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Edit Request - [Education] section: In the third paragraph: "Higher education is divided between public universities and the prestigious and selective Grandes écoles, such as Sciences Po Paris for Political studies, HEC Paris for Economics, Polytechnique and the École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris that produce high-profile engineers, or the École nationale d'administration for careers in the Grands Corps of the state" Among the examples of Grandes écoles, I think that it should be interesting to add "École normale supérieure for academic research". Indeed it is one of the most esteemed schools in France, and the leader for research. A link to the page of this school: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/École_normale_supérieure_(Paris) Thank you. Edit Request - [Education] section: In the last paragraphe of the section [Education], it is stated "Health insurance for students is free until the age of 20." France has Universal Healthcare which although has some affiliation with concepts of insurance due to partial reimbursements of fees and costs, it is free and provided regardless of age or income. It is also comparatively very low cost. Because of the above, it is misleading and even erroneous to bring into the article claims of age restrictions or even notions of insurance policies which, especially US audiences, evoke false images of potentially costly personal healthcare through [private] insurance companies. I suggest removing any text regarding health insurance in regards to the education section as it is not relevant to the French educational system. Cdelapointe (talk) 20:31, 28 February 2018 (UTC) Edit Request - Law section: "France is tolerant of the LGBT community. Since 1999, civil unions for homosexual couples are permitted, and since May 2013, same-sex marriage and LGBT adoption are legal in France.[99]" to be removed: LGBT adoption is Legal Same sex marriage is legal in France since may 2013 but LGBT adoption is legal, it's actually the subject of larges debates ("manif pour tous" vs "Anti Manif pour tous"). Edit Request - Literature Section: "Jean de La Fontaine is one of the most famous fabulist of that time, as he wrote hundreds of fables, some being far more famous than others, such as The Ant and the Grasshopper."he is stupid and is awesome. Upon reading the article on "The Ant and the Grasshopper" - Fontaine was _reinterpreting_ Aesop's Fables. Edit request Hi, in the fourth paragraph of the introduction, there is a link that states France has the fourth largest nominal military budget, but when you click on the link the article states it has the fifth largest budget. Could someone check please. Cheers In the Prehistory section, it states: "The oldest traces of human life in what is now France date from approximately 1,800,000 years ago." Sorry, but humans have not been around than long. Wikipedia's own article on humans states they originated in Africa some 200,000 years ago, one 9th of the time stated in this article. The citation is 25 years old and is now obviously superceded. Plus one: +1 : this is assertion in not only completely stupid but based on completelty outdated references. Please delete.92.144.185.233 (talk) 22:00, 4 March 2014 (UTC) Edit request In the economy section, it says "France derives 75% of its electricity from nuclear power, the highest percentage in the world.[138]". Can someone put a better source, the source given claims that France makes 39% of electricity from nuclear, in complete contradiction with the article. France is known for bacon. Maybe this one: http://www.iaea.org/PRIS/WorldStatistics/NuclearShareofElectricityGeneration.aspx Up to date and reliable. The real figure is 73%. Liberivore (talk) 16:14, 24 June 2014 (UTC) Edit request The lead needs more than a single sentence on the history of France.OnBeyondZebrax (talk) 18:13, 17 October 2014 (UTC) Edit request in the Religion section The paragraph begins with: is the Roman Catholic cathedral where the kings of France were crowned until 1825.[235] ]] This text should be below the picture instead of in the paragraph, please correct it. 194.98.34.59 (talk) 12:30, 22 May 2015 (UTC) Edit request - Foreign relations section Last paragraph: "In 2009, France was the second largest (in absolute numbers) donor of development aid in the world, behind the US, and ahead of Germany, Japan and the UK.[145] This represents 0.5% of its GDP, in this regard rating France as tenth largest donor on the list." According to OECD (http://www.compareyourcountry.org/%5C/oda?page=0&cr=oecd&lg=en) in 2014, France is listed fourth largest donor, behind US, UK and Germany. This represents 0.36% of its GDP, in this regard 12th largest donor.87.212.145.228 (talk) 21:51, 29 November 2015 (UTC) |
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Contents
- 1 Spoken Wiki
- 2 Edit request 3.7.2013 Population should be corrected
- 3 EEZ - contradicting information
- 4 Geography
- 5 Sigs
- 6 improve
- 7 A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for deletion
- 8 Semi-protected edit request on 26 February 2019
- 9 Semi-protected edit request on 26 February 2019
- 10 Semi-protected edit request on 27 February 2019
- 11 Semi-protected edit request on 27 February 2019
- 12 Semi-protected edit request on 27 February 2019
- 13 Semi-protected edit request on 27 February 2019
- 14 Semi-protected edit request on 1 March 2019
- 15 Semi-protected edit request on 1 March 2019
- 16 PNRs in Environment Section
- 17 French Overseas Territories In or Out of the European Union?
