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Talk:Metropolitan France

message: I would presume the term derives from the revolutionary division of the country into departments based on towns which would be one explanation. The term 'continental united states' by contrast requires no explanation or etymology as it is a straightforward noun phrase where the adjective has it's normal connotation. Lycurgus 06:30, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added an etymology section. Godefroy 13:56, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology? 

message: If anyone has access to this article on JSTOR, it may be a relevant source. /ƒETCHCOMMS/ 06:16, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "The Idea of the French Hexagon" 

message: The distance between Corsica and mainland France is more than 100 km which mean there is high sea between them.  --208.72.125.2 (talk) 22:41, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: The article clearly explains that the term "Metropolitan France" is used as a synonym for European France, as opposed to Overseas France. Whether you think that usage  "Mainland France" is appropriate is irrelevant. Meters (talk) 20:24, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Corsica should not be included in mainland France
Talk:Barton Creek Square

message: As far as I know, Barton Creek Square houses the only official apple store in all of central Texas.  Should this be mentioned in the article? TerraFrost 01:43, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think it's notable. Most major metro areas have one. And the size of the store is not significant. San Antonio has one in The Shops at La Cantera as well. Clipper471 06:31, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Attacks on High Wood

message: Not a bad narrative but the article could be improved by adding information about the weather, which had a great effect on the success of British operations. When there was fog, low cloud and rain RFC artillery observation aircraft couldn't fly and this is what undid many infantry atacks because the aim of the artillery couldn't been corrected.Keith-264 (talk) 12:02, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Weather

message: Added some references and revised the page layout, the bulk of the text is still unreferenced.Keith-264 (talk) 15:53, 26 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: Sergeant Bill Hay of the 1/9th Battalion, Royal Scots, described the attack,
:Parked until source obtained.Keith-264 (talk) 07:13, 16 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unsourced quotation 

message: I put this detail back in because it's the term used in German writing.Keith-264 (talk) 09:43, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Foureaux
Talk:Gévaudan

message: What exactly does "bled dry" mean in this context? Is it supposed to mean looted by the Germans? If so, BOTH wars are mentioned, while the Germans did not even get close to Gevaudan in the First World War.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hamiltondaniel (talk • contribs) 03:10, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [Untitled]
Talk:Cirque de Navacelles

message: A large portion of the "Road network" section is snarky commentary on the section itself. It should be removed. The text the commentary references is also quite subjective.
If a section about the road network is deemed to be nexcessary at all (the french version doesn't), then it should be rewritten and expanded.
Regarding the content of the section:
A look at Google Street View (from 2016) reveals a maintained road typical for rural areas in europe that is indeed narrow and does not allow two cars to pass each other at full speed.
--> I will remove the section about the road network. Wikipedia is neither a tourist guide nor a facebook comment section.
The commentary in question:
"This whole section is subjective and entirely useless as a section on this subject. The road down from the Causses to the Cirque from the north/Blandas side is double-lane, has room for two maintenance trucks to pass with ease, and has a low wall along the side of the drop for the entirety of its route down. It opens out either side of the river and you can park and paddle in the river. The road on the south/St-Maurice-Navacelles side has been deliberately narrowed to reduce traffic and try to protect this special, historical site, but still has a wall on the side of the drop and passing places at regular intervals. The idea that anyone comes here to experience a “dangerous route” is absolutely absurd. People come to see its geographical, geological and historical importance, find out how it has been inhabited by humanity since ancient times, and marvel at its astonishing beauty and stunning views.
The paragraph about the "Road network" is the take of someone (I’m guessing an American), who’s rarely driven on rural roads in Europe, finds anything less than an eight-lane highway tricky to negotiate - ooh, corners! - and writes about everything as if it’s some kind of Tripadvisor tourist review, instead of as the marvellous site of special scientific interest that it actually is. They’ve created a bullshit subsection based on their own ignorance…
So here’s an idea, Wikipedia: how about asking someone to just translate the French page about this amazing place?"
2001:1458:204:1:0:0:102:E3CF (talk) 15:36, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove commentary in article and clarification of maintenance status of local road network
Talk:Côte d'Or (escarpment)

message: Now that I've filled out the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits articles and steered them towards acting as 'gateways' to the wines, appellations and communes of the area, I see this article as a reference for the general history and geology of the area.  It needs a lot of filling out on the history front.  And there's loads of photos kicking around on the two Côte articles and on other language wikis, if anyone wants to go digging. FlagSteward 18:56, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Nicole Jordan

