Talk:Paris

I think the Culture and Infrastructure sections need to be split out, as the article is too long and these two sections are much longer than in similar articles, like Boston. @ThePromenader, Z1720, Chipmunkdavis, and Tim riley: Alpha Beta Delta Lambda (talk) 18:02, 26 August 2025 (UTC)

There already is a Culture of Paris article that was split from this page in 2009, but strangely it isn't linked here. Not sure what the history is. CMD (talk) 00:50, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

It's just that I didn't see it. That article has questionable sourcing though. I think the culture section still needs to be split out to somewhere. Alpha Beta Delta Lambda (talk) 07:55, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

This article has the classic issue of not actually saying anything about the city's culture as a whole, due to having only subtopics. The main article doesn't have much to draw off either. CMD (talk) 11:22, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

Might there be more culture (and infrastructure) in Paris than Boston? Johnbod (talk) 02:56, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

That's probably right. Alpha Beta Delta Lambda (talk) 07:49, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

I agree with Johnbod. However, since Paris has a lot more notable information, it is more likely to have notable daughter articles (like Culture of Paris) where information from the Paris article can be moved to. Therefore, I think these sections should be shorter with a hatnote linking to the daughter article where interested readers can get more detailed information. Z1720 (talk) 14:05, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

The culture part should be exported to Culture of Paris and then cut down. The infrastructure page can be created and then split out to Infrastructure of Paris. I believe there has been consensus for a month now, and we do the request as no opposition has arisen. Thanks, 🇪🇭🇵🇸🇸🇩 Easternsahara 🇪🇭🇵🇸🇸🇩 15:51, 5 October 2025 (UTC)

I agree 2600:8806:9101:F400:AD8C:6974:89D8:772 (talk) 12:37, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

I see Tpbradbury copied content from Paris#Culture to Culture of Paris in November, but a split was not completed correctly. There should not be two pages that are copy-paste duplicates of each other. Can you or someone else please perform the appropriate WP:PROPERSPLIT steps, namely using summary style at the main article? Otherwise I will revert/redirect the subarticle since such duplication is not appropriate. But honestly, I think this is all pretty appropriate information to keep in the main article rather than split. There are already split subarticles representing Art in Paris, List of museums in Paris, Writers in Paris, Music in Paris, French cuisine, Fashion in Paris, Libraries in Paris, and others, so this main article is already using summary style. Culture of France also already exists and covers a lot of similar information]] So it's not helpful to cut off this section any further and create additional redundancy. Reywas92^Talk 18:35, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

If such duplication is not appropriate, the remedial action should be to cut it here rather than at the more dedicated page. Further, no additional redundancy was created, Culture of Paris has existed since 2009. CMD (talk) 21:30, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

• A split just dilutes the main article, so let's keep this as is. Paris is culture, as well as history and much more. Randy Kryn (talk) 23:24, 29 December 2025 (UTC)

Why is there a note at the start of the lede telling readers how to pronounce Paris, in English and in French? Despite being a note, it still looks to be unnecessary clutter. MOS:LEADPRON gives clear guidance not to do this. Its pronunciation in English is as obvious as it can be, and it's pronunciation in French is of minimal relevance to this English article. I'm asking this question because the pronunciation guide in this article was mentioned in another talk page discussion I was involved in.Roger 8 Roger (talk) 02:05, 11 October 2025 (UTC)

The redirect Jews in Paris has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 January 5 § Ethnic group redirects until a consensus is reached. Place Clichy (talk) 12:02, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

Paris began to be called the “City of Light(s)” (Ville-Lumière) in 1876, initially in an ideological sense, before gradually coming to refer to the city’s illumination itself. It was first used by conservative newspapers to mock Victor Hugo’s rhetoric. See Arthur Houplain, « Étoiles, volcans et feu follets. Le gaz d’éclairage, miroir des ambivalences du Progrès », Nineteenth-Century French Studies, vol. 53, n° 3-4, « Fueling the Nineteeth Century. Energy and Nineteenth French Studies », University of Nebraska Press, 2025, p. 225-241. ~2026-15426-75 (talk) 14:06, 11 March 2026 (UTC)