Talk:Franz Joseph I of Austria

film clip

As far as I can tell, this video clip is in the public domain, and could be used on wikipedia. - TheMightyQuill (talk) 16:26, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

King of Croatia

Unless you wish for the whole grand title here to go into the infobox then I would suggest you drop the Croatia bit as unecessary for his main title. 194.66.0.128 (talk) 16:03, 22 October 2009 (UTC)Polargeo (talk) 09:03, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

I've done that now, and await fireworks. Si Trew (talk) 07:22, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

New Picture

I would suggest that we change the image of the emperor at the top of the page. Is there perhaps a better/more flattering image?--Karl franz josef (talk) 19:04, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a beauty contest. Si Trew (talk) 07:23, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

True, but if his wife Elizabeth of Bavaria is show at around 18, it would be nice if his picture is similar/consistent. Peacedance (talk) 06:59, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Names in other languages

While trying to respect previous editors' work, I've taken WP:BOLD and changed format (not the content) of the names in other languages.

• I've put it as a bulleted list – this is because as a prose list it is hard to tell which language which transliteration belongs to. (For the same reason I've changed the format in the lead, but not the order.)
• I've reformatted so they are all the same format, and put them all into {{lang-xx}} tags. (Same in lead.)
• I've put them all into alphabetical order. I can see there may have been an attempt to order them on e.g. those in use within his realm, but this was not at all consistent. It seems to me using alpha order is the most neutral.
• I've removed Croatia from the first sentence of the lead: his full title is given at the linked article, and he was also king of all kinds of other places that were within Austria-Hungary; here we are just stating his title not a list of states. Another editor had done the same in the Infobox a little earlier.

I realise any or all of these edits may be contentious, but we are here to give people information, and an unseparated list of language-name pairs is hard to divulge. I could understand there being a use for putting the "most common" or "most important" languages first, if anyone were likely to agree which were the most common or important. The Hungarian in the lead seemed to have gone missing too (the language was there but not the actual name), adding to the confusion.

Also, I've cut English from the list. We must assume his name in English is what the article title says it is (not anglicised to "Francis").

Best wishes Si Trew (talk) 07:22, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

"Francis Joseph" is frequently used in English; it ought not be removed from the article out of some idea that because the German "Franz Joseph" is more common in English than the anglicized form, "we must assume" that the anglicized form doesn't exist. john k (talk) 05:52, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

resolving difficult wording

Existing wording: Almost immediately, Charles Albert was decisively beaten by Radetzky at Novara, and forced both to sue for peace and to abdicate his throne.

Suggested wording: Almost immediately, Charles Albert was decisively beaten by Radetzky at Novara and forced to sue for peace and to abdicate his throne.

Removal of “both” immensely helps the reader understand who is doing what. If the wording is not changed, the reader is puzzled by "both", wondering whether it refers to two people (those being forced, which makes no sense) or two clauses: "sue for peace and to abdicate his throne". After much thought, I finally figured the latter was intended. Thus, remove "both" as both unnecessary and confusing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruffwiki (talk • contribs) 20:41, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Fifty-six years of his political career missing

The is a section entitled Imperial absolutism, 1848–1860, which is resonably well written. But after that there is not a word on what sort of rule there was for the remaining 56 years of his reign. That is rather a large and serious hole! Is there anybody watching this with the knowledge to write even a brief section on the rest of his political career? Scolaire (talk) 09:16, 3 April 2011 (UTC)