Talk:Guillaume Le Gentil

message: Note that the portrait currently linked to Guillaume le Gentil is actually the portrait of Guillaume de l'Hopital AstroLynx (talk) 14:28, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Portrait

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I'm not sure if it belongs in a little section afterwards, or what. Maybe I'm not just seeing it, but there is doesn't seem to be any mention of the eponymous crater.
If someone would like to include some reference to him, it would be appreciated. Or I might just add it if I think of a way to word it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Gentil_(crater) Mechachleopteryx (talk) 23:21, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. By the way, the best way to edit the talk page is to do what you did, and post another comment saying what you meant. The second best way is to strike the original, and correct it that way. Either is acceptable as a way to preserve the original talk page history. Renerpho (talk) 04:39, 21 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  There is a Crater on the moon named after him. 

message: The article states: . However, Le Gentil himself wrote of a letter he had sent to France in 1766, and the reply he received in 1767 (Sawyer Hogg, p.89-90). The Academy had discussed Le Gentil's plan to observe the 1769 transit from Manila, found it ill-advised, and suggested in their letter to instead go to Pondicherry. Renerpho (talk) 00:48, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Letters 

message: I appreciate that you are trying to remove what may well be false information. Unfortunately, as I explained in my edit summaries here and here, the material you are trying to add is in conflict with reliable sources, and the references you were using (geneanet, archive.wikiwix.com) are not suitable as sources on Wikipedia. Before reverting it a third time, and running the risk of escalating this to an edit war, please discuss the material you want to add. If you are unable to find suitable sources, ask for help at the relevant Wiki Projects, listed at the top of this talk page. Thank you. Renerpho (talk) 18:53, 12 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: A translation of the marriage record (p.1, p.2, p.3) may be useful, to see if the problem is actually as claimed. Of course we still need a secondary, reliably published source, that mentions the error. If no such publication exists yet then the correct step would be to create it, and then come back here (not the other way around). If the fact is relevant enough to be in a Wikipedia article then finding a trusted publisher should not be too difficult. Good luck! Renerpho (talk) 01:44, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The Swedish Wikipedia article (marked as a featured article on that project) contains a lot more details about le Gentil, including his family. Maybe that article and the sources linked to from there (mainly Sawyer Hogg's book; compare the talk page section about his letters) can help resolve the issue. Renerpho (talk) 03:42, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of unsourced (but possibly true) material