Talk:Francophile

This article needs some work. The Germanophile article for example is more fleshed out and sensible. Dan Carkner 21:58, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Notable Francophiles
I'm thinking that a Notable Francophiles section would be a good idea, however I don't know much on the subject. Thoughts? --Muna 09:55, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

While that might not be a bad idea, the section on it needs a MAJOR overhaul. Just because Morrison lived (and died) in Paris does not mean he admired French culture. We should make sure we can cite something before we post it. Canutethegreat 06:05, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

I was shocked on the first page with noted Francophiles listed like Joseph gordon Levitt etc... that Molly Ringwald was not listed. After her run of movies in the '80s she moved to france for a period, married a frenchman in 1999 (Valery Lameignère) and did some French films and stage actiing. As far as the newer crowd, I would believe her to be the most notable Francophile of the past 40 years or so. She is also fluent in French. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barkeep77 (talk • contribs) 00:14, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Linkspam
The link spam (thinly veiled) "online resources" should be removed. - Jimmy Hammers (talk) 07:09, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Having read through the External links guidelines, I believe the link in this article to be inappropriate under the following stipulations:


 * Any site that does not provide a unique resource beyond what the article would contain if it became a Featured article.
 * Links to social networking sites (such as MySpace), chat or discussion forums/groups (such as Yahoo! Groups), USENET newsgroups or e-mail lists.

I will remove the link that has been restored in accordance with the above guidelines. - Jimmy Hammers (talk) 10:35, 16 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Being new to wikipedia I shall not lecture you on the subject, but I have gone ahead and restored the material that was accidentally removed. CorleoneSerpicoMontana  11:51, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Given the user has tried to apply policy (regardless of if it was correctly applied), maybe it would be best to explain than continue the dispute on the page? Ian ¹³  /t  17:11, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Quebec
I have deleted the phrase in the introductory paragraph saying that a francophile could be 'in a broader sense' someone who loves Quebec or 'any other francophonie'. The simple truth is that this is totally errant. In no English dictionary is Quebec or any other francophone region besides France itself mentioned in the definition of 'francophile'.

A love for the people of Belgium, for example, is not francophilia, but belgophilia. Following the patterns of English and French terminology, someone in love with Quebec and the Québécois would be called a Quebecophile, (québécophile, en français).

Secondly, one country is not called a 'francophonie'. The Francophonie is the ensemble of francophone countries together, full stop.

Lastly, I deleted the Quebec section of the article because in no way, shape or form did it discuss the presence (or lack thereof) of francophilia in that province. It only briefly explained Quebec's francophone identity and language legislation, which has nothing to do with France, French culture, French civilisation etc... Hence, nothing to do with francophilia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.111.91.209 (talk) 03:02, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

In fact, this whole article could use either some cleaning up or total deletion altogether. The quality of the English is rather poor. Most of it is the product of mediocre French-to-English translation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.111.91.209 (talk) 03:09, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

You have to understand that French people that live in Quebec were not colonized by the French, we ARE the french, this is what makes us different from algeria or any other French colony. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.179.166.78 (talk) 06:05, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Lebanon
As a Lebanese myself who has lived in both Paris and Beirut I think a big section the Lebanese society is indeed very Francophillic. Other than the fact that the Lebanese elites have long identified with the French culture and continue to immerse themselves with everything French from food to education, the country is itself hugely influenced by France. It has to be said, that Francophilia in Lebanon, like everything else in the country, is very sectarian, with the Christians even using Francophilia as a distinguishing factor from the Muslims for a long period of time. The issue has its roots in Lebanon's extremely complex historical socio-sectarian problems, with the very creation of the nation of Lebanon largely depending on that French influence. I am not just talking about the country being Francophone, there was a genuine ideological connection between a section of Lebanese (mostly Maronites) and the French for centuries. --213.123.48.163 (talk) 12:12, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Items Associated with French culture
I have removed the following list as having little to do with francophilia --Rumping (talk) 09:29, 6 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Coffee - aka Cafe; Coffee was introduced to Europe on the eve of the Renaissance by a French Colonel who transplanted it from Arabia
 * French toast
 * French kissing
 * Laissez faire - an economic theory
 * John Calvin - a Protestant Reformer & theologian; founder of Presbyterianism
 * French vanilla
 * Charlemagne
 * Crepes
 * Fleur-de-lis
 * Champagne
 * Cognac

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Canada
The Canada section reads really strangely to a Canadian. I notice there are not any sources listed for that entire section. While I am sure their are undoubtedly Francophiles in Canada, we as a people absolutely Hate the French. Their are no people in the entire world we hate more than the French. We are known for this, we are proudly anti-french, we spent generations trying to genocide them. Now this hatred is aimed at the French that live in Canada, but we consider them "French" so group them with the ones who live oversees to some extent. I am not saying that anything said in this section is necessarily wrong, but not pointing out that Canada likely contains the highest resentment towards the French per capita just makes the whole section sound made up and farcical. Wisnoskij (talk) 01:25, 28 May 2019 (UTC)