Talk:The Year 2440

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A fact from The Year 2440 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 November 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the early French science-fiction novel Memoirs of the Year 2500 was one of the most popular titles of the 18th century, despite being banned by the Holy See and the Inquisition?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2020/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/L'An 2440, rêve s'il en fut jamais.

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I wonder if this should be moved to an English title? Semi-random ping to User:DGG. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:44, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

well , the article does say "usually translated into English as Memoirs of the Year Two Thousand Five Hundred " and if its been published in modern times under that title, that would determine it for me--but Isee hterei s apparently no modern English edition. The secondary sources in English use mostly but not exclusively the English title.

But much more important is it 2500 or 2440 ? DGG ( talk ) 07:37, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@DGG: This is discussed in text in detail, long story short, the two English translations from ~200 years ago arbitrarily changed the date for reasons we can only speculate. So French is 2440, so is Italian/German and other translations where the title wasn't messed up, but yeah, the English title is 2500 (and I think it was kept in any more recent English editions)... --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 08:45, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Then the advantage of English is lost by having an incorrect title . I would in other contexts write the English title as -...the Year Two Thousand Five Hundred [that is, 2440]. but this would be unsearchable. DGG ( talk ) 15:14, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ping User:Soman and User:Nihil novi for your two cents here. Move? And if so to what title? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 11:42, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Given the diversity (and lengthiness) of the book's titles in the original and in the various translations, I would title the article The Year 2440, which is the original title's opening and its central element (egoistically referential to the author's birth year) and is less of a mouthful.

The lead could then give the book's complete original French title, with translation.

The various titles in the book's subsequent translations would then be discussed in extenso in the body of the article, and linked to this article.

Nihil novi (talk) 20:56, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

So, is anyone opposed to retitling the article to "The Year 2440"?

Nihil novi (talk) 21:43, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There being no voices in opposition, I have retitled this article to "The Year 2440".

Nihil novi (talk) 22:45, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 16:41, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Title page from "L'An 2440, rêve s'il en fut jamais" (1772 London edition), by Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740-1814)

... that the early French science-fiction novel Memoirs of the Year 2500 was one of the most popular titles of the 18th century, despite being banned by the Inquisition? Source: https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/37364176
- ALT1:... that the early French science-fiction novel Memoirs of the Year 2500 is the origin of the futuristic setting of utopian fiction? Source: https://www.jstor.org/stable/4241146

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Historical policy of Law and Justice
Comment: I am open to moving this to an English title, and started a discussion on talk.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 07:01, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Created by Piotrus (talk). Self-nominated at 07:01, 20 October 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Date, length, hooks (original/ALT1) work out, refs accepted agf, qpq done. Close paraphrase not found. Image clearly PD, on commons. --Soman (talk) 11:03, 25 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I came by to promote this but have a question. At first I wondered what the Spanish Inquisition has to do with France. Do you want to add the Holy See too?
ALT0a: ... that the early French science-fiction novel Memoirs of the Year 2500 was one of the most popular titles of the 18th century, despite being banned by the Holy See and the Inquisition? Yoninah (talk) 17:59, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Yoninah: Thanks, I am fine with the revised ALT0a above. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:03, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Pinging original reviewer @Soman: to check the additional fact I added to ALT0a. Yoninah (talk) 11:19, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Kingsif: could you help here please? Yoninah (talk) 22:19, 8 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Suitably sourced ALT0a; the article probably needs a copyedit for its conversational tone but it should suffice for DYK. Kingsif (talk) 04:06, 9 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]