message: I am attempting to write up an article on romance author, Nicole Jordan. It will have a list of her published novels, and a link to her web site. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. This is the second time I've written this article. The first was deleted after two days. Help will be appreciated. Nicole Jordan 01:45, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: WP:CSD g11, WP:SPAM. If you want to promote yourself, please start a blog. crz crztalk 03:35, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Unsalted. - crz crztalk 04:18, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Article
Talk:Cirque de Gavarnie

message: Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that :File:Cirque de Gavarnie, Haute-Pyrénées, France.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on January 21, 2018. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2018-01-21. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:49, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[:File:Cirque de Gavarnie, Haute-Pyrénées, France.jpg]] to appear as POTD soon
Talk:Col de Turini

message: Anthony Perez (France) led over the Turini, if anyone on a Proper Computer feels like adding him. Alternatively, Alexander Kristoff of Norway was in the Maillot Jaune, albeit more than five minutes down on the road.Mr Larrington (talk) 21:53, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  2020 Tour de France
Talk:Correspondence of Lorraine toponyms in French and German

message: There is a similar page for place names in Alsace titled German place names (Alsace). This page should be retitled to be consistent with that page.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.76.152.10 (talk) 21:04, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Except Alsace is, or at least was, a region with two departments (Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin), both of which are represented on that Alsace page. Whereas Moselle is a department, one of four (Meurthe-et-Moselle, Meuse, Moselle, and Vosges) in the historical region of Lorraine. It probably makes more sense to change this page to the scope of former Lorraine, thus adding the three missing departments. It would also match better with the associated French page that provides important linguistical background. See 'Page structure' section below. --Rootwarden (talk) 08:05, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title change 

message: :
Is this a (mis)translation? —Tamfang (talk) 01:38, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  white rupt
Talk:Baronnies

message: Does the expression "land flight" really exist in English? I identify it with the French term "exode rural". The English article on the topic in Wikipedia is called "rural exodus"...
23.04.2011  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.1.59.200 (talk) 20:43, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
Talk:Overseas departments and regions of France

message: Why is this entry separate from Overseas departments and territories of France? 83.79.0.104 (talk) 09:52, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: As you said, the entities in that first list are territoires = territories—not regions. —Largo Plazo (talk) 13:23, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge?

message: This is a perfect confusion, the French overseas regions (Territoires d'Outre-Mer) are absolutely not the same as the overseas departments (Départements d'Outre-Mer)!
The first ones are :
French Polynesia (Polynésie Française) 
New Caledonia (Nouvelle Calédonie)
Saint Martin (Saint-Martin)
Wallis and Futuna (Wallis et Futuna)
Saint Barthélemy (Saint-Barthélemy)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Saint-Pierre et Miquelon)
The second ones are :
Guadeloupe
French Guiana (Guyanne)
Martinique
Mayotte
Réunion (La Réunion)
I don't know how to use wikipedia, but I'd be glad if someone does what it takes to settle this confusion.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.100.18.115 (talk) 05:46, 23 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: As you said, the entities in that first list are territoires = territories—not regions. —Largo Plazo (talk) 13:23, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Indeed!

message: Is this overseas region going to be split into two departments? Passer-by 12:47, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Reunion

message: Really ? Is the note correct ? Hektor (talk) 08:09, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Mayotte claimed by the Seychelles
Talk:Bağdat Avenue

message: What's the point in putting so many pictures of  Ferrari's and Lamborghini's? There are tons of other interesting (and actual) attractions through the Baghdad Street. --Diren Yardimli (talk) 19:59, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comments 
Talk:Urban area (France)

message: It would be useful to have land area figures for these units to help readers to assess how far the French are inflating the concept of a metropolitan area compared to other countries. Luwilt (talk) 20:51, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll be adding content to this stub from the French aire urbain article soon: I'm sure they have some data about that there. THEPROMENADER 16:52, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]
Talk:Overseas country of France

message: I'm not sure why it says on here that “the people of New Caledonia voted against becoming an overseas country” when it was about whether or not New Caledonia became independent of the French Republic. -- sion8  talk page 07:58, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: New Caledonia’s referendum in 2018 was about independence

message: It's not that pays can be translated "land"it should be. The court has ruled that this is not an autonomous sovereignty and we shouldn't be using vocabulary that imply it is. Even the few nations that are called pays by the French get the English -land in their names.
OCF might be the WP:ENGLISH WP:COMMONNAME (although if you've lost the CIA worldbook, it bears googling), but we shouldn't be burying the correct translation, even if it's not currently being employed by the British media. — LlywelynII 22:50, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Pays
Talk:Municipal council

