Talk:Names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe

Underlined names
From the article: " Underlined names signify that that person was killed in action."
 * Except that, thanks to all the names currently being formatted as wikilinks, they're all underlined. How about a different formatting?  How about bold? Or italics?  --MicahBrwn (talk) 04:33, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Why are the names of Marshal Mortier (column 13) and general Bourcier (column 14) underlined ? They weren't killed in action. Marshal Mortier was killed in a bombing in 1835 and general Bourcier died at home in 1828... DITWIN GRIM (talk) 07:54, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Don't kmow about Bourcier. Regarding Marshal Mortier, Louis-Philippe, who became a close friend of the Marshal, was extremely distraught at his death. He saw Mortier's death as being a sacrifice for France and wanted to honour him just like the generals who had fallen on the field of honour.--Alexandru Demian (talk) 08:38, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Ambiguous names

 * "Unfortunately, some names inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe are ambiguous due to notable individuals sharing the same last name. While most names are clearly honoring a particular officer, a few remain which are unclear."

I found the above because I was interested in a Dejean for an article on the second abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte and Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean was the only article on a man called Dejean on English Wikipedia. It now looks like the man I am interested in is Jean François Aimé Dejean. The above source, although unreliable cites reliable sources. Currently this article has:
 * DEJEAN with a link to Jean François Aimé Dejean

Nathan D. Jensen states: While one may not agree with Jensen's conclusion, from which reliable source does Wikipedia conclude that the person is Jean François Aimé Dejean (fr:Jean-François-Aimé Dejean)?
 * Dejean
 * Jean-Antoine Dejean - Selected by Georges Six.
 * Pierre-François-Marie-Auguste Dejean - Selected by Léon Hennet, Georges Rivollet, and Arnauld Divry.
 * "Resolution: Pierre-François-Marie-Auguste Dejean had a much more notable career."

BTW: The original text of this article was copied from fr:Noms gravés sous l'arc de triomphe de l'Étoile on 3 March 2009 at that time there were no references in the French article. -- PBS (talk) 19:02, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Short biographies in English


The Universal pronouncing dictionary of biography and mythology is a useful English language source for short (often very short) biographies on various men listed in this article. It may prove useful to anyone who ether wants to write a short biography on a red link or retrofit an unsourced short biography with an inline citation. For example I recently used it to provide citations for these two stub articles which carried no references: -- PBS (talk) 09:28, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Joseph Hélie Désiré Perruquet de Montrichard (Page 1758) diff
 * Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles (Page 813 diff

Another source that may prove useful is the Template:Cite Mullié it links to articles on Wikisource: These are much more substantial biographies, but they are written in French, so for those of you do do not read French (Google Translate is your friend) -- PBS (talk) 20:49, 24 May 2017 (UTC)