Talk:The Year 2440

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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&#124; reply here 06:44, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 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)
 * 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&#124; reply here 08:45, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

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)
 * Ping User:Soman and User:Nihil novi for your two cents here. Move? And if so to what title? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 11:42, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

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)
 * So, is anyone opposed to retitling the article to "The Year 2440"?
 * Nihil novi (talk) 21:43, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
 * There being no voices in opposition, I have retitled this article to "The Year 2440".
 * Nihil novi (talk) 22:45, 4 November 2020 (UTC)