Talk:François Guizot

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Untitled[edit]

Should the first body paragraph not call Mme. Guizot a typical Huguenot of the 18th, or even 19th C?

I removed the egregious error. It now says "of her time". --Jmabel | Talk 00:15, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC)

Bias/POV[edit]

Don't feel like slapping up a POV tag or trying to fix this article right now, but it is overflowing with the biases of the old Britannica. In some parts it approaches a work of propaganda. 75.183.8.246 17:22, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. It is biased as could be. Should be shortened. Very difficult to read and very verbose. At least a summarizing introduction would be helpful...--85.140.31.47 18:56, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rating[edit]

There is a lot of information here, so this merits B article status. However, there are no specific citations despite the number of references. This would help in upgrading the article as would adding more detail and trying to help the flow of the article. ludahai 魯大海 05:15, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There is way too much detail here, and it is difficult to glean out the parts important to posterity. I came on here to find out "why is this guy important" and although I'm convinced he is, I can't give you a twenty five word or less summary. It is tedious ploughing through it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.12.68.88 (talk) 03:31, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Did he say it?[edit]

Is he the originator of the famous quote, attributed to about every politician in varying wording: "Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head"? Some say he is, but without a proper source.--87.162.57.103 13:57, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Since it is copied from the 1911 Britannica, I am much inclined to trust it for facts. Not that it's a good article; it is written for its time, for people who remembered 19th Century European history from living it. Thus it vaguely references the "Syrian situation" and "the unhappy young queen of Spain" and other matters little known to modern readers having no idea of church/state relations and other background of that particular time. Knowing a bit of the history, I added links for a few particular people and places but it remains a difficult trek for anyone who is slogging through unfamiliar territory.

Does anyone know how to find the name of the principal author? My 1943 Britannica has essentially the same article, without the Wikipedia additions but also without attribution. Jim.henderson (talk) 16:25, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment comment[edit]

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First off this is a well written article that is worth GA status in the future as long as there is some improvement in certain areas of the article. There is a lot of information that tends to be a little waffley and sometimes a little off-topic. There is a lot of POV in some sections. A few more images could go far as the information is a little full-on. The lead section is good, but the following sections could do with a lot of re-editing. For more information see Wikipedia:Manual of Style. Taifar ious1 04:20, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Last edited at 04:20, 13 March 2008 (UTC). Substituted at 15:32, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

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