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EuropaCorp

A blueprint for France?

Hello, I am a member of the French Film Task Force. Among other things I have provided a whole lot of wikitables for the filmographies of French stars such as Alain Delon, Jean Marais etc. I have also written a number of articles on French films, occasionally even in French. Most recently I rewrote some general film articles including film director and film producer. Hereby I became aware of Luc Besson's achievements. The whole French industry seems to moan about declining exports. The whole industry? No, one single company doesn't. EuropaCorp that is. EuropaCorp with its self-confident, international approach could be a blueprint for a French resurgence in regards to exports. I mean, did Besson ever complain the Germans were too strong or something? Wasn't Constantin film earlier on so much more successful than EuropaCorp? Whenever I watch Besson's early films I wonder if he is crazy, but hey, maybe that is exactly what it takes to create a miracle. Really, I beseech you to assess the importance of this article again and to help me to brush up the article. Please look into it. N'hesitez pas, s'il vous plaît. NordhornerII (talk)

Template:Infobox French commune nominated for deletion

Please note that {{Infobox French commune}} has been nominated for deletion. The discussion may be found here. --AussieLegend (✉) 09:38, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Requesting help with Pierre Nanterme's article

Hello, I'm currently working on behalf of Accenture to improve the article for their Chairman & CEO, Pierre Nanterme. As you can see, the article is extremely short currently, and poorly sourced. Because of my financial COI, I don't edit articles directly. Instead, I've posted a request for help at Talk:Pierre Nanterme, as well as a revised draft of the article in my userspace.

Given Mr. Nanterme's role as a prominent French businessman, I'm hoping that someone here would be willing to review my proposed draft and, if it seems acceptable, replace the current article with it. I've watchlisted this page, so if you have any concerns, feel free to let me know about them here, or over at Talk:Pierre Nanterme. Cordialement, ChrisPond (Talk · COI) 14:51, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

This is  Done! ChrisPond (Talk · COI) 14:07, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Help for translation

Hello, I wrote in french[REDACTED] the article fr:Réserve naturelle régionale de la carrière des Nerviens wich is candidate for the label AdQ. I started the translation of this article into Carrière des Nerviens Regional Nature Reserve. Would you help me, please ? Would someone correct the article, complete the category... ? Thank you. Christian COGNEAUX (talk) 00:37, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Under "Creation of the reserve" it states, "In 2001, a person brought the site to the attention..." Do you know the person's name? Bms4880 (talk) 18:20, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Mr MALLET. I forgot his firstname. Thank you. Christian COGNEAUX (talk) 20:28, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Grande Arche de La Défense et fontaine.jpg

image:Grande Arche de La Défense et fontaine.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 04:04, 22 August 2013 (UTC)

{{Countries and territories of the Mediterranean Sea}}

Template:Countries and territories of the Mediterranean Sea (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 10:46, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Communes

I have found that the Tour de France Website is really helpful for information relating to various communes especially when it comes to the last two years. The translations are very clear and they often include a link to the commune's website. Does anybody want to help me improve the pages for communes along the route of the 2012 and 2013 editions of the Tour de France? (Komvuelta (talk) 18:41, 30 August 2013 (UTC))

I'll take a look at it. You're referring to this ? Bms4880 (talk) 19:17, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Yes that's it. Go down to along the route. (Komvuelta (talk) 23:25, 31 August 2013 (UTC))

{{La Francophonie}}

Template:La Francophonie (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 02:58, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

{{UN Security Council}}

Template:UN Security Council (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) has been nominated for deletion -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 03:21, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

Carrière des Nerviens Regional Nature Reserve

Hello, I translated the French article w:fr:Réserve naturelle régionale de la Carrière des Nerviens, whis is candidate to the status Article de qualité. Brenont has just made a complete review. Can I have your opinion on the Article Carrière des Nerviens Regional Nature Reserve. Do you think possible to ask a status GA, A or FA ? Thank you. Christian COGNEAUX (talk) 05:30, 31 August 2013 (UTC)

Article request: Neighbourhoods of Noumea

Is anyone interested in starting an article on the Neighbourhoods of Noumea? I found the French version at fr:Quartiers de Nouméa.

Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 04:41, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Category:Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur

Category:Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur has been nominated for deletion -- 70.24.244.158 (talk) 06:13, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Rousillon

The usage of Rousillon (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) is under discussion, see talk:Rousillon (horse) -- 70.24.244.158 (talk) 04:46, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

This project is dead isn't it? Maybe it should be wound up :) ? In ictu oculi (talk) 04:10, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

There's some activity in July... Bastille Day checkup? Or we could post a notice to the French Misplaced Pages... -- 70.24.249.39 (talk) 22:52, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

French Guichen.jpg

image:French Guichen.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 70.24.249.39 (talk) 22:52, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Jean-Paul Paloméros french general.jpg

image:Jean-Paul Paloméros french general.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 70.24.249.39 (talk) 06:39, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

Air France Flight 4590.jpg

image:Air France Flight 4590.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.181.39 (talk) 03:40, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

image:AFGonesseMemorial.jpg

image:AFGonesseMemorial.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.181.39 (talk) 03:53, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Cornell Bread Project

I have been working on a project for Cornell, as a newbie to Misplaced Pages, with the topic of Bread . I found this great article from the Today Show about the decline of the baguette culture in France. I think this would be a great addition to this page! This is the link to the article Today Show Bthuglas (talk) 17:45, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

La Lanterne (Versailles)

Hello. I would appreciate it if some of you wanted to expand La Lanterne (Versailles), now the official retreat of the French President. Please only add referenced info with clear citations. Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 10:32, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

Consensus needed

Could I get some eyes at this? I've been removing a trivia section that I feel is unnecessary, but another user thinks I should discuss it instead. Ten Pound Hammer • 07:37, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

Callicore

Hello, Spartaz send me here, he told me you could help me for my firts article on Misplaced Pages. This is about Callicore, a french structure. He told me aswell that you are a french speaker (like me) and that it would be easier to undertand what i am talking about :-) Basicly, I would like to know if you could help me by giving some advices, telling me the mistakes or if my article could be ok for a validation on Misplaced Pages (when my article will be clean without mistakes and in a perfect english language). I thing that the english[REDACTED] is more apropriate for Callicore, even if it's french, because Callicore use to work with english or american artists... Am I wrong? Anaëlle M (talk) 09:50, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Is this their website? Bms4880 (talk) 14:03, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Yes it is Callicore official website Anaëlle M (talk) 14:43, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Do you have any online sources (English or French) that mention Callicore? I'm having trouble finding sources. Bms4880 (talk) 16:56, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

I added again some of my links because I could open some of them on my user page. It should be ok now. All this links mention Callicore and the link "Interview MTV" is an interview for MTV of Laurent Mercier (who created Callicore) and the singer of the band Cake. In this interview, Laurent Mercier explain what does callicore when they work with the artists and here, what they do with Cake. You can have a look here :

Links/Sources :

• Rolling Stone Magazine
• Interview MTV
• John Lee Hooker Jr (Official website)
• MTV BUZZ
• Zikeo.com (Webby Award Callicore)
• AFCA (French Association of Animation Cinema)
• Callicore (Official website)

Anaëlle M (talk) 17:18, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Does Callicore specifically specialize in animated video and album cover art, or do they do other media? Bms4880 (talk) 19:04, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Also, we need to clarify this sentence: "Callicore is recognized as being a structure a bit unusual, completely free, independent and which has often been regarded as an action of resistance against the system of majors and their cultural dictatorship of the media." Type it in French, if necessary. Bms4880 (talk) 21:03, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Callicore is specialized in animated video, this is the main thing they do. And also co-editor sometimes that's all. The sentence "Callicore is recognized as being a structure a bit unusual, completely free, independent and which has often been regarded as an action of resistance against the system of majors and their cultural dictatorship of the media." means that Callicore doesn't work like other studios. Their fans and the artists consider Callicore as a rebellious entity, for example Cake said "No concession. No compromise. Just one direction. That sums up both Callicore and CAKE - the story goes with 'Long Time,' the metaphor of a vagabond sentenced because he didn't follow the same road as others,"(on aceshowbiz.com). Basicly, Callicore follow his own way, they do what they like and what they want. The translation of my sentence in french is : Callicore est reconnu comme étant une structure assez hors du commun, complètement libre, autonome et qui a souvent été assimilée à une action de résistance contre le système des Majors et leur dictature culturelle des médias.Anaëlle M (talk) 09:19, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

Does the statement on Callicore's website, "enlarge Callicore’s skills with music publishing," mean Callicore has expanded into music publishing? Bms4880 (talk) 17:51, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

User:Anaëlle M if you can find a WP:RS which states that they are independent and rebellious towards other media companies then of course you can add this to an article. There does not seem to be a Callicore article in fr:Misplaced Pages AadaamS (talk) 08:06, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

