Talk:Anne Robert Jacques Turgot

message: Who are:
*the abbé Terrasson
*Law
*Dupont de Nemours (Surely not the French chemical company)
*Gournay
*Mme Graffigny
*Mlle. de Ligniville ("Minette"), afterwards Mme. Helvétius
*Mme Geoffrin
*Mme du Deffand
*Mlle de Lespinasse
*the duchesse d'Envilie
*Quesnay
*Gournay
*the abbé Morellet
*Josias Tucker
*Mirabeau
*the abbé Terray
*Maurepas
*the abbe Very
*Mme. de Polignac
*Choiseul
*Necker
*the comte de Guines, the ambassador in London
*Amelot
*Maurepas
*the duchesse d'Enville
*Oncken
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See the links I have added above for some of these persons. olivier 08:33 Dec 9, 2002 (UTC)
: Yes, this is a problem with old non-hypertext encyclopedia like Britannica. A study of such references is an art in itself :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 18:17, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Wikify

message: Was Turgot a physiocrat? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 18:17, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Physiocrat? 

message: Definitely long and detailed, but needs better organization. The length and density of the text can be quite intimidating. (1) Improve and expand upon the introduction paragraph. In essence, tell us all we need to know about this person in the first paragraph, before going into the true details. And.. I don't know. I'll certainly admit I have not read through the article, but many of the elements I've glanced at can be omitted, or rephrased to sound more encyclopedic. In the last section, for example, a lot is said about his character. How do we know his character? Are his friends here to tell us what he was like? This needs to be re-worked. Also, and this is my own personal feeling, but I do not really care for the mentioning of differing academic theories, mentioning scholars (Oncken and Leon Say) by name - this is an encyclopedia, not a master's thesis. However, despite my criticisms (and they are constructive criticisms, not personal attacks on the writer(s) of this article), overall it is a wonderfully detailed entry, and it even includes a picture. I give it a B, and I think with a little work it could qualify for GA or A-Class status. LordAmeth 15:51, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: WP:MilHist Assessment

message: This article was automatically  assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 02:18, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: The article, apart from being too long, clearly shows bias toward Turgot. It almost invariably presents his actions as successful regardless of the effect it then describes, which it ascribes to forces beyond his control. Thorough use of weasel words -- a "slight" increase of grain prices which leads to revolts, without mentioning or citing what "slight" means in context -- and over-explaining in order to confuse the issue. I don't know enough about Turgot himself but this article deserves to be rewritten to reduce obvious authorial judgment. Thegreatmuka (talk) 02:12, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article Bias 

message: Numerous websites state that Turgot was jewish, and was one of the reasons Louis XVI was positive to them. Is it true?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:58A:8003:E46D:1803:2969:17B1:AD08 (talk) 00:11, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wasn't he jewish?