User talk:KenBailey/Archives/2021/February

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Saint-Nazaire pocket

Good job on Saint-Nazaire pocket. There's tons of stuff to do to improve coverage of French history of World War II, and more general historical topics. Can I induce you to stick around and help with some of them? Plenty of stuff to do, I can make some suggestions, if you'd like. You'd be surprised at the number of major topics in French history that don't have articles in English like they should. I only just released Liberation of France from Draft, and I'm working on a WWI-related Draft that I was really shocked to find we were missing. It's been in Draft for six months, because of all the other stuff I'm doing, and I could really use help on it. Mathglot (talk) 18:51, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

@Mathglot: Thank you (and thank you for introducing me to template:ill, that's very handy.) The article is still a bit rough - but TBH so is the original :-) A modest contribution compared to the whole of the Liberation! I might try to fill some of the red links and add a bit more info from other sources before moving on. Suggest away by all means though and I'll chip in a bit more if I can from time to time. -- KenBailey (talk) 19:37, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

Sure thing; see below. Mathglot (talk) 21:51, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

French articles in need of translation

Here's my personal wishlist, which just keeps growing because I have more stuff to do that I can handle already. Feel free to create any of these that interest you:

Links to French articles

Society of orders (now a redir)
fr:Privilège (droit médiéval)
Republican universalism^[fr]
Precursors of the French Revolution^[fr]
Pre-revolution in France^[fr]^[1]
Paris riots of 12 July 1789^[fr]
Decree against refractory clergy^[fr]
Épuration sauvage [fr] (redirect: Épuration sauvage)
Purges after the Liberation of France^[fr]
Ordinance of 21 April 1944^[fr]
1944 Freedom of the Press Ordinances^[fr]
Ordinance on the organization of public authorities in France after the Liberation^[fr]
History of the French Colonial Empire during the Second World War^[fr]
National Liberation Movement (France)^[fr]
– (you can use the check boxes if you wish, to keep track)

References

^ The English term "Pre-revolution in France" per Gruder (2007): Vivian R. Gruder (2007). The Notables and the Nation: The Political Schooling of the French, 1787-1788. Harvard University Press. p. 385. ISBN 978-0-674-02534-9.

If they are small stubs, just do it the way you have been. If they involve more work than just a quick hit, consider starting them first in Draft space (i.e., Draft:English Article Name), and adding this at the top of it:

{{Draft article|subject=history|join-in=yes|brief=yes}}
{{translation WIP|French Article name|French|fr}}

If you start one, if you ping me either on my Talk page, or maybe better directly from the Draft talk page, I can follow along, comment, or maybe help here and there if you like. Mathglot (talk) 21:51, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Côte de Jade moved to draftspace

An article you recently created, Côte de Jade, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs citations from reliable, independent sources. (?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (verifiability is of central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page. John B123 (talk) 07:54, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

[1] The English term "Pre-revolution in France" per Gruder (2007): Vivian R. Gruder (2007). The Notables and the Nation: The Political Schooling of the French, 1787-1788. Harvard University Press. p. 385. ISBN 978-0-674-02534-9.

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