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Coordinates

coords in article of calais france

victoria place, london example {{coord|51.49751|N|0.12486|W|source:placeopedia|display=title}}Slowking4 (talk) 15:03, 27 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

G.K. Chesteron quote

Search all the parks in all your cities, You'll find no statues of committees

I've often thought that this statue contradicts G.K. Chesterton's well-known aphorism. I wonder if there's any source discussing it. Leoniceno (talk) 05:32, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

He said: "I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees.", 29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936, the one in London is 1911 so it may be true that he never saw it. Did he really say it or was it one of his characters in a play? You'll have to locate the quote first and check its context. Anyway I don't really think it should be mentioned in this article. QuentinUK (talk) 23:38, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Counting to twelve

Why does the article say, "Under French law no more than twelve casts of this piece were permitted after Rodin’s death," and then add, "This is the 12th and final cast in the edition, cast 1995," when there are in fact thirteen entries in the list of casts? Cottonshirt τ 07:39, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The phrase after Rodin's death may be the reason. But clearly support is needed for the claim, and clarification as well-- does it mean single casts of the entire ensemble? Kablammo (talk) 14:25, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Some clarification is on the French Wikipedia, Les Bourgeois de Calais: Les douze éditions originales, which lists twelve total, including Calais, and excludes the work in Jerusalem, which does not appear to be of the entire grouping. While the French article is also uncited, it at least is internally consistent. Kablammo (talk) 16:00, 8 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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 Why does the article say, "Under French law no more than <b>twelve</b> casts of this piece were permitted after Rodin’s death," and then add, "This is the <b>12th and final</b> cast in the edition, cast 1995," when there are in fact thirteen entries in the list of casts? '''<font face="times new roman">[[User:Cottonshirt|<span style="background:DarkRed;color:#fff;padding:0 4px">Cottonshirt</span>]][[User talk:Cottonshirt|<span style="background:Crimson;padding:0 4px;color:#fff;">τ</span>]]</font>''' 07:39, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
 :The phrase ''after Rodin's death'' may be the reason.  But clearly support is needed for the claim, and clarification as well-- does it mean single casts of the entire ensemble?    [[User:Kablammo|Kablammo]] ([[User talk:Kablammo|talk]]) 14:25, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
-::Some clarification is on the French Wikipedia,[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Bourgeois_de_Calais#Les_douze_.C3.A9ditions_originales Les Bourgeois de Calais:  Les douze éditions originales], which lists twelve total, including Calais, and excludes the work in Jerusalem, which does not appear to be of the entire grouping.  While the French article is also uncited, it at least is internally consistent.  [[User:Kablammo|Kablammo]] ([[User talk:Kablammo|talk]]) 16:00, 8 November 2013 (UTC)
+::Some clarification is on the French Wikipedia, [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Bourgeois_de_Calais#Les_douze_.C3.A9ditions_originales Les Bourgeois de Calais:  Les douze éditions originales], which lists twelve total, including Calais, and excludes the work in Jerusalem, which does not appear to be of the entire grouping.  While the French article is also uncited, it at least is internally consistent.  [[User:Kablammo|Kablammo]] ([[User talk:Kablammo|talk]]) 16:00, 8 November 2013 (UTC)