Talk:List of French-language authors

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Section size for List of French-language authors (28 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	344	344
Middle Ages	2,886	2,886
Fifteenth century	1,022	1,022
Sixteenth century	23	4,350
1500–1549	2,156	2,156
1550–1599	2,171	2,171
Seventeenth century	25	5,327
1600–1649	3,352	3,352
1650–1699	1,950	1,950
Eighteenth century	24	6,428
1700–1749	3,100	3,100
1750–1799	3,304	3,304
Nineteenth century	24	13,789
1800–1824	2,812	2,812
1825–1849	2,455	2,455
1850–1859	1,436	1,436
1860–1869	1,591	1,591
1870–1879	1,437	1,437
1880–1889	2,322	2,322
1890–1899	1,712	1,712
Twentieth century	23	13,839
1900–1909	2,592	2,592
1910–1919	1,962	1,962
1920–1929	1,752	1,752
1930–1939	1,232	1,232
1940–1949	1,839	1,839
1950–present	4,439	4,439
See also	583	583
Total	48,568	48,568

Merci, beaucoup mieux. -- JohnOwens 00:41 Mar 25, 2003 (UTC)

Well, this was my first edited page. I just added the dates, after doing the translation (the first article was in spanish, not in french) and I wondered if I should trim the dates to just show the year. Or is it right this way? (In that case it probably needs a little more investigation to add the day and the month to those dates that lack them.) -- Fuligen 01:39 Mar 25, 2003 (UTC)

Add Catherine Millet? Or not sufficiently notable? Martin 17:21, 2 Sep 2003 (UTC)

I believe in might be better to have List of francophone authors in parallel with List of French authors, List of Belgian authors, List of Quebec authors etc. The Francophones of France, Belgium, and Quebec etc. don't use these same themes, don't use the same idioms, expressions, metaphors etc. Also, not all authors of Belgium would be francophone, which makes the distinction even more necessary. What do you all think? Mathieugp 16:34, 12 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Given that the index Categories Category:French writers and Category:French novelists exist, it seems to me that this page might be more useful if the authors were placed chronologically, with perhaps a brief indication of the genre they worked in. -- NYArtsnWords 16:53, 18 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Given the current length of this page, I suggest having two pages: "French authors by date," and "French authors by genre".

On the other hand, the category "French authors" is sub-categorized by genre rather than date, so perhaps we should let this page be and sort out authors in the category.

Is there some way to shorten the page length to be kind to those with slow internet connections? I have cable and this page took nearly a minute. Topquark170GeV 04:22, 5 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This list was unruly. I added chronological sub-division to the existing groups of authors by century. Charvex (talk) 06:33, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

magny, marbeuf

where they are? not here — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.216.201.10 (talk) 21:47, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]