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Semi-protected edit request on 21 October 2024

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At the subject of religious beliefs, second indention. fourth line, Muslim appears to be spelled incorrectly as Moslem.

Please pardon me if this message comes over frustratingly. Nathan J.R. Cruz (talk) 18:09, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

:{{not done}}: "Moslem" is an accepted (if outdated) alternate spelling that would have been used more frequently in Napoleon's time. The instance you mention is contained within a quote, and according to WP:PMC we should preserve as much of the original text of a quote as possible. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 19:12, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 November 2024

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In reference to Napoleon’s place of birth Corsica is assigned to The Kingdom of France, however Corsica belonged to the Republic of Genoa at the time of Napoleon’s burth. 86.170.220.41 (talk) 22:24, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

:{{not done}}: no sources provided to support the claim + Napoleon was born in 1769, a year after Corsica became French. M.Bitton (talk) 00:29, 5 November 2024 (UTC)

Referring to M.Bitton, he is right. 2600:1003:B13A:C414:6D75:C504:39B5:718B (talk) 00:11, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

Use of the term "mulattos"

"..banned the entry of blacks and mulattos into France.."

I realize the zeitgeist of the times being discussed is of relevance to what words are considered appropriate, but is there any value to carrying this term forward here?

I'd like to add -- I'm a very new editor here, and am thus still "learning the ropes" of Wikipedia editing and editorial conversations. Please forgive any ignorance of this topic my question might indicate.

~Brant Crystals~ 04:12, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

:No problem. Thanks for raising the issue. The article is using the word in its French colonial context and it is used that way in all the recent reliable sources.The wikipedia article on the term is useful. I have added a link in the article. Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 08:40, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

::Thanks, Aemilius! ~Brant Crystals~ 03:11, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

Napoleon's children

Hello there

An editor has repeatedly attempted to add the following sentence to the children section:

"Through these [his acknowledged illegitimate children], he has many living direct descendants.{{cite book |last1=Susan Normington |title=Napoleon's Children: The Family Life of Napoleon Bonaparte |date=2019}}

My problem with this is:

1) It isn't noteworthy and I don't see the point of adding it. This could be said of most people who lived in the 19th century and had children. I am not aware of any other biography on wikipedia that says this. We don't say "Charles Dickens has many living descendants."

2) It isn't properly sourced. The reference is an entire book by an author who is apparently a real estate agent. No page number or ISBN is given. There is no evidence that this is a reliable source by a reputed scholar in the field and there is no evidence that the book even says this.

3) It is vague to the point of weasel words. How many is "many"? How does the author know how many living descendants Napoleon has?

In summary the article is fine without this statement. Adding it doesn't improve the article and in fact makes it worse in terms of verifiability and usefulinformation.

@Mukogodo GFurther to my message on your Talk Page, please see WP:BURDEN and WP:CONSENSUS. Aemilius Adolphin (talk) 22:57, 23 February 2025 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 22 March 2025

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The "Successor" information - (Successor - Louis XVIII [a]) has been mentioned twice in the personal info table. Pixelpito (talk) 17:14, 22 March 2025 (UTC)

:yes once for each of his separate periods as emperor Cannolis (talk) 17:35, 22 March 2025 (UTC)