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From the article: "Underlined names signify that that person was killed in action."
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help) "Unfortunately, some names inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe are ambiguous due to notable individuals sharing the same last name. While most names are clearly honoring a particular officer, a few remain which are unclear."I found the above because I was interested in a Dejean for an article on the second abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte and Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean was the only article on a man called Dejean on English Wikipedia. It now looks like the man I am interested in is Jean François Aimé Dejean. The above source, although unreliable cites reliable sources. Currently this article has:
Nathan D. Jensen states:
While one may not agree with Jensen's conclusion, from which reliable source does Wikipedia conclude that the person is Jean François Aimé Dejean ( fr:Jean-François-Aimé Dejean)?
BTW: The original text of this article was copied from fr:Noms gravés sous l'arc de triomphe de l'Étoile on 3 March 2009 at that time there were no references in the French article. -- PBS ( talk) 19:02, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
The Universal pronouncing dictionary of biography and mythology is a useful English language source for short (often very short) biographies on various men listed in this article. It may prove useful to anyone who ether wants to write a short biography on a red link or retrofit an unsourced short biography with an inline citation. For example I recently used it to provide citations for these two stub articles which carried no references:
-- PBS ( talk) 09:28, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
Another source that may prove useful is the Template:Cite Mullié it links to articles on Wikisource:
{{Cite Mullié|wstitle=BROUSSIER (JEAN-BAPTISTE, comte)}}
{{Cite Mullié|wstitle=RADET (Étienne, baron)) |pages=477–482}}
These are much more substantial biographies, but they are written in French, so for those of you do do not read French (Google Translate is your friend) -- PBS ( talk) 20:49, 24 May 2017 (UTC)