Spoken Wiki
Edit request 3.7.2013 Population should be corrected
Estimated total population of France is 66 200 000 (1st January 2012). It should be noted that currently cited INSEE number does not include Mayotte or COM (collectivités d’outre-mer).
Source: http://www.insee.fr/fr/ffc/ipweb/ip1385/ip1385.pdf
From page four: Le champ géographique du bilan démographique de 2011 reste la France métropolitaine et les DOM, mais sans Mayotte, dont la transformation en département d’outre-mer date du 31 mars 2011. En ajoutant les 803 000 habitants des collectivités d’outre-mer et de Mayotte, la population des territoires de la République française au 1 er janvier 2012 est estimée à 66,2 millions d’habitants.
EEZ - contradicting information
The fifth paragraph says that France has the world's largest EEZ. However, under the Geography heading, it says that France has the 2nd largest EEZ.
Geography
Location and Borders
The European part of France is called Metropolitan France and it is located in one of the occidental ends of Europe. It is bordered by the North Sea in the north, the English Channel in the north-west, the Atlantic Ocean in the west and the Mediterranean sea in the south-east. It borders Belgium and Luxembourg in the north east. It also borders Germany and Switzerland in the east, Italy and Monaco in the south-east, Spain and Andorra in the south west. The borders in the south and in the east of the country are mountain ranges: the Pyrenees, the Alps and the Jura, the border in the east is from the Rhine river, while the border in the north and the north east melts in no natural elements. Due to its shape, it is often referred to in French as l'Hexagone ("The Hexagon"). Metropolitan France includes various islands: Corsica and coastal islands. Metropolitan France is situated mostly between latitudes 43° N and 57° N, and longitudes 6° W and 10° E, on the western edge of Europe, and thus lies within the northern temperate zone. Its continental part covers about 1000 km from north to south and from east to west.
Sigs
Most of the comments on this page are unsigned, or "autosigned" by a bot. I mean absolutely no disrespect by this question, I ask it entirely in order to cure my own ignorance, and not facetiously. Do authors on frWikipedia not sign their posts? Are maybe all postings autosigned? My French is scarce to none (I can count to ten, orally, if you disregard an atrocious accent, but don't ask me to spell any words. I can spell "un", unless it has diacritical marks, in which case, I don't know). I therefore do not visit the French Wikipedia, so I don't know. rags (talk)
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Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 08:51, 20 February 2019 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 26 February 2019
Change "During Louis XIV's minority and the regency of Queen Anne and Cardinal Mazarin, a period of trouble known as the Fronde occurred in France." to "During Louis' XIV minority and the regency of Queen Anne and Cardinal Mazarin, a period of trouble known as the Fronde occurred in France." Gerardogoldenberg (talk) 03:31, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
- Not done: the current apostrophe placement is correct. Roadguy2 (talk) 03:40, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 26 February 2019
change "The counter-revolution, begun in March 1793 in the Vendée, by July had spread to Brittany, Normandy, Bordeaux, Marseilles, Toulon, Lyon." to "The counter-revolution, begun in March 1793 in the Vendée, by July had spread to Brittany, Normandy, Bordeaux, Marseilles, Toulon and Lyon." Gerardogoldenberg (talk) 23:40, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 27 February 2019
change "The abolition of slavery and male universal suffrage, both briefly enacted during the French Revolution were re-enacted in 1848. In 1852, the president of the French Republic, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, Napoleon I's nephew, was proclaimed emperor of the second Empire, as Napoleon III." to "The abolition of slavery and male universal suffrage, both briefly enacted during the French Revolution were re-enacted in 1848. In 1852, the president of the French Republic, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, Napoleon I's nephew, was proclaimed emperor of the Second Empire, as Napoleon III." Gerardogoldenberg (talk) 00:51, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
- Not done: Your proposed text is identical to the version currently in the article. NiciVampireHeart 01:33, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 27 February 2019
