Talk:Jules Janin

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Neutrality

I think the POV for this article is somewhat biased against him. Read this passage from the article:

From the day, however, when Janin became the theatrical critic of the Débats, though he continued to write books indefatigably, he was to most Frenchmen a dramatic critic and nothing more. He was outrageously inconsistent, and judged things from no general point of view whatsoever, though his judgment was usually good-natured. Few journalists have ever been masters of a more attractive fashion of saying the first thing that came into their heads.

Note the use of words such as outrageously or a more attractive fashion. The article seems to be written against his favor in one sentence, then switches back to another POV.

Use less "commentary" language, and use more formal, neutral language.

Bibliomaniac15 00:42, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This language probably comes from the 11th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica of 1911, which is always particularly problematic due to its Victorian aesthetic pronouncements and rabid Francophobia. Although use of the EB on the English wiki has permitted the fast creation of a lot of pages, almost every EB-based article needs to be rewritten for an encyclopedic and neutral style/pov. --NYArtsnWords 15:29, 10 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]