message: I just came across this merger tag (from December), and I'd like to point out that I support this merger. That article is simply an unreferenced stub, has been since it was created in 2007, and I don't see a good chance of it getting improved in the near future. Even with the addition of the other article here, this article will still be easily navigable, and I'm amazed that no link to the article on Norwegian municipal councils even exists in this article (although I'm fixing that now).--Slon02 (talk) 13:49, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Municipal council (Norway) merger 

message: long answer 2409:4056:2023:A0C8:0:0:14C6:F8A5 (talk) 06:27, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  नगर परिषद की संरचना और कार्यों के बारे में लिखिए
Talk:Cult of the Supreme Being

message: The following sentences were marked with "citation needed" for lengthy periods of time. They seem anecdotal and perhaps apocryphal, but since they may well have valid sources, I am leaving them here for future editing.
::It became popular for ardent revolutionaries to baptise their children not in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit but in the ideals of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, the values of the French Revolution. It was also common for people to venerate its principal saint, Jean-Paul Marat.
SteveStrummer (talk) 01:42, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Citations needed

message: This thing all was a freemasonic religion and all the people behind this cult were freemasons. I dont understand why you don't write it. I don't think there is something to be ashamed or to be understood as conspiracy theory to admit the fact that all the thing was a masonic thing...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.228.39.56 (talk) 21:20, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: If you say true, please provide sources and add this information to the article. Thanks in advance for your contribution. Xionbox₪ 18:28, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Freemasonic religion
Talk:Minister of Worship (France)

message: IMHO it is wrong to speak of "The Minister of Worship", one should refer to "the minister in charge of worship". In actual facts, for decades no French cabinet member has held the title of "minister of worship". For instance, the current minister in charge, Alliot-Marie, has been appointed as "Minister of inner affairs, of overseas and local governments" ([ http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=HRUX0710497D]  
--Geo115fr 16:14, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]
Talk:Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances

message: I removed the French Republic flag icon from the Infobox, in accordance with several sections of WP:ICON; specifically (quoting),
* "Generally, flag icons should not be used in infoboxes, even when there is a "country", "nationality" or equivalent field: they are unnecessarily distracting and give undue prominence to one field among many...."
* "Flags make simple, blunt statements about nationality, while words can express the facts with more complexity." ....
* "Do not rewrite history. Flags should not be used to misrepresent the nationality of a historical figure [including some bishops], event, object, etc. Political boundaries change, often over the span of a biographical article subject's lifetime. Where ambiguity or confusion could result, it is better not to use a flag at all, and where one is genuinely needed, use the historically accurate flag."
--Vicedomino (talk) 15:50, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed flag of French Republic, per [WP:ICON]
Talk:Kennedy Lake (Vancouver Island)

message: I live on Vancouver Island and have lived here all my life. Countless time i have driven past Kennedy lake on my way to the West Coast, but i have never actually stopped at the lake-- until yesterday. I stopped along the highway to climb down to the lake and i noticed that there was a shoreline. This shoreline appeared to be tidal in nature. Now i know this lake isn't big enough to have its own tide, so what caused this? Is it is a simple waterlevel change associated with the wet and dry season (not that there is really a dry season there)? or could it be there is some sort of man-made dam at the end of the lake controlling the water level? Just curious. Masterhatch 19:17, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  tidal?
Talk:Saint-Denis, Réunion

message: The transportation section does not mention there being a port in Saint-Denis. During the war in 1809-1811, when England was taking the island from France, there was a port. How does it operate now? Do any passenger ships arrive at Saint-Denis? Any freighters? 
:The History section might be expanded with information on the city's role in those tumultuous times. I added text to population and geography based on the information provided in the article, turning the numbers into sentences. I am curious how the city is laid out, with its sharp range of elevation, from sea level to 2,276 m. Where I live, pretty much everything is close to sea level, so Saint-Denis is hard to imagine. --Prairieplant (talk) 07:36, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is there a port here?
Talk:Mulhouse

message: Mulhouse/Mülhausen was German for centuries till annexed by the French.  A survey of family and place names will also confirm its German character.  The article should give more vent to its German heritage.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.236.212.245 (talk) 19:26, 15 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Heritage of Mulhouse (Mülhausen) 
Talk:French post offices in China

message: Isn't it generally now believed that Indo-Chine stamps overprinted CHINE were only issued in the Post Offices in the South, run by French Indo-China? Certainly I haven't seen any of these stamps with postmarks other than the Indo-Chinese POs. The implication in the article is that these were available in the 'Paris-run' offices. (By the way, should the Indo_Chinese POs be labelled 'Hanoi-run' to match 'Paris-run'?)
Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogue Part 17
WestNab (talk) 01:04, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Indo-Chine stamps overprinted CHINE 
Talk:Whiz Kids (TV series)

message: Is there any likelihood of this ever seeing a DVD release? --The globetrotter 02:01, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  7 January 2007 

message: Does anybody know the amalgamation of electronic classical music themes that form the main soundtrack to the show?  I know of "La gazza ladra" by Rossini, but I think there is also a Mozart theme that was heavily used.  It would be good to add to the article.128.147.248.126 (talk) 17:16, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Theme music? 

