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One would think that the French name of a part of the sea between England and France should be mentioned in the first paragraph of its article, especially when the English name is "The English Channel"... 123popos123 (talk) 21:06, 28 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
In the French article the English name is there, and in the English article about the straight of Dover the French name is there... I'm putting it in. 123popos123 (talk) 21:11, 28 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You dont just do this because you want to? You need refs and sources and a consensus. The whole world calls it the English Channel, no-one apart from a small part of france use the french name. If you want to make this it goes as a small addion much lower down in the article once you have correct sources and reached consensus — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C4:22D:CA01:389A:812D:CBD:83B (talk) 16:49, 28 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Your comment is so funny I suspect that you are trying to troll. A little part of France uses it... Which part uses English Channel? That would be interesting to know your sources. Besides this, in the neighboring countries, I thought it was Ärmelkanal, Manica, Mànega, Mancha... Very weird ways to say English Channel IMHO. Birdie (talk) 13:36, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
To move the debate forward : if Special:Contributions/2A00:23C4:22D:CA01:389A:812D:CBD:83B isn't trolling, he is completely missing the point, nobody can doubt that (you can't ask for "sources" in this case, it's absurd). I agree with User:123popos123, the logic of most other articles is to mention all the neighbouring languages of a body of water. I'll add to his exemple the case of the Bering Strait. (Nevertheless : it's not relevant to compare the English wikipedia with the French one). We have three voices for, and only one (probably disingenuous : a "small part of France" speaks French ??) against. Let's see how it evolves. 2A01:CB00:683:1600:7D8F:8AB3:81F9:ADD2 (talk) 16:01, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@123popos123: This is an article on the English Wikipedia about a subject which has an English name and is associted with an English-speaking country. What is the purpose of adding the French name in the lead? If you put the French name into the lead, then you need to also add other languages' details which are already shown alongside it in the infobox. The French name is also discussed at length under the "Name" section. Bazza 7 (talk) 19:08, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You're right. I've commented it out (so that if someone else can justify it here and write an explanation about it in the appropriate place, it's still there waiting). Bazza (talk) 20:09, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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