Talk:Zone rouge

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The result of the move request was: moved. Jenks24 (talk) 08:33, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Zone rouge (First World War) → Zone rouge – Only meaning of any importance. Relisted. Jenks24 (talk) 11:55, 3 July 2012 (UTC) PatGallacher (talk) 17:20, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Question / comment – Why isn't this at "Red Zone (World War I)", with a redirect from the French name? I notice that Red Zone points to "Red Zone (World War I)" and that that the zone is referred to as the Red Zone (using English) in at least one place in the article. Shouldn't the English Wikipedia use English for the primary title? (The English-language sourcing for this article seems a bit weak, by the way.) Also, why isn't the "r" in "Rouge" capitalized? –BarrelProof (talk) 23:32, 23 June 2012 (UTC)


 * I will attempt to answer these questions. The "r" is not capitalized because the French article is spelt this way, presumably this is the established name in French.  There may not be many sources available in English.  We have to have some way of disambiguating from other meanings of Red Zone, which we should use is moot. PatGallacher (talk) 00:32, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Support as the only article for the title currently on Wikipedia. -- JHunterJ (talk) 02:14, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
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"as arsenic can constitute up to 17% of some soil samples"
I don't have access to the source, but this seems like a transcription error. Commercial arsenic ores are about 2%, so a soil sample that's 17% arsenic would be mined. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.113.160.71 (talk) 22:18, 9 March 2018 (UTC)


 * The upper 5-20 cm soil layer at the referenced site consists of ash from destroyed munitions. Measurement of this ash at one point recorded 17% arsenic by weight (as arsenic oxides) -- and this after ongoing leaching into the top 2m soil layer. The arsenic came from shells that were mostly arsenic by weight, and arsenic is not destroyed by burning: the ash had and has very high concentration of arsenic. Aside: the arsenic compounds were intended as adjuncts to make gas masks ineffective, but in use were not dispersed successfully by the artillery system. After munition destruction, the arsenic is just a heavy-metal soil contaminant 124.187.219.128 (talk) 04:04, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I reacted to this as well. 175g arsenic per kg of soil sounds ridiculous, but that's just my intuition with little to back it up. Could it be a mix-up stemming from how some languages (like English) use the comma as a thousands separator, whereas some other languages like mine (Swedish) use the comma as a decimal point? In other words, is it possible that the "175,907 mg" was meant as "almost 176 mg", but at some point was interpreted as "almost 176 g"?? Visminister (talk) 11:42, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Here’s a link to the abstract of the article cited as the source for that figure: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969707004986. It gives the number: « Besides, some Cu (cmax. = 16,877 mg/kg) and Pb (cmax. = 26,398 mg/kg) in this layer, As (cmax. = 175,907 mg/kg) and Zn (cmax. = 133,237 mg/kg) were detected in very high concentrations » Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 11:57, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Messy nessy
cites as a source https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_rouge_(s%C3%A9quelles_de_guerre).

This makes it effectively unreliable.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 12:34, 15 February 2019 (UTC).

"Unexploded ordinance" links to this article
Maybe an idea to link back? T46.212.185.190 (talk) 21:59, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Current map?
The map in the article shows the damage immediately after the Great War.

Is there a current map, that shows the damage after a century of clean-up efforts? Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 16:38, 28 January 2023 (UTC)