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January 29

Case Closed

Please, can you help me to find the name of this prestigious French medail? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.207.141.247 (talk) 09:06, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The closest match would be the Order of Agricultural Merit. Not a perfect match, but close. Blueboar (talk) 13:28, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Information Hazard from a Legal Perspective

Are any laws or international agreements currently in force that can be applied to information hazards? Or would that be a restriction on freedom of speech? 2A02:908:424:9D60:F130:E2CE:9709:A67D (talk) 11:01, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, a guy who uploaded the blueprint for a 3D-printed gun was accused of exporting weapons without a license.

There is also the Wassenaar Agreement upon the export of encryption technology. tgeorgescu (talk) 11:09, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It is a complicated topic. For the free speech aspects in US law regarding encryption software, see Bernstein v. United States. 2602:24A:DE47:B8E0:1B43:29FD:A863:33CA (talk) 03:58, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Papal regnal numbers

Are regnal numbers of popes assigned afterwards when two or more popes take the same name? Our list shows that popes whose whose regnal names weren't picked up by later popes, such as Zachary, Donus and Agatho, do not have the I number. Does it mean that all other popes originally didn't have the number upon election, because no one knew then if the name would be taken by another pope? 212.180.235.46 (talk) 11:43, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Is the section Regnal_number#"The_first" not sufficient to answer your question? --Wrongfilter (talk) 12:20, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

For people who were alive in 1952, Elizabeth II's accession transformed Elizabeth of England into Elizabeth I (she was not usually referred to that way before 1952). AnonMoos (talk) 17:14, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Pope John Paul I (elected 1978) must have had an inkling he wasn't long for this world (33 days) and that his successor would use the same regnal name, since "... he was the first pope to add the regnal number "I", designating himself "the First"." -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 19:57, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

He took the (double) name to honour two preceding mentors. Perhaps he just wanted to encourage his successor(s) to do likewise. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.221.194.253 (talk) 20:20, 29 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It occurs to me that he might have been concerned that people would refer to him as John XXIV Paul VII, or some such combination, and he used the regnal number I to make it clear not to do that. However, what occurs to me is irrelevant here. Are there any references for why he chose to use the I? --142.112.220.65 (talk) 06:16, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The article on the Italian Wikipedia speculates that it is possible that this choice of adding the regnal number was linked to the novelty that the name was constituted by the union of the name of his two predecessors, but without citing a source. --Lambiam 12:06, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]