Talk:Olinde Rodrigues
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This page was listed on Wikipedia:Votes for deletion, and the consensus was to keep: see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Olinde Rodrigues
Again, this person has been labelled as an Occitan personality. This should be removed in my opinion. What do others think? --Bob 09:44, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
- As you know, because we've discussed it at length, the category has been re-added because it is being discussed, and it was depopulated, disrupting the discussion process. Once a decision has been taken about the category – either a new name or removal – a decision can be made about its suitability here. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 10:34, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
Its suitability here should be considered before it is ever added to an article. It is unsuitable here, in fact, it is plain wrong, POV pushing and basic vandalism to place it here. --Bob 16:07, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Remove him from Category:Occitan people ?
According to the rules in Wikipedia:Categorization of people there is no justification either for Category:Occitan people or Category:Natives of Bordeaux.
[edit] By residence
People are sometimes categorized by notable residence, in the form People from Foo (not "Natives of Foo"), regardless of ethnicity, heritage, or nationality. Residential categories should not be used to record people who have never resided in that place. Nationality is reflected by the occupation category (above), not country or county or city of residence. The place of birth is rarely notable.
He spent his adult life in Paris, and there is no evidence that he spoke Occitan or was an Occitan nationalist. Making him an Occitan due to the accident of birth in Bordeaux does not make sense. Shall I go ahead and remove him from both categories? If not please quote the policy that justifies keeping him there. EdJohnston 03:05, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
- In fact a huge number of people are placed in the category of their birth-place. Categories aren't limited to what makes a person notable; perhaps they should be, but this has been argued against and defeated every time it's been raised. (And I suppose that the same could be said about year of birth, place of residence, etc., too, in most cases.) The usual response to the application of a category is that, unless it's factually wrong, there's no harm. Again, I've not always gone along with that, but it's the local custom.
- I replaced this category on all those articles from which it had been removed because it needed to be repopulated in order to make discussion of it fair, not because I had any strong view about any of its members. The only stroing view that I have is the rather hysterical depopulation of the category by another editor, who seems to have a strong political view on the matter. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 09:43, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Inaccurate statement about enrolling Ecole polytechnique ?
It is stated in the article that "Jews were prohibited from enrolling at the École Polytechnique, the most prestigious school in Paris, and it is still unknown how he learned his advanced mathematics". This statement seems doubtful to me. French Revolution emancipated the jews and they became equal citizens in 1791. All discriminations based on the religion (protestantism or Judaism ) were severely banished. Could the original author please precise his sources ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by BahramH (talk • contribs) 15:46, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
