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Eric Albert (14 October 2014). "Sur Wikipédia, une nouvelle bataille de Paris fait rage: Le 25 septembre, face aux esprits qui s'échauffaient, Wikipédia a gelé l'article anglais sur Paris. On ne peut y apporter de modifications. La querelle se concentre sur la photo placée en tête de l'article. Dans la version française, la tour Eiffel avec la Défense en arrière-plan apparaît ; dans l'anglaise, c'est un photomontage de sites touristiques (la pyramide du Louvre, l'arc de Triomphe, la cathédrale Notre-Dame en arrière-plan…)". Le Monde. {{cite news}}: hair space character in |title= at position 347 (help)

Adding in brief mention to Yellow vests movement in History section

The Yellow vest protests in Paris which were the epicenter of the whole France wide movement similar to the May 68 Protests ought to have at least a brief mention in the history section. The protests brought about major political changes to the French government of the time with Macron eventually raising the minimum wage, getting rid of the fuel tax hike, 'improved government accountability' etc. But only after weeks of massive demonstrations in Paris In which 287,000 protestors took part in at their peak in November and December of 2018. https://www.france24.com/en/20191116-a-year-of-insurgency-how-yellow-vests-left-indelible-mark-on-french-politics https://www.francetvinfo.fr/live/message/5bf/059/0a5/ff4/e90/12a/7ac/c79.html

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Updating statistics on museums - a little help requested

Dear Paris-watchers, I've updated the statistics on Paris museum attendance using 2020 figures from the new, updated "Le tourisme à Paris - Chiffres clés - 2020 (2021 Edition) " published on-line from the the Paris office of visitors and conventions. I've updated the figures, but I can't seem to put together a citation goes directly to that document. Could anyone help me with this? Many, many thanks!! SiefkinDR (talk) 17:55, 10 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Terrorist attacks" section

The "History" section has 4 subsections:

Origins
High and Late Middle Ages to Louis XIV
18th and 19th centuries
20th and 21st centuries

The last one (20th and 21st centuries) ends with a separate "Terrorist attacks" sub-subsection.

I question the relevance of that "Terrorist attacks" section:

It doesn't follow the overall chronological order of the "History" section as the 1995 bombings are mentioned there after Sarkozy's 2007 Grand Paris launch.
It is extremely long compared to what I think is it's importance. There are only two paragraphs about the French Revolution, one about WWI, and one about WWII but a whole subsection with 3 long paragraphs about these terror attacks.
It's too much detailed. Do we need to know that the attack was done by "a two-backpack-carrying, machete-wielding attacker shouting "Allahu Akbar""? Is it that important in the 2000+-year history of Paris? I don't think so.

I propose to:

Delete this subsection
Delete the paragraph about the 1995 bombings
Move the second paragraph at the end of the "20th and 21st centuries" and replace it with: "In January 2015, terrorist attacks claimed by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula occurred across the Paris region. 1.5 million people marched in Paris in a show of solidarity against terrorism and in support of freedom of speech. On 13 November of the same year, terrorist attacks, claimed by ISIL, killed 130 people and injured more than 350."
Delete the last paragraph as these attacks seem to be anecdotal facts (in the wider context of Paris' 2000+-year history)

What do you think? A455bcd9 (talk) 14:18, 1 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

What was the hurry?

That was a lot of sourced content removed - is there an article on the topic? If not, best (and most polite) practice is to create a new one with the removed content; if so, port any content not present in the existing article there. Cheers. TP ✎ ✓ 09:10, 11 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]