• Yes it mean that Callicore has expanded into music publishing, for example for the album "All Odds against me" with John Lee Hooker Jr in 2009.Anaëlle M (talk) 09:33, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
• I dont have any reliable sources to explain the fact that Callicore is considered as rebellious, etc... It is a rumor (a true rumor), and this is why the artists who want to work with callicore come to them. I can understand that this is not enough, you can delete this sentence, no problem, I just wanted to explain the mindset of Callicore and how people see Callicore. The reason why Callicore is not on the french[REDACTED] is that Callicore doesn't work with french artists, Callicore is more apropriate for english and american culture. I tried to publish it in french but aparently the sources and the story of callicore were more adapted to be an english article.Anaëlle M (talk) 09:33, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
• I apreciate the work you did on my article, I find it much better, thank you! Hope I am clear enough, I thing it's not easy for you to understand what I a want to say sometimes and I am sorry about that. Don't hesitate to ask me more question if you need.Anaëlle M (talk) 09:33, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Anaëlle M, before creating this article you need WP:RS to demonstrate that your article lives up to the WP:GNG, the guidelines which define if a subject is suitable for an article. Primary and self-published sources unfortunately do not count. If you have an article which talks about the company somewhere, even in French, this is useful. Even if the videos that the company have worked on are notable, it doesn't immediately follow that the company which made those videos itself is notable. Sources in French are fine, they can be used. AadaamS (talk) 13:08, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

I though my sources was good enough for my article and that the Webby Award was an other goog reason to publish it, but I understand totaly what you are telling me. I have an other source, an interview for France 4 ( a french channel) of Laurent Mercier speaking about what he does in Callicore and in his other company, the school "Studio Mercier", where you can si him working on the Carbon Silicon music video. But I think It's not the kind of source you are looking for. If my article can't be published for all the reasons yous said, should I try to write an article about Laurent Mercier where a could describ Callicore and other thing he does? The sources you already know could be ok for that?Anaëlle M (talk) 13:53, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

AadaamS: Does Webby honoree meet the second bullet of WP:WEBCRIT? I'm not particularly familiar with web content notability. Bms4880 (talk) 13:57, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Anaëlle: Did the Mercier/McCrea interview air on MTV? Bms4880 (talk) 14:11, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Yes on MTV (USA not the french one) in 2011. The video you can see on youtube was sended by MTV to Callicore.Anaëlle M (talk) 14:25, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Hello Bms4880, do you have any news about the second bullet of WP:WEBCRIT? I added the french[REDACTED] link for the Washington dead cats, is that what you were looking for? Or do you need an english one? Thanks a lot for your help, the article looks better every day.Anaëlle M (talk) 12:41, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

It should be redlinked if there is no English-language Misplaced Pages article, but with a small link pointing to the group's French Wiki article (I've fixed it). As for WEBCRIT, I was waiting to see if AadaamS or any other editor had any further concerns over notability before moving this article to the mainspace. Bms4880 (talk) 15:25, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

If no one objects, I think the Callicore article is ready for the mainspace. Anyone? Bms4880 (talk) 02:32, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

I have nothing to add on it, it's ready for me too.Anaëlle M (talk) 08:43, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Just a quick note that the article is up. Callicore (studio). Bms4880 (talk) 20:20, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Stub linked on Main Page now needs expansion from French version ...

The stub for Lothar Späth is linked on the Main page right now with the Picture of the Day. It could be easily expanded from the French version ... Djembayz (talk) 03:49, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

AfC submission

Would you review this submission? It certainly shows some good effort! Regards, FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 18:10, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

English exonyms for place names

English_exonyms#France. Can someone check this please. See also article Talk. Many thanks. In ictu oculi (talk) 04:10, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

OpenEdition Books

Does anyone know more about fr:OpenEdition Books? Shouldn't there be an article about this in English? WhisperToMe (talk) 04:01, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

Frédéric Chopin - peer review

I've asked for a peer review of the article because its seems to risk at present gettng bogged down in side issues and needs a lot of work on some major aspects. Comments could help develop a consensus to assist editors concentration on the most important aspects. All opinions welcomed. Thanks, --Smerus (talk) 15:37, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

Thierry Repentin

Hi. I've tried to expand Thierry Repentin's page a little...can someone else please help? He's a very important politician...Zigzig20s (talk) 22:15, 14 December 2013 (UTC)

RfC at Claude Monet re: number of images

Please join in the discussion at Talk:Claude Monet#RfC: Are the galleries in the Monet article excessive? about the number and choice of images in the galleries. Curly Turkey (gobble) 08:50, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

The galleries are fine, we'd like the paintings to remain visible and seen by our readers...Modernist (talk) 14:02, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Indeed, the Claude Monet article is at the present time informative as it is beautiful. Keep as is. Coldcreation (talk) 15:31, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

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