User talk:Mrlocochicken

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Rotavirus

Hi, your addition here is not true. [1] Please do not add information to our articles that is not supported by reliable sources. Graham Beards (talk) 15:08, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

December 2023

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style, as you did in The Count of Monte Cristo, disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Specifically, please look at MOS:FOREIGN. That term is not useful for the vast majority of readers, in general common names should be used in articles whenever possible. Remsense留 06:21, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

That term is useful, as it is what his title is referred to in the novel the majority of the time, and has a specific connotation within the text as being associated with Villefort. Mrlocochicken (talk) 06:23, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Right, but without any context or explanation, it is not a term seen in English most of the time. The article is not just for people who have already read the book—it's mostly for people who haven't! Perhaps you'd want to explain the term after stating it the first time. something like

the procureur du roi, or 'royal prosecutor'

but i would still use 'prosecutor' when referring to him thereafter.

Also, a minor note: since that is a French term, it should be tagged for various reasons, including accessibility (think, if someone is using a screen reader, it can switch to a French-language voice for that word so it can pronounce it correctly). So, I would write the above as

the {{lang|fr|procureur du roi}}, or 'royal prosecutor'

which also italicizes the text.

if you have any other questions, let me know! your edits are appreciated Remsense留 06:33, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Since the term was mentioned previously on the page however, and clarified earlier, I felt as though I did not need the signifier. Mrlocochicken (talk) 06:43, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Right, but I still very much think an English term is much better for a general audience. If you still disagree, that's fine, but I would try to take the position of someone's who may not be at all familiar with the French language and hasn't read the book, it's an unnecessary confusion that doesn't really provide any extra information. Remsense留 06:47, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Vandalism

I'm not sure the proper way of going about this but I think a talk page notification is usually best, please stop vandalizing pages as you did at Democracy in Asia. Doing so can lead to you being blocked from the site. XeCyranium (talk) 01:25, 21 February 2024 (UTC)