Talk:Jacques Necker

message: Could someone fill in the full names of those which only have one name? -- Zoe
:I believe these are now all appropriately linked. - Jmabel | Talk 03:34, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: At the foot of the article, it overtly states that portions of the article come from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition. -- Jmabel | Talk 03:29, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
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message: "In October 1776 Necker was made director-general of the finances -- he could not be controller because of his Protestant faith.[3] He gained popularity in regulating the finances by attempting to divide the taille or poll tax more equally, by abolishing the vingtième d'industrie, and establishing monts de piété (establishments for loaning money on security"
Merriam-Webster gives the following definition of the word loaning:
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English loning, from lone, alteration of lane
Date: 14th century
1dialect British : lane
2dialect British : a milking yard
Did the author mean "lending"?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.212.171.26 (talk) 11:17, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Loaning 

message: The 14:16, 27 December 2008 Wetman version of this article is translated into Chinese Wikipedia to make an existing article more complete.--Wing (talk) 12:52, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation into Chinese Wikipedia 

message: Pertaining to the "Finance Minister of France" section: Jacques Necker was dismissed from his post as finance minister in around 1781, as Calonne took the post in 1783. If Necker took a different post in the government at the time, that's not clear in the writeup or in the timeline of his postings. If he left and returned to government, the article does not mention when he returned. I would like some clarification on what happened and when in regards to his postings, especially as the article says he controlled the finances of France through a period when he had resigned (or been dismissed from) his post. Thegreatmuka (talk) 02:09, 30 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Finance Minister of France - Historically ambiguous 

message: Who the hell wrote this, lol
"Necker, suspected of reactionary tendencies, traveled east to Arcis-sur-Aube and Vesoul, where he was arrested and scared to death, but on 11 September he was allowed to leave the country."
Is this a joke or what? Lcduke (talk) 01:46, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: It is easy to find out who wrote this. To me it means you can't be a serious Wikipedian and did not make an effort. I suppose you did not study the subject either. What does lol mean here? What are you studying? Taksen (talk) 11:03, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: lol, I don't know what a "serious Wikipedian" is nor do I want to be one; I'm just pointing out that saying someone was "scared to death" and giving no further details about his arrest is ridiculous for an encylopaedic article  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lcduke (talk • contribs) 09:00, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Necker was "scared to death"

message: Someone should block User:Diannaa. She is ruining the understanding of the article. She wants us to write down what happened in our own words, even if it is difficult financial stuff. We learn from copying. Even birds and mammals copy. Why are human beings not allowed to copy (difficult parts) so there will be less misunderstanding? She deleted stuff that was already written in 19th century; Mignet's Histoire de la Révolution Française was first published in 1824. Why was that deleted? What is the reason? We should not read those books and compare with what is written nowadays? Could someone who is more familiar with copyright take a look at her practice? (The Gutenberg writes Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S. unless a copyright notice is included.) Is she a perhaps a groupie protecting Jimbo against any legal and financial case? Does Jimbo know what she is doing? Take a look at her talk page, how slimy she is treated. Should Wikipedia not change some rules after 15 years? No wonder so many people stick to info boxes and categories, etc. Taksen (talk) 05:54, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
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