Talk:Paris/Archive 1

message: An interesting geographical feature of Paris is that it is one of only two cities in the entire world to have its governmental offices on an island, the second being Cedar Rapids, Iowa in the United States.
I've seen this before, but I lend it little credence. Which of Paris's government buildings are on an island? City Hall isn't; it's on the Right Bank. The Parliament buildings are on the Left Bank. - Montrealais (whose city's government buildings are also on an island)
:It looks like Stockholm also has government buildings on an island. —Bkell 22:50, 27 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: The only government buildings on the Île de la Cité are the police prefecture and the Hall of Justice David.Monniaux 23:16, 2 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Government on Island 

message: "The name Paris could be originated from the phrase "par-isis" (ancient french for "near Isis") because in ancient times the town was consacrated to the homonyme Egyptian God"
I suspect this is nonsense. The name derives from the Gallic tribe of the parisis. David.Monniaux 08:04, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Name

message: True or false: someone can explain what advantage of having this article at Paris as opposed to Paris, France. 66.245.125.9 21:52, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: For the same reason that London is at "London" and not "London, England": when people talk about "Paris", in general, they mean the capital of France and not some other town called Paris or some mythological character. I note that all other towns call Paris are far far smaller and have far less "brand recognition". David.Monniaux 12:55, 3 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  True or false?? 

message: While editing the article, a so-called "spam filter" blocked the following links, for no obvious reasons:
* http://www. insecula. com/salle/EP0570.html#menu/ More than 40.000 pictures about Paris
*Architecture of Paris: http:// france. archiseek. com/paris/index.html
*More than 700 photos of Paris and other areas of France: http:// www. planetware. com/photos/PHF.HTM
An administrator needs to do something about this!! Hardouin 13:36, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Crazy spam filter

message: In English, the correct term for Paris is actually "City of LightS" (plural), but this has been corrupted by writers over the years. Must Wikipedia propagate the error?
:I have never heard Paris called "city of light", I've only heard "city of lights" MechBrowman 23:32, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)
::Are you sure? I've would think that La ville lumiere would translate to the glowing city or the city of light, not the city of lights. Does anyone know the origin of the term? jengod 18:53, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  City of Light...or Lights 

message: Paris is a beautifull city and to walk... --Adelepuc 18:33, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  A Beautifull City 

message: In here, Northern Portugal it isnt summer yet and yesterday and the day before and the other the temperature was above 28ºC at 2 A.M. Nobody died... o_O when some body is about to die they just go to the beach and cool down in the water. LOL. -Pedro 13:44, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: If you're alluding to the extreme heats of summer 2003, the thing is that people are absolutely not used to them and don't know the precautions to take. Remember, they were very elderly people. And there is no beach, by the way. David.Monniaux 15:07, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: People died with 25ºC at night?!?!

message: The introduction is correct.
There are different ways to measure the size of a bourse.  Data below as of Feb 2001.
One way is by the number of comapnies listed.  London had 2,921; Paris 1,437 and Deutsche Börse 988.  
Another common method is by market capitalisation. London with close to 2.5 trillion dollars, Paris with over 2 trillion and Deutsche Börse with over 1 trillion.
So by market capitalisation, which is the most common measure of size, Paris is twice the size of the German bourse.  However, it should be noted that turnover in the German bourse may be higher.  The reported figure is higher but reporting rules and calculation methods differ among the bourses. Parmaestro 23:40, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  European Bourses 

message: The problem in the introduction is not the size of Paris, or the size of its stock exchange. The problem is the frame of reference. While one could argue which, out of Paris and London, is the largest business centre; the statement that Paris is the most urban in the European Union is not. By most measures, London is a larger city - and is part of the European Union. This can be corrected with a simple change from "European Union" to "Euro area". In that frame of reference, Paris is undoubtedly the largest urban area.
:Anonymous user, you don't know what you're talking about. Check Largest urban areas of the European Union FYI. And if you don't trust the list, check also www.demographia.com. Hardouin 15:02, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introduction (again)