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Nationality: African?

Is there a particular reason that his 'nationality' is listed as African? Is this from a detail in a book? PlatypusPlatypi (talk) 05:20, 9 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Since there's no reference and since African is not a nationality anyway, I boldly took it out. Dgndenver (talk) 15:07, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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-== Vandalism ==
+== Nationality: African? ==
-This site has obviously been vandalized and needs to be fixed by someone with knowledge on the subject.  I can roll it back, but I don't know what is true and what is not.
-[[User:71.55.210.57|71.55.210.57]] 14:31, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
-== Pronunciation ==
-I have a 1950's record where the name is pronounced Bah-bar. What are the sources for the Buh-bar pronounciation? <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Stereo|Stereo]] ([[User talk:Stereo|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Stereo|contribs]]){{#if:{{{2|}}}|&#32;{{{2}}}|}}.</small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->
-Ba as in bat or Bar as in Bar?
-I recently spoke to Professor James Bowen, a specialist in the pronunciation of French literary characters, who assured me that the correct pronunication is Bar as in Bar followed by Bar as in Bar as in Bar.  So Bar-Bar.
-This is a common misconception and is down to a minor speech impediment which affects Prof. James Bowen.
-I've just got off the phone to Prof. Bowen's office - unfortunately he wasn't available as he's attending a conference in Marseille on 'The Philosophical Meanings of Celesteville'.  However, I spoke to his assistant Anthony Green who assured me that whilst a few radical dissenters continue to pronounce it as Bah-bar, the widely held view amongst Babar academics is that the correct pronounciation is Bar-bar.
-:When the article says how "Babar" is pronounced, does it mean the most common English-language approximation of the French pronunciation? The IPA transcription for the French pronunciation would be /babaʁ/ (or /baˈbaʁ/ if you mark phonemic stress, which doesn't exist in French). [[User:Masseman|Mats]] ([[User talk:Masseman|talk]]) 08:13, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
-I am concerned with the statement that "Barbar" is the name of the first Mughal emperor of India.  This emperor's name is most commonly spelled Babur, and pronounced Bah-bor.  This may have been the source for the original name, but since the it is pronounced differently I see no reason to believe it without some kind of citation.[[User:Malignon|Malignon]] ([[User talk:Malignon|talk]]) 23:08, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
-== Remake? ==
-There is a new version in the works according to IMDB however I am unable to find any other information anywhere else.
-http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0798694/
-== Offensive ==
-How can something be both "delightful" and "offensive" at the same time? <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:66.57.225.195|66.57.225.195]] ([[User talk:66.57.225.195|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/66.57.225.195|contribs]]){{#if:{{{2|}}}|&#32;{{{2}}}|}}.</small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->
-I mainly remember the Canadian animated series.  Most of the colonialist aspects were removed from that and it was still a great story.  As the original Babar stories were written in the 1930's they will of coarse contain colonial aspects.  Remember that the culture of "empire" was still strong in England and France still owned most of its colonies.  Although the land grab in Africa was long over there was still a perceived need to "tame" the wild continent.  These are mostly just historic artifacts from the time that it was written.  It is quite likely that similar criticisms will be applied to current works (such as Harry Potter and Family Guy) in eighty years.  The same arguments go for other historic cultural icons such as [[Tintin]].  [[User:Klingoncowboy4|kc4 - the Server Monkey Enforcer]] 08:20, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
-== Copied? ==
-How come this is exactly the same as the article for Babar on Answers.com?
-[[User:Reagar]]
-Because most of the articles on Answers.com are from wikipedia.[[User:71.55.210.57|71.55.210.57]] 14:31, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
-== Pompadour ==
-As long as I remember, Pompadour isn't in the books. He was created for the cartoon series as a comic relief character, so his foolishness can contrast the wisdom of Cornelius. - [[Special:Contributions/80.98.249.157|80.98.249.157]] ([[User talk:80.98.249.157|talk]]) 17:10, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
-Added a the George Saunders mention. As a MacArthur winner, he seems a significant enough author to include. Babar is also essential to the story-- Saunders clearly knows him well.
-:57, 14 April 2008 (UTC)Tom
-== External link to digital facsimile of de Brunhoff's maquette ==
-Please consider adding the following external link to this page:
-http://www.themorgan.org/collections/swf/exhibOnline.asp?id=900  <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Morganlibrary|Morganlibrary]] ([[User talk:Morganlibrary|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Morganlibrary|contribs]]) 02:22, 11 October 2008 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
-== Live Action TV series ==
-There’s no mention of the live action, actors in masks and suits, version, which was called “Les Aventures de Babar”. Made for French TV, I think, but shown in the UK as well (on the BBC in the pre-news five minute slot used for ''Magic Roundabout'', ''Noggin the Nog'', ''Captain Pugwash'', etc., and on ITV in their mid-day slot, where they would show ''Rupert the Bear'', ''Jamie and the Magic Torch'', and suchlike. Don’t know anything more about it, but probably worth some input from a Babar fan? [[User:Jock123|Jock123]] ([[User talk:Jock123|talk]]) 09:49, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
-== writing style ==
-Many editions of Babar books, including the original story, have text "printed" in handwritten script.
-Also, most Babar stories are narrated in the present tense.
-Should these two unusual styles be noted or explained?[[Special:Contributions/108.225.17.141|108.225.17.141]] ([[User talk:108.225.17.141|talk]]) 17:52, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
+Is there a particular reason that his 'nationality' is listed as African? Is this from a detail in a book? [[User:PlatypusPlatypi|PlatypusPlatypi]] ([[User talk:PlatypusPlatypi|talk]]) 05:20, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
-== Missing book ==
-Babar and the Doctor, 1972 --[[Special:Contributions/98.252.228.87|98.252.228.87]] ([[User talk:98.252.228.87|talk]]) 03:24, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
+:Since there's no reference and since African is not a nationality anyway, I boldly took it out. [[User:Dgndenver|Dgndenver]] ([[User talk:Dgndenver|talk]]) 15:07, 30 November 2022 (UTC)