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Edit Request - brief, 2nd paragraph: As a french, I'm surprised that the date of France Foundation isn't even mentioned, the baptism of Clovis in 496. Also Germanic tribes didn't arrive in 476, that's the date of the fall of the Roman Empire. Here is my proposal: " The Germanic Franks arrived in 476 and formed the Kingdom of Francia, which became the heartland of the Carolingian Empire. " -> "Germanic tribes took over the territory after the fall of the Roman Empire in 476. Clovis, King of the Germanic Franks, managed to reunite the most of it under one Kingdom. In 496 he converts to the Christian religion, thus allying with the Gallo-Roman people and funding the first Kingdom of what will become later France and its first dynasty of Kings, the Merovingians, followed three centuries later by a second dynasty, the Carolingians, whose Charlemagne founded his Empire." My sources are just French Wikipedia articles. Thank you
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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International borders
[edit]France also shares a border with the Netherlands on the island of Saint Martin / Sint Maarten. Saint Martin is part of France, and Sint Maarten is part of the Netherlands. [12 April 2025]
International organizations
[edit]Add in the intro that it is among the funding members of the Council of Europe, first European international organization (since 1949) Hitiste2023 (talk) 06:02, 3 February 2025 (UTC)
why isn't "(french)" appearing anymore near "République française"
[edit]all is said in the title 94.140.177.7 (talk) 19:30, 25 February 2025 (UTC)
- Someone changed the template to a simpler one. Probably because another statement of the official/primary language is redundant, and wastes more space and reader attention. Remsense ‥ 论 20:41, 25 February 2025 (UTC)
- In the meantime, it doesn't say anywhere that it's in French... 94.140.177.7 (talk) 22:03, 25 February 2025 (UTC)
- It states below, along with corroborating evidence throughout the article, that the official language of the country is French. It is difficult for me to imagine coming away with any other idea of what language the native name is in. To me, it is not meaningfully unclear, deceptive, or coy about anything, merely less cluttered and more efficient. Remsense ‥ 论 22:07, 25 February 2025 (UTC)
- In the meantime, it doesn't say anywhere that it's in French... 94.140.177.7 (talk) 22:03, 25 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 11 March 2025
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There is a . inside the redirecting link in two places on this page. They should be moved outside the brackets and therefore redirection for consistency. "Some examples of the most valuable French companies include LVMH, L'Oréal and Sociéte Générale." In 'Sociéte Générale.', the dot should be moved outside of the x brackets. It is also present in the line 'many foreign Roma are expelled back to Bulgaria and Romania frequently.' This is mostly cosmetic but noticeable. AT.folf (talk) 09:59, 11 March 2025 (UTC)
Done. Mathglot (talk) 10:28, 11 March 2025 (UTC)
The mention of homosexuality in the legal system section
[edit]The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Hello, Largoplazo wishes to remove any mention of homosexuality in the legal system section in all country articles
I do not agree with this new policy laid out by him
May I have your views on the issue ?
Regards Varoon2542 (talk) 17:28, 16 April 2025 (UTC)
- User:Varoon2542 is lying. I absolutely do not want that. And Varoon needs to stop acting out and falsely imputing attitudes to me that I don't have. Largoplazo (talk) 18:24, 16 April 2025 (UTC)
- Your edit history of Mauritius says otherwise
- Can you please explain why you want to remove any mention of homosexuality from all country articles ?
- I'll let other contributors express their views on the subject given its wide ranging consequences on nearly two hundred articles Varoon2542 (talk) 18:31, 16 April 2025 (UTC)
- Can you explain why you're asking me why I want to do something that I don't want to do? Can you ... you know what? I'm not engaging you in your manufactured attempt at vilification here. Enjoy the discussion at WP:ANI. Largoplazo (talk) 19:03, 16 April 2025 (UTC)
- So I see there's a tiny dispute here.... about the addition of a sentence. I do not see the removal of other information regarding this topic. We do have an expectation of Wikipedia:Honesty. Best follow WP:FOC..... thus you should be discussing the merits of the inclusion of material that has been disputed.... as in how does it educate and is relevant for our readers etc. Moxy🍁 19:06, 16 April 2025 (UTC)
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