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Comment on adding links to my page (Week 6)

Already had links from Censorship in France and Malesherbes' father. I added one from Cour des Aides.



Notes on Possible Sources for Malesherbes (Week 5?)


 * Des Cars, Jean. Malesherbes: Gentilhomme Des Lumières. Paris: Editions de Fallois, 1994. ISBN: 2877062082.
 * Bazin, Christian. Malesherbes, La Sagesse Des Lumières. Paris: J. Picollec, 1995. ISBN: 2864771411.
 * Allison, John Maudgridge Snowden. Lamoignon De Malesherbes: Defender and Reformer of the French Monarchy, 1721-1794. New Haven, London: Yale university press; H. Milford, Oxford university press, 1938.
 * Lemoine, Yves. Malesherbes, 1721-1794: Biographie D'un Homme Dans Sa Lignée. [Paris]: M. de Maule : Diffusion Harmonia-Mundi, 1994. ISBN: 2876230682 : 145F.
 * Kelly, George A. "The Political Thought of Lamoignon De Malesherbes." Political Theory 7, no. 4 (1979): 485-508. http://www.jstor.org/stable/191163.

Evaluation of Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (Week 3)
 * Poor phrasing throughout the article
 * Unclear delineation between the sections/lack of organization
 * "This section is a candidate to be copied to Wikisource." -- contains full text where it probably should not
 * The "active and passive citizenship" section is particularly bad; the status of men who don't own property is hard to figure out
 * Discussion of the slave revolt in Saint Domingue does not belong under "substance -> slavery." There should probably be an "Impacts" section, perhaps rolled in with legacy.
 * "It was translated as soon as 1793–1794 by Colombian Antonio Nariño, who published it despite the Inquisition." Translated into what language, and despite which Inquisition? This is not an appropriate start to the "Legacy" section. Perhaps it belongs with the slave revolts.
 * Uncritically accepts the official French government position that the Declaration has the force of Constitutional law. It would be interesting to see a more balanced discussion of modern claims in France drawing on the Declaration.
 * Missing citations in the Legacy section
 * Discussion of a cartoon is cited to the cartoon itself. Probably should have a scholarly source instead; otherwise, this is original research.
 * Many citations are just by last name and date and should be expanded to full citations.
 * Talk page shows discussion of even more egregious bias and some factual errors. Most of the issues raised there seem to be fixed already.
 * The article is in several WikiProjects and rated C.