Talk:Olivier Besancenot

message: Not quite sure about my translation:
* I trust that young mann, he has a pleasant face, what he says isn't stupid, I share some of his analysis but not all of it, far from it. ("Ma foi c'est un gentil garçon, il a un visage agréable, ce qu'il dit n'est pas bête, je partage quelques unes de ses analyses mais pas toutes, loin de là.") Elisabeth Guigou 
--Allen Riddell 21:11, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems fine, good work! Bertilvidet 23:16, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Translation

message: Though I am not much experienced in wikipedia, I think the idea is to link to the relavant article only the first time you mention a person, or whatever, in a single page. So probably only the first links to Krivine and LCR have to be kept.--Michkalas 23:13, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You right. Its generally the case that terms are wikilinked only on there first mention. This isn't a hard and fast rule though and there are exceptions, The key one being if there is a big gap between the two mentions. Since this article is small that doesn't really apply. Also I think its ok to link again in a see also type section.--JK the unwise 08:42, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Wikilink

message: Some things that still need to cleared up.
* The article refers to his history "licence" does this mean his history degre? (i.e. a University award)
* What is the Sud-PPT?
* Who are Dominique Reynie and Elisabeth Guigou, and what makes their comments notable?
--JK the unwise 09:46, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes 'region' would be a good translation of departement'. 'Sud' is a trade union, Sud-PPT is the section for telecommunication and postal workers. Dominique Reynie is a well known professor in politcal science (not at all left), so I find his remarks relevant. Bertilvidet 12:55, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

text: But is it not a 3-year diploma after Baccalaureat? Maitrise seems to me more close to a MA. --Michkalas 23:26, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed, a License is a batchelor's degree. --Duncan 02:07, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Good translation work 

message: On the translation issue -- it's not drawn from the French article -- it is the French article, just translated. I'd like to expand it at some point -- particularly if Besancenot runs for president again this year. But for now, I'm definitely in favor of noting that it's a simple translation.
And this "department" vs. "region" issue. "Department" is a fundamental division in the government on France. It has its own administration. "Region" sounds to me like a geographic/cultural divison and not a governmental one. I'm new to Wikipedia but could we have "department" link to a definition of "department" in the government of France wikipedia article? --levinas-komplott 15:20, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Department just sounds so confusing to an english ear that I think that even if it was wikilinked there should be an explanation in brackets, e.g. "in the Hauts-de-Seine department (adminisrative region), France". There is currently an artcle on the French use of department at Département. On the issule translation credit, it is not 100% true to say that the article is merly a translation from the French one. It has been silightly re-orrdered and one samll sentence has been added, i.e. "Among under 25 years olds he gained 13.9 percent of the vote, beating both Lionel Jospin and Jean-Marie Le Pen" from . I think that the current translation credit is fine, but maybe we coud change it to "...draws very heavily..."--JK the unwise 15:35, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  department / translation credit 

message: Is it really a controversy that a former revolutionary that became social democrat considers contradictions in the revolutionary ideology??Bertilvidet 17:26, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it would be a controversy if he said enything else. Let's cut it. --Duncan 17:46, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  controversy 

message: I am changing the translation of "Nos vies valent plus que leurs profits". "Our lives before their profits" does not carry the "value" meaning. Thus I am proposing "Our lives are worth more than their profits", which seem to me more faithful to the original idea. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mauvaisours (talk • contribs) 13:35, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with this. It doesn't ring quite as well but carry better the suggested mutual exclusion between life and profit. Ghaag 12:34, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation again ! 

message: Do we need all three photos of him? The third (the June 2005 one) just seems to be there to make him look silly. Aridd (talk) 18:53, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photos? 

message: To my knowledge, Paris VI University provides only scientific, technological and medical master programs. On the french article, only his bachelor degree from Paris X is mentionned. Or is it Paris VII? Paris VI and Paris VII used to share the same campus. 118.168.23.150 (talk) 01:34, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: French Wikipedia does not mention it, so I have removed the text: "and continued his studies at University of Paris VI (Pierre et Marie Curie) for a  maîtrise". --Duncan (talk) 07:31, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paris VI doesn't deliver masters in history