message: Trying to sort out contradictory entries: the entry for Andrea Elson states that she played Alice Tyler on Simon & Simon in one episode, and that the character was then used on Whiz Kids for three episodes - but in the Whiz Kids entry she's listed as a main cast member, and I distinctly remember her from the opening credits of the show. What's the story? --Jay (Histrion) (talk • contribs) 17:38, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow. That takes me back. I distinctly remember an episode of Whiz Kids where Francis Jameson Parker Jnr appeared in an episode of Whiz Kids playing his character of AJ (?) from the television series Simon & Simon. Andrea Elson was certainly one of the main 4 charcters (one of the 4 main Whiz Kids) in Whiz Kids. She played Alice Tyler, the on-going adventurer and love interest of Richie Adler (Matthew Laborteaux). BlueRobe (talk) 05:33, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Andrea Elson's involvement
Talk:HVDC Vancouver Island

message: Can someone living in area of Vancouver describe the course of the line.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.46.246.212 (talk) 02:07, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Description of Line 

message: There were rumours that it was planned to shut this HVDC link down. Is this true?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.139.109.140 (talk) 14:47, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Facility still in use
Talk:Carolingian Empire

message: The opening paragraph should state the span of time for this empire. Even reading the article, I'm not sure whether the historiographic term starts with Charles Martel or Charlemagne, and whether it ends with the death of Charles the Fat in 888, or with the division of the empire in 911, or with the end of rule of the Carolingian Dynasty 987 altogether (see Carolingian Dynasty).--Atkinson (talk) 08:34, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Timeline 

message: "Lothar retired Italy to his eldest son Louis II in 844".  Re-check your source and work with a good teacher who knows English well  to get this  right.  108.18.136.147 (talk) 18:52, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  bad English 

message: AFAIK, the start date of the empire is Charlemagne being crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire on Christmas day 800 AD. I would like to invite KingQueenJack to explain which sources he uses to set the start date at the crowning of Pepin the Short, since no source is mentioned in his edits. Kleuske (talk) 12:20, 14 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I suppose one could argue that the Carolingian state became an empire in the generic sense ("British Empire", "American empire") through the incorporation of Alamannia, Bavaria, Italy, Saxony, etc. before 800—regardless of the assumption of the title of emperor. However, there is certainly nothing special in that regard about Pippin's coronation. He was crowned king over the same realm that the Merovingians had ruled. In practice, I think the term "Carolingian Empire" mainly refers to the consciously imperial state that existed from 800 to 887/8 under the Carolingian dynasty and which is generally regarded as the first phase of the Holy Roman Empire. Srnec (talk) 14:50, 14 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Start and end of the carolingian empire. 

message: Carolingian Empire is just creation of the posterior, it was only invented by historians. The real offcial name was Frankish Kingdom. After Charlemagne became Roman Emperor, the title of king of the Franks remained. So there were no such title or country as Carolingian Empire, or Carolingian Emperor.--Royal Free Citiy (talk) 19:35, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Carolingian Empire have never existed, only Frankish kingdom
Talk:Albret

message: : John of Albret, son of Alain, became king of Navarre by his marriage with Catherine of Foix. Their son Henry II, king of Navarre, was created duke of Albret and peer of France in 1550 before he was born in 1553.
Prenatal ennoblement is rare, but one can reasonably read this as meaning that, when Catherine and Jean were married, the then king of France issued a patent to the firstborn son of the marriage.  Okay.  The next problem is that Catherine and Jean died in 1516–17.  (Henry's article is no help.) —Tamfang (talk) 20:09, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: It's called vandalism. Someone added the nonsense, "before he was born in 1553", since the Henry II of Navarre article states he was born in 1503! --Defensor Ursa 20:54, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  dates puzzle 
Talk:List of French royal mistresses

message: There was earlier a similar list of mistresses of the kings of Sweden, but it was deleted as not relevant. But this is still here. --85.226.45.121 (talk) 10:30, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That article was exactly the same as this, and it was deleted, see here: []. Strange. --85.226.45.121 (talk) 15:15, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  How odd.. 

message: There's alot of uncited mistresses here, and I'm especially skeptical of any of the listed mistresses before the Capetienne dynasty.. I think citations are in order, because I've never seen any of these Carolingian or Merovingian mistresses.
LouisXI (talk) 04:00, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citations 