Talk:Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte of France/Comments

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This just seems to need a lot of stylistic editing. Many run-on sentences, unclear paragraphs, and a lack of a strong 'theme', I suppose - I came here knowing nothing about this person, and left....knowing a little more but feeling as if much of the information was lost or muddled due to unclear writing. Some re-writing and reorganization will greatly improve the article and make the information within more accessable and easily retained.

I agree with the above but I would like to add:

The entire article is highly biased towards the royal family and royalism making the revolution out to be a horrible thing while the royal family was, despite some minor failings, a wonderful thing filled with loving individuals that doted on their children and gave their earnings to the poor. It is ridiculously naive and I would suggest a serious editing of the entire article. --193.252.7.203 20:05, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

I agree about the previous suggestion that the writing needs to be tightened, however I don't find it biased - the fact that the revolution is obliquely mentioned as an event which violently took the lives of those related with the person being discussed and adversely affecting that person doesn't necessarily mean it is royalist. That these things happend is indiputable - reasons why are wisely avoided. Perhaps there isn't enough objectivity in discussing the subject's actions, but this has more to do with style than missing facts. 213.172.255.217 00:03, 8 December 2006 (UTC)SL

I agree with the above opinion. Since it's a biography, it's logical to write it from the princess' point of view - that is to say, the French Revolution was a great personal tragedy. However, some statements need to be sourced, such as:

"I should have liked to have given you all these as New Year's gifts," the queen said, "but the winter is very hard, there is a crowd of unhappy people who have no bread to eat, no clothes to wear, no wood to make a fire. I have given them all my money; I have none left to buy you presents, so there will be none this year." --Lareine 18:06, 14 December 2006 (UTC)