User:Jfblanc

I am not a regular user of the English version, as I am focusing more on Humanities and Languages than on Pokémon and future never been celebs. For any urgent communication use the mail-to-user feature or go to my Occitan-language user talk page. Do not be scared, I will even dare answer in English.

Non-COI statement
To make it short, nevertheless, when I write in the wikipedia, I have in mind to provide non-biased information, along with reliable sources. If you find Conflicts of Interest, you may be happy: I am a human being, I am working for a company, and I am also a publisher and an author. I am from a national minority whose existence is negated by the main state it is oppressed by, France. I had to learn my minority language, Occitan, and I am working on the Occitan Wikipèdia more than on any other Wiki project.

Affiliations:
 * employed by Bull SAS, an Atos company, to be renamed soon Eviden. Currently working as a Project Manager on the European Processor Initiative grant agreement;
 * member of the CFTC Union;
 * member of the Institut d'Estudis Occitans;
 * member of the linguistic advisory group of the Congrès Permanent de la Lenga Occitana;
 * publisher, as Edicions Talvera;
 * publisher of the Vexil'Òc review of Vexillology.

Former affiliations:
 * contributor to the Flags of the World website, of which I am still a big fan.

I am not getting paid for any of my activities on the Wikimedia projects. I am editing whatever page I think is good to improve or create, for a better sharing of human knowledge.

Talking about Wikipedia
I had many opportunities to talk about the Wikipedia in the news or in some events.
 * 2015: "Èm mens exigents que d'autas wikipèdias en los articles pr'amor qu'am pas nada auta enciclopèdia en occitan" Interview in Avoste.com about the Occitan-language wikipedia. (in Occitan)
 * 2015: Participation to the 3rd Night of Language wiki-a-thon in Barcelona (Interview on BTV).
 * 2016: Remote participation to a wiki-a-thon about the Occitan language. 20161210._Wikipèdia_en_occitan._Oc-a-thon._JF_Blanc.pdf
 * 2017: Participation to the Francophone wikimedia convention in Strasbourg (see my picture here)
 * 2022: "Breton, corse, occitan, catalan... Les langues régionales se cultivent sur Wikipédia" Interview in Slate.fr about the Occitan-language wikipedia. I am named as "Joan". (in French)
 * 2023: "Entrevista amb J. F. Blanc, burocrata de la wikipèdia occitana" Interview in Sapiéncia occitana about the 20 years of the Occitan-language wikipedia. (in Occitan)

About me
Joan Francés Blanc, username Jfblanc, sysop at the Occitan wikipedia, with over 47,000 contributions since 2005, and over 80,000 to all the wikimedia projects since 2007.

This wiki has ' articles e foguèt editada ' còps, amb ' utilizaires actius e ' administrators.

I've made 1,839 editions to this wiki so far, touching 855 articles.

To reach me faster, use my Occitan wp discussion page, or use the email feature, thanks in advance.

Contributions to the English-language Wikipedia
As of 17th January 2023:

Leaking
Former French Prime minister Michel Rocard talks about the destruction of the Occitan culture (Source) 57	¶2. (C) Rocard, like former president Valery Giscard d'Estaing 58	(reftel), believes that French history provides the keys for 59	understanding French politics and France's policies. 60	Rocard's point of departure is France's emergence as a 61	nation-state. The history of other European nation-states is 62	that of linguistic communities serving their trade needs. 63	France created itself by destroying five cultures -- Breton, 64	Occitan, Alsatian, Corsican, and Flemish. "We are the only 65	European nation which is the military creation of a 66	non-homogeneous State. This makes France difficult to govern 67	to this day. This explains our difficulty in reforming, our 68	slowness," he said.

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