change "On 6 June 1944 the Allies invaded Normandy and in August they invaded Provence." to "On 6 June 1944, the Allies invaded Normandy and in August they invaded Provence." Gerardogoldenberg (talk) 02:01, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 27 February 2019
change "Between March 1947 and September 1948, the electoral victory of the proponents of independence in Madagascar was followed by a savage repression by the French army (18,000, mostly Senegalese, troops), resulting in some 90,000 deaths." to "Between March 1947 and September 1948, the electoral victory of the proponents of independence in Madagascar was followed by a savage repression by the French army (18,000, mostly Senegalese troops), resulting in some 90,000 deaths." Gerardogoldenberg (talk) 02:19, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
- Not done: The phrase "18,000, mostly Senegalese, troops" is grammatically correct (because "mostly Senegalese" modifies "18,000 troops," which could stand alone). Removing the comma would neither be grammatically correct nor an improvement. General Ization Talk 02:22, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 27 February 2019
change "Some 200 peaceful civilians demonstrating for independence were killed by (mostly Senegalese) French troops in Casablanca, Morocco, on April 7–8, 1947." to "Some 200 peaceful civilians demonstrating for independence (mostly Senegalese) were killed by French troops in Casablanca, Morocco, on April 7–8, 1947." Gerardogoldenberg (talk) 02:36, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
- Not done: The change you are proposing fundamentally changes the meaning of the sentence, to say that the civilians were mostly Senegalese rather than the troops. Since the cited source is not available online, I cannot verify that the modified version you propose reflects what the source states or whether that source supports what the article currently says. Please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. General Ization Talk 02:52, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
- In addition, this source indicates those killed in this event were Moroccan, and were killed by Senegalese troops, as the article currently states. General Ization Talk 03:10, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 1 March 2019
change "France has several overseas regions across the world, which are organized along different:" to "France has several overseas regions across the world, which are organized as follows:" Gerardogoldenberg (talk) 00:12, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 1 March 2019
chnage "Due to its numerous overseas departments and territories scattered across the planet, France possesses the second-largest Exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the world, covering 11,035,000 km2 (4,260,000 mi2), just behind the EEZ of the United States (11,351,000 km2 or 4,383,000 mi2), but ahead of the EEZ of Australia (8,148,250 km2 / 4,111,312 mi2). Its EEZ covers approximately 8% of the total surface of all the EEZs of the world." to "Due to its numerous overseas departments and territories scattered across the planet, France possesses the second-largest Exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the world, covering 11,035,000 km2 (4,260,000 mi2), just behind the EEZ of the United States 11,351,000 km2 (4,383,000 mi2), but ahead of the EEZ of Australia 8,148,250 km2 (4,111,312 mi2). Its EEZ covers approximately 8% of the total surface of all the EEZs of the world. Gerardogoldenberg (talk) 00:21, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
PNRs in Environment Section
Hello. In the environment section, it says "There are nine national parks[111] and 46 natural parks in France...". However, at the end of the same paragraph it says "As of 2014 there are 49 PNRs in France." 46 or 49? Does this need to be corrected? Gerardogoldenberg (talk) 22:52, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
French Overseas Territories In or Out of the European Union?
In the "Region" section it says "Among the 101 departments of France, five (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, and Réunion) are in overseas regions (ROMs) that are also simultaneously overseas departments (DOMs), enjoy exactly the same status as metropolitan departments and are an integral part of the European Union." further down in the "Overseas territories and collectivities" it says "Overseas collectivities and territories form part of the French Republic, but do not form part of the European Union or its fiscal area (with the exception of St. Bartelemy, which seceded from Guadeloupe in 2007)." This seems to be a contradiction, and needs to be corrected.Gerardogoldenberg (talk) 00:18, 4 March 2019 (UTC)