to the island of Great Britain alone, or to the United Kingdom, which is one island plus part of another (Ireland). -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 17:47, 19 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

See Terminology of the British Isles also. It is at once fuzzy and inconsistent, but that's ok. All language is. --Jayron 32 19:00, 19 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Even Great Britain can sometimes be used to refer to the Great Britain and Northern Ireland or the United Kingdom, whether as a contraction or synonym. This is particularly the case in sports, most notably Great Britain at the Olympics. Nil Einne (talk) 19:56, 19 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If Scotland goes independent, will Great Britain have to change its name to Still Pretty Good Britain? 173.228.123.166 (talk) 20:53, 22 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Senator Leahy. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:29